Gokushufudou

I normally don’t write reviews, but I am now because this anime is getting a lot of unnecessary hate.

This anime has a clear vision on what it wants to accomplish, and accomplishes it. It’s a short and sweet comedy about a former legendary yakuza member who now works as a house-husband. It’s funny, it’s entertaining, and I had a great time watching it. The characters are simple yet memorable. The voice acting is phenomenal, and this is by far one of Tsuda Kenjiro’s best performances.

Now, the elephant in the room - the animation in this show is minimal. Things only move when they have ... to. Otherwise, they sit still like a manga panel. It may be a bit jarring at first - I was initially surprised and almost angry when I realized that this was what the anime was going to be as well. However, as I continued to watch it, I began to see that this wasn’t a big problem at all. In fact, I enjoyed the different direction they took, as it felt more lighthearted and charming. It just so happens that the simple animation style works just fine with a comedy anime like this, where most of the jokes are found in the dialogue. They still animated slapstick and action scenes like when Tatsu would do his thing with the kitchen knife or slap Masa in the face as well. Animation still exists when necessary.

A lot of the people who hate on this anime seem to be people who just couldn’t get over the animation. I understand why one may be unable to get used to it, but just because you don’t like the animation doesn’t mean you should ignore everything else that makes this anime good. The anime also very closely follows its source material, and could seem just like a slideshow of colored manga panels. To that, I’d say: yes, it kind of is sometimes. However, the jokes are still delivered well, the voice acting is great, and overall it’s an enjoyable show that can be finished in just about an hour. I also personally thought that it would be great if people welcomed this style of animation, which would mean studios could possibly adapt more unique and “risky” stories into anime without needing to spend so much time and money, and possibly go on with fully animating it depending on the reception.

I won’t be one of those people who just tell you to be grateful with what you got, because I’m personally against that kind of mindset. After all, I know a lot of Gokushufudou fans including myself were expecting a more traditional, fully animated show. However, whether you’ll choose to continue being angry and bash on the glorified slideshow or choose to give it a proper chance to find a genuinely wholesome and entertaining anime is up to you.

JUST READ THE MANGA!
This is my first time reviewing an Anime,
This adaptation was really so anticipation and was so hype because it is unique that a Yakuza working as a Househusband. First of all the coloring of the anime was really good but the animation was so bad it is like a manga panel but the characters are being dragged out such as pretending it is moving. The VA was really good and the acting of all characters in every situation is outstanding. Many situations are too confusing due to another character appears and not even knowing who the hell they are or any ... clue about them. But pretty much it was so enjoyable that an adaptation with 5 ep with 16 mins i laugh straight from beginning to the end. Overall I gave this anime a 7/10. hope that they may fix the adaptation of any manga panel such as running and improve it.

The way of the house husband is by far and away the best comedy to ever come out of Japan, and I will not rest until each and every one of my friends has experienced its gut-busting glory. A short and sweet story about a terrifying yakuza subverting expectations with a short and sweet anime, and I honestly cannot wait for season 2.

I am seeing several people complaining about the adaptation, but honestly, I found it perfectly fitting for the kind of story Gokushufudou wants to tell, and whitout Netflix, I and most everyone would have never even paid the manga any mind.

This is ... the same thing that happened with One Punch Man season 2, with picky fans upset they didn't get an all-star animation team to turn short gags into sakuga, and completely missing the fact that the heart and soul of the comedy remained not only intact, but stronger than ever.

Yes, the animation is sparse and the visuals are nowhere as detailed as the source material, but the voice acting, soundtrack, and directing more than make up for it, doubling down on the hillarious writing and unique atmosphere Kosuke Ono so expertly crafted.

Also, can we take a moment to appreciate the opening and ending tracks? They alone work wonders to elevate the material and set the mood for the antics to come. I cannot fathom consuming this story without them, and I pity those poor souls who have.

Watch this if you are a man, and bring forth your inner house husband!

