Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan

Well I thought long and hard before deciding to sit down and actually write a review on this anime. As you can see I am not a fan. When I sat down to view this series it was partially because I had seen references to it in other shows I had watched and a friend had recommended it telling me how funny he thought it was. I looked it up and thought the characters looked cute and was intrigued by the alt title "Club to Death Angel" ... hmm what was that about? God, how I wish I that I ... could have that moment back now.

So let’s give you the premise of Dokuro-chan. Basically she is an angel from the future who is here to protect Sakura from other angels from the future who want him dead for something he will do in the future... making all future women loli's. Ooooooooook. There have been far sillier anime plots so I can go with that. But that isn’t all of course, because Dokuro really loves Sakura and naturally is a jealous tsundere and in her fits of rage and jealousy kills Sakura...a lot. She beats him to death, she turns him into bloody soup, she impales, she decapitates, and dismembers in every way you can. But she’s always really sorry and being an angel buy saying her really cute "Pi-piru-piru-piru-pi-piru-pi!" she can bring him back to life. Of course Sakura is always quite upset (you think!?) and needs to remind Dokuro to stop beating him to death. Aww. Now I imagine this is supposed to be funny. Well maybe I woke up on the wrong side of the bed before I watched this or I was PMSing, but I thought this blatant cruelty was about as funny as, well being bludgeoned to death. Oh and you think it can’t get much worse than that? Add that an angel having his or her halo removes causes them to immediately have uncontrollable explosive diarrhea. Nice.

You’re probably thinking... aren’t you being a little harsh? Its only cartoon violence! I've seen shows that have been pretty raw before, Inukami! comes to mind, but many other shows that involve similar character types often have some pretty crude and sometimes cruel behavior. Such as Louise horse whipping Saito from ZnT, etc. This is different though the amount of spraying blood and gore is just so over the top that it is hard to top. Even some of the most violent anime out there like an Elfen Lied or Claymore were not bloodier than this one. And those weren’t comedies.

Now that I have gotten of my soapbox lets discuss the other parts of this series. Like I said at the start the art was one of the things that initially interested me in the show. It doesn’t disappoint there, Dokuro and all her friends are very cute and adorable, which in a way makes the way they behave so hard to accept. The music and voice acting is pretty good too. The OP song is pretty cute and cuddly sounding, well unless you read the translation.

I made it through this anime, because it was short 12 min episodes... and I really wanted to like it. I thought if I kept watching that eventually I would get some entertainment from it? I even watched the even shorter second part, honestly because I had already gotten it and I figured I might as well watch it too. This show truly disturbed me and I don’t think I have ever been more offended by something in my life. If it was possible to give it a "0" in enjoyment I would have. Reading the other reviews for this I see that I am probably in the minority on my thinking here. I don’t know what to say to you if you liked this show. Personally I think you need to see a shrink. If you’re reading this and wondering if you should watch it, I recognize that we all have different tastes, if you’re a fan of dark comedy shows like South Park (I am not) then you would probably enjoy this. Otherwise I would stay very very far away.

Bizarre, violent, mostly nonsensical...but incredibly funny. I liked this for the same reason I liked FLCL and Azumanga Daioh. FLCL had a deeper story (yes, there was one...watch it again) and Azumanga Daioh had greater character development, but Dokuro-chan has a charm all it's own...not to mention lots of blood. The parody of the "magical girl" element really adds something. I never cared for those types (Sailor Moon annoys me, no matter what language it's in), but here, it's funny.

The visuals and sound were really well done considering how short the series is, but then, that's just how series like this work. Short, but high-quality ... (well, the good ones, anyway). The premise alone is what got me to watch it and I wasn't disappointed. You have to take this series for what it is: brainless fun.

Look, I really enjoy stuff like Cowboy Bebop, Kanon (2006), and Gundam Wing...but sometimes you just gotta let off some steam. You can't always be serious and this really hit the spot for me. Especially since my last 3 series were Air, Black Lagoon, and Kanon (2006). Talk about heavy...I really needed this!

The first episode alone was almost too much...the appearance of the "monkey" left me almost in tears, I was laughing so hard. I'm sure my neighbors were wondering if I'd cracked! It wasn't some cerebral joke, it was just so completely unexpected, it really caught me off-guard. That, and I happen to find monkeys funny in general. Nothing afterwards hit my funnybone THAT hard, but it was still worthwhile.

