Mar 29, 2013
Story: N/A
Wooser no Sono Higurashi makes no attempt at any sort of coherent storyline. When you read that, you might suppose that this must therefore be some sort of slice-of-life sketch based show and might be compared to the likes of Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou or Lucky Star. However, the word 'sketch' is too kind for Wooser. The narrative flicks randomly between snippets of Wooser the rabbit-thing's various fantasies of robots and perving on under-age girls. Each clip leaves you wondering if there was something you missed, or if you were even meant to find it funny. I'd estimate that at least a quarter of
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the series is swallowed by repeated clips of an 8-bit Wooser walking on screen and saying "Yo" to the audience (yes, it's that exciting).
Art: 5
Wooser is animated in a CG style. The art is very simple and there's very little decoration (often the clips take place on a blank background). The animation in general is ok but the frame rate in many places is noticeably poor.
Sound: 6
There's not too much to complain about here. The opening and ending themes are pretty catchy. On the other hand, it has knocked down my respect for Miyano Mamoru, the voice of Wooser (who I loved as Okabe in Steins;Gate among other roles), by a few pegs as his silly voice drags throughout the series.
Character: 1
There is only one character that gets any sort of screen time, and that is Wooser who is frankly obnoxious and uninteresting. All he seems to care about is himself and the undergarments of his human flatmates, Rin and Ren. They, along with a host of other random characters including an owl and some sort of dark anti-Wooser, might as well be furniture. They are never properly introduced and have only brief amounts of inane dialogue throughout the series. You might argue that because these are only small unconnected skits that character development doesn't matter, but the skits just aren't interesting enough to pull this off.
Enjoyment: 1
Other than a few WTF moments and references to other anime, I didn't really find myself laughing at all throughout this series, or in fact feeling any emotion other than mild irritation. I would rather have spent the time I watched this watching paint dry.
Overall: 3
Maybe not the worst collection of shorts ever created, but it can't be that far off. If you think it might be 'so bad it's good', you'd be wrong. Sorry that this review has been such a downer, but Wooser no Sono Higurashi is definitely a series to avoid. Go watch Steins;Gate or something, I don't know. Go about your lives.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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