Short series so short review.
Pui Pui Molcar is not a masterpiece. But it is still pretty damn very good.
I went into this confused as hell, it had a score of ~8.3, has literally nothing but 10/10 prelim reviews (check for yourself), and no score nerf went down. So I was thinking what in the hell did Pui Pui Molcar manage to do in order to bring (almost) all of MAL together to agree that this right here is more than just good.
The answer is cute things.
That's not me doing a bruh moment.
That's not me being wrong.
That's not me saying this for a laugh.
Literally just, and only just, cute things.
How simple we are.
We have an entire theme of that, cgdct, but I guess people got bored of it.
The narrative is episodic. I can't remember anything bad about the storytelling here, in fact, in episode 11, there is legit lore which just makes this better. The narrative is not too shabby I suppose.
Audiovisuals really need praise, for a kids anime, this is amazing. But I use "kids anime" strictly because universally it does alright, slightly better than what we usually get but nothing way up there. But within this demographic, this is just amazing. The camera work looked like it came out of a high-quality Hollywood movie and the stop motion is pretty good to watch, it is easily interchangeable with fast and more static motion without making it seem awkward. The colours are vibrant too and work quite nicely in complimenting the world of the Molcars with realism mixed with cute stuff I suppose. The sound is decent, I can't say this has an OST that sticks to me, only the OP did, and that sounded quite good. Squeaky sounds are also a thing here too. Pretty good all around.
I enjoyed Pui Pui Molcar, and for a kids anime, I have to say that this can hit to mark, even for slightly older audiences too. It has childish, but charming humour rather than standard silly incoherent situations that comes out in this medium. Sometimes the little people literally moving like some Toy Story soldier is funny in itself. I have to call out on how well the anime handles each episode too. It isn't patronising for the sake of children and does a good job at executing all types of setting from bombastic recuses to police chase to everyone be dancing moments. This stuff is really good.
This isn't for everyone obviously. There is no real flaw in Pui Pui Molcar, but it is very superficial in using the right asset to get everyone to love this. This is literally just animal cars doing a thing, so of course, people will like it. If we took away even half of the cuteness, this probably wouldn't be as high as it is right now. Welcome to the internet.
At the end of the day. We get it. Everyone likey likey when a cute thing literally breathes. The internet literally runs on cute things lmao. But for anyone who is actually looking for the next level "damn, remember when Pui Pui Molcar was airing"-childhood-nostalgia-kinda-show that will probably be given to all them 2019/2020 babies. You might find it with this one. But assuming you can read this review, your childhood is most likely up. You might be a little too late for this one. I would give this a shot regardless though. You never know.
Overall - let's call it an 8.0/10 (8)
