Ranked #5941

Parappa the Rapper

Even if this shows was fairly enjoyable, could it have been much more better... And, by the fact that the creator + the other folks' who worked on the game series were forbidden to participate in this Anime project, it really makes sense why this is so much different from the rapping game series.

Basicly, this Anime is about Parappa and his friends on everyday adventures. No plot, not really any action, just un-normal everyday happenings. An Anime only fans will find enjoyable.

The first problem about this series, is the lack of rapping music and almost none music at all. When I first saw the opening for this series (Which I found very catching), I though this Anime would rock everybody's hearts out with beat music. But no, once it started, cheesy background music were played together with badly drawn crayon background. Geez, wonder what they're budget was on...

Also, like I said before, there is absolutely NO story. The series is just about helping people and be a good friend, just like a stupid misguided kids show. Even though the humor in this show is really good sometimes, the jokes often get drowned over with morals and such. WHICH, in my opinion, destroys the comedy. I mean, come on! Who is so afraid to lie that he's creating stories, and 5 minutes later he confesses that it was a lie, without the others even having a clue about what he's talking about!? Darn!

The animation here is rather cheap too. Badly drawn crayon backgrounds, the characters in the background are usually not even movie, and the character design... well, that was fair enough I guess. At least it gave us the "Looks like Rodney drawed it" feeling. But almost all the characters in the town are reused from the Parappa games.

Okay, enough negative things, and now with the good ones:
- There were cameos ferom the old Parappa games, which I really found very entertaining. Still no Lammy though, but I'll still forgive them.
- The opening and endings (On each season) were pretty good, and I also found them all very enjoyable.
- The signs and words on objects were in English. Why is this good, you say? Because Parappa town is meant to be located in an English speaking town, so that was a really nice touch. Voices still Japanese though.

Well, that was all the good things I guess.

Don't take me wrong, I don't hate this Anime. I actually found it very entertaining. But this show just can't get a higher score than 5. I am very glad they made a Anime out of Parappa, but to keep the creators out of the project was really crude of them. read more