Inferno Cop

You might've heard about this anime and how people are calling it 'Anime of the Year' and 'Best Anime Ever'. Well, guess what? They're all pulling your leg. As it turns out, this anime is nothing more than an ugly, poorly-constructed web series with almost no redeeming value. Here's why:

Story: 1
Three minutes per episode isn't a whole lot of time to develop a story. Almost every episode is either a letdown or a ripoff. Among the things ripped off in this show are "Return of the Jedi," "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," "Neon Genesis Evangelion," and of course ... "Ghost Rider." Creativity and thoughtfulness are low.

Art: 1
The animation is far from good. In fact, it isn't really animation. It's just a puppet show using characters that look like they were cut out of comic books. You can tell it's not animated because the characters' faces never move, they don't move like animated characters should, and they explode when they die.

Sound: 4
All of the characters sound like they were voiced by the same person. Most of the sound effects were explosions and the music was hard to hear past the speaking. Apart from some cheesy lines of dialogue, there was barely anything good about the sound.

Character: 3
Several characters get killed off in the anime. The only characters with any real relevance are Inferno Cop, Mecha Cop, Mister Judge, Real God, and Hellfire Boy. The only character with any real development is Inferno Cop.

Enjoyment: 4
This really depends on who you are. If you're into nonsense, cops, and explosions, it might appeal to you. If you're more skeptical and want to see something decent, then this might not be what you're looking for.

Overall: 2
In all, this anime is not the 'masterpiece' that it's being made out to be. The animation isn't really animation, each episode is mostly 'one part dialogue, one part explosions,' and the whole thing felt like a collaborative project between Marvel Comics, IPC Media, and Michael Bay. It's not very good.

How to describe this special snowflake of an anime.

Rule nr. 1 EVERYTHING EXPLODES... Even humans.
Rule nr. 2 Everything is out of proportion and really random XD

It is an parody of nearly every anime genre and aspects and everything else, also even video games, Aliens what ever XD
They even made a parody of anime merchandises and made fake commercials in the video so it looked like those commercials you have to watch before you can see the video XD

It is so bad that it is epic XD..... that is the only way to describe it truly...
I enjoyed it way much than I should have XD

Bias.

I think Inferno Cop is supposed to be something more than it is: novelty humor. And I can only take so much novelty humor before the camel's back breaks. My 'interesting' review fails to mention one thing: Serial Experiments Lain works better as a 'novelty show'. Serial Experiments Lain is the Twin Peaks of anime. Serial Experiments lain proves a point much better than Trigger, which as a company has gone downhill in recent years, fails to. This reminds me of the recent injustice that Hideaki, Anno faced with Gainax and how bankrupt these passion project have become. Everyone's bored with Trigger and would much ... rather be playing League of Legends. -a

Rate a 3
English Subtitled
Story
-Positive note: plot remained consistent. Where one episode left off the following not only continued off but reminded the audience what happened before with a recap.

-plot wasn’t true to its audience nor was it deep. Hero/main character’s goal was to avenge a wrong from his past. Even though that goal was from long ago it was reminded to him recently before the final episode started. Yet, he still didn’t follow through on it.

Art
-animation is cheap. Might as well be cutouts.

-why are most of the henchman the same? Anime is already short would it be to much to at least give them a ... different color of a hat or some slight variety?

-lacks character emotion.

-artwork is fair not beautiful. Reminds me of nickel and dime American comics.

-lay-back artwork is used (real scenes embedded)

Sound
-voice acting was extravagant. My guess one guy decided to more than one voice. Maybe the budget was limited.

-sound effects weren’t always appropriate. For example why would a revolver emit a machine gun effect?

Character
-I am sorry but what? “who, the f___ are you?” Aside from the unneeded vulgarity how is not clear who that person is with the car and the outfit?

- Another flaw with logic wording, “I am immune to bullets”. Fine, but why did affect you at the end?

- I could continue and continue with all the flawed logical word choice but by then I would have written an amount greater than a significant essay.

Inferno Cop will be remembered for its absurd characters and story,and its cheap production values. While the first couple episodes left me astonished at what I was watching, by episode 4 I was bored and was waiting for it to end. Thankfully this anime is very short and you can probably finish it in one sitting if you tried.

The story of Inferno Cop is fairly poor. There isn't really a story to be honest, more like multiple random events that happen for reasons unknown. This could be seen as a pro if you like anime that are very unpredictable. If you are looking for a ... competent, interesting story, Inferno Cop does not deliver.

The art style is actually fairly good. It has the Trigger style going for it. There is only one problem though, its not very well animated. Seriously, South Park of all shows is even better animated than this. Inferno Cop also uses some really cheap special effects that fit the overall theme this anime was going for. Lets not get this twisted though, the animation and special effects ARE cheap. I would have much preferred studio Trigger gave this their full attention as it would have been great to watch in motion. Overall, the art and animation is poor.

Inferno Cop's sound is a bit of a mystery to me. I can't really remember if there was any music played throughout the episodes other than the ending credits theme. That goes to show how unmemorable the music in this anime is. The voice acting in Inferno Cop was pretty poor as well. Inferno Cop himself was voiced well, along with Mecha Cop and Mr. Judge. Unfortunately the rest of the cast isn't voice acted very well. All female characters are voice acted by men which actually got a little annoying to listen to as the show continued. The overall sound in this anime is one of its weakest points, and wasn't pleasant to listen to at all.

