Outbreak Company

This review may contain spoilers. Read at your own risk.

Imagine we somehow make contact with another world. Imagine you'd like to show the natives of this world a part of our own world's culture, to show that we're friendly. I'm pretty sure "Otaku Culture" wouldn't be that high on anyone's list, but it was on this anime! Somehow! This anime's plot is incredibly meta in such a way that it's so bad it loops back around to be somewhat good. The first few episodes will make anyone critically analyzing the anime pull their hairs out from the unbelievably brain-dead lines delivered and plot points. Some ... of them don't even make that much sense at all. Why would the government want a complete Otaku shut-in to be the ambassador of a whole new alternate world? It even differs completely in that trope: the Main Character doesn't die and get sent to a new fantasy world, or get any magical powers or mystical relics, they aren't anyone of consequence at all, they're literally just a nobody that got brought by the government in order to... spread Otaku Culture to a world that's still on the very beginnings of Medieval Europe with added Magic and fantasy races, such as Elves and Dwarves. There IS a semi-logical reason for this, but it's kept to the very end of the season. Which in of itself is where the main plot actually gets interesting. The beginning of the season was rather dull, overusing Isekai tropes and mixing in a sort of fabricated value to Otaku Culture. It's only in the last 4-5 episodes of the season where things actually take a very interesting and deep turn. Of course, being the finale, there's really not much to go on, but those last episodes really did feel like they were starting to build a truly unique world for the story. Should there ever be a 2nd season, if they somehow manage to expand on that initial world building, it could turn into a somehow decent isekai to watch. But right now, the only message this anime gets across is "Otaku Culture! Yay! These are references to Otaku Culture things! Enjoy Verbaloid, Destiny/Remain Evening, Blade Art Online, among others! Go Otaku and you too can meet busty Elf Girls in another world! All sponsored by your government!". It really doesn't go any higher than a brittle base of it's cast, story and setting and that really hampers whatever potential this anime could even begin to have. It's not the worst isekai, but I'm not going to say that it's even near being the best. More like a medium-bad than anything else. You can go ahead and watch it if there's really nothing else to do, but don't go in expecting something revolutionary.

Outbreak company is a wish fulfillment show. There is quite a bit of fanservice. Most of the characters exist to fulfill some sort of fetish. Almost every single troupe popular in the otaku community is utilized and the main hero is a rather useless shut in who saves the day and gains a harem.

Simultaneously Outbreak company provides a parodic meta commentary on the genre of show it stems from, while managing to make allusions to real life issues. The way the main character slowly makes the people of the fantasy world fans of anime/manga goods is something that mirrors the effect those goods have on ... us foreigners. It also manages to subtly bring up issues of slavery, racism, poverty and imperialism while never putting it on a spotlight.

All that being said the show is ultimately a dumb wish fulfillment fantasy which consistently manages to be enjoyable. If you want to watch a show from the trapped in another world genre, you might as well watch the one that has some depth.

As a harem fan i really enjoyed this series, its a very good anime since years. It could have a second season though since 12 episodes is a bit too short. It is sort of similar to zero no tsukaima and the plot is really great. if they make a second season of this thus expand the story where the main character get to travel to other new countries that will be awesome. i believe this anime deserves a better score since its a pretty good solid one. unlike some anime where they have very uninteresting plot at all. they could spice up the ... things with the romance though, that would make it even more awesome. in my opinion the only thing that this anime lacks is the romance bit but thats just me

recommeneded for those who don't mind about harem and a fan of otaku.

-not recommended for girls and those who disliked harem.

