Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!


Long Life To The Ancestors

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Synonyms: Gosenzosama Banbanzai!
Japanese: 御先祖様万々歳!
English: Long Life To The Ancestors
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Type: OVA
Episodes: 6
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Aug 5, 1989 to Jan 25, 1990
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Pierrot
Source: Original
Genres: Avant GardeAvant Garde, ComedyComedy, DramaDrama, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: PsychologicalPsychological
Duration: 30 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 7.421 (scored by 27042,704 users)
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Ranked: #22252
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Popularity: #6493
Members: 9,662
Favorites: 150

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Do you want to see a family relationship slowly fall apart, a unique plot execution, intense amount of absurdity and a bit of implied incest? This is the anime for you. 
report Recommended by eblf2013
Both have the premise of a person who travels to the past to meet their family and the different bizarre ocurrences that happen because of that. Both also have a similar style of dry humor, witty heavy dialogue and slaptick comedy. (copied from my AniDB recommendation) 
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Vlad Love and Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! both are surreal loony plays, with farcical comedy and satire. Both share a "experimental stage play" feeling: they are medium-aware, break the 4th wall, and discuss highly sophisticated themes among a seemingly foolish cast. Both were written and directed by Mamoru Oshii. 
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Comedic nonsensical adventures that break the laws of physics, all encapsulated within a narrative that focuses heavily on symbolism and familial relationships. Very fun and surreal, and have unique art styles. Not to mention, the animation quality is great for both! 
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Heavy on monologues. dark humour, unpredictable situations and weird overall story. 
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The narration in Memory has a similar style of comedy to Gosenzosama Banbanzai! Telling the mundane parts of human relationships with some really really bizarre allegories. 
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Similar use of metafiction and absurd to explore the boundaries between fiction and reality. Pretty different shows overall but I found similar themes and narrative sensitivities. 
report Recommended by Vludi
The main similarity is the references to theatre, with shadow girls in utena and a play-like storytelling in the entirety of Gosenzosama, also, there is a narrator that ocasionally appears and ells what happens or what will happen in the story in an abstract and allegorical way. 
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A main character came into a family's life and disrupted them, which fractured the family.  
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Both have really quirky dialogue, witty characters and a good amount of dry humor. If you're in the mood for watching a dialogue-driven story please check the other anime. 
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