The characters in Inferno Cop don't do much better either. There isn't any real character development, apart from one scene with a support character. Inferno Cop himself is stagnant throughout the series. He doesn't change as a character overall but we do see a softer side of him when a supporting cast member dies. Other than that he is completely one noted. Do not watch this if you are looking for well developed characters that evolve as the show progresses.

I feel like I might get some hate for this review. So I'll be honest, I think I laughed at this anime once. I didn't find this anime funny, and was quite bored with it as a result. Inferno Cup simply isn't my cup of tea. If you are still thinking about watching Inferno Cop, then I'll try to help you decide if its for you.

If you like random, zany comedy with an unpredictable story that doesn't go any where, this might be for you. I should also add that this anime is very unique, as I haven't seen anything else quite like it.

If you like anime with a little more substance to it, whether that's a deep, interesting plot, or complex characters, I don't think you'll like it. I do recommend you watch at least the first episode though. Its only 3 minutes and will let you know if this is something you'll like or not.

STORY: 3
ART: 3
SOUND: 2
CHARACTER: 3
ENJOYMENT: 3

Thank you for reading my review. If you have any positive or negative feedback, feel free to send me a message.

My time spent watching Inferno Cop can be summarized by the following quote:

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way - in short, the period was so far ... like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only."
-Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

I have never, and will never, have a more difficult time rating an anime in my life.

It deserves both a 1/10 and a 10/10 at the same time.

Must watch at least once, whether you want to watch it ironically or not ironically is up to you.

Inferno Cop will take you through every emotion, the highest of highs and lowest of lows, the plot is so deep and the characters each have unique and intense backstories, the writing is nothing short of perfection.

Studio trigger never fails to fill us all up with loads of incredible action sequences. This shit inspired Akira, even though it came out later. The show also captures a unique charm that leaves a lasting impression on the viewer, like a spell. The charm comes hand in hand with the unique art style of this show, I would ... dare say this show IS its own genre. Inferno Cop is exactly peak fiction. Ever. Of all time.

This show is flawless and I would recommend literally anyone to give it a spin. Do you like police? watch inferno cop. do you like cars? watch inferno cop. do you exercise? watch inferno cop. do you breathe? watch inferno cop. It is hands down the best show, nah- best thing ever. I breathe Inferno Cop. Inferno Cop is my crack cocaine. Inferno Cop is my God. I've sacrificed children in the name of Inferno Cop. You will watch this show, and you will like it.

I wanna start by saying that I am a huge fan of studio Trigger, the late Gainax, and pretty much anything Hiroyuki Imaishi or Masumoto Kazuya have their hands on and also I loved Ninja Slayer. This anime is dificult to rate. I appreciate that it's my favourite studio's first "work" and I very well KNOW that it's not meant to be taken seriously and is just a parody for fun.

That being said, I didn't enjoy this very much neither ironically nor unironically, unlike Ninja Slayer that I enjoyed both for ironic reasons (the "yeaaaah"s, the photoshop fights, the fanservice, the anime stereotyoes, etc) ... but mostly for unironic reasons (great characters, writing, cool premises, awesome visual stills and serious moments). Of course this review is about Inferno Cop, but I just wanted to get that out of the way since the two shows get compared a lot. I can make an educated guess that the only reason this is rated higher than Ninja Slayer is 1) It "did it" first and 2) Ninja Slayer is 50/50 parody and serious, which is something I personally like but I can see how it can be something difficult for people to grasp, while Inferno Cop is 100% retarded so that no one but the top 1% of r/whooooosh inhabitants can make the mistake of taking it seriously. There is little I hate more than people taking goofy things seriously, and so I didn't do that with this show, but still it wasn't the most entertaining thing.

What studios Trigger and the late Gainax do so well (which is mainly why I like them so much) is strip shows out of other qualities to their barebones most important one which is fun. At the end of the day, a show can have serious character development, deep lore, deep characters and character relations, complex serious plot and what not yet still be bad if it's made with no "entertainment value" in mind. How are you gonna know about the deep characters and plot if the show is so boring that you can't even get more than a couple episodes in without falling asleep? At the end of the day, the entertainment value and the FUN of it is what matters by far the most. Everything else to it is SECONDARY. Shows like Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, and Ninja Slayer from Animation, and cartoons like Aqua Teen Hunger Force understood and why they are some of my favourites of all time. If entertainment wasn't above else then why are classic cartoons liek Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry that have little coherent plot that is only there to create scenarios for slapstick and absurdist humour, still timeless things that are enjoyed by nearly everyone today? Well, that is my philosophy at least, you may disagree with it but I am very sure it's true for people like myself.

In terms of entertainment this show is about as fun as a 4 or 5/10 serious show would be, has no other qualities than that, and it is like 35-50 minutes long in total, I can't give it anything more than 3/10. I wanted to like this, sorry Trigger and Imaishi for I have sinned, but I am being honest.

as the first work of studio Trigger this a bad anime but some interesting ideas about this that doesn't make it a worthless crap.

Story : story is a simple one in here I was interested in the story until episode 3 and it got pretty boring after a while the jokes were not funny anymore and if the anime was 20 minutes per episode i would drop this.

Sound : the ending song was so catchy and was good the sound effects were probably being downloaded in a free website and the VA did a good job voicing every character in the show it reminded me ... of South Park in this matter.

Animation : nothing to say actually we know that TRIGGER becomes one of the greatest anime studios in the future. this anime was a test project.
any way you can watch it if you want but this is not the masterpiece you are looking for but you can watch it to see what started studio Trigger.