The premise for this anime isn't anything new or original but they way they deliver it is really good. Our main dude Kanou Shinichi is an otaku hikkimori. He applies for a job then he gets drugged and sent to another world. His job is to work with the Japanese military and government to spread otaku anime/manga culture to this new world. My favorite part about this anime is how it touches very deep topics, such as separation by class/race and government corruption. In the world he is sent to everyone is separated this way. Low class and high class and all the ... races. Such as people who belong to the empire in that world/humans are at the top and people in the towns that are non human such as elves, werewolves, dwarfs, lizardmen etc. are at the bottom. Shinichi wants to unite them. Another thing to mention is the massive parodies this anime has. You'll be able to recognize all the anime it parodies. The comedy in this anime will make you laugh, the deep topics it touches will make you feel a lot of emotions, and the girls are just great. His harem includes 3 girls. Myucel, his half elf/half human maid, Petralka the Empresses of the world, and Elbia, a rowdy werewolf girl. Myucel is your "I'll serve my master with my life" kinda girl and she is timid, cute and pure. Petralka is your standard Tsundere loli, and Elbia is your tomboy/rowdy girl. Give this anime a shot.

Outbreak Company is about your typical hikki getting sent to an alternate universe to help Japan spread otaku culture there. It's a fairly balanced mixture of comedy, romance and drama.

As with many animes of this nature, the plot is fairly sluggish for the first 75% of the season, then the pace rapidly picks up towards the end as the writers cram all the progression into the final episodes. The plot isn't necessarily important for an anime of this nature but I think it could have been managed a bit better.

The character design was pretty standard for a fantasy setting. Nothing particularly memorable but nothing i'd ... consider awful. The werewolf girl was cute.

The comedy is pretty solid and I give the writers full marks for their comedic style. I think if they had focused more on putting a bit more comedy in, the series would have greatly benefitted. The romance and drama is all pretty standard, nothing noteworthy happens in these departments.

There is a bit of lewdness here and there but it's all censored and not really all that frequent.

The art style is fine, the music and sound effects are also fine.

If you want a comedic series with a bit of romance and drama on the side, you can't go wrong with Outbreak Company. While I don't think it is one of the best animes in this genre, I still think it does a great job with its comedic writing. I give it a solid 7.

Outbreak Company had an iffy start, it started somewhat light-hearted while being extremely generic, but despite that, it managed to have some funny scenes here and there. The comedy of this series is one of the few good points about it, if not the only one.

The iffy start wasn't only because that the show is generic, but also the fact that it executes drama extremely poorly, or at least something that was meant to be drama.
The first time that we see this is in episode 3, where some drama happened and the results were the following. Character A was stabbed defending character B, ... leading to character B changing the way that she perceived character A. This was all done with the light-hearted theme presented at the beginning of the series and some comedy scenes here and there. Yes, someone got injured but all while having comedy. Which I honestly couldn't care less about either the drama or comedy since it isn’t funny when someone is getting stabbed and isn’t sad when you have a character pushing his face against a woman breasts while being kidnapped and on a life of death situation, all while the woman is moaning. Which is really bad since the comedy is the strong point of this series.

The second time and last one that we see this is on the last 2 episodes of the series, where after multiples episodes of extremely absurd comedy we get a drama arc. But again, all while being light-hearted and trying to be funny. I won’t go into details about what happened but it was the same exact thing that happened in the beginning drama arc of the series. Drama and comedy altogether. Why wouldn’t work?

Think about this. You are with some people in a life or death situation and from nowhere someone goes and tells a joke. Would you find it funny? I at least wouldn’t. But that’s me, when it exists actual consequences I can’t find it funny. And this series goes and tell us that it indeed it exists consequences, but continues with the comedy and give us absurd situations while something is at stake and that’s why in my opinion it doesn’t work.

While I do think that the drama of Outbreak Company is horrible, on the other hand, I do think that the comedy is great. I mean, a 10 years old dwarf with beard attending school and learning hardcore Otaku terms like “Haitenai” is something that I will never forget for the rest of my life. (Which btw is when a female character might not be wearing anything underneath her skirt, but keep in mind that whether she’s actually wearing any or not doesn’t matter).
The show also makes a lot of references to another anime, which in my opinion is quite funny if you know what they are making references to.

That’s the type of comedy that this series uses most of the time. Absurd situations, that are only available because of the medieval/magic world that they are. And I do think that it made good use of that for the comedy.

