Kaijin Kaihatsu-bu no Kuroitsu-san

On the outside, Agastia is a firm specializing in entertainment, well-known for the theme park it operates. However, beneath such an exterior lies a monumental secret: Agastia is one of various highly advanced evil organizations that aim for world domination. Despite its true nature, the company boasts enticements that make it worthwhile to put up with the work environment. Led by its great leader Akashic, Agastia has recently become a frontrunner in reaching its fellow groups' common goal.

Working for Agastia's Monster Development Division, Touka Kuroitsu is a researcher who primarily does fieldwork due to the eccentricities of her seniors. Kuroitsu's everyday jobs also include giving abrupt presentations and proposals, meeting ridiculous expectations for monster designs, and accompanying said monsters to face inevitable defeat by Agastia's enemies. Nevertheless, nothing will stop Kuroitsu from doing her best if it means getting the promotion she desires!

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Bete, Wolf Main

Amano, Satomi Japanese

Kuroitsu, Touka Main

Maeda, Kaori Japanese

Megistus Supporting

Inada, Tetsu Japanese

Akashic Supporting

Ichimichi, Mao Japanese

Hydra Supporting

Aikawa, Fumi Japanese

Thunderbird, Cannon Supporting

Toki, Shunichi Japanese

Camula Supporting

Taketatsu, Ayana Japanese

Mizuki, Karen Supporting

Kozakai, Yurie Japanese

Higaya, Yuto Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Elbucky Supporting

Harada, Hitomi Japanese

Oowada, Tomoyuki Producer

Ougi, Jiyuu Producer

Yoshida, Kento Producer

Hayano, Yoshito Producer

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Sep 9, 2024

DrMechano

Recommended

Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department is a series about an evil organization that wants to take over the world - specifically, their branch of scientists who create monsters to fight the heroes! We follow the misadventures of Kuroitsu and the various monsters she creates.

This is such a fun premise, and for the most part, the show delivers on this potential spectacularly. The evil organization Agastia is set up like a typical company - with executives, financial oversight, shell companies, etc. While world domination is their ultimate goal, it's clear that the day-to-day of running a business is also a major part of their ... operations. This alone provides a ton of fun stories and is rife with great comedy.

The characters are really fun. Kuroitsu herself is smart and focused - but she has a bit of an ego, and can still get carried away with her ambitions at times, which elevates her from a typical cute nerd girl into a proper mad scientist. What I like about Kuroitsu is that she has a genuine love for the monsters she creates. They're not just minions or products or a way for her to get ahead in Agastia; They're her beloved creations, her children in a sense. I like how, despite being a villain, she's so truly compassionate to her creations. The total package is that Kuroitsu is a remarkably well-realized character for such a short anime (it's only 12 episodes); she's legitimately cool and competent, but also funny and flawed, and has that very human pathos to her that makes her both very entertaining and very easy to root for.

The supporting cast is just as great. Agastia's leader, Lady Akashic, is a supremely childish woman who's obsessed with cuteness (one wonders what the world would be like if she ever successfully took it over), and is aided by her right-hand man, the ever-comically-serious Lord Megistus. Kuroitsu's monsters range from Wolfe Bete (a male wolf whose body was changed to a woman at the last minute, much to his chagrin), Cannon (a monster developed by committee, resulting in a "too many cooks" creation), Hydra (a multi-headed monster), Mummy (an initially voiceless monster who just wants to sing), and more. All of these characters are fun and memorable in their own way. And that's not even getting into the heroes; Blader, the magical girls, the Assassin Rangers, all of these characters are fun enemies for Kuroitsu and her monsters to go up against.

At the end of the day, Miss Kuroitsu is a very funny series that has a surprising amount of heart for being a goofy parody of tokusatsu villains. I fell in love with these characters, and I hope someday the (still ongoing as of this review) manga gets a full translation, so I can experience even more fun with the evil secret organization Agastia! I highly recommend giving Miss Kuroitsu a watch.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 2, 2023

bboy_OatsnRice

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I’m writing this from the perspective of someone who had no idea this series had anything to do with super sentai, tokusatsu, Kamen Rider, or local heroes. Hell I didn’t even know what any of that was until after finishing the show. So I ended up learning something from a show I thought I could otherwise turn my brain off while watching. And with that said, you don’t even need to know any of that stuff either to enjoy this show. Would it help further your enjoyment? Yeah sure, especially with the last episode and all the narrators/cameos for each episode, but not necessary in ... the slightest. In short this show pays tribute, homage, and respect to shows of the tokusatsu genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. Super Sentai airs alongside the Kamen Rider series in the Super Hero Time programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the Super Sentai series is best known as the source material for the Power Rangers series. Got that? K, good. Now local heroes are fictional Japanese superheroes created to represent a particular region of Japan, such as a prefecture or city. They are typically themed after the locale of their creators, and often perform in special martial arts stage shows, and serve to teach children about certain things such as road traffic and food safety.