Oh man, this one was one of my biggest disappointments of 2021. It even made me ask the question of “does this count as anime?” Well, we’ll get into all of that with my review of Gokushufudou and if this adaptation of the amazing manga of the same name is worth your time or not.

So Gokushufudou follows Tatsu. He’s an ex-yakuza that used to be feared as the “Immortal Dragon,” but now he is a humble and professional househusband. It shows you his day-to-day life as a househusband and his interactions with the people that know him as the Immortal Dragon, his wife, and other ... people in his neighbourhood, or end up interacting with him. It’s a rather simple plot and can set up some good jokes. On it’s own here, it's a solid set-up for its jokes to work.

The characters are all a strange cast of people. You have Tatsu, a man who’s a professional househusband and doing regular day to day activities while still looking and speaking like a yakuza, Miku who’s Tatsu’s wife and has a Policure obsession, but is also caring for Tatsu and is trying her best to do cooking and other things like that, and Masa who’s Tatsu’s sworn brother and is still following him because he believes that the way of the yakuza and the way of the househusband are opposite sides of the same coin. The only personality between the three most important characters is Tatsu. The other two have that simple explanation I wrote as their entire character and it’s not shown much beyond that. The interactions between these main three make up a good portion of the jokes.

The animation was well, not exactly there. You know those teasers and trailers they make for promoting anime or just the manga itself? The ones where they photoshop the characters so that it’s just the characters, then throw words and sound over it so that it's just a video without much movement. Imagine that, but there’s no detail in the drawings and the lip flaps move this time. That’s the extent of the animation they have provided. It makes me wonder if this even classifies as anime. It has all of the elements of anime, except for the animation part and it’s just disappointing considering the jokes are good. The animation is the main thing taking away from the jokes too. It’s kind of so bad to look at that you’re distracted from the joke.

The art style of the anime was also really bad. It’s like the production staff traced the manga, but only traced the thick lines and made it worse. The colours were also quite bland and were generally a single colour without any gradients or anything. In addition, the lighting was also just kinda bad.

The soundtrack of Gokushufudou was rather generic. The music worked in places for it to work, but it’s often the same tracks and gets rather repetitive.

The sound design in Gokushufudou was also depressing. It’s like stock sound effects placed over what’s happening.

The voice acting was the saving grace of this entire show tbh. The voice acting was really good. It was super over-the-top and allowed for the over-the-top comedic scenarios to take as much of an effect as the animation and sound design allowed for.

Overall, this anime was not a good adaptation of the source material or a good anime in general. The jokes are good by themselves and are heightened even further because of the voice acting, but the animation, soundtrack, and sound design took away a lot of the fun you’d have with the show because they were distractingly bad.

I see a lot of people saying this show isn't what they expected and stuff, and I understand that it's not like "regular" anime. But the storyline is really funny, and the way that it's been presented as little "shorts" makes it enjoyable. I would recommend this to anyone who likes humor, and is okay with them focusing more on the characters, rather than the medium it's presented as. I found myself laughing at the unexpected but cute moments highlighted, especially because they could be seen as normal things that people working as househusbands/wives could face.

Additionally, the fact that it is so short makes it ... a lighthearted watch, easily something anyone could do after a really long / tiring day (which I'm sure we all have, given these trying times). Please watch it before judging it!

"My disappoint is immeasurable and my day is ruined" as the young man says.

One of the most exciting aspects of watching an anime adaptation from a manga you've read/been reading is the anticipation of how some of your favorite moments will have a renewed life to them when animated. It's fundamentally what makes watching an anime based on a manga so fun.

Whoever at J.C. Staff decided that this "slideshow" or still-picture panning was the correct move deserves all the flak this anime is taking. The source material is funny, the characters interesting, and the overall story is fresh. They had everything to turn this into ... a fun anime and butchered it.