And that’s it. It actually had more good episodes than bad ones, but the bad ones were awful. Making this a series that I would never recommend and one when I look back at it will only think of how good it could have been. That said, overall I did enjoy the anime and that’s why I gave it a 6 out of 10 (Fine).

With that, I conclude my review. If you are looking for an anime that it never takes itself seriously, even when it does, I recommend this series since the comedy is pretty good and despite the plot being complete nonsense, it is an enjoyable anime.

Ah to be fully praised as an otaku instead of just being called a nerd and being able to use the ever vital acquired knowledge and ways of the otaku for the greater good. Such a dream is realized for our realistic human protagonist, Shinichi Kanou, as he becomes an ambassador of Japan with the mission of cultural exchange in a fantasy world where magic, dragons, knights, kingdoms, elves and etc thrive, teaching what Japanese culture has to offer and you've guessed it, anime! So be expected to see, prince, princesses elves, reptile like people, soldiers and the latter.


Outbreak Company quickly bears it shine and ... gives the audience a multitude of aspects to look forward to as the series moves on, from a hint of romance, amusing comedy, fan service without being fan service (You'll see what I mean), enjoyable characters and wonderful story/premise. All these factors do not out way each other but rather, are on an equal level to make it a truly intriguing yet enjoyable anime to watch.




Story - 8.5

Watching the development differences/comparisons and the soon to happen clash of cultures is a very interesting concept to watch unfold. This actually can shed some light and or gives a very good demonstration of what it would be like to actually try to share a different culture with someone else's, who is vastly different and not even to mention a totally different level of civilization if that isn't tough enough. Obstacles and oppositions start to slowly emerge as the story progresses and greater, more realistic world problems such as race, social status, war, rebellion and politics arise. It is easy to say that our protagonist is faced with a rather difficult conundrum that he must face head on and is up to him to spread the joy of what Japanese culture has to offer.




Art & Animation - 8.5

The art and animation are up to par with anime this year (2013) and is detailed but not overly detailed to the extent of each specific object being drawn to detail. I love the subtle detail in palette choice on some of the detail of the characters and some scenes, which becomes noticeable radiant in juxtaposition to the other hues in the scene.




Characters - 8.5

One would think that the protagonist of such an anime witch such a plot about otaku-ism would be extremely stark in regards to being pervy, like such characters as Issei of High School Dxd or someone like Takeru Ooyama of Maken-Ki and the latter. Hes more of the in between of both parallels. There is already a excellent amount of character development for most of the characters, however it might be too fast in some eyes and that could very well be true, but it seems there is more to expand on here to not become totally linear. A gracious amount of characters to like here and more will make their debut as the season progresses.



Wow Factor - 8.5

The very beginning moments of Outbreak Company already got me hooked with its not your everyday rather amusing and intriguing plot. I can't stress enough of how amusing the collision of these two cultures is fascinating to watch unfold. I don't think I've ever seen a lizard man playing a Super Nintendo like vintage machine or an elf reading a classic, over dramatic love manga. Have you? The fact that I'm or one's not to sure where the direction of this anime will go or touch on these addressing matters that exist in this world, fascinates me to keep me watching each episode.






Final Grade - 8.5 -> 8





Do I recommend this series to watch? If you like comedy, fantasy and watching Japanese culture being introduced and inserted to a civilization in a fantasy like world where they have no clue to what it is.




+ Cameo references
+ Intriguing story with a surprising slight dark undertone




Review by: AzurexSky of AniRaters

If you enjoy the otaku life, if you enjoy isekai, then Outbreak Company is worth your time.

The MC is an absolute otaku, as such the show revolves around the MC introducing the otaku/weeb lifestyle to the new world that the Japanese government has found. He is the ambassador from our world to theirs' and his mission is to spread Japanese culture in the new world.(mostly focusing on manga / anime, their is a good reason for them wanting to spread the manga/anime but it is spoiler territory so just know their is proper justification.)

As our MC continues to introduce things to this new world, ... he is met with several issues, things such as the language barrier, things most shows will just magically explain away, are serious thing in this world. The MC deals with many issues like this, and it makes the experience feel very genuine and refreshing.