This show builds its identity and theme around those concepts. Again, all of which were foreign to me before starting the series. So my first impression was that this was going to be a comedy series that relies on being a monster of the week sort of deal, in the most literal sense. And I would’ve been content with that, as the first episode left me in stitches at a time I was really down on my luck. And also in an otherwise mostly sol, isekai/fantasy, romantic filled season. Now sure there were other comedies airing around the same time too, but I wanted something that was more comedically barebones and didn’t rely on the romance or fantasy aspect for the source of its comedy. So I picked up this series solely based on the poster and positive but small reception it was getting on /a/. And boy am I glad I did, this show was the highlight of my week. It was unpredictable but not lol so random, it had critiques of the japanese work environment without getting its head stuck up its ass, and it did the impossible and got me to genuinely fall head over heels for an idol character.

Speaking of which, all characters in this series are a riot. Wolf-kun, Kuroitsu-san, Canon(a badass bird who can defeat just about anyone except for blader, despite his non-intimidating and feathered exterior), long ranged uncle, the jobber friends, mummy-chan, the magical ‘girl’ duo, and possibly the most awesome of all, Megustas! I could go on and on about the characters and what they bring to the table in terms of jokes and variety. I wish the series focused on certain characters more like spider-chan and the leader, with her room of maidenly conditioned love. But I admire how the series is able to have a large cast, yet retain its focus on the handful that matter. And it’s a good thing that these characters are as likable as they are.

The story usually pertains to how they’ll be able to defeat their rival, local hero Blader! But will sometimes divert from the main plot to focus on other tasks such as job interviews, going to the beach, getting approval from other higher up executives to create a new monster, and even discussing work with other evil companies. The plot is interesting and more than serviceable as a means for the jokes. And while the animation is never stellar, there is a noticeable dip in the quality around the last few episodes, save for the last bit of the final episode. But the show isn’t trying to win you over with its beautiful and articulate backgrounds or animation, it just wants to make your day brighter and give props to all the heroes old and new. This series didn’t nearly get the credit it deserved and was probably my personal highlight of the season even if others seem to disagree, and if there were objectively more well made shows. If you liked Samurai Flamenco, you just might also fall in love with Kuroitsu San.>

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jan 11, 2024

uWuDesuWooWoo

Mixed Feelings

SPOILERS AHEAD

I'm a sucker for cute girls, this literally has them as both the main characters and the side characters.

Story isn't anything to write home about, it's a flavor of the week episodic thing with 2-3 tie-ins from last episode.

The show is driven by character interactions, comedy and references. If you don't like those, you're not gonna like this show. I love those, so I like this show a lot.

Art is subpar, yes, but it gets the job done, and even if this show had Fate Zero style fight scenes, the shounen watchers would complain that this show doesn't take itself seriously, that the ... plot is nonexistent, the jokes are occasionally cliche, and the character design is predictably boring.

The show is _actually_ funny if you like watching Kamen Rider without context clips on youtube, or if you liked akibaranger, the live action super sentai spoof show. It's not as good as say Full Metal Alchemist Fumoffu, or Ghost Stories dub but it's better than Desert Punk dub. It's probably about as good as Inferno Cop or Panty and Stocking dub.

I looked forward to watching this show as I was going through it (I can't say the same of many shounen/seinen that I've seen, particularly fate or re:zero), and the dialogue was actually _not_ terrible because of how accurate/intelligent it was. For example, there's an idol episode, where a mute girl wants to become a singing idol, but she literally does not have vocal chords. There's a fast paced series of actions that supporting characters do to actually do a small debut at a mall, and it wraps up rather cleanly, but the logistics of actually doing the event are somewhat explained.

Oh and the final episode is literally about how mergers and acquisitions from giant corporations are flawed when it comes to actually delivering product in a reasonable fashion. This show does not shy from real world scenarios/premises, and does a convincing job of going through some thought experiments.

8/10, would recommend to anyone that liked Robot Girl Z

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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