Ranked #2698

Aachi wa Ssipak

Story: The story makes sense while you watch it, but if you think about it too much it begins to seem kind of stupid. So my suggestion is don't overthink it. There was one continuity error, but it's only noticeable if you overthink it. The ending is a bit weak too, but I am almost never satisfied with endings so that probably doesn't mean much coming from me.

Art: The visuals are stunning! Have to see it to believe it. The 3-D meshes with the 2-D in a way that no other anime really accomplishes. (For example, the 3-D in "Last Exile" or "Ghost in the Shell" are good, but a bit too distracting.)

Sound: The soundtrack is really neat, from the background music to the SFX to the character's voices. The only quibble I have is I didn't really like the sound of the opening narrator's voice, but luckily you don't ever have to hear it again.

Character: All the characters are great! From the chibi-SD girl who is the "Chief", to the android policeman, to the Diaper King (who manages to be really badass even though his name is "Diaper King"), to the quirky porno director, etc. etc. The characters don't have much backstory, but, again, that's only a problem if you over-analyze it.

Enjoyment: Extremely high rewatch value. Watch it by yourself or with friends, or both!

Overall: This Korean movie is a weirdly kickass piece of work that rivals much of the cliche'd series that come from Japan. read more

RORICO N. FAN RECOMMENDS THIS MOVIE

PROPER MINDSET
This is definitely something different than the usual anime treatment. It has a very “anti-conformist punk” style and it is not even in Japanese dub. Yet, it feels very familiar with several other American and Japanese works, so it is not that eerie if you have watched some famous “fight da system” movies.

ART
[I stepped on poop...]

- Very distinctive concept in artwork. Everything and everyone have a very humorous / creepy look, that turns this feature into a memorable watch.
- The characters look like Saturday morning cartoons for kids but are in fact very sinister (part of the whole irony thing). I mean, the Diaper gang members look as sweet as the Smurfs, yet don’t think twice before chopping your head off and steal your wallet. The mayor of the city looks like a cute little girl but in fact treats people as roaches. And so on and so on … Very funny and almost twisted. A thing I didn’t like was that all the stunts in the film were identical, such as the police officers and the mutants. Almost clones of one another, I found it rather lame. If they were all different in some way, it would truly be a blast.
- Very detailed, with a constant “everything is rotten, society sucks” feeling to them. They are not the epitome of awesomeness, such as Hayao Miyazaki’s films, but are nice and interesting most of the time. Even the use of 3D blends nicely with everything else.
- Frenetic animation in the least. Nothing seems to be able to stand still for over two seconds. The camera during the action scenes keeps changing views like crazy and the screen keeps filling with debris or some poor guy’s guts. It is depicted very cartoonishly and does not really follow the laws of physics but does its job of entertaining you in flying colors.
- The movie does its worse to be as pointlessly violent and gory as possible. It spares no one in terms of showing a gruesome amount of splatter, blood bath, butchering and blowing up pretty much every setting it features. If you thought American action films were overdoing this, time to see the extremeness of it. Very good as a f***ed-up premise.

SOUND
[Pull my finger!]

- The original version is in Korean dub, if you care about such things. Beyond that, all characters have distinctive voices, exaggerated into sounding like archetypes. The punks sound like the retards they are, the villains sound … villainous and the Diaper gang members sound like … silly little critters. Very good but because of the “too much effort into sounding extreme”, they are not the best out there. One notice must be given to the context of the dialogues. The words “shit” and “ass” repeat almost every 2 sentences, while dozens of other profane words are used. They are excused in such an anti-conformistic story and are in fact used in an ironic way most of the time. Still, you may want to keep the moral viewers away from it.
- Music themes are not memorable but do have a lot of strength that fit with the whole wackiness of the story. Just like the animation, they have an awesome “I hate the world” feeling to them. Some of the tunes are at some point references to other things, such as patriotic anthems and famous movies.
- Sound effects are very reminiscent of Hollywood action films, with some attempts at making some sounds artistically incorporated into the atmosphere of the story. Quite good but not great.

