This is the part where I would be all like Spoilers ahead but...there is nothing to spoil here xd This review is gonna be weird to write mostly because of the sheer weird and surreal nature of the show. PREMISE OF THE SHOW: Pop Team Epic is a Surreal Comedy based on the humour of the internet it is packed to the brim with many pop culture references which require the viewer to be atleast a bit knowledgeable on things to understand the jokes. This is my main issue with the show it isolates a LOT of viewers even if you do have a good grasp on the Pop Culture references it can still be isolating due to the implementation of the jokes. I understand many but not all I am mere mortal keep that in mind and yet I felt like a lot of them were...off. Of course this show has a lot of good jokes I exhaled through my nose a bit faster more than once during the show. The worst offenders of making the show really bad is the Bob Team Epic skits. The art style was atrocious the humour really bad and the voices were really off putting. Out of the whole show I disliked this portion the most I dreaded the moment I saw the OP to this. In my opinion the show followed more of the Random = Funny rule than anything else joke wise. And thats bad the jokes in this style of comedy have no structure and just fall flat its the humour 7 year olds do because they cant think of anything good. There are other shows that can feel Random too but they have much more structure behind the joke and follow through with it as well. Good examples of Surreal Comedy has to be Saiki and Asobi Asobase. 420https://i.kymcdn.com/photos/images/original/001/340/005/d6e.gif CHARACTERS: There are only 2 mains. Popuko and Pipimi. Popuko is the short gal very easily aggrivated and quite deadly. Pipimi is the taller one much more calmer than Popuko. To be honest thats all I can say about the characters they change a lot during the show. Well there is also Hellshake Yano the man who shakes hell. He is the ULTIMATE being. 420https://media.giphy.com/media/1gdie7aSKnSvhfr9NC/giphy.gif ART/ANIMATION: The artstyle is really simple T H I C C outlines and solid colours most of the time though this can change REALLY fast from scene to scene because of the random nature The Animation gets the same treatment most of the time its really basic stuff but can turn to more Shounen style with detail depending on the scene. 420https://goboiano.com/wpcontent/uploads/2018/02/PopTeamEpic.gif MUSIC: The OP is actually really catchy. The visuals look really neat as well been re watching the OP quite a number of times due to those reasons. The ED is not bad but sounds much more generic. You could easily mistake it for something else. 420https://thumbs.gfycat.com/QuarrelsomeTidyHornedvipersizerestricted.gif OVERALL OPINION: In conclusion Pop Team Epic is a show that tries to implement a lot of Pop Culture references but isolates the viewer more than anything. The implementation of the jokes and feel really random and sometimes forced. The skits can be really tiring and horrible Bob Team Epic. I somewhat understand the appeal of the show to some people it but its not something I would recommend.
42 /100
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