The only reason I give this anime a 3 overall is because of the voice actors. At the same time, the good voice acting makes it all the more painful that this anime is so poor when it shouldn't have been.

Like many, I adore the Househusband manga series, and was incredibly excited for an adaptation.

What I loved about the manga can still be found in this series. There's nothing new or unexpected, and the jokes are still really funny.

The problem with the series is the animation style. It's looks incredibly lazy, and gives the audience nothing new at all if they've read the manga. Even if you weren't a manga reader, it's pretty clear that this is a low effort adaptation. It seems like it was rushed, with no real attention to detail and incredibly simple movement, backgrounds and transitions.

I'd also have appreciated ... a better OP. It's boring and doesn't do anything to excite the viewer. I started skipping it after the second episode.

Overall, like a lot of others, I'm just extremely disappointed. I wish the series had gone to a different studio or just hadn't been a Netflix original. For such a brilliant and well-loved series and cast, I really expected better.

If it wasn't already obvious - read the manga!

With all the ridiculous things it has
I fucking like this
Maybe it could have been much better, but still from a comedic point of view it can be a masterpiece
So, those who want to show themselves smart and give it a score lower than the right of this anime
They just show their misery and nothing else
There may be many problems with this anime, but it is not fair to give it a score lower than 6
I recommend that you just enjoy watching this anime Because it is the best kindness we can do for ourselves and this anime

Ok, first time reviewer here, so bear with me.

Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband is a 5 episode animation based off of the manga of the same name. It's about an Ex-Yakuza member known as the "Immortal Dragon" due to his terrifying fighting prowess, having been known to wipe out multiple large groups of enemy gangs bare handed in one night. However he decides to give up the life of crime in order to be a full time househusband, and care for his wife Miku. That's it. Nothing more. Nothing less. However, i feel like people are trying to treat it as if it's ... something more than that, as if it were an epic action manga that "wasn't done justice" by the animation, and i couldn't really disagree more. More on that later.

As for the individual ratings:

Story: 9
It's a simple, cute, fun concept that you honestly can't really go wrong with on it's own.

Sound: 7
Intro and outro tracks were pretty good. (idk if this goes w/ sound or characters so apologies if I am wrong) The voice actors were great as well, with Kenjiro Tsuda acting as Tatsu's VA.

Character: 10
I love the idea behind Tatsu as a character. I think that the designs are executed well, and that the other characters do a good job of supporting his own character.

Art: 5
Look, I'm not gonna sit here and act like it was animated well. It isn't great. To be fair I do think that it was colored very well. But, I don't feel that the animation needs to be absolutely insane to find enjoyment in the series. I think we should take a slightly different perspective on this. I believe that the animation quality was not a main focus. I think that they may have even lessened the animation quality purposefully in order to make it more akin to a motion manga than an anime, as well as highlight the story a bit more. While this is QUITE a stretch, I know, for me, it had that exact effect, which is part of the reason i would rate the enjoyment:

Enjoyment: 10
As I sat and watched all 5 episodes, I genuinely couldn't stop smiling. The jokes, the story, the characters all gave me the goofiest smile I had had in a few days.

With all of this taken into close consideration, I rate Gokushufudou: The Way of the House Husband at an overall 8/10. Although it falls short in some audio and visual qualities, I believe it more than makes up for it in story, comedy, and character.

Thank you, and I wish a good day to all.

-No Spoilers-

The Way Of The Househusband is a weird but interesting series that you could easily finish in less than an hour. Nothing too special but an engrossing series to say the least. The main character is somewhat relatable and the supporting characters as well. One notable thing though is the animation which is at best, a 6/10, although the show is overall an 8/10 as I see it.
It doesn't dive too deep into romance and action, it sticks to comedy, and that's what I appreciate in this series. The quirky unorthodox humor is strangely great, which had me shaking with laughter.

If you don't get it, you don't get it.

