Chicken Papa

Chicken Papa is truly ingenious. In the beginning, a woman waits for an elevator to arrive to her floor. This represents how the people of our generation continue to wait for something convenient to help them even at the expense of others. When she gets into the elevator, the woman presses for floor nine. It is only one floor away from the maximum amount of floors this elevator can carry her. This is outrageously inconsiderate of her sense she doesn't say a word and acts as if it is normal for the elevator to do a human's bidding.

The elevator doors are closing... but abnormity ... strikes as Chicken Papa (a human sized chicken) walks into the elevator and politely says he gets off on floor ten. The woman presses the button, of course, but immediately looks away from Chicken Papa. She doesn't want to admit to her sins of pushing around technology. The scene also foreshadows a later part of this masterpiece.

Chicken Papa comments on the fact that she probably ate garlic chicken the other day. The woman immediately tries to act as if she never heard what he said by saying "pardon", but Chicken Papa knows she heard. She then apologizes quickly to him and looks back into the corner of the elevator as before. She is ashamed of herself, for she has been confronted by the very thing she thought was supposed to be doing as she would like. There is a moments silence...

Chicken Papa begins to cluck rapidly and the screen fades to white. This part is up for interpretation. The common belief is that the woman is imagining Chicken Papa and he is not even real. All Chicken Papa is is a figment of her imagination, the part of her brain that admits eating chickens without their permission is wrong, the side of her brain that admits making a elevator (which could easily kill her) do her bidding is wrong and shameful, and the side of her brain that wants to say she is sorry. At the end of the day, she went on with her disgusting life as a chicken abuser and elevator dictator.

Sound:10
Art:10
Characters:10
Voice Acting:10
Story:11
Overall: 51/50

This anime is really the greatest of all time.

Thought-provoking, cosmic, psychological—horror.

Chicken Papa achieves what Tokyo Ghoul and Parasyte strive for, but in a much shorter timeframe while offering far more substance and food for thought. The entire short is like savoring garlic chicken: you begin by relishing the crispy skin—a rush of dopamine flooding your senses as you bite into it. Beta-endorphins, tyrosine, enkephalin, valine, lysine, leucine, and isoleucine—the rush you get here at the marvel of Chicken Papa going inside an elevator is exhilarating.

However, as the garlic flavor intensifies and you sink deeper into the dried meat within, a wave of guilt and disillusionment washes over you—thus mirroring the woman's experience in ... the short. In this world, humanoid animals appear to exist—at least chicken humanoids, as evidenced by Chicken Papa. He casually comments that the woman in the elevator must have eaten garlic chicken yesterday - noting her garlic-scented breath. She apologizes as the weight behind her horrible actions becomes hauntingly clear - awkwardness and shame explicit in her body language. The casual tone of this interaction is deeply unsettling as it highlights the disquieting idea that a species we commonly consume and take for granted is another sentient being much like ourselves. What happened to the lady's fate after this short? Was that the last we ever saw of her? Was Chicken Papa's battle cry a symbol that he was going to eat her in return? If so, how will this impact the economy and society as a whole? So thought-provoking and subtextually rich it's making me hungry (I am unironically eating chicken as I'm writing this; I shall commit harakiri to restore honor).

Also phenomenally animated 3D animation reminiscent of my own experiences with 3D animation years ago (Blender, Maya, Cinema 4D), and I can tell you this must've taken several centuries of grueling hard work at the minimum - and that's not accounting for the character rigging processes & incredible screenplay behind it. Chicken Papa himself is highly detailed, stylized, and well-rigged. The woman has a distinct charm to her 3D model that you wouldn't find in any other anime. In total, this may have taken 10 milleniums.

When I started watching anime, I was naive, young, and foolish. I didn't think of anime as an art-form, but simply a medium of entertainment. After what I have just witnessed, all of that has changed. This anime took my virginity. This anime took my youth and crushed with the beautiful beak of Chicken Papa. Anime like this, and Boku No Pico, are the reason I have stage 4 brain cancer.

This is the most beautiful piece of fiction to ever grace the earth with its presence. I am trembling from the awe-inspiring score and the breath-taking animation. This is truly a masterpiece. Nothing will ever ... compare to this and I don't think I can ever watch another anime after this. I am astounded by this level of craftsmanship.

All jokes aside, if someone could please give me some more information about this anime or its creator that would be nice.

Story: 4/10
One-minute long, it shows a glimpse at the everyday life of "Lady" and the titular "Papa". It's a fly-on-the-wall style look, keeping in the awkward pauses and weird comments. That being said, it doesn't do any of this well.

Art: 7/10
The animation is fairly good. The color is a reflection of the anime's themes and mood, gritty and bleak. Real-life captured in 3D. Character designs are odd and honestly aren't very memorable. One of the weaker parts of this short.

Sound: 10/10
Anyone can agree that sound design is the best part of this short. It oozes with talent and I can hear my ear canals screaming with joy as they bleed out onto my shoulders. Honestly, there's nothing much to the audio, but it's not bad.

Character: 3/10
There are only two. It's not much and there isn't much to them.

Enjoyment: 10/10
It is genuinely fun to be shocked in awe and horror as you go into this with no context. I mean there isn't any either way. For me, it's weird enough to not take seriously.

Overall: 1/10
Kill me.

Somebody once told me that the world could exist without Chicken Papa.
(Proceeds to sing All-Star)