Phantom World #01 — How Low Can You Go?
January 6th, 2016
Not showing underwear doesn't mean you haven't sunk to feel's level, KyoAni.
Impressions:
"Oh no, they're fighting back!" "Well, they look like they want to limbo." And thus began the three minutes of limboing that would form the 'climax' of this episode, and with its focus on the main heroine constantly feeling herself up, shoving the camera as far up her crotch as it can without showing underwear, her breasts awkwardly flouncing like water balloons in the braless skintight-clothing world that is all Japanese media, protagonist tripping and mounting all girls, and in case you missed all that, the mascot genie announcing how big her tits are, perhaps I should be using a more masturbatory word. Oh wait, there was that one time he 'suberverted' things by avoiding falling on top of and mounting a girl, only to get a faceful of ass instead. Hilarious. And that other time where they called attention to the flouncing balloons, so it was totally intentional. Well, they're totally above reproach then.
That should also give an idea of the heights that the writing here aspires to. Fiery Haired Tits LeRoux and her sidekick Weasel Saltino go around hunting monsters and literally tripping over and sexually harassing girls, along with the pet magical girl sidekick who points out all the tits they pass. Featuring such awesome bits as "Look at those big tits" and "Let's all take a good long hard look as I spend a while explaining our setting." Exciting! You'd also think they'd prefer to shy away from focusing on completely inane and nonsensical it is, but then we wouldn't be Japanese media, now would we? At least production's strong, even moreso I'd say than most recent KyoAni things of its ilk. Despite the double blueballing action scenes, at least there were two of those. That said, it does seem to have a few problems making up its mind as to what animation style it wants to go with, occasionally dipping closer to Looney Tunesville than it probably should. The music is also… a disaster of noise.
Then again, I spent basically the ten middle minutes in a dull stupor as Weasel Saltino and Oral Fixation shouted or droned onward with no direction or point in mind except to explain the world to the voices in their heads. Hey, here's a pair of really really boring characters expositing all over themselves. Thrilling. They're really the anchor around the thing's neck too. Obnoxious, poorly written, and spent half their time delivering exposition, mostly straight to the audience. It doesn't so much have characters as it has ideas for characters, and despite there being only four of them, I barely have any more idea of them now than I did two weeks ago reading off their blurbs from the website.
Next Episode:
Boobs.
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so this is why half genie hero still isn’t out.