Kick back, let go of your rational mind for a bit, and enjoy this blood-soaked comedy for what it is and don't try to analyze it too deeply. It's just plain fun.

"Pipiru piru piru pipiru pi!!!!!!!!" -Dokuro-chan

I'll start by stating my opinion of the anime directly. It sucks. No, I'm not just a flamer, or a crude one-line-reviewer, but it’s true. My first advice to all of the people who read this review: do not watch this anime unless you... 1) Are absolutely *desperate* for a brainless comedy, 2) Do not care one whit about storyline, or 3) Are a brave person who wants to plunge into the unknown despite my fervent warnings to the contrary.

First, and quite possibly most importantly, the storyline. A quote from MyAnimeList.net's description:

"Problem is, Dokuro is very temperamental, and is constantly killing Sakura (and ... lots of other people too) in incredibly bloody ways with her giant spiked club."

This *is* the storyline. The whole anime revolves around Dokuro walking around, swinging her club around in a giant grand melee, and then gasping in shock (or not) and singing her little song to bring back the person she just killed. There are other sub-plotlines describing relationships, competitions between angels, and so on, but they seem rough and thrown in to make up for the astounding lack of any other content. The main body of the anime, as stated before, is nothing but a huge bloodbath of random violence and destruction.

On a slightly happier note; if, somehow, you manage to avoid being led off by the absence of a storyline, you will probably enjoy simply looking at the action on the screen. While there are animes that are undeniably drawn far better, Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan does an excellent job of matching very random animations with the action. A wide variety of styles of drawing are used for emphasis in certain scenes, although one main style dominates.

Similarly, a wide variety of sound is used effectively throughout the show, drawing to mind the old radio stations of the 50's that often used their arsenal of bells and whistles for the entertainment of their listeners. While watching the anime, you may find that the little tune that Dokuro uses to revive people (pipiru pi!) begins to annoy you by sheer repetition.

Character, however, is another weak point. All of the characters have firmly established personas, but none of them have the least bit of depth. As a story progresses, you might expect characters to acquire some bits of personality, but instead they remain almost entirely set in the personas given to them in the introduction.

This anime, as stated earlier, is something you watch in the wee hours of night as a way to get a quick laugh without immersing yourself in a good story. I would not recommend anyone looking for a high quality, strong anime show to watch this.

As a note to the supporters of this anime: I understand that some people will not agree with my assessment of this show. Please, instead of flaming my or posting detrimental comments, post your own review to challenge my opinion.

Rating: 4/10

Overview:

Dokuro-chan is one of the most infamously stupid anime of the last decade. It came out in 2005 and raised eyebrows with its heavy use of gore, painfully unfunny attempts at humor, insanely obnoxious characters, and sheer failure at being a "magical girl" genre parody. Dokuro-chan is like the poor man's version of Excel Saga or FLCL. Actually, the show it reminds me of most of all is Panty and Stocking, but Gainax had nothing to do with Dokuro believe it or not.

Story and characters: 1/10

Oh dear GOD! The plot is that a pathetic, squirming male protagonist is on the brink of discovering a ... technology that will make mankind immortal. He wishes to make all women permanently 12 years old and be the only mature human so he can live as a pedophile God. The plot thickens when the real God is upset by this plan and sends angels down to Earth in order to kill the pedophile mad scientist. One of these angels is the annoying beyond all belief Dokuro Chan. Dokuro chan is so rage inducing it can't really be described by my meager English skills. Imagine a character that makes Jar Jar Binks look as cool as Miles Davis! Dokuro falls in love with the pedo scientist named Sakura (unusual name for a man), and the series is about their romance. What makes this series suck besides being VERY pro-loli and having the most obnoxious characters ever, is that it was created to spoof the magic girl genre and it fails miserably as a parody. It never demonstrates anything beyond a very shallow understanding of magical girl anime and therefore isn't able to parody the style very effectively. Imagine a version of Young Frankenstein if firstly, Mel Brooks had never actually seen a Universal Monster film before and had only heard of those films, and secondly this alternate Mel Brooks has a brain the size of a jelly bean. That is what watching Dokuro is like!

Art: 5/10

The art isn't THAT bad for 2005, but this was drawn by Genion, who did Ergo Proxy the same year! They are capable of doing a LOT better!

