Sekkou Boys

When it comes to Idol Anime, I usually gravitate towards shows that at least try to shake up the standard formula or try something different with the established genre. I think I have Sekkou Boys to thank for moulding me into that sort of person, having watched it many years ago and writing this review upon a rewatch.

Sekko Boys' main draw lies in its comedic value. The show is very consistently well written and the jokes revolving around the fact that the idols are actually sculptures do work perfectly well and simply can't work if the idols were regular people, all without being too over-reliant ... on lowest common denominator observational humour. Despite being sculptures with unchanging facial expressions, the fact that the show manages to have the Rockies be so expressive regardless of this is to be commended.

There's only ever one song for the whole show and it's both catchy and hilarious. Sugita's reluctance to sing lends so much to the song's staying power.

Rewatching the show has been a great experience seeing as how I've come to appreciate other subversive idol shows much more over the years, and I have this short to thank for it.

8/10

I rarely write reviews so excuse me if this is slightly incoherent, and/or awkward.

Sekkou Boys was something I watched a while ago, I stumbled across it out of nowhere during my idol phase, and thought "Why the hell not?" It isn't perfect, and there's a lot I could say about why it's not. However, there's a certain charm to Sekkou Boys which I think is what makes it at enjoyable.

The episodes are short, the humour is pleasant. It's a pick-me-up show in all honesty, I would watch an episode or two after a long day and it was nice. Something I didn't have ... to pay too much attention to.

I would recommend this show to anyone who needs a small rush of charming statue idols to give them a little happiness boost! Don't expect a masterpiece, just enjoy what you're given and it will be a nice experience :D

Okay, so this was a fine, short comedy. If you find the premise entertaining enough along with the same constant visual gags, for 12 around-eight minute long episodes, then this will be good for you.

STORY: 5 / 10
Kind of poor, it’s a simple comedy that’s mostly short, episodic stories following the same overarching plot line that’s pretty basic, but overall entertaining.

ART: 4 / 10
Not really that good, minus the actual statues themselves. Pretty basic and I didn’t find it very visually appealing other then the sight gags. Not really terrible, felt like super basic anime art, nothing terrible but not memorable either.

SOUND: 4 ... / 10
They only have the one ending song, which although catchy, if you don’t really like it, that’s tough luck because that’s all there is LOL.

CHARACTER: 5 / 10
We get some basic personalities for our boys and their try-hard manager, along with the boss and other office guy. The most focused being the main character, Miki, some reasonable insight into her for how short the whole thing is. No real development for any of the characters though.

ENJOYMENT: 6 / 10
Like I mentioned earlier, if you like the premise and have around a couple hours to sit through this, it’ll be light and easy viewing. Wouldn’t really rewatch as it’s pretty bland once you’ve seen it once/gotten tired of the same joke over and over again.

OVERALL: 6 / 10
One scene that made me laugh out loud out of sheer surprise was in episode 9, when the Rockie’s leader, Saint George was shown to have slept with a woman to get Mars out of a scandal,. She asked him “Do you regret doing this?” and the camera just pans to him lying on his side, crying into his pillow. I laughed so hard, that was a good, very short joke that still makes me smile thinking about it.

If you wanna see some sweet statue idols act like rock heads, this is for you lol…also it’s fun reading comments on where you find people watching this, there’s sure to be plenty of rock and statue puns.