SCRIPT
[We are in deep shit!]

- The story is practically a parody of idealistic scenarios and action films. Global energy resources have debunked to good old manure and people are addicted to lax popsicles, offered by the merciless authorities when someone takes a dump. Mutants and gang members are stealing and trading with these Juicy-bars, so the whole fuss is about exploiting the system for making easy money … and blowing everything to Kingdom Come… The story is a very ironic depiction of today’s advanced societies and their capitalistic greediness. It is great if you consider the tremendous amounts of scenarios, where everything is separated into the good and the bad. This story takes for granted that everything is bad (an almost cliché of its own) so you won’t really cheer or boo someone in it. Everyone and everything in it is pure greed and selfishness; nothing more. Everything in the story revolves around shit … and it is damn funny.
- For a movie feature, it packs a lot of events. It is almost predictable in a way, but for a movie it feels really long and the pacing is good.
- There are dozens of Easter Eggs, in the form of references to famous Hollywood films and ideological movements. You are made to laugh at how the animators twist everything highly idealistic into a pile of amoral garbage.
- It sure isn’t realistic as everything happens in a very convenient way. Yet, the frenetic chain of events is enough to never make you think, “This is nonsense”.
- The conclusion is not a solid one but it leaves no unexplained loose ends, a thing most anime fail miserably at. Not great but decent.

CAST
[A bunch of shitheads!]

- The cast is very funny for being the sons of bitches they all are. Everyone’s motive is “easy money” but that doesn’t lessen their image as “the perfect idiots for the stupidest idea.” The small time criminal duo and their madonna are airheads but that is excused the way they grew up. Terrorists and the authorities are violent and way too bipolar to feel real but also manage to play their part properly.
- Backdrops are weak and there never was much redeeming quality in the characters. They are all selfish and greedy, and love being as such. You do see development for most of them but it is peanuts in all. [/spoiler]

LEGACY
[Enjoy your Silver Lax, while taking a dump!]

It is not famous, nor it left a legasy. The chances of a second view are high, if you dig the whole pointless fuss of the movie. Compared to the average anime flick, hell, it is remarkably different and entertaining. Annoyingly ironic, humorous and different, you may not like the general story but you will definitely love the general idea. The people who made this really had a lot of fun and installed that in the movie as well. Never before in a movie was the anus such an important part of the body. A splendid way to have a lot of fun with friends, during a dull evening.

SUGGESTION LIST
Red Line
Dead Leaves
FLCL
Panty & Stocking

And now for some excused scorings.
ART SECTION: 9/10
General Artwork 2/2 (zany)
Character Figures 1/2 (crazy but repetitive)
Backgrounds 2/2 (zany)
Animation 2/2 (fluid)
Visual Effects 2/2 (lots of explosions)

SOUND SECTION: 7/10
Voice Acting 2/3 (corny but fitting with the feeling of the series)
Music Themes 3/4 (not great but fitting with the feeling of the series)
Sound Effects 2/3 (ok I guess)

STORY SECTION: 7/10
Premise 2/2 (interesting)
Pacing 2/2 (fine for a movie)
Complexity 2/2 (lots of easter eggs)
Plausibility 0/2 (none)
Conclusion 1/2 (cheesy)

CHARACTER SECTION: 5/10
Presence 1/2 (generic)
Personality 2/2 (eccentric)
Backdrop 0/2 (none)
Development 1/2 (overblown but it’s there)
Catharsis 1/2 (overblown but it’s there)

VALUE SECTION: 5/10
Historical Value 0/3 (none)
Rewatchability 1/3 (low because of too little plot)
Memorability 4/4 (extremely unorthodox to the point of forever remembering it)

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 6/10
Art 1/1 (looks zany)
Sound 0/2 (sounds meh)
Story 2/3 (feels random but packs a lot of kicks)
Characters 3/4 (they are simple but very eccentric)

VERDICT: 6.5/10 read more