Sound: 2/10

The music sucks, but at least you have the choice of listening in English or Japanese. In the English dub, the pedophile scientist is voiced by Johnny Young Bosch in probably the single worst role of his distinguished career. WHY!?? In Japanese, the pedo is voiced by a fairly obscure actress, but she is good at voicing young male characters that piss off the audience. She also voiced that little shit that beat the puppy to death in Elfen Lied. Seriously!

Enjoyment: 2/10

Remember that segment of the movie Idiocracy called "Ow my Balls!". Really crude physical humor can be funny the first time, but if you reuse the joke where the same character gets hit in the nuts OVER and OVER, it stops being funny to all but the stupidest of audiences. This is the anime version of "Ow my Balls!"

Overall: 2/10

The mediocre art that came with being backed by a major animation studio managed to save Dokuro from the unholy 1/10 rating. Everything else in this anime is feces. Oh yeah, before I forget: PIPIRU PIRU PIRU PIPIURU PIIII! God DAMN is that shit annoying!

The title is Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan. I remember reading about it on some site long ago, but I forgot the title. Although, luckily, I asked about it on the anime section of GameTalk and someone was able to tell me.

This anime is REALLY short (4 episodes) -- even shorter than FLCL. And like FLCL, I have to wonder why it isn't any longer.

Dokuro-chan is an angel from the future who is sent by God to kill Sakura who is destined to create the technology that freezes all women's aging once they turn twelve.

Although Dokuro-chan decides to save Sakura, she ends up killing him anyway (multiple ... times) with her giant spiked club because she is very temperamental.

The great thing about this anime is that every episode had something that made me laugh out loud, and I guarantee you will too.

P.S. I found out on Anime News Network that the Japanese voice actress for Dokuro-chan is the same as Azmaria Hendric on Chrono Crusade. @_@

The majority of Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is very random. Random, and mindless. The characters are decent, the sound is decent, art is good, but there really isn't much of a story. That aside, given that Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is a random, mindless comedy, the story can slide a little.

IMO, if you're looking for random mindless comedy, and don't mind the violence, or lack of a decent story, then Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is perfect for you.

"Pipuru piru piru pipuru pi!"

You'll hear that phrase so often in this show you'll want to blow your brains out. Dokuro-chan, or, excuse me, "Club-To-Death Angel Dokuro-chan" is a terrible 'comedy' from the mid 2000s known for its stupid humour and the over the top gore. This anime is really strange, from its writing, to its humour and even to its art design of its characters. Everything about this anime makes me want to burn my eyes out with a candle but first, let's talk about the narrative... if you could even call it that.

Our main character is a man of great importance in the ... future and why may you ask? Did he become a scientist and cure all known disease? Nope. Did he become a ruler and unite the world in one giant country thus stopping all war and injustices? Nah. Did he grow up to become a functioning member of society at least? No! Our 'wonderful' main protagonist invents mortality so that all women after the age of 12 will stop growing...so in other words, this guy is possibly a paedophile. God, who is naturally pissed at what he has done, sends an angel from the future called "Dokuro-chan" to kill Sakura (our main pedo- I mean hero!) but ends up falling in love with him and believes our main protagonist can be spared so she decides to watch over him, in an attempt to prevent him from creating this invention.

And that's it for an over-arcing storyline. The rest of the show is made up of simple gags which are not all too funny and boring side characters who do nothing to affect the plot in the slightest. Now, I'm not expecting too much in terms of a story, since most shows in this genre generally lack one anyway, and the OVA format with this few episodes doesn't exactly allow for a deep, intricate story, but that's fine if the comedy and characters are fun. Which they are not.

I guess there is another small subplot about Sakura wanting to confess his feelings to a girl he likes but, like most other shows in the same genre, is never expanded on and is instead left in the dark.

The main reoccurring gag in the show is the one in which where Dokuro will kill Sakura with her giant bat for stupid crap, like a dumb boob grab or seeing her accidentally naked or something along those lines. The first few times this happens, its so over the top that it will catch you off guard and maybe will make you smile but it gets old, really quick. Not only does Dokuro kill Sakura for such retarded reasons, every single time she does it, but we also have to listen to the same "Pipuru piru piru pipuru pi!" so that he can be brought back to life.