Though the show is very comedy/parody based, there are many serious things happening, the pacing is excellent and leaves you enticed and wanting more. However, there are many trials ahead of our Ambassador MC, be it the Japanese government meddling in his affairs with their own intents' or rebels of the new world that oppose our world and fear it, many will stand against our MC, will he prevail in bringing our "culture" to this new and magical world?

Comedy? Harem? Romance? Uh.. Action? What was this anime again? Highschool maybe? Kinda.

Outbreak Company. Basically it's an Isekai anime, where our MC is a total shut in, but was recruited for some kind of a mission to spread the Otaku culture in a new world that was revealed.

There, he meets tons of girls and yep, you guessed right- It becomes your generic Isekai harem anime.

Story: 4/10

The story was really bad, Let's start and say it didn't have any linear plot line, nothing that led to another thing, no twists. Nothing. When the series was about to get a bit serious, it ends in a minute, ... somehow. It fails to be serious, and therefore I thought "Well it doesn't matter, at least the comedy should be good".

Well I was right, for the first few episodes. The jokes were pretty funny at first, but afterwards it just became the "embarrassing situations with a Harem MC". Walking into a girl stripping/dressing up, touching a pair of boobs, etc. etc.

So, I thought maybe I'll see some amazing romantic development. Uhhh I can't say there wasn't. But it was definitely not more than your usual Harems. Well maybe a bit more. Still not satisfying, even a bit frustrating. I won't spoil, though.

Art: 8/10

The art was pretty good, nothing more, nothing less. Pleasing to the eye.

Sound: 4/10

Okay, that was a bit annoying. The OP and the ED songs are forgettable and skippable. I skipped both of them every episode since hearing them once.

Now to the soundtrack- When there's a climax brewing, you should have some intense track right? Well not here. The "intense" soundtrack is a person saying "da dadadada, da, dadada" with some kind of rhythm.

Character: 6/10

Harem show, what can I say. You have the kind person in love with MC, you have the tsundere, you have the girl with the big boobs who slaps MC and the girl with big boobs who doesn't care about MC touching her boobs and such.

I've liked Miyucel(the maid), and she was the only reason I've kept watching this anime. The rest of the cast (Including Shinichi the MC) weren't likable.

Enjoyment/Overall: 6/10.

Outbreak company tried many things, it failed in most of them (if not all). I do not recommend this show, really. There are many other and better shows out there.

I would say that the story is not common to come across, and won't say much about it cos i do not wish to spoil. However the characters that surround the story are all pretty typical for shounen anime. The hikikomori character and the typical harem situation, if you're into that typa anime, then this is the anime for you. Of course, if you're also into that situation combined with fantasy, then yeah, this is the one.
The harem concept doesn't entirely apply here, but it implies it through the characters and their actions.
The story-line however is what really caught my attention to make this ... review. Usually the ending for all shounen anime would be so predictable and cliche. However, this anime, though is still somewhat cliche and predictable, I did not expect the story to go the way it did. It's a new type of story for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed, and do not regret watching it at all.

The simple truth is you know what you are getting into with this anime. I would say Outbreak Company is in the higher tiers of unique isekai anime, it just has one big problem, and that is the last 2 episodes ruining the logic of the story.

The problem:
-Japan finds another world through a small portal
-So they decide to peacefully export their 'otaku culture' of anime and games to this other world's empire
-Main Character helps to get this country addicted to all things otaku
-MC finds out that Japan wants to use the culture trade to be able to get natural resources
-MC freaks out, because apparently getting ... people hooked on entertainment and selling it is evil?

Like seriously, the last 2 episodes are about the MC fighting to ruin Japan's plan to trade culture for resources. Apparently he expected that they were doing this for 0 gain, but no one in the empire is ever upset that this is the case even when he tells them. They only come to his defense when the government understandably tries to take him out for sabotaging their plans.

