I have a unique philosophy where if a sucky anime didn't waste a ton of my time, I wouldn't be as harsh on it. This is not the case. Pupa is an extremely short anime consisting of 12, 4-minute long episodes that ends very abruptly and without closure. Keep this in mind right now: This anime is NOT for everyone. It is mindless, eccentric in almost everything it does and portrays. Most of all, it is haphazardly brutal and brilliantly gory. The likes of which even made me, a lover of Elfen Lied and Blood-C , cringe.
Storywise, I honestly have no clue what's going on, but I don't really care either. You're not here for the story. If you are, move on.
Characters are mediocre at best. For such a short series, I think they did OK with them. But if you're looking for Evangelion or Clannad status characters, just drop this anime now.
I'm not going to nit pick much at the details much, but the art and sound were surprisingly good for an anime that's scoring 1's like Steins;Gate is scoring 10's. The art blended well with the gore and atmosphere, which was a problem I had with Corpse Party - nice looking characters too. Soundtrack was repetitive, but of decent quality.
I enjoyed watching (almost) every second of this. I repeat: This anime is a Gore lover's DREAM. I'd go as far as saying only those with stomachs conditioned to adore the bloody brutality of this anime should watch it. You will not gain anything else from this anime. But be prepared to spectate the suffering of a young girl and her older brother.
Don't let all these scores of 1's deceive you.
Ok maybe they do have some justification. This anime is ridiculously fast paced and it has nothing to show for it. If there's a plot, I'm not seeing it. It has no ending, and the characters are worth f*** all. But none of that matters. You're not here for any of that. All you (should) care about is the delicious, rapturous, mindless gore that is Pupa.
Pupa is short and sweet. Nothing else. Blink and you'll miss it, or the small qualities that helped make it good. At less than hour long overall, Pupa was an anime destined for widespread failure. But in the eyes of few like me, Pupa was another crown jewel to be added with the likes of Hellsing Ultimate and Another. One thing you must do however: Watch this UNCENSORED. This is a given. I cannot stress this enough. I recommend Youtube for this.
At the end of the day, just trying it wouldn't hurt either --- just to see what the fuss is about from your own point of view.