There are many other gags, which are either trying way too hard to be funny or relying on gross-out humour, which I am not a fan of at all. The anime tries to rely on "OH MY GAWD, ITZ FUNNEH CAUSE IS RANDOM!!" type of humour, and like I said, it gets old really quickly, unless you're ten years old or something. Some gags were okay, such as the "Binkan-Man" commercial cut away but aside from that, nothing else. They also use this cheap as hell looking photoshop monkeys which they use to place on the heads of several students. I understand that the gag is all about how cheap it looks but it still is not funny none the less.

The characters, in both design and personality, are boring, lacking anything to make them interesting. Sakura is the butt of every joke and the one that is always getting beat up. Dokuro-chan is a sadistic maniac who enjoys torturing the person she likes since she says that "its the way I show my love" according to the opening. She is selfish and a complete bitch in every sense of the word. She never learns or changes of the duration of the two seasons or ever thinks "Hmm, maybe I should stop brutality killing the person I am in love with". There is another angel that gets introduced but is mostly forgetful and those nothing interesting at all. Aside from a way to use a cheap toilet gag. Yeah, that reminds me. Apparently, whenever the Halo is removed from the angel's heads, it sorts of acts as a laxative...I'll let you picture how these scenes play out in your head. Furthermore, whenever these terrible scenes do arise (no pun intended) the animators make it their duty to fully showcase their pain through the disgustingly detailed expression on their faces. Honestly, it's creepy.

Another angel includes the incredibly big breasted girl with the best curves and the one any sweaty otaku would want to do dirty things to in real life...until you learn she is nine years old. At least they're consistent with their themes of paedophilia.

The animation and colour design is pretty typical of what you'd expect from mid-2000s anime. Its very basic looking, the characters bodies look kind of disproportionate and overall the animation is very standard. There are a few good moments of detailed artwork and animation to help convey some jokes, but again, it feels like they're trying to force comedy. The opening song is pretty much the most annoying thing I have ever heard with the main catch being the damn"Pipuru piru piru pipuru pi!" shit, over and over again.

In conclusion, stay away from this anime. It tries way too hard to shock the audience with it's over the top comedy and bloodshed it comes across as pathetic and boring. The comedy is weak and forced and everything is a mess. Stay away from it.

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is one of those absolutely, totally, ridiculously non-sense anime. And this is what makes it really funny as hell.

Sakura-kun is a simple boy who struggles to live a decent life after Dokuro-chan, a crazy clubbing-to-death angel that came and started to live with him, for no apparent reason.

To resume, the story is stupid, as you can see in the synopsis.
The students look totally normal and basic, with the exception of the one turned into a monkey and the teacher, with his weird face and goggles, well in fact most of the adults look disguting, so are Sakura's face in critical situations. Sometimes ... Sakura's mind will be shown with some hilarous metaphors using an adult character, or the angel and devil thing (well, here it's a vulgar Sakura and a graduated Sakura).
Well, the changes in art style are in fact most of the time the reason for the fun in the show.
The opening couldn't fit better, Sae-chan sings as she voices Dokuro-chan. The voices and sounds used during every episode make the show even funnier. The ending is kinda sad compared to the delirious anime, but as it is really relaxing and cool I will forgive Sae-chan because you can't dislike her.

Well, if you want to laugh after a messy day or because you're wanting to forget your hard times, BTDC is ALWAYS a good anime to watch. If you just want to see some funny random anime, no other can be better. If you want to see some serious anime or a great storyline for a funny show, don't even look for it.
And the sequel is even funnier (but two times shorter), be sure to check it out.

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan is...well....what can I say? It's absolutely insane and nonsensical. If you are looking for a well written and deep story, then this is the exact opposite of what you want. The story in this anime is pretty much non-existent; A few plot points that seem significant are brought up, but all-together dropped and forgotten in the long run. If you are a fan of random, crazy, immature, and fun humor, then this anime was made for you. For any casual anime fan, it's worth AT LEAST a 'check it out'. Try the first episode, if you are into it, then continue with ... it, because it's comedy is consistent and constant throughout every episode. If you are really into the story, and you like it only for that, then just stop now, because this is very important to know: The plot is just an excuse for more humor, and this is proved, for in the second season, all current plot events from the season 1 finale are dropped and forgotten, and it is back to more random comedy.

