Satsujinkyou Jidai

I understand now what old people meant when they say that the comedy they watched back in the day is way better than it is nowadays.

This short film from Kuri Yoji is a work of art. Subverting expectations is all that this short film does, and it does it in the absolute best ways possible. Every single bit is filled with unimaginable twists and immaculate comedy that leave you bursting out in laughter. This short film only contains 9 minutes and 35 seconds of content, but it's some of the best 9 minutes and 35 seconds I've ever spent in my life. Any expectations that ... you will have going into this will be completely flipped on its head. Every second spent watching this is filled with anticipation and suspense as you wait for the twist, and the punchline hits extremely hard every time. Even though the art is very old and the quality of the animation is subpar, it all adds to the humor of this film.

Even if you don't find this as funny as I do, you should still watch it through as it's only 9 minutes of your time. Besides, I'm sure you'll get a laugh out of it at least. This is truly a one of a kind cinematic experience.

Au Fou is a short movie that surpassed my expectations in ways that it was definitely not intended to.

Even though it is missing a comedy tag, it definitely deserves it because I was crying laughing watching this all the way through.
Some of these "skits" have the most insane plot twist I have ever seen, adding onto the comedic genius that this show encapsulates.
Although the scenes are quite random and don't tell a story altogether, they stand alone as pure masterpieces of amusing comedy.

Give it a watch, even if you don't like it, its only 10 minutes long. Maybe you will like it just as much ... as I did.

Well, if you want to watch a collection of cheap looking static images of poorly drawn characters getting killed or killing themselves for 13 minutes, then this is the film for you.

On top of the poorly done art, it's accompanied by a tepid, uninteresting score... and poor quality sound effects. The soundtrack isn't horrible, but it also doesn't stand out much at all, and I wouldn't necessarily call it good, either.

Also, before anything happens in any of the shorts, there's a long, drawn out period of music playing over a single static image, and while these moments were obviously intended to build up to the ... final moment each time, it really just made the whole thing feel slowly paced and ended up just feeling very boring all around.