Ranked #1106

Cuticle Tantei Inaba

Yeah, it's a gag anime. A ridiculously cute, hyper, gag anime.

Some of the anime's good points include: a rapid-fire funny dialogue, a cast of oddball characters, a truly out-there plot, the occasional jab at some manga/anime conventions, a short-skit format that never lets it drag, cute overload in every episode, and a ton of fujoshi fanservice (or is it a parody of fujoshi fanservice? Who cares, it works either way!)

The art's very pretty when it's not chibified, and even the chibification's used to full effect to prop up the gags, so it all works out in the end.

The cast gives top-notch performances - I'd never had imagined Ookawa Tohru could be this outrageously funny, for one. He also performs the ED btw, which is the comedy gem cherry on top of the ridiculousness sundae of the show.

Of course, it might be a bit overwhelming and even seem nonsensical for people who prefer a more sedate or sober mode of storytelling. But if you're in the mood for something cute that doesn't take itself too seriously you should give this a shot. It delivers in spades. read more

If you're looking for a nonsense anime, here's your place.

Cuticle Tantei Inaba at first may looks like a ridiculous comedy, but there's a lot of action in there too, as the anime goes on. Ok, there's still the funny stuff, but the background of Hiroshi's life and family starts to get revealed and you may find the seriousness in some episodes awkward, but later all the chibi gags will be back. And it's exactly the balanceament of both styles that made the anime really nice to watch.

Just as I said above, the story is completely made of nonsense. The idea is so crazy that it looks amazing, but it also could go very wrong. Inaba went by the right way, thankfully. I mean, when would I think that I'd be liking so much a anime about a werewolf detective fighting against a mafia goat?
[Story - 8/10]

The characters have really nice and creative designs that also resemble their personalities in some way. Kei, the 'only sane man' in this show has this plain look, for an example. The animation was very well done (and I watched the whole anime in SLQ!) and so was the colouring. I never heard of the studio before, but ZEXCS has done a very good work. (Looking at their previous works, I saw it's the same studio of Sukitte na Ii yo and Denyuuden)
[Art - 9/10]

The voice acting was very good! It was a bit strange to hear Hiroshi's seiyuu, Suwabe Junichi (who voiced Grimmjow from Bleach and Aomine from KuroBasu) to talk in such a high pitch, and Ookawa Toru (Mustang from FMA) did a amazing job as Valentino! Kei's seiyuu was also pretty good (poor guy, he screams a lot). I simply loved the opening! It's so fast paced and makes you more excited to watch the episode. The ending was ok, and the ost is rarely noticiable (I don't even remember if there was any music in the anime's background).
[Sound - 8/10]

Someone once said me that 'the characters from Cuticle Tantei Inaba looked like if the creator used some random rpg character generator and copied the results'. It's something like this, because there's no normal person in this! Even Kei, the 'only sane man'-type was a bit freak. And the coolest about the characters are this randomness! We have the hero with a hair fetish, the mysterious man obssessed with his leader (a goat), the psycho trap, a few last-episode characters... The triumph of this anime are the characters!
[Character - 10/10]

So, this review is getting long and you may already be tired of me. Sorry. Resuming, the thing is - I LOVE Cuticle Tantei Inaba. It was the reason for me to look foward to next weekend, and every episode passed in a blink of an eye to me. It was amazing and I enjoyed every second of it at it's fullest. It's a great anime to watch when you're bored, or feeling down, or just... It's so nice and cute.
[Enjoyment - 10/10]

(Oh, a last hour warning. There's a lot of chibi and fujoshi fanservice. You've been warned.)

This is my second review, so a feedback would be really cool! read more