Mar 28, 2017
Kemono Friends caters to the lowest common denominator! The show does provide laughs and giggles, Tender moments every once in a while however, the overall piece is poorly put together mess. It is so horrendous and appalling that it makes me question the future standard of anime quality.
Story
To being, the story and almost non-existent plot is so simplified that it appears to be geared towards children. Quite frankly I believe that is the case. We follow our main character as she encounters new friends or "creatures." The fact that this title was a cell phone game, sort of explains the weak narrative and poor
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storytelling. The writers chose the easiest and in my opinion laziest decisions for making the story more appealing. What approach was that you ask? Cute girls doing cute things for the sake of entertainment and pleasure.
Art
Full on CGI animated anime titles is not ready! There are so many shows that attempt to make it work but come up short. The character designs and settings, animation like walk cycle’s etc. look like a complete mess. The transitioning looks sloppy and the it is made blatantly obvious by the poor choices made during the animation process that Kemono friends was created on a shoe-string budget. It was as if no effort to detail or information based upon the African Safari setting was made.
Sound
Poor! Very poor sound quality! I didn’t even bother using my high end audio gear because of it. In fact, I plugged in my cheap dollar store headphones just to listen to the show. That’s how plain the sound in this show was. The composers did a terrible job creating quality sound that fits the aesthetics of the show. A tune to set the atmosphere of the setting or a scene was non-existent!
In regards to the actors, they should not be proud to list this as one of their accomplishments in voice acting. I’ll admit that the actors did an amazing job with their characters. However, because of the show they were stuck doing I had no choice but to add my previous statement.
Character
One sided personalities that are created to fit one purpose. The characters are not worth getting attached to. Rather, they do not do anything to make me attached to them. Some characters have charming personalities or quirks to them that make them an interesting person.
Because Kemono friends was made on a budget, the director most likely said, “you know what we should do?” “We should give each character an archetype and have them act on it.” “Forget about making them unique and lively.” “As long as they are cute and doing cute things that’s okay with me!” “ Hyuck Hyuck.”
Enjoyment
None. It was a pain to sit through! I was pretty much forced to endure the discomfort of sitting through an episode of kemono friends when I much rather have been doing something more productive with my life. Overall I feel that the series is highly overrated and not even worth picking up!
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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