Shitcom

It's a simple one minute animation, but it's also a story of true love.

It's funny, cute, romantic and wholesome at the same time.
The clay animation is of great quality and really shows how much time, love and soul the author has put into it.
The ending was quite unpredictable and caught me off guard in a good way.
And the most important thing is the meaning behind the final scene: it's a blessing to find a person who will understand, support and accept you for who you are.

To sum it up, the short is great and deserves more praise and critical acclaim.
When I first found it, I ... rewatched it 5 times in a row and recommended it to my friends.
Just go watch it.

Shitcom is like the Neon Genesis Evangelion of the deepest, darkest, dankest part of Hell's dump, the place where things like:
Mars of Destruction
Skelter Heaven
Everything else Idea Factory ever made
Panzer Dragoon
That horrible Mario anime
One Punch Man
God Eater
Violence Jack
Shitgatsu
...
and many, many more came from.

Only Shitcom is made from the congealed drippings of those other anime, mashed into a malleable, turd looking form and then made into a stop motion video that MAL somehow considers anime. While I contend that "anime" refers to hand drawn or three dimensional computer generated productions, apparently poop(clay)-mation counts too.

Now, I mentioned that Shitcom is the NGE of Hell's dump's shit. This is not an unsubstantiated claim. In fact, Shitcom may be one of the deepest, thickest turds ever uploaded to the collective toilet of the internet. Why?

I make two cases:

1. It has actual metaphorical meaning.

Shitcom: two clay turds go out on a date. The shit-man pulls out a ring to propose to the feces-woman, but then she explosively vomits her scat all over herself, him, and everything else. The man responds in kind by mouth-shitting himself, her, and everything else. It ends with a kiss. Is it all a crappy poop joke like the one I just told?

Well, not in this shitty reviewer's mind!

Shitcom is an allegory for the crap that we all have inside of us. Some people feel like shit, some people are full of shit, and some people talk shit. But this couple is able to look past all that shit that comes bubbling out of each other and love the shit out of each other- literally. It's about how humanity has this dark, smelly, brown, sticky nastiness inside, and when it comes out, it's all in how we deal with it- either a mutual respect and looking past the shitty situation we find ourselves in, or just losing our shit and getting it everywhere, and on everyone.


2. It's literally about two people shitting themselves, and getting it everywhere.

Filth.


So, like NGE, Shitcom has viewers split on whether it's a deep, satisfying metaphor in a 2 minute claymated span, or whether it's just a pretentious piece of crap.

You be the judge, but I'm erring on the side of shit.

Shitcom short review by Ja025:


Fascinating: Someone actually spent time to make this.
Amazing: Someone probably liked this.
Sad: I watched it to see how bad it is. Wasn’t disappointed about that aspect.
Notable: The clay models in Takena’s animations are actually quite good.
Appalling: The anime itself.

Obvious: This anime is a joke, there’s no more to it really.
...
Why the score: I’m just adding text here to make the review long enough to post. Answer is self explanatory and could be summarized in one word – the name of the animation.

To note: If you like poop jokes in a romantic setting you might … want to rethink your life.