He gets upset that Japan is limiting imports to drive up demand for the products (which BTW they have not gotten anything out of importing after many months), but in the SAME EPISODE he is obsessed over this super LIMITED edition item that is worth a lot of money, and says "I love Japan's anime and games, so I couldn't forgive the way the government was using them", what way? The same way otaku culture and companies that you love uses them in Japan??
Obviously it really spoiled the story line right at the end to have this character suddenly realize the obvious and logical purpose of Japan being there, but hate it.

How would you like to go to a fantasy world with castles, knights, magic and, of course, half-elf maids and loli queens? How about a job to talk about and share what you love? To spread your cherished otaku culture to said fantasy world while appearing to be some high and mighty delegate from a culturally advanced world? Sounds fun, and Outbreak Company is exactly that. Episodic, light and comedic in nature, this anime follows our protagonist, a hikimori/shut-in, Shinichi Kanou, who is thoroughly enjoying his time spent in a magical other dimension, watching anime and reading manga, while being waited upon by his very ... own busty maid. Once just another nerd in our world, he became the director of Amutec and the man entrusted with the foreign relations between the Eldant Empire and Japan.

I’m sorry, but if you intend to take this series seriously -- do not. The premise itself should scream at you that it is typically light-hearted, silly and fun, if you are looking for an engaging tale with moral complications, deep characters and philosophies... shoo, begone, ye do not belong here. The series does teeter between seriousness and light-hearted, but it is better to treat it as the latter. I will not elaborate more on the story here as you can read it on the MAL page, I’ll reveal as little of it as I can in this review as it is much more fun to discover things by yourself just as Shinichi does coming into this whole new unfamiliar world. In fact, Outbreak Company starts off humorously going into Shinichi’s surprise and reactions to the new developments. If I didn’t imply it heavily or clearly enough in the first paragraph, this is a largely wish-fulfilment anime as I’m sure it would be a dream come true for anyone, especially otakus like Shinichi, to be able to visit another world with all sorts of things you can only dream about while staying at your very own mansion, complete with a servant and a hot but innocent maid.

At any rate, Shinichi gathers his surroundings and learns about the world before setting his grand plans in motion to bring moe culture to the Eldant Empire. Things do get serious when complications arise, we are faced with the social issues and values of this medieval society, including racism and equality, and Shinichi must also at one point question himself and his place in this foreign world. After the first few episodes, however, the series ditches all “seriousness” and just becomes “the daily life of Shinichi Kanou”. There are no new developments actually shown in his quest to spread moe culture, I actually thought for half the series he was doing almost nothing while apparently in the background, manga and anime caught and became very widespread. We do not see this, instead, we play soccer, we go to the beach, we make movies and etc., before one of the issues brought up in the first episodes is very hastily wrapped up in the very last.

That is why I say to not treat this show seriously. For most of the show, we simply are met with pure, simple entertainment with the antics of the characters, the fun that they are having engaging various otaku activities and the many, many pop culture references that pop up throughout. Any problems that come up are not particularly meaningful or severe and do not have any lasting consequences, a lot of the time, the “tension” just comes from very heated debates over which anime or character is better. Outbreak Company can be basically considered an episodic comedy set in a fantasy world rather than your traditional high school setting. It did make me laugh, which cannot be said for many other shows, and the references to other anime really did amuse me, however there was nothing that they did that really stood out or set this show apart.

The characters are not deep in the loosest sense of the word, they are meant to fit snugly into their tropes and roles and let you rejoice in the anime-ness of this anime. There were no characters I particularly liked, none of them were actually all that interesting, but there were none that I particularly disliked either or found too bland. Shinichi is your typical perverted otaku whose meant to reflect the audience, he gets overexcited about his animu and what he does can be cringeworthy to say the least. Nevertheless, he’s actually decently intelligent and was the one who thought up the solutions to many of the problems that came up. Like 99% of anime protagonists, he is a good guy who will risk his life for his friends... and his super rare anime collectables. Moving on, Miusel Foaran is an innocent maid... with a very, very nice rack and elf ears as well as a maid uniform to top it off. She’s the pure maiden who falls in love with the main character, though the series doesn’t actually delve into romance, the perfect wife who can cater to your every need who even shares your love of anime. She is earnest, hardworking and strong, willing to sacrifice herself to save her friends if need be. Serving as the polar opposite to the well-endowed half-elf maid and catering to the other crowd is Petralka, the almighty ruler of the Eldant Empire, apparently sixteen, she looks twelve. Some might find her annoying as she is a bratty, arrogant and spoilt tsundere, but it makes sense since she has nearly no problems in her life. Other characters include a yaoi fangirl, an excitable busty wolf girl and a gay bishounen. One thing I loved was how they showed a character profile with their favorite anime and anime character at the commercial break points.

