The beginning is fine, we get some short backstory about how the world has been destroyed and turned into a dystopia after a series of volcanic eruptions and earthquakes. We then follow a group of girls escaping some evil-doers who want to make them into sex slaves. Sounds like the start to an entertaining, hyper-violent romp, right? Well, instead it turns into a boring, trash heap. There’s no story, no character development, nothing of real entertainment here.
Answer me this: Who the hell is Violence Jack anyway? We are told he’s as big as a gorilla and has sharp teeth… and nothing else? It’s a bit hard to root for the main hero when we know zero about them other than they’re big as f***. What’s his backstory, personality etc.? This is the first episode, you need to give us (the audience) some information to make us care, even a little. Not even the over-the-top violence is fun or amusing, a lot of the action animation is done in a freeze frame style or presented in a repetitive fashion and it’s just a bit of a snooze-fest. I can’t believe I’d ever say that about gory violence! The art and music are serviceable, that’s about it really.
