A lot of you seems to be very confused, as to why some scenes are animated and some scenes are powerpoint. "Why are they doing this?" I hear you say.
Let me explain.
A couple of Japanese translators said over social media, (this is a while ago) that they were going to translate a "light novel" that a couple of american weeaboos had made. The american weeaboos made THE most stereotypical light novel that they could think off. (Ninjas, Hidden power, revenge) Basically Ninja Slayer in a nutshell. (Or literally)
Now here's the twist. The american weeaboos didn't exist in the first place!
The people who wrote the light novel made it up. They wanted to make a light novel, based on how weeaboos thought anime/manga was back in the 80's and 90's.
So they made Ninja Slayer. Have this in mind when watching this. It makes it SO much better. It's not supposed to be good. Imagine a couple of american weeaboos, sitting together and writing a novel, based on their brief knowledge on japan, (That came from watching anime.) and THIS is what you get.
It's not taking itself seriously and the animation is supposed to be "bad." How else would you explain it being in 4:3 format like on old TV and the scenes that are actually animated, versus the ones that have Southpark level animation.
Now for the actual review.
I say this without a single gram of sarcasm.
Ninja Slayer is a masterpiece.
This is not a troll review, giving it 10/10, just because "lol". This is my honest opinion about Ninja Slayer that has brought me to give this a 10/10.
There are few times when any type of entertainment, be it games, manga, music or in this case anime, can make me yell "YEEEEAAAAAARRRRRRRTTTHHH" UNIRONICALLY and without feeling shame afterwards. Ninja Slayer is incredibly stupid, incredibly funny and in-fucking-credibly entertaining.
I find it hard to put into words how amazed i am by this show. I sincerely feel sad about the people who dropped it on the first episode, or failed to correct their expectations of this show.
The entire point behind Ninja Slayer is showing what animefans/weeaboos thought anime was back in the late 80th, early 90th. The dialogue is cheesy, the art is flashy and very neon colored. Hacking into things solves everything and every female ninja is skimpily clothed.
There's a certain feeling that i'm sure everyone on earth knows what is. You can't explain it, you don't know how to evoke it but you are 100% sure what it is when you feel it.
THAT'S Ninja Slayer. I get "that" feeling when watching it.
Ninja Slayer isn't just anime. It's art.
I'm not being sarcastic.
