Poputepipikku

We have a new candidate for most polarizing anime of all time. There appears to be no middle ground on this one. You will either absolutely love this or your reaction will be that there is a special place in hell for whoever dreamed this one up.

I have devised a fool-proof test for whether you'll like this show or not. The results are based on your reaction to this joke:

Question: Why did Salvador Dali's chicken cross the road? Answer: A fish, m*therf**ker.

If you found that joke to be funny, you'll enjoy this show and I am happy for you. For everyone else I'm reminded of ... the description of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster. Watching this show is like having your brains smashed out by a slice of lemon wrapped round a large gold brick. If only I knew some voluntary organizations exist to help you rehabilitate afterward. Note that your enjoyment of this show has nothing whatever to do with your intelligence; only with what you find funny. If you are one of those folks who finds train wrecks mind-numbingly funny, then this is the show for you. For everyone else, you'll be better spending your time elsewhere.

The art is intentionally poor. There is no story; just seemingly random, and I use the term loosely, gags.

I set a new personal record for time spent before dropping a series. I did force myself to suffer through additional episodes just to get this review accepted.

Not every manga or a novel can be turned into an anime and Poputepipikku is one of those anime that shouldn't have been adapted.

Most of the people who watched Poputepipikku did that because it was very popular as a shitposting manga rather than a normal one, it never had a story and was always random with stuff sometimes being funny, wholesome or annoying depending on how you personally feel, it was like a meme machine and it should have stayed like that, the anime was disappointing because of a lot of reasons. The random jokes which could be a hit or miss, the references but ... the people making the anime never realized that making a reference wasn't the funny part, it was how it was presented and used which makes it funny, take Gintama for example, that anime has a lots of references but that wasn't why it is funny, it's funny because of how it used those reference in the episodic or even arc episodes after the reference, I was watching the episodes and starting to hope for the IDOL love stuff at the preview to become the actual anime rather than this one specially at the start, the anime.
Also bob epic team was garbage.

The worst thing is probably the cringy stuff that was made during the last 12 weeks that the producers/publishers were doing, for example making the same episode twice because it's a troll XD, broadcasting the same episode 8 times in a row just to make a reference and other cringy stuff that made feel sorry for them for wasting all that money unnecessary.

The best thing about the anime is the Opening, it's so good from the song to the animation, well the animation in the whole anime was amazing tbh.
There were some jokes that made me laugh and references that were used fittingly but they were rare which is why the anime wasn't enjoyable for me.

Overall I would give it a generous 4/10.

I wouldn't recommend it tbh reading it would be better.

Pop Team Epic is not art. It may be anime, if only in the most literal of definitions, but it is not art. It cannot be art. Art is a creative process, and there is nothing creative about Pop Team Epic. It is an amalgam of references strewn about in the most banal of ways. Skyrim exists. Totoro exists. Pokémon exists. That is all Pop Team Epic has to say. It just reminds you that better media exists, but in ways that are disrespectful and offensive to the time of the unfortunate viewer.

Pop Team Epic is a dreadful product. It is anti-art. It is anti-comedy. ... It is a middle finger to those who produce art because Pop Team Epic is devoid of creativity, vision, and passion; or to put it simply, something that is not art but wishes it was, and so instead it has to violently lash out towards.

The artwork and animation quality is awful. It is a poor adaptation of the source material, as the production staff was so obviously unaware of the differences between print and animated mediums. The sound is exceptionally poor. Normally a production like this would not be given the OK, but in the case of Pop Team Epic, it was allowed to pass because it was not a serious artistic product, but a way to sell merchandise to easily manipulated consumers through viral 24 minute commercials under the guise of of art.