In a nutshell: Story is on the back-burner, comedy is prominent. Check it out if you like the sound of this! ^^

At it's base the anime had little plot to begin with, and doesn't really improve at all.

I realize that it was meant to be random, but the whole premise of the anime seemed to throw me off far beyond the norm.

Story - (1/10)
There wasn't any, simply put. They tried to excuse this by creating a story that fell along the lines of:

The protagonist is targeted by an angel, Dokuro-chan, that wants to kill him because in the future he will create an immortality potion that makes all women grow only large enough to look like 12-year-old girls. A.K.A. they [the Angel Agency] wants to kill ... him for being a lolicon.

Art - (5/10)
The art was entertaining at times, but most of the episodes are just plain disturbing, and I don't know about you, but after about 3 episodes of constant bloodshed and monkey-humping, I'm about ready to jump off a bus.

Sound - (7/10)
For some reason I found the sound very appealing and very funny (even though I don't want to SEE the bloodshed, I found it interesting how they made it sound).

Character - (10/10)
The only character I found enjoyable was the protagonist, Sakura. I simply loved that fact that everything around him is quickly spinning into "nonsense" land and he tries so desperately to cling onto some amount of sanity (with no success, of course).

Enjoyment - (10/10)
While I didn't enjoy the art, the story, or sounds, I did thoroughly enjoy the comedy and bits of randomness that DID make sense (even though that, in itself, doesn't make sense).

Overall, I'd have to rate this a 3/10. It's something I'd suggest if you were REALLY bored.

Okay ... so ... khm. Trying to write a review for this is like trying to make a soap out of dirt. No, I mean it. This anime is simply hit or fail - whether it's about the taste or about the time you're watching it (meaning your "emotional/mind state".

Story? Ain't nobody got imagination for that.
There's basically no story. Well ... there is ... sort of. Angel comes from a future to kill a guy since he invented a perfect lolicon world in the future where all women stop aging at the age of 12. She can't kill him so she spends her entire ... time with him, trying to stop his studies ---

This is pointless. I fuc***g loved this anime. It's not complex. It's not deep. It's not long - it doesn't try to be anything. It is what it is - a mindless 'let's make morbid things kind of fun' thingy. I really don't want to grade this anime because, by all possible standards, this is absolute zero. Art is crappy, sound (what the heck is that?), the characters are like wtf, omg, ojhaaablaa, story is so complex it gave me diarrhea and so on and so forth.

It's aimed to the specific people and I kind of fit right in there. If you consider obscure torture, mindless murders, flat out retarded "everything" this is your thing. It's funny, it really is, and it doesn't try to be anything more than that.

I honestly have no idea how to say what I want to say about this show. Basically, it's the weirdest, craziest, most nonsensical, stupidest mind-f*** of a show I have EVER seen. However, I can't exactly say it's bad. Because, really, it's not.
It's about a boy named Sakura (yes, he is a boy, and his name IS Sakura), a remarkably normal kid who just happens to have a murderous angel living in his room. This is Dokuro-chan, a mallet-wielding psychopathic angel from the future to protect Sakura from the other angels who want to kill him, all because (in the future) he accidentally found ... the secret to eternal youth in an attempt to make a pedophiles' world. And what is this 'guardian angels' biggest pleasure in life? To mercilessly torture and kill poor Sakura every chance she gets, to distract him from studying so he will never accidentally find the secret to eternal youth! And she doesn't just kill him... She slaughters him, the most common way being lobbing off the top half of his head with her club-thingy called 'Excaliborg' in giant explosions of blood. After he has collapsed to the floor, his own blood usually decorating the surrounding walls and ceiling, she brandishes Excaliborg once again to heal him back to life with a 'Pipiru pipiru pipiru pi!'
This may sound funny to you, it may not. It sounded funny to me, but in the end the sheer amount of stupidity I was hit with just baffled me and I couldn't watch it anymore.
If you want plot, you're definably not going to find it here. It's just 8 jumbled episodes of unrelated stupidity, filled to the brim with Sakura's pain and misery. Actually, Sakura was the only character I actually liked, and that was mostly because I felt bad for the poor guy. He's abused by his classmates in various ways, Dokuro kills him every few minutes and he's publicly humiliated in front of the girl he likes on numerous occasions. To me, it was much more cruel than funny, considering that one time he's killed, washed down a river, had to hitch-hike his way back, and is greeted by concern and caring from his classmates only to find out the food they gave him is poisoned.
That's... Just cruel.
The art is cute, if not disturbing at times (and I don't mean the blood, I mean how radically the characters change from normal and cute to deformed and ugly) and the music is catchy. The voice acting is pretty good as well. I found it to be funny here and there, but the rest of the time I just felt my brain cells die as I watched it.
Bottom line, I say give it a try... I know several people who loved the show and though it was insanely funny, but I just couldn't handle it.

