Comedy
Noah’s Barks pages relating to the comedy genre, which concerns things that are funny or things that seemingly attempt to be funny.
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Cowboy Bebop: Ein’s Summer Vacation
The lovable corgi from Cowboy Bebop goes on vacation but can’t afford actual animation. (read more)
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Zeonic Toyota Special Movie
Char Aznable drives over his father’s grave so he can advertise the Zeon-branded, hot, new Toyota vehicle. Seems unnecessary for someone with a Zaku, but what do I know? (read more)
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Popful Mail
This five-minute music video set to Megumi Hayashibara’s song "No No Pessimist" was meant to pitch a potential Popful Mail OVA to producers, but in the end, nothing came from it. (read more)
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Daicon Opening Animations
Before going on to form Gainax, one of the anime industry’s most influential studios, the creative minds involved created these two shorts for science-fiction conventions Daicon III and Daicon IV. Features: Questionable usage of many copyrighted materials. (read more)
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Baccano!
When people claim that ‘Baccano!’ is like if Quentin Tarantino directed an anime, they neglect to mention it’s a Tarantino after suffering severe head trauma. (read more)
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Giant Robo Side Story: Ginrei
"How could more ‘Giant Robo’ possibly be a bad thing?" he wondered, stupidly, as he began watching ‘Side Story: Ginrei.’ (read more)
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Samurai Champloo
An impromptu review and explanation for why I stopped watching Samurai Champloo. (read more)
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Home Tutor Hitman Reborn!
‘Reborn!’ is an absurdist comedy about a hapless, diffident youth that eventually turns into a dedicated "battle shonen" series. However, this tonal whiplash is the least of the show’s problems. (read more)
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Mobile Police Patlabor
The first adaptation of the manga franchise created in part by industry icon Mamoru Oshii, this OVA is a mostly comedic slice-of-life series with an added mecha flavor. (read more)
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Chihayafull
‘Chihayafull’ is the best anime you could possibly make about a game with arguably less depth than Pogs… unfortunately, it’s still "about" that game. (read more)