Poputepipikku is just shitposting . Nothing more than that . Do you believe that some shitposting will going to save the whole anime endustry ? I think the answer must be no but Poputepipikku showed out of nowhere and everyone liked it . Do I think liking somehing is wrong? Of course I don't everyone has his own personal taste . I just don't like Poputepipikku . The reson is the jokes are occasionaly hard to understand . Everything feels like it's repetitive and after a whole lot of shitposting (That's what i do at every social network) it gets boring . It doesn't ruin ... it's potential I mean a lot of shitpost lovers will going to like this because they have no life and all they do is shitposting everyday (that's sad) . Poputepipikku's main problem is after a while weirdness starts to be boring . Every episode is just only weird nothing more than that . Memes , references and jokes are not good because you can't understand any of them (maybe a lot of Japanese culture will help) . Poputepipikku gets boring after a while and their whole thing becomes pathetic . Basically if you watch 1 episode of Poputepipikku you could count yourself that you watch the whole series . Because that is the only thing there , nothing more . That's why I don't like it . Overall 1/10

I’ll preface this by saying comedy is subjective and you can like whatever you like. Maybe I’m just a low iq idiot who can’t understand the deep themes in pop team epic. Who knows?

This show was fun for about 1 episode, 2 at max. In the beggining it was kind of like ”haha this is funny because it’s shitposting and that’s not common for anime. Anime of the year amirite LUL.” But then you realize you’re a fucking retard.
In my mind, this show is built upon three things. Cool gamer references, random=funny humour and 4th wall breaking. The easiest thing to throw shit at ... is the random=funny aspect so I’ll start with that. Unless you’re still in the 4th grade you won’t find this funny. That’s just how it is. After you’ve experienced it one time it’s purely annoying.
And the cool gamer references are just that. Gamer references. They don’t do anything with it they just put popuko and pipimi in a videogame. Ansolutely hysterical.
I’ll admit though, I did enjoy some of the references but that’s mostly because they were unexpected. And in general, I really like references to other things in media. Just not when it is used in the same way over and over again while also not doing much with it.
And the fourth wall breaking (apart from hellshake yano) wasn’t good at all either. It was pretty much also just ”random=funny”. I found the reoccuring french thing especially annoying as every single one of those segments were deadass boring.
Art for the show was alright and I did like the bob epic team segments quite a bit cause I’m a fan of wonky artstyles.
Sound was also pretty alright I guess. There are 2 different dubs which give of different vibes so maybe some people will like that. And if you don’t like it you can just skip one.
And I would be negative towards how the episodes are so short or whatever but it is a 4 panel manga and it really doesn’t need to be longer.

Overall, this show sucks, don’t watch it unless you’re, as I said, in the 4th grade or lower. Or if you want to hurt yourself idk.

"To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Poputepipkku / Pop Team Epic...."

Who am I kidding?
At first I didn't feel the need to write a review for a short series such as this. But as I completed the last episode I began to realize not only did I sit through and watched the series to the end, but I was reaching for aspirin in a first aid kit near by.

Pop Team Epic is a show that revolves around Popuko and Pipimi. A show that constantly applies pop culture references and random bits of humor in attempt to create an identity ... for itself. What actually is produced is....I'm not sure.

Try to picture explaining what internet memes are to a blind man who also happens to be deaf using nothing but a flashlight to stimulate morse code. What you get is this poorly put together project that attempts to call itself an "anime". The segments and humor that is put together displays little to no thought behind them. The combinations of all these thrown together ideas are just appalling. I don't believe I even laughed or smiled during any episodes.

In the show's own right it can be considered a masterpiece. It provokes thought and questions the very definition of art. One of the segments that reoccurs in every episode is called "Bob Team Epic", a parody of traditional anime and tropes in the genre. Distorted animated Popuko and Pipimi do what they do best, not much. The animation is unsettling on purpose during these parts, however every other segment aside from this the quality of animation is somewhat great. The animators place a charm and style that is unique to this show, something that Pop Team Epic can really strike an appeal to.

However, personally I felt as that was the only thing that kept me watching. The characters, are dull. Music and sound are forgettable. Humor is repetitive, after the first 2 episodes you can see how Pop Team Epic decides to carry itself. The show itself is a parody, so you can never take it seriously, but the creators are so out of touch what a parody is. This attempt of senseless shit posting comedy can only take you so far before the joke gets worn out and the characters become nothing more than names.

Remember when my review was about the focus and enjoyment of this show? Neither do I. Because I lost focus. A simple review can not explain this show.

In the end this is one of the few anime I have watched that has actually caused me physical pain. The joy I felt after the last episode ended was more enjoyment during any moment watching it. I have gained nothing. Felt insulted. And brought dishonor to my family for having sat through this. Overall this is among the worst experiences I have ever witness. No joke.