The art is very good quality that seems to be the standard these days. It does not stand out or dazzle the spectator but it never detracts from the show and stays consistent throughout unlike some older shows. The castle architecture and the fantasy clothing designs are very nice, though one might have to get used to the way they drew eyes, with their slightly strange, noticeable and solid eyelashes. It isn’t bad, simply slightly different from the norm. The opening isn’t anything impressive, but it suits the anime well and the ending is a good way to conclude each episode. The voice actors suited the characters, bringing out their happy moments and embarrassing ones as well. I really do like the funny sound they play at comedic or awkward moments.

Shows like this ultimately fall down to personal enjoyment. Did I like it? Certainly - it was funny, it was amusing and I don’t regret watching it. It wasn’t engaging or enthralling, but it let me sit back and enjoy myself a little seeing them do nerdy things, while trying to catch as many references as I can. Overall, Outbreak Company is a nice show, it was definitely one of the better titles of this Fall 2013 season. Final verdict is a 7/10 or “Good”.

Amazing. That's all i can say... The anime is pretty old from the point of wich i watched it... But still... Since hope dies last i still hope they shall release a season 2. It's too sad that they stopped it because of "bad sales". This is that kind of that deserves more then others to have a second season but does not recieve... And also that type of that has a very good story with a funny ideea at it's core. A big 10 is all i can give to the producers.... since im a poor bastard :D

Granted what happends ... in the show, there's SOOO much more that they didn't yet reveal... Now some people will say "read the manga dude" , there my obvious answer is "SHOUGEKI GA TARINAI"(don't hate me for that horrible japanese(if i wrote something wrong)). It won't have the same effect,it won't make me feel the same.... So that makes it a bit sad... that there's no continuation to such a wonderful masterpiece.

When it gets serious, it's actually not being bad, but it's not being good either. It's just that when you occasionally genre hop into somewhat seriousness the expectations grow higher. But then when it drops a silly joke in the midst of it as an actual plot element, just as a reminder not to take it too seriously, you're just not sure what to think anymore, and how you should manage your expectations. So that part about it was a bit weird but not too bad, though overall it was really fun to watch and has a great character cast.

Most of the time it's ... just a clever self aware comedy with a pretty unique setting, and that's what it does best. Sometimes it even splurges into exploring actual meaningful themes, and shows signs of quality writing here and there, just to then drop the act and spend a considerable amount of time just having SoL fun and being enjoyable comedy. So it has a bit of everything, and it's balanced quite nicely, but it's not equally skilled at everything which occasionally makes a particular plot point feel cheap and out of place.

But it's tons of fun, and even more so to someone knowledgeable about anime tropes and otaku culture, as it's what it's essentially about, though it approaches it in very elegant way, meaning it's much easier to figure out and appreciate than Nyaruko for example. And that might be one of its biggest strengths. Compared to Zero no Tsukaima, it feels more serious and solid while having no blatant fanservice.

