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May 18, 2017 11:23 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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This was great! I love how they used the speech bubbles, it really felt like an animated manga. And the speech bubbles turning into the fruits on the tree was a cool way to show it.

The way the crabs always ran sideways, even though they had human bodies, was hilarious. The dad even climbed the ladder sideways haha.
Dec 27, 2018 9:35 AM
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Link to video : http://animation.filmarchives.jp/en/works/playen/43683
Edit: Just saw that link is already given with the MAL entry. Anyways letting this comment stand.
Apr 18, 2019 8:58 PM
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Kinda weird how all the animals had human bodies.
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"
Apr 29, 2019 10:17 PM
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This was a great film, I really like the teamwork they put up in order to catch the monkey.

And I wonder if they kept the human body as an hommage of this version, if that's the case that's really cool.
WashmaButtApr 29, 2019 10:21 PM
Aug 9, 2019 2:23 AM
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That character design... :D But somehow it seems right to me. It suits the old fairy tale amosphere imo.
Nov 23, 2020 1:55 PM
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Better than a lot of these old black-and-white shorts. The actions was reasonably fluid, and I really appreciated the use of comic-style speech bubbles as opposed to awkward intertitles. (Why didn't more people figure this out?)

Jan 13, 2022 8:06 AM
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Wow you can really feel the ten years that passed between this and Junichi times, both in quality and story-telling and plot, after all it's a revenge story, and anime will use this trope til exhaustion during the decades. Funnily enough this also respond to the people that ask "why manga about ninja like Naruto have all these weird magical powers it makes 0 sense", it actually does if you consider japanese folklore, and this short film proves it.
The facial expressions of the mc father's friends were astonishing for the time, also the use of balloons was brilliant. Once again i can't comprehend people taking the time to watch such an old work and rating it so low
Jul 9, 2022 2:24 PM
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they were wylin with this one
best one so far
Sep 20, 2022 5:23 AM
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Just imagine what they are going to do with the monkey after killing the father.

Mar 23, 2023 1:12 AM

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Bro when chug fell on the monkey I died
IDontKnowWhatTPlMar 23, 2023 1:18 AM
Nov 5, 2023 4:52 AM

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Surprisingly decent. The characters acted strangely at times, and I have no idea how the crab father died from being hit with a soft fruit. On the other hand, the story flows very well, and it's somewhat funny, with the detail afforded to the quirks of each animal/object person.

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Apr 18, 7:59 PM
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Climbing the ladder sideways was a first for me.
It’s time to ditch the text file.
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