It's basically a sketch show. It's not the magic/meccha/ninja action fantasy shounen. This is not the standard juvenile stuff. This humor is for grown-ups and it can be frickin hilarious. If you want the ecchi or the action ninja Boruto nonsense, this show is NOT for you.

If you like Monty Python humour, then you really need to watch this. An ex-gangster who does ONLY househusband things... But what if he does it in a gangster way?

The only thing I would have liked is an actual main story-line, but the sketches are great fun as is.

Gokushufudou or The Way of the Househusband is a comedy and slice of life manga written and drawn by Kousuke Oono, which makes me laugh a lot, and finally here's the anime!

STORY: 7/10
We've seen a lot of anime and manga about yakuza doing things normal people do, Hinamatsuri as an example, and it is something that makes me laugh, I'm easy
This one is about a former yakuza which is now a househusband, who lives with Miku, his wife.
It's not very innovative, but it works.

ANIMATION: 5/10
Well... People are saying "powerpoint animation" but to me it was okay, it was just like the manga, maybe more movement ... would have been better but it's okay, it could have been worse

SOUND: 10/10
Voices are exactly as I expected!
Both opening and endings are good, this is what I liked the most about this anime

CHARACTERS: 7/10
First we have Tatsu, former yakuza
Then we have Miku, Tatsu's wife and Policure's fan (Precure?)
There's Masa, member of the yakuza

What can I say, I like every character

ENJOYMENT: 9/10
I've been waiting for this anime for 4 months and I was excited watching it!
Rushed the series in 1 day, as most people did because it's just 1 hour and 25 minutes long, enjoyed it a LOT, if animation were better I would have enjoyed it much more

PS: This was my first review, sorry if it wasn't that good, hope you liked it and found it helpful ^.^

Story is quite funny and interesting. I could say it is unique at its times. This anime definetly has a story that anybody can enjoy.

Oof, the comments about the art are really extreme. I understand that this animation style doesn't fit in everybody's taste. Is it like a slide show? Yes. I think it adds uniqeness to it. You don't see many shows with this style. I also think that it is actually fitting to the genre, comedy. If this was like a shounen anime i would be like "the heck is this" but it is a comedy anime.
Like many animes with it's unique style ... (eg:sangatsu no lion, hanako-kun) this one is getting hate for it too. Yes this animation style is not eye candy but i think it makes the anime enjoyable in its own way.
İf you want to watch this anime but hesitate bcause of the hate towards the art style, don't listen to the ones saying that.
I believe that anybody can enjoy this anime even though the art style isn't their liking.
I have also heard that the mangaka actually wanted the animation to be in this sort of style, so at least try to respect the mangaka.

The character's voice's are on point and i love that. It has decent sound effects too.

Characters are very funny. Since this ain't no serious anime, don't search for depth in the characters. I think every character is quite well written for a comedy anime.

I enjoyed this anime a lot. It was very fun to watch and i have laughed out loud a lot while watching it.

Overall, i had a great experience. I like fun animes like these. I recommend anyone to watch this or at least give it a shot as well!

Have you ever passed in a test even though you know you got an F? You might've left some answers blank because you forgot to study or ran out of time.

That's Gokushufudou's anime adaptation. Though calling this eyesore an "anime" would be a lie. Every scene is nothing more than a glorified sequence of still images, killing any potential comedy from the manga. There are jokes, but they fall completely flat because of how they're presented; with flashes of a black screen like they forgot to check their work. I can’t help but think this was some sort of money laundering scheme.

An unspoken rule of ... anime adaptations is to never exactly copy the source material because you’ll only invite comparisons. Animation fundamentally can’t be as detailed as still art at all times. The lack of animation gives you time to notice just how ugly the show is—there's almost no detail and the character designs are constantly off-model. J.C. Staff's "animators'' literally traced every panel of the manga, but made it worse. They animated almost nothing except for the characters' mouths—unless you count panning shots, zooms, and rotations animation. Just one 15-minute-episode of this show has more camera movements around still shots than an entire twelve episode anime.