I heard there is a 2nd season in the works. I don't want to be around when that happens.

YouTube Poop, the anime.
The anime is intentionally bad, and they accomplished that spectacularly.

- Story and characters -
It's about two high school girls with as many random jokes and references as possible. Nothing more. Nothing less. Don't put too much thought into the characters.

- Art -
There are lots of different animations there. From the usual animation, to stop motions, retro 8-bit style and intentionally bad ones. I usually don't care too much about the quality of the animation as long as the anime is enjoyable. So I'd say it's fair.

- Sound -
Each episode (Including the rebroadcast) changes voice actors/actress for Popuko and Pipimi. While I ... don't see the reason why I have to give it credit that they did a great job voicing these two. Nothing strikes me as unique in the music department though.

- Enjoyment -
Here's the thing, being intentionally trash is still a trash anime.
I'm not sure what they are trying to do. Most of the segments are just memes and random stuff that aren't even funny. The only time where I laughed is the first episode and other anime references. It fails as a comedy and a parody. The rebroadcasts are either changing voice actor/actress or adding subtitles for those French-speaking sections so that you have to sit through another 12 minutes. It feels cheap and a complete waste of time.

Sometimes you come across a show that's so bad it's funny. A great example would be the dub of Ghost Stories, which has become (in)famous for its ridiculous voice acting antics. Or you could point to something like Garzey's Wing, which accidentally became a cult classic thanks to its nonsensical story and people that never know how to use their inside voices.

Pop Team Epic is in neither of these categories. Pop Team purposefully tries to be funny by being bad, and fails miserably at it. It throws out random jokes and overdone faces and scribbled animation that I would have found funny about 10 years ... ago, and find downright painful to watch now. I can't blame anyone for their own sense of humor, but for me the "lolrandom" humor of the internet stopped being funny when I was about 13. This show actually had me with my head in my hands several times because I wanted to just shut it off. I forced myself through it because I hate leaving things unfinished, but it was like Chinese water torture, like the Iron Maiden, like the Skyrim intro over and over and over again.

This show wanted to be so-bad-it's-good, but almost every joke, every reference, every visual had me cringing as if it was written by a board of directors somewhere that were browsing through the internet and said: "Hey, people like this random shit don't they? People will laugh at this right?" To be fair I laughed 3, maybe 4 times throughout (you got boost power!), but a total of 20 seconds enjoyment does nothing to make me hate this show less when I suffered through 98% of it.

An unironically unfunny dumpster fire. Bury it and never dig it out again.

Pardon what I’m about to say… but what the hell did I just watch? No, seriously, what the hell did I just watch? It started out like a typical anime romantic comedy and then suddenly went into these strange chibi style mini segments with the school girls voiced by men. That was about 5 minutes of the first episode so what am I getting myself into?

The premise of this show (from what I gathered) was that it was going to try and parry as many shows as they could fit in a 12 minute episode as possible. They don’t really hold any punches. The original ... story was a For panel surreal comedy webcomic created by Bkub Okawa and I sort of feel like I am really missing the comedy part of the anime. This might be because of the gap between my culture and the culture of Japan. It just felt like it was absurd more then it was comical. Not all people are going to like the same exact comedy as another person as well. The only thing I could place with them was that the two characters had a base line for their personalities. The purple haired girl was more straight forward with her comedy while the yellow haired was a little more energetic. I didn’t care enough to learn there names. (After looking them up, the yellow haired girl is Popuko and the Purple haired is Pipimi. Seriously didn’t care while watching the show as there was no point.) I just found that I wanted the ending preview anime more then this odd mix of scenes as it just seemed more interesting.

With all the problems I had with this anime’s comedy, I do have to give it some props. The show is very innovative from the use of different styles to the change in the ending song and sequences once in a while. It dared to break some of the boundaries that were normally seen within the genre… at least the normal things I do see. Just because a show is not for everyone does not mean that it’s a really bad show.

