The premise has already been stated, but I'll restate it since so it's fresh in your mind: three yazuka get surgery to become idols because they let down their boss. Throughout this show there are only two jokes, the first one being that all of the girls in this anime are actually men because isn't transphobia just the funniest thing in the world? There's one scene where one of the girls is with someone who she knew before transitioning and he tells her that she'll always be a man to him and she THANKS him for it in earnest. Then in another scene later on in the show one of the executives drops a girl off when he realizes he can use teenagers instead. He says, and I shit you not, "Though they made you look pretty through surgery you'll never be as pretty as a real girl." I shouldn't have to explain why that's a disgusting statement to make, and what's worse is that is played for comedy. This show attacks a marlizinated group for the sake of a punchline and it's not even remotely funny. Hell in the opening the faces of the men who the girls used to be are plastered on their new bodies. Again, very funny. Hating on trans people is SO funny isn't it? Laugh please!
But wait this show has another joke, and that's the fact that these cutesy idols are saying such crude things. At first, yeah seeing these girls say super inappropriate things was kinda funny but it got old fast. This show has a problem with repeating it's humor and using it to much to the point where it just ends up falling flat on its face. Instead of using it's comedy sparingly this show beats it's two jokes down to the ground with no room to breathe. Say whatever you want about something like Konosuba, at least that didn't only have two jokes and one of said jokes wasn't incredibly transphobic.
The "animation" if you can even call it that is as ugly as the show. There isn't even any animation, it's just a slideshow with some lip flaps moving, which is made worse by the fact that the art in said slides isn't even pleasant to look at. If this is the quality that Gokushufudou fans are getting for the upcoming anime I feel terrible for them. The voice acting (dubbed) is really good but that's to be expected from all three of the main actresses who all have very impressive resumes. The music is very forgettable and bland, and nothing to write home about.
All in all Back Street Girls: Gokudolls is a disgusting anime that fails both as a comedy and as an idol anime. If you want an idol anime that does things differently please go watch Zombieland Saga or Revue Starlight instead. Just watch anything but this.