Adding stock sound effects, color, voice acting, and generic music to a great manga does not make a great anime. You can, and should, read Gokushufudou’s 25 adapted chapters in less than half the time it takes to watch this grift. Anime like this should not be made. Netflix is a multibillion-dollar corporation. They are capable of funding a full adaptation. They chose a PowerPoint presentation instead. This is creative bankruptcy.

This anime looks cool, but I have a great question for you netflix, have you ever looked for the word animation in the dictionary ? no because that's not it......... not it at all.

Never do it again, you're gonna kill anime with this Pathetic thing....., it's like reading the manga but uglier.

If you plan to gain viewers with this sort of thing well... good luck!

Aaaaaaaaaah i know you're blind, that's it......That would explain a lot of things.

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If you ever have the idea of remaking an anime, do not use powerpoint, pro tips: powerpoint is NOT an animation software

It’s really a shame...
Let’s get started with the good things:
The voice acting is really good, the story is funny and the characters are cool... BUT that’s just because the manga is good. As basically all the other reviews already mentioned, the animation is poor at best. It really is on QueenBee level, which is a bummer considering this is a Netflix production.
Still, I have to mention that this can be considered a stylistic choice. (A very questionable) With better animation this would’ve made a great show.

To sum it all up: If you’re looking for good animations you won’t enjoy this at all, but if ... you think about this more as a voiced manga it can be pretty good. Of course I’ve excepted more...

Gokushufudou definitely doesn't deserve the hate that it gets.

Yes, the animation is like a Powerpoint presentation, so what? Where would you have liked to see good animation? when Tatsu was doing yoga? An anime like this doesn't need good animation to be enjoyable.

The voice acting was great, especially Tatsu's VA and the story, well, it is what it is, I can't really say there is a story.

Overall It was funny and enjoyable to watch.

If you don't like the way it was animated, then you probably only watch anime for the animation. Go read the manga and complain about how it's badly animated.

i dont get a lot of these low reviews. if you can accept the art style for what it is, i thought it was a pretty entertaining light hearted anime. the voice acting is good and the characters are fun to watch. i dont know how it compares to the manga, but i had fun watching it. i watched all 5 episodes at once. my review is done, but mal wants it to be longer, so disregard everything that im typing from this point on. why do these reviews need to be so detailed for mal to except them? seriously, there isnt much to ... say about this anime. the animation is nothing special, but it has a lot of stylized shots that add to the experience of watching.

I saw it when I hang around in Netflix.

I don't read the manga but I directly watch the show and I really enjoyed. I don't care the art style. It's funny anime and I laugh every episode and it is just 5 episodes. Give it a shot. The idea of a former yakuza becoming a househusband has a lot of potential. It's a good story. Super fun to watch and absurdly enjoyable.

This may not be for everyone but I absolutely like it. I need more episodes. This is such a stupid show but I respect it. It is good but it had way more potential. ... I wish Netflix do one more season. It's really funny.

I love Gokushufudou.

But, I gotta be honest, I was real disappointed with the animation.
I'll admit that I did get used to the animation, but it is a far cry from what I'm sure many manga fans hoped and wanted (me included).

I feel like if you *want* to enjoy this "anime," you can't treat it like an anime. You'd have to treat it like a motion-manga. Which is really unfortunate, because I would have loved to see Gokushufudou as a full fledged anime.

Lingering grips about the animation aside, music and comedic timing still hit.
Best part of this "anime" is the voice acting - hands down. Kenjirou ... Tsuda is the first person I thought of when I was thinking of who could voice Tatsu, and he certainly shows why. Honestly, I was really here just to hear the lines voice acted. A real shame that the voices are so good, because I can only imagine what this "anime" could have been.

In short, the voice acting is top tier and the animation is.. less than stellar.
Had a fun time revisiting the content with the stellar voice acting, but you could get a better experience from the manga.