The art style is… well its odd. There seems to be a main base and then what I could probably think of as guest animations in some of the portions. Again, hard to explain here. The main design seems to be a little chibi yellow haired girl and a … tall high school girl with purple hair. This is not a style I typically see in animation and I give them props for doing this very different form but it is really not a style I like. I’m fine with getting out of the normal Chibi style or Cute wide eyed High school girls, but it has to be an interesting story to help me get over some of those designs and this did not have that for me. We have segments that look good in a very clean artistic way and segments that look like a little kid drew them, even some rather creative segments that go into the 3D aspects. I give them props on being innovated like I said before.

The voices were really inconsistent. Sometimes they had male voices, sometimes female, sometimes non gender voices and it just felt strange. The opening song was pretty catchy and nice to listen to while the ending song was a typical ending song you would get for a slice of life. Neither of them felt like they fit the craziness that was this series. To be fair, I only watched the Japanese version of this so what might have been throwing me off was that even the Japanese actors were being changed around so much and there was no consistency although I don’t know if the English dub would of made it even better. I would of probably understood some of the stuff better if it was at least in my native language.

So here is the big question, is this worth the watch? Well, it really depends on what your type of anime sits well with you. While I do normally like some surreal comedy shows, most of them have an overall plot or characters that have a deep charm to them. I didn’t find anything like that with this series. This may be because I have never seen the manga before or because of the very random art styles that show up in this. Heck, it could even be because they kept changing the characters voice actors throughout the whole show. The show just didn’t have anything to help me get into the show. It just felt too random for my tastes though I will say that I’m sure it will find its small group of fans. I’m just not one of them.

I wanted to see what all the fuss was about, and I just don't get it. This has got to be the most mediocre and overrated anime made this century.

Halfway into Episode 1 I was wishing that this actually was Hoshiiro Girldrop (the average idol anime archetype parody from the OP), as it looked considerably more enjoyable.
Toward the end of Episode 2 I found myself wanting to stop and practice the violin, something I hadn't done for months.
I watched the rest in the background while doing computer stuff.
It's vaguely reminiscent of Excel Saga.
The repetitive transitions were really annoying, but it's necessary for a good flow.
There's ... also no point shitting on the art, it's perfectly acceptable for the type of anime.
The OPs and EDs were actually pretty good, and I like the female voice actors.
I really wanted to give this a 1 at first (a score reserved for only the most reviled of anime) but despite not enjoying it, I didn't regret having watched it, and I got a laugh/smile at least once from 9/12 episodes, so I settled on a 3.

To be honest, this show is terrible, and i have some good reasons why.
First of all, if someone is going to represent something, for instance, writing something, what are the achievements for that person? just expressing? making money? or just getting something done?
See, none of the above seems to be the reason for the crew of Poputepipikku. it a loose set of thoughts coming together (or have they?!) to make a sort of entertainment? if there's more to this, let me hear it but i doubt it will be? is it just criticizing the pop culture? is this the point to all of this? okay, ... but how are you targeting the audience? you are being just too confronting, some stuff are better to not being said. or done.

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My thoughts:
Poputepipikku is an Anime that try's to be funny, but surely isn't!
If you think, that throwing some very loose pop culture references and an unusual art together, you can dominate the market, then your wrong!
Poputepipikku advertised itself actually very good, I have seen trailers from this anime on Facebook groups for anime. But very fast the hype cooled down. Even the shitpost anime fansites abandoned this series since its just not funny!
I have seen several other anime that feature pop culture much better and more funny as a side gag (Which was allways refreshing). But the probleme here is, that Poputepipikku based ... his entire existence on pop culture, meme culture and silly jokes. But can't deliver any good jokes or dank memes.
It just waves very poor and unfunny short storys in our faces which are more boring than entertaining!
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Opening/Ending:
Its a good opening which you can fully watch even after the 10th episode without beeing bored. Ending is okay.
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What the anime would have made funny (Spoiler):
One of the gags is, that in the end, there is a preview for the next episode, but its a preview for a pop group idol anime which is about love and drama. The funny part would have been, then the last episode would only be a episode about this girly idol anime and the actual cast we have seen for the other 11 episodes would have been left out.
That would have been funny and a complete trolling for the viewer, beeing confronted mid story in an other anime we only know about the previes from the endcard!
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Summary:
The best part of this anime is the opening. The rest is boring and painfull to watch.

