Why do so many people hate this show so much?

loveuzui said:
It's probably because of the first few episodes. For example, the father's death felt almost comical when the audience was supposed to feel empathy. The writing is sloppy and sometimes the scenes drag out for too long. I think that the last episode is the only redeeming bit though. It just felt like a step down from dmc and it seems like others think so too.

bastek66 said:
Maybe because of shit like this

https://gfycat.com/opencandiderne
https://gfycat.com/ampleteemingaegeancat

bastek66 said:
You should also take note that co-director of this movie is korean feminist and South Korea is wokest asian country.
Basically show for resetera or kotaku crowd.

RobertBobert said:
@AdolZeppeli Personally, I just enjoyed all these huge potential of unintentional humor that it could give me. Well and cringe atmosphere, of course. It's like watching an 80s action movie when you are having fun and pretending to believe what is happening.



Have you forgotten that random, offensive guy? This whole episode was so sudden and weird that I could not stop laughing.

loveuzui said:

I think we expected something serious and that's why people were caught off gaurd. Those scenes alone are hilarious but as a whole the series is trying to be philosophical but it gets watered down by those scenes.

bastek66 said:
Maybe because of shit like this

https://gfycat.com/opencandiderne
https://gfycat.com/ampleteemingaegeancat

DoctorWasabi said:


I have not seen this anime yet, but seeing this gif made me laugh my ass out, I have 0 idea what the context is haha

Lau_Mea said:
i think the animation goes very well stylistically with the plot.

Genoard said:

holy shit if i've seen this gif without any context i would have guessed that it's from some Adult Swim comedy series lmao

JokerVentura said:
I can't speak for others but here why I think the show is bad.
This is sold as a Yuasa series, it clearly isn't.
The series director wasn't him and nothing about the show seemed up to his standard.
The writing was poor and the characters were weakly written or.....Daniel. (You never go full Daniel)
The cult arc was pure unneeded padding and the ending was as dull as the entire series.
Even its attempts at social commentary are poor. From the rap to the pure blood bigots bad, go boom in boat.
What I don't get is the praise. I see nothing worthy of praise in this show.

Famo151375 said:
1: I watched the anime and it is really unfair how some people call it trash. It's just easy for people behind the screen to call an animated movie which many people have worked very hard on it a trash without thinking that there is a lot of effort behind this anime. I think everyone is expecting a glowy and clean and cute anime with a common popular style. I admit that the animate was a little poor and lagging, but based on the fact that I am an animator myself and have little experience, and based on what I saw, I think the negative comments are very unfair . Its underrated
2: It had beautiful music that deserves praise
3: The story was a bit confusing, but it was still good in its kind, and each episode was very exciting, although sometimes it was weird, but being able to get you to see the next episode is a big strength.
4:They deliberately wanted the style of this anime to be like this and to have less details. I think it's different and beautiful.

Please do not knock a work without considering it. It's just good but not great. Stop calling it junk that's childish :)
*sorry bad english*

RobertBobert said:
I understand that this is not a masterpiece and the show definitely has a number of problems like awkward animations or defiantly cheesy moments, but I don’t think it deserves such hostility. I can’t believe that so many people sincerely took one of Yuasa's anime as “So bad so its good”.

soccer6131 said:

I think it has akame ga kill syndrome where it kills off characters just to kill them off not for good reason. I also think it seemed very unrealistic at some parts

chronofantasy said:


Not at all. Akame ga kill was terrible in a sense that a lot of it was just mindless killing during fights and every single character died including the main character. I don't mind tragic deaths, even through combat, but it was beyond ridiculous in that anime.

Compared to this anime, a lot of the deaths was through either sacrifice or just bad luck to show how easy something outside of our control and the unexpected can happen by a greater force to take a life.

A few characters actually survived instead of every single character dying, and it was shown how they went through their ordeal and it made them stronger through these struggles, and they lived their life as best they can for those who passed.

soccer6131 said:

It still has akame ga kill syndrome because they kill off characters left in right which takes away the emotional impacts of each death. I also would argue the show kill off characters worse than Akame because some of the deaths are just straight up comical.

RobertBobert said:


I think the authors wanted to show that in real life people die regardless of their "importance" and that this often happens suddenly. But firstly, MC and her brother still have plot armor, and secondly, as you yourself said, the randomness of these deaths simply gives the opposite effect.

soccer6131 said:


I think that is a good idea but the show didn't execute it well and some of deaths were just there. to kill someone off they felt like they didn't have a reason to die I had no feeling towards. any of the deaths in the series because most of them weren't developed enough and died in stupid ways making all the deaths feel meaningless

RobertBobert said:


As I look, almost no one likes the cult arc. Is it because of the mood swings?

soccer6131 said:

It still has akame ga kill syndrome because they kill off characters left in right which takes away the emotional impacts of each death. I also would argue the show kill off characters worse than Akame because some of the deaths are just straight up comical.

