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Girlchan In Paradise Volume One Review–Incomprehensible. Funny.

March 2nd, 2009 in Action, Animation, Movies, Reviews -

This may well be the top competitor for the single most baffling anime I’ve ever seen. I know from where I speak on this one, as I’ve actually seen the complete Panda Go Panda.

Found on Newgrounds, it’s called Girlchan In Paradise, Volume 1. I’d describe the plot, but I can’t for the life of me tell what it is.  At best, it can be described as an extremely clever parody of anime’s various conventions, including convoluted character relationships, special attacks that leave the user near-death with exhaustion, and nerds with swirly-lensed glasses who lust after girls with boobs as huge as their eyes that never, ever, stop bouncing.  And for those confused by that last, I mean either boobs or eyes.  Neither stop moving.

This sucker’s a laugh riot, plain and simple.  The cast is having clear problems with the script and can barely keep each other’s names straight.  There’s lots of -chans and -kuns and -samas added unnecessarily after everybody’s name, and it’s next to impossible to follow.  But at the same time, it’s funny. See if you don’t yell out “That explains NOTHING, you moron!” every time someone says “That explains everything!”.  You’ll have plenty of chances, too–it’ll happen a LOT.

I really can’t recommend this enough.  You WILL laugh yourself into insensate glee.  You MIGHT wet yourself.  I’m not responsible for that, by the way–you’ve been warned.

7 COMMENTS & TRACKBACKS

  1. Keith
    March 3rd, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    Yeah, It is funny. Though, its on purpose. The flash was made as a parody of anime, and is not to be taken seriously. The fact that you thought it might be real is just a demonstration of how crappy some anime’s have gotten.

  2. Eric
    August 23rd, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    Agreed. Totally hilarious, though yes, it WAS meant as a general parody of anime. The plot was meant to be totally incomprehensible. And I was literally laughing my ass off the entire time.

  3. lulz
    September 6th, 2009 at 8:51 pm

    Wow, you’re pretty slow.

  4. Brandon
    September 24th, 2009 at 8:05 am

    what are you talking about..? This isn’t an anime, it’s just a flash animation short.

  5. Gregory
    November 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    That was the best exaggeration of an animation I have ever seen

  6. Gregory
    November 6th, 2009 at 5:54 pm

    Period

  7. Adam Susskind
    April 24th, 2010 at 8:37 pm

    That EXPLAINS everything!

    His new power is unleashed!
    His new power is off the leash.
    His new power is unstoppable.
    His new… ahhhh…

    I love this series. Good review. Thanks for that. :)

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