Overview:
I'll start this review first by saying that normally, I love comedy. I usually enjoy watching anime series like this, that don't really have a plot and are just parody/comedy and that's it. After watching the first episode (There's 4 eps, not 8), I just can't watch any more for at least a very, very long time. It is HORRIBLE, even for a comedy anime. But I do respect it for one thing. This anime manages to do something no other anime can do. It manages to be SO BAD, that it makes ALL other anime seem amazing. This must truly be the worst anime ... that was ever made in order for it to accomplish this. During the whole episode I watched, I kept thinking how great those boring, slice-of-life shows like Lucky Star are compared to the sh*t I was currently watching. Oh, and by the way, blood is supposed to go DOWN not up. It's called gravity.

Story:
The story is interesting enough. The problem is, they do nothing with it. Instead of what it says on the summary, the story ends up being Dokuro-chan killing Sakura every 5 seconds for some dumb reason, then reviving him. That COULD be funny, but it gets old and loses any possible humor since it's repeated so often. Basically, there is no story.

Art:
Most of the time it's cute. Then the characters get all deformed and it isn't funny like it's meant to be - it's just outright disturbing. Maybe not quite enough to cause nightmares, but just horrible to look at.

Sound:
The OP theme is cute, as long as you don't read the translation. Everything else is mediocre.

Character:
Lolwhat? Characters? Oh yeah, that. Dokuro-chan is like Louise from ZnT or Shana from SnS to the extreme x10000000. She likes chopping peoples heads off with her bat. That's all there is to know about her. Sakura seems like the "self-insert" character, having no personality and all, but who the f*ck would want to be him? Oh, and there's this girl who Sakura has a crush on. That's all. Oh, there's a monkey too.

Enjoyment:
If you enjoy this show, you must be a sadist.

Overall:
If you end up on some deserted island somewhere and the only thing you have is this anime series, don't watch it. Because staring at a wall is more fun and less disturbing than watching this.

This doesn't need to be a lengthy review, this anime is bad. Was almost average because of how funny it was to begin with, no real plot just fun nonsense. That however, may be its fault. Its running gag (Sakura being killed by the bludgeoning bat and brought back to life) becomes stale very quickly and when characters aren't funny they're just being annoying. Really felt like it was dragging on towards the end, that and the OVA decided to DOUBLE DOWN on a worry I kept in the back of my mind starting this, that being its loli aspect. Every character could've been aged ... up and put in a high-school setting (at the very least). 4/10

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-Chan, or bludgeoning angel Dokuro-Chan, began as a light novel by Okayu Masaki. It was quickly adapted into a manga and then an anime from Hal Film Maker, known for their work with Aria, Princess Tutu and Uta Kata. I originally watched this series in Secondary school and I don't remember much about it aside from the music being awesome. Let's take a look at the series and see what else, if anything, it has going for it.

