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Jul 3, 2016
Cool, Cooler, COOLEST!!!...and not just for Sakamoto, Studio DEEN as well.

Well, LA will say it already, LA thinks Studio DEEN is two for twofer in terms of comedy anime (previous being KonoSuba).

LA was worried as to Sakamoto's skits of always "winning" and it getting old and by the numbers, however and by in fact really quickly, LA found that the "ways" Sakamoto leads to his victory or him pleasing the masses and sometimes outright crazily amusing ways that the comedy doesn't get stale, it's the entire "it's the journey not the destination" scenario and Sakamoto executed it brilliantly.

Characterization, well if you cannot believe it, not only do wee see Sakamoto's perfect nature, but also from his female and male classmates as well, most notably Yoshinou Kubota voiced by Akira Ishida an incredibly shy classmate, Atsushi Maeda voiced by Tomokazu Sugita a former delinquent along with his posse, Yuuya Sera voiced by Showtaro Morikubo an odd delinquent, Megumi Fujita voiced by Mai Nakahara, Aina Kuronuma voiced by Yui Horie Yagi voiced by Hitome Nabatame and Mii-chan voiced by Kana Ueda are all Sakamoto's fangirls. The delinquents at first are oddly weird and stereotypical delinquents, but come Sakamoto, they get some odd quirks that give them some personality. As for Sakamoto's fangirls, their fawning/fighting over Sakamoto are again typical fangirling, but once Sakamoto gives them screentime, they get some character development, fangirl wise, Megumi Fujita gets the most development and screentime, as for the delinquents, Atsushi Maeda and his posse gets the most. Yoshinobu gets his own episodes with Sakamoto too and Yoshinobu gains a backbone. More LA talks about the the minor characters, the more LA thinks the minor characters gets MORE character development than Sakamoto himself.

Which makes a good point, Sakamoto, being his perfect self in terms of personality or backstory, we actually hardly know much about him yet LA still liked Sakamoto even without that, (though LA suspects Sakamoto is an alien or one of those Parasites from Rick and Morty in Total Rickall) or something you wanna know why?, Sakamoto is a catalyst or a great punchline with the minor characters being the reactants to the utterly bizarre situations Sakamoto does, him being perfect or otherwise. It's some actually great comedy routine.

Now LA keeps saying that Sakamoto is "perfect" and that actually comes out as a small detriment to this series as what LA was soo worried about this anime, since he's perfect, we'll know he'll always win in some bizarre way or another and LA will honestly say that not ALL of the skits in this anime will hit, mainly with "Sakamoto vs. the delinquents" skits comes off as bizarrely typical, where's it's comedy goldmine is when Sakamoto teams up with the delinquents (huh, double edged sword much?).

Voice acting wise, well LA is gonna be honest here, Sakamoto's voice actor Hikaru Midorikawa is the utter ace in the voice cast (duhhh because he's the main character),but LA is such a sucker for almost all of Sakamoto's fangirls voice actors (Yukari Tamura, Kana Ueda, Yui Horie and LA's favorite from the fangirls Mai Nakahara).

Animation wise, well Studio DEEN, if KonoSuba gave us ironically made animation but still made a great comedy, then Sakamoto desu ga, did a solid animation for a great comedy, everything from the aesthetics to character designs, animation...is something LA would praise it much like it's comedy.

The ending gave something rather dramatic in for a slice of life comedy and....errrrrr...LA hate to admit it but *ahem* mood-whiplashing, however the ending stuck to it's typical flavour and bombastically weird execution that the ending was well a perfect end to the mysterious eponymous Sakamoto...........................he's an alien right?...RIGHT!??!?!?!

Sakamoto desu ga? is another bright spot to Studio DEEN's catalog of great comedies of 2016 and with that it's utterly cool~ wouldn't you say Sakamoto?.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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