AlphaN00b said:

1-first of all, we are criticising this on industry standards not as an independent project(heck even idie animators are making better stuff these days).
second of all,people don't expect cute and mainstream style when they hear masaaki yuasa's name so your argument is impotent,
while yes, there are some good scenes here and there and some of the backgrounds are stunning they just don't make up for all the rushed shit especially the demon faces on still frames.

2-agreed, the music is good overall, just missused tho.

3-i'm afraid not everyone share that sentiment with you,
the story is all over the place and things seem to be happening for the heck of it and as someone said in the comments, it have an identity crysis,
the pacing is also all over the place which is unevitable when you are adapting a 130 chapters novel into 1 episodes.

4-the style itself is not bad by any means, it's just executed so poorly,
other yuasa's works have similiar styles but they keep a consistent level of quality,
ping pong the animation for example have a very absurd style yet you don't see people complaining about it bc it is executed well and it also give the director(yuasa) and the animators the freedom of going into wacky surreal territory and use it as a story telling tool which just will not work with another style,
nihon chinbotsu's style on the other hand just seem like a deformed child of shinsekai yori and devilamn:crybaby's styles bc again it was executed so poorly.

and don't even get me started on the directing and how every character takes a pose before replying to what the other one said and how it fail to communicate emotions as it's best attempts end up becoming comedic moments instead.

don't ask me why i completed it if i didn't like it bc i just enjoy watching trainwrecks like this, tho i'm still damn disappointed

AlphaN00b said:

1-first of all, we are criticising this on industry standards not as an independent project(heck even idie animators are making better stuff these days).
second of all,people don't expect cute and mainstream style when they hear masaaki yuasa's name so your argument is impotent,
while yes, there are some good scenes here and there and some of the backgrounds are stunning they just don't make up for all the rushed shit especially the demon faces on still frames.

2-agreed, the music is good overall, just missused tho.

3-i'm afraid not everyone share that sentiment with you,
the story is all over the place and things seem to be happening for the heck of it and as someone said in the comments, it have an identity crysis,
the pacing is also all over the place which is unevitable when you are adapting a 130 chapters novel into 1 episodes.

4-the style itself is not bad by any means, it's just executed so poorly,
other yuasa's works have similiar styles but they keep a consistent level of quality,
ping pong the animation for example have a very absurd style yet you don't see people complaining about it bc it is executed well and it also give the director(yuasa) and the animators the freedom of going into wacky surreal territory and use it as a story telling tool which just will not work with another style,
nihon chinbotsu's style on the other hand just seem like a deformed child of shinsekai yori and devilamn:crybaby's styles bc again it was executed so poorly.

and don't even get me started on the directing and how every character takes a pose before replying to what the other one said and how it fail to communicate emotions as it's best attempts end up becoming comedic moments instead.

don't ask me why i completed it if i didn't like it bc i just enjoy watching trainwrecks like this, tho i'm still damn disappointed

RobertBobert said:


So, did you feel like this was more deliberate edgy than serious naturalism?

RobertBobert said:


So, did you feel like this was more deliberate edgy than serious naturalism?

Macducci said:
Y'all acting like Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 doesn't have one of the most annoying main characters of all time

soccer6131 said:


I don't think Japan Sinks is edgy and I wouldn't call it serious the anime doesn't convey seriousness at all there is nothing that makes it edgy

fifty-one said:
@RobertBobert i see thank you.
it would have been very relatable to current events but unfortunately they went completely the opposite way

UtopyconIII said:
Why so much? I've a simple answer: The worst tyranny is on the tongue! Not in the brain.
For tongue i mean consumer's tastes, all the criteria from which him o her will judge an artistic product.

How many animes got a high score despite their anonymous characters drawn like a doll? With zero depth? A lot of people watch this kind of products!

Japan Sinks 2020 has many brutalities twisted with funny moments, it's shameless in its communication, shows more human weakness than usual.

People are less inclined to accept that a mother shows no feelings about her husband's death,
that people can die in the stupidest way, in a stroke of eyebrow;
that we humans are more disproportionate than we realize.

Imperfections in the design make the anime more natural, show more character in the characters!
I can't judge this anime as a masterpiece, but it's an interesting work located in a sea of banality.

8.5/10 for me.