So, the setup is that a young student named Sakura is living with an angel, the titular Dokuro-chan. She came from the future to change ... the past surrounding him. How? By beating him to death with a spiky club and resurrecting him multiple times. Her plan is great. You can probably already tell that it's not a serious show. So, what can you expect from the comedy? Most of it is either gross out humour, frequently involving gore over the top reaction humour or ecchi humour. The events themselves revel from having no connection to reality. Sakura's classmates and teacher just accept everything that happens without much reaction or comment. You'd also expect Sakura to be terrified of Dokuro, given her tendency to violently murder him with little provocation, but he treats her like a childish friend who just needs to be gently corrected most of the time. I'd suggest that he should call the authorities and get a restraining order, but she is a supernatural menace. So, who should he call? Why Ktulu's Supernatural Exterminators, of course. Our staff will use science and logic to prove within a .0005% probability that your supernatural menace doesn't exist, thereby causing them to vanish in a puff of logic. Wendy says “I had a ghost living in my house. He was friendly enough, but he was kind of an annoying tool. So I called Ktulu's Supernatural Exterminators. The representative who came to my house insulted everything from my intelligence to the décor, and when I called to complain they didn't understand what I was talking about.” To clarify Wendy's statement, we understood perfectly, we just didn't care. “But she was done in less than ten minutes and now I don't have that tool lurking around anymore.” That's Ktulu's Supernatural Exterminators. We promise efficient and effective removal of supernatural beings, but not good customer service. Our motto is “if you were smart, we wouldn't have to deal with it for you.” Call today, we're currently offering specials on sparkly vampires and green-haired kitsune stalkers. Now, back to Bokusatsu Tenshi. Another serious issue is the ending. They actually try to have a semi-serious, tense moment. Naturally, that doesn't work in a series that's already built up a very goofy aesthetic.

The characters in this are really lacking in dimension. You wouldn't expect them to develop much given that the series only has eight fifteen minute episodes, but they don't even come across as one-dimensional. It's like Highschool of the Dead, the characters are so flat they would be lucky to have half a dimension to them. The characters don't even play well off of each other for comedic purposes. Pretty much every joke has the same reaction from them. Dokuro gets violent, Sakura freaks out, their other classmates watch without reaction.

The art in this is pretty bad. Most of it is really undetailed. The only parts where they put in any effort are the gore effects and the occasional ecchi moment. And even then it's not all the time. Most of the gore effects consist of large quantities of blood spurting everywhere and they're pretty lazy.

The sound is the best part of the series. Mainly because of the opening, which has awesome music. The voice acting itself is largely either over the top or under-stated. The variation is pretty much based entirely on the character. Chiba Saeko, Takagi Reiko and Tobita Nobuo give exaggerated performances, everyone else gives really dull, emotionless ones.

The ho-yay factor is a 2/10. There's one throwaway joke involving Sakura and Zansu. It isn't remotely funny.

So, who would actually like this? If you're a fan of violent gross out humour, this is certainly one for you. If you think exaggeration is tantamount to humour, you'll probably like it. If neither of those statements applies to you, check out the music but stay away from the actual series. Final rating: 2/10. Next week I'll look at Robotics;Notes.

This show was a 10 while simultaneously being a 4. Add them together and divide by 2 and BAM!!!!!!!!!!!! This show is a 7.

"Better than Ping Pong: The Animation" - 0207xander

If you liked Golden Boy, this is a must-watch. I shamelessly like lowbrow and no fucks given entertainment. I watched this with friends. We all loved the first 3 episodes. The one liners are funny. The show started off strong with yelling "viva libido" and the show thoroughly had my attention from there on out. The horribly out of place baboon head on the student body was hilarious. Then they doubled down on one ... of the best jokes I have seen in quite a while and made a character with a horribly photo shopped dog head.

If you are into parody humor, this show provides plenty. The Bruce Lee scene is great. The Sailor Moon sceptre twirl with the great "Pi piru piru piru pi piru pi" made me smile every time. etc. etc.

The cast was unique. The cast was full characters with little humanity in them. People cannot act like Dokuro. If people thought like her, they would probably be dead. Most characters in other shows are comprised with people with a little bit of character so they stand out a little. None of the people in this show were believable and that is admirable.

I enjoyed this trash. Watch it with friends. The show isn't made to be watched by yourself in a thought-provoking manner so you can inspect the deep intricacies of life. This is ridiculous fun that can be appreciated by most people.

Okay well I pick up this dvd at best buy thinking it was going to be cute and so such even though I saw the 16+ Rating I though it was just for the blood which I can usually handle so I bought it and took it home well after the first episode I was very disturb by the fanservice which in alot of anime they usually do have that which I don't mind if the anime is good but this anime had to much of it for me to handle. >_< But I still trying to give this anime a shot so I watch ... a few more episodes even though i did have a few laughs overall I really didn't enjoy this anime now I'm not saying this anime is down right horrible i mean if you can take the fanserivce and you can actually understand the jokes which I wasn't able too you would probably end up liking it but to me I just didn't like it..so I gave it 4/10 I'm guessing this is most horrible anime I've ever seen..kinda harsh..well I take that back yugioh gx is my worst..but yeah this is RIGHT after it...