Poputepipikku has finally finished today. That was a personally terrible experience. Alright, so this show is about the absurd antics of two girls. They have names, but that doesn't really matter. This show was very hyped this season. Mostly because of the various memes coming out of it even before its announcement. You know those two girls, one with blue hair, and the one with orange hair but shorter then the other? Both flipping you off? That's what I'm talking about with this show. Just like what we started off with, this show is more of that. This show is like watching memes. There is ... a lot of different styles in this show, many of which are one offs. These can range to very creative, to very disgusting, but that's depending on what you like. It also gets very meta with itself, depicting references to other things as well as itself. I should also mention that there are effectively 2 versions of the show. There is a version where the girls are voice acted by girls, and another version where the girls are voice acted by men. Just to keep in mind when it plays twice and you don't know why. This adds to the absurdity.

There are multiple reasons I don't enjoy myself when watching this show. But it mainly boils down to the, "watching memes" portion I mentioned earlier. I don't like to watch random absurdity without any structure behind it. One segment is very different from the last. I understand that many people like this sort of thing, but I, for one, do not. In the later episodes, there is a sort of a story within it, which is the only part of the show I enjoy. But after that one off story is over, then it goes back to what it was doing before. Memes. I give Poputepipikku 3 out of 10. I hate it personally, but the greater masses will enjoy it I'm sure. So I recommend it to everyone that likes random things thrown at them. This has been your spoiler free but not really review on Poputepipikku.

The anime used all its hype up in the first few episodes.
Gradually as time goes on, it grew to be boring.

I think that some of the movie references seem out of place- it kind of ruins the feel of pop team epic. The 'Bob Team Epic' thing shouldve never been in the series in the first place. First of all:
-The really sketchy, rushed art style doesn't make it any funnier, it makes it a pain to watch.
-The awkward voice acting doesn't help
- It's cringey, nowhere even close to funny.

Its basically a complete mess- the clips and stories don't really fit together sometimes- if you want ... it to flow actually link references, etc.
The way they tried too hard on the story line is quite appalling- even a basic, slice of life-like story line with a some over-exaggeration would've been effective.

Its a shame because the manga was actually pretty funny- yet they pretty much ruined it.

I….don’t know what to say about this anime. I don’t want to unequally say that it’s a terrible anime, but I certainly don’t want to say that it’s great...I don’t even want to say that it’s an average mediocre anime. Whatever county you live in you have your specific kind of pop culture references to memes, art, music history, etc. and you’re going to immediately grasp what it means and why it’s funny. The only things I was able to understand were a few handfuls of references to video games and anime. But the show is deeply mired in Japanese lore, folktales, music, and ... just...all things Japan. I know I’m not supposed to take it seriously because I know that it’s not supposed to be taken seriously in the least, but it’s bad enough that there were extra long segments that were in Japanese. In the back of my mind I’m thinking I know if I concentrate hard enough I’ll be able to get it. But that’s like the worst thing you can do.
I would say proceed with caution. At some points the artwork is really beautiful and other times it’s disgustingly ugly. You tell yourself, one more episode, one more episode just thinking that the next episode will be better or the last episode you watched was pretty funny so maybe the next one will be too.
I have to say, one of the strangest segments comes all the way at the end of the show with the “fake” anime where a girl moves in with a guy when his parents leave for business. There are “next episode inserts” but you never ever watch the show. It’s just weird…
Let my rating be a reflection of my personal experience and not an indicator of whether you should watch it or not. Just...watch it for what it is and if you don’t feel like finishing it you won’t be missing anything.

Yeah, not much really to say here its a pretty purely comedic anime, and I didn't really find it funny that's about it. I'm sure it's fine if you like the jokes but I laughed at like 1% of the jokes in the anime that's nothing but jokes so not really a huge fan of this one. In terms of overall quality id probably say it's like a 7 just because its job is that it's trying to be this like skit anime where it's just the constant jokes and I might not be into it but it does what it sets out to do ... pretty well so id say in terms of quality it's like a 7 but in terms of my personal enjoyment it's like a 2.