Compared to Dog Days 2 it has slightly lower quality production, but that's not to say it's suffers from it. It might be a little less fun, but also feels more serious and concrete than it. It's biggest downfall is that it isn't very compelling (think not as good as HenNeko, but not too far overall), but the fair point can be made that it isn't its point due to it mostly being self aware comedy. The problem only presents itself in a sense that Outbreak Company has a bit of everything, and those few parts that should be compelling, aren't really. But most of the time show is doing what it's good at, it's really fun and enjoyable to watch.

i came into this anime not expecting much and im surprised i finished almost giving this a 10,
if not for a few cliches like girl hitting guy because she's naked, and the mc being a coward when naked girls appear, then this could've been a 10 however not on my top 10,
the art style is nice though there are a few moments where they are completely, still when i feel like they could be moving a little, but they probably didint have a big budget.
everything else i enjoyed, especially the opening and Myucel saying master
also last, I just want to say, that episode 11 kind ... of caught me off guard

Shinichi, a former hikikomori and an otaku after applying for a job finds himself in a land which is the dream of every otaku. Coming straight to the point, he is appointed to use his knowledge as an otaku to strengthen bonds between Japan and the new country by promoting otaku culture.
I'd recommend you to back off if you're here for the plot because it has a rather weak one. Anyway, the anime is oriented towards watchers who wanted a bit slice-of-life with a plot just to kill boredom. It clearly has parody in its genre, so there's nothing more to say.
About the characters, they ... are nothing new, you could find similar generic characters in every other anime. Honestly, Myucel couldn't have been more moe.
Finally, watch it only if you're up for a weak enjoyable plot with a decent amount of fan service.

The involvement of the Japanese government makes this show very different from the other Isekai shows I have watched. In my opinion the bizarre plot about spreading otaku culture to a medieval fantasy world is well thought-out.

The story has a quick pace as there are only twelve episodes. Because of the show's short length the individual characters have very little screen time. All of the side characters are very forgettable and even the main characters are nothing special.

The show needed more episodes to build likeable characters but at least the main plot was good. I enjoyed the show but I have a strong feeling ... I would have enjoyed the original light novel more.

utbreak Company is a wonderful story about love and friendship, differences in cultures, and doing the right thing.

Meet Shinichi, a shut-in otaku who is well-versed in every aspect of otaku culture. While surfing the Internet one day, he applies to join Amu Tech, a company that is looking for someone that fits his description to a "T". He lands the job, but wakes up the next day in a different world. He is given the job of General Manager (with a huge salary) and is tasked with introducing and spreading otaku culture to a world with hardly any entertainment and living in a Medieval-like read ... more

Okay so, I watched the whole thing because a friend of mine reccomeded it to me.
I didn't know what to expect really, all along with reading what it's about.
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It sounded interesting at first, it kind of was.
But when watching more and more of it- it just loses its meaning and it became pointless in the end and you just didn't understand. Sure, Shinshi spreading Otaku Culture all over another country with some magical "powers", gnomes, elf's etc.
I can't say I DISLIKE it, I don't. It's funny in its own way, I respect the comedy and parodies in it, made me laugh a couple of ... times- but I just think they could make the story like... They kind of ruined it with the whole "otaku school" thing and made it to complete nonsense.
Overall, I rate this anime a decent 5,5/10, gives a full 6/10.

This is an interesting anime. Definitely had a lot of potential, but unfortunately just wasn't very enjoyable until the last two episodes. The comedy was good, but the story itself has no goal in mind (until very ending of the season). It feels like there isn't much progress happening towards something, albeit the characters do grow and change (which is great). Well yes, there is progress, but it isn't very gripping for me (until last 2 episodes). If this show was purely comedy, this would be rated around a 7.5 or so out of 10. The lack of enjoyment brings it down to about a ... 5.5 out of 10 experience. To give some understanding of what I mean by a 5.5 feeling I mean that I am not excited to finish the show (and don't really care too much about watching it in the first 10 episodes). Last two episodes are very gripping and well paced. The first ten episodes are much slower paced and are the main reason the starting isn't too enjoyable. Normally, I look forward to watching a show, and it is just not the case for this show (until last 2 episodes). For me, it wasn't too enjoyable (until last 2 episodes), but the show itself gets very interesting at the end. The last two episodes would be like a 9 out of ten. No spoilers, but this kind of ending is something I really like. Do not quit this show right before the end. Either quit after the first 3 episodes or try to finish it, if you can get to the end while not being too bored. If I had to "fix" this anime, I would make it 10 episodes to make the pacing of the entire show closer to the pacing of the last two episodes.