PI PIRU PIRU PI PIRU PIIIII!!

I'm beginning to see a pattern here of Media Blasters licenses and off beat comedy/parody/excessively violent or salacious anime. Next on the list of Magical Girl Parodies™ is the (not so) esteemed Club to Death Angel Dokuro-chan. I may have set the bar too high by watching Punie first, but dang if I still don't enjoy a bloody meat fountain caused by a dangerous and violent, but cutesy little moe blob.


Artwork and Animation: 6

Despite being by the venerable Geneon, Dokuro looks pretty average. Maybe they were saving up for Ergo Proxy, which was to come the next year, but ... for something made in 2005, it's not a visual feast. There's a lot of chibi style comedy and grotesque, distorted faces to spice up the otherwise bland visual style, though. Grievous injuries and gleeful beatdowns also splatter a dash of color across the screen quite frequently. And by quite frequently, I mean at least 4-5 times per 13 minute episode.


Sound and Voice Acting: 7

As a big Johnny Yong Bosch fan, I have to say this is not one of his better roles as the moronic ninnyboy Sakura. While he definitely puts on a show as a whining idiot, it's so grating to hear Sakura speak sometimes that I was just waiting for his next bludgeoning so he'll shut up for a few seconds, or at least scream in agony in sync with my ears.
Wendee Lee likewise has been in better roles, but fills the petulant and obnoxious Dokuro's shoes very well. Honestly the best role was a supporting one from Mela Lee as Rin Tohsaka, I mean, Shizuki.

On a good note... the opening song is incredibly catchy- good luck getting PI PIRU PIRU PI PIRU PI unstuck from your head after watching this.


Story and Characters: 5

The premise is that Dokuro-chan is sent from Heaven to kill Sakura and stop him from creating a technology that stops women's physical aging at 12. In her mind though, this mission is instead to just interfere with his everyday life so much that he'll somehow forget about the thing he's supposed to invent in the future, and only kill him when he or some outside stimulus sets her off- but promptly revive him.

Well, here's basically how each 13 minute double episode goes: the idiot Sakura is minding his own business and gets put in a situation that reflects pervertedly with him and someone else, typically Dokuro. Dokuro, ever the excitable, malicious fiend that she is, then takes her bat, Excalibolg, and pummels Sakura into oblivion before resurrecting him with her angel magic. The plot is pretty nonsensical, and doesn't really go anywhere- due to Dokuro's near-constant interference in every single activity that Sakura tries to perform.


Enjoyment: 7

Is it funny to watch them squirm? Yeah, sometimes. Is it extremely juvenile and heavy handed with the humor? Absolutely. Is the show really obnoxious? Yes.
If I wasn't a fan of ultraviolence as a source of humor, this show would have been so irritating to watch I'd probably have spooned my eyeballs out and flattened them with hot irons after replacing about 10% of my blood with liquid meth after the first 10 minutes or so. That said, Dokuro did have just enough laughs in there to keep me watching, and a little blood never hurt anybody.
That's a lie, everyone has at least 5 gallons of blood in this.


Overall and Recommendation: 6

Definitely not as good, nor anywhere near as clever as Punie, but if one enjoys the bloodthirsty and dangerous moe girl type magical girl parodies, this one should definitely be on the list.

Overall I'd rate this anime with a 9. The art was really good (and cute!), the characters were unique-ish and had their own personalities and the series was very enjoyable! It didn't really have that much of a plot and it was really short, but if you don't mind that (or lots of gore and ecchi moments) then this anime is for you!

I enjoyed this anime because of it's humour. It mostly based it's comedy upon Sakura getting killed every 10 minutes (lots of blood there...) and it's ecchi moments. There are other things that make this anime good, like its originality and ... catchy opening theme, so I'd say that this is a must watch!

I'm sorry if this review wasn't good, It's my first one...

This anime is not supposed to be taken seriously and this is made unambiguously clear from its silly premise and your first 10 seconds of watching this show. That being said if you do decide to go into this anime with the intent of taking it seriously like many of the other reviewers on this site, then you are going to have a bad time.

Now that's out of the way, I would recommend this anime to people who can take a joke, separate fiction from reality and are looking for something fun and brainless to watch.

Story is original for its time, artstyle is good, ... and characters had their own unique charm.