KAIJIN KAIHATSUBU NO KUROITSU-SAN

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  SpiritChaser

  95/100
  Too clever and funny for it's own good:The politics of monster development under evil corporations for world domination

  The most ambitious and cleverly written series of the season with unique humor came from the dark corner of the 2022 Spring anime season. Nobody around me watched Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department, and the discussions were low and barely had. Right from the start I felt this was going to be my personal anime of the season and I was right for once.

  Uniquely, the story revolves around the villains rather than the heroes. Agastia is a secret evil organization that specializes in creating monsters to take over the world. Because of the harsh and rather ridiculous corporate politics taking place behind the scenes, the monsters they create are often laughable and defective. Trying to make this realistic in a series is clever in that it becomes comically absurd. Even though they are evil, they have high morals when making decisions, because this series does not take itself seriously at all and makes fun of everything in it that it can. Off the clock, these are decent people. From absurdly long episode titles, awkward timing between scenes done on purpose, ridiculously cheese hero lines and moments, random jokes thrown all over the place, a giant cast of characters with many based on real life local heroes from Japan, an android with an absurdly overexaggerated robotic voice, it's impressive how creative this series is and how it all blends in.

  My only real complaint is that the animation implodes and falls apart in the last two episodes. That doesn't take away the fact it had a great grand finale and more.

  Agastia is going up against Blader, the comically overpowered hero that stands in their way. As schedules run tight, budgets run low, and bugs and glitches emerge during production, Miss Koroitsu tries her best to create the right monster to defeat him. At the same time, her attitude towards this makes it look as if she isn't very serious about it and failure feels like something she just gets used to. As a result, a wide cast of colorful monsters appear. My favorite is Cannon. A monster that during development had a fearsome giant design with all sorts of horrifying powers. However, after some help from the clumsy Leader with strict budget limitations taken into account, the final product ends up being a big goofy bird with a scouter and handgun. Just writing about this still makes me laugh.

  This series treats it's characters well, and even minor characters come full circle and become relevant. As comical as this series is, and as huge as it's ocean of corny hero lines are, this can still feel inspirational with it's messages of defying evil, refusing to lose, and carrying out your destiny with an unshakable will. The cast's job of creating monsters can be difficult, lots of obstacles get in the way, and the amount of overtime can be exhausting, but they don't give up and keep going. Combined with this is a great soundtrack, one of my favorite ending sequences, and clever humor I cannot get enough of.

  At first it seems Blader and Kuroitsu are just fighting a simple war. Then it's shown there is much more to them off the clock, as they are much closer than they think. This goes along with the ridiculous plot twists in this series that usually had me laughing.

  Megistus is definitely my favorite character. He is the mind of the organization and chief strategist. His character is interesting in that despite the organization being evil, his code of conduct is very honorable, and his treatment of his subordinates is comically compassionate. He's serious, but feels as if he is just messing with everyone with the politics of his organization. It's funny to see him be the most professional of professional and ideal boss of an evil monster developing organization wanting to take over the world.

  After a very satisfying ending, it surprised me that I was not even close to being the target audience for this, and missed a barrage of references. Still, I can't deny this one was special, and worth the watch.

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  bboyoatsnrice

  100/100
  If you liked Samurai Flamenco, you just might also fall in love with Kuroitsu San.

  I’m writing this from the perspective of someone who had no idea this series had anything to do with super sentai, tokusatsu, Kamen Rider, or local heroes. Hell I didn’t even know what any of that was until after finishing the show. So I ended up learning something from a show I thought I could otherwise turn my brain off while watching. And with that said, you don’t even need to know any of that stuff either to enjoy this show. Would it help further your enjoyment? Yeah sure, especially with the last episode and all the narrators/cameos for each episode, but not necessary in the slightest. In short this show pays tribute, homage, and respect to shows of the tokusatsu genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. Super Sentai airs alongside the Kamen Rider series in the Super Hero Time programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the Super Sentai series is best known as the source material for the Power Rangers series. Got that? K, good. Now local heroes are fictional Japanese superheroes created to represent a particular region of Japan, such as a prefecture or city. They are typically themed after the locale of their creators, and often perform in special martial arts stage shows, and serve to teach children about certain things such as road traffic and food safety. This show builds its identity and theme around those concepts. Again, all of which were foreign to me before starting the series. So my first impression was that this was going to be a comedy series that relies on being a monster of the week sort of deal, in the most literal sense. And I would’ve been content with that, as the first episode left me in stitches at a time I was really down on my luck. And also in an otherwise mostly sol, isekai/fantasy, romantic filled season. Now sure there were other comedies airing around the same time too, but I wanted something that was more comedically barebones and didn’t rely on the romance or fantasy aspect for the source of its comedy. So I picked up this series solely based on the poster and positive but small reception it was getting on /a/. And boy am I glad I did, this show was the highlight of my week. It was unpredictable but not lol so random, it had critiques of the japanese work environment without getting its head stuck up its ass, and it did the impossible and got me to genuinely fall head over heels for an idol character. Speaking of which, all characters in this series are a riot. Wolf-kun, Kuroitsu-san, Canon(a badass bird who can defeat just about anyone except for blader, despite his non-intimidating and feathered exterior), long ranged uncle, the jobber friends, mummy-chan, the magical ‘girl’ duo, and possibly the most awesome of all, Megustas! I could go on and on about the characters and what they bring to the table in terms of jokes and variety. I wish the series focused on certain characters more like spider-chan and the leader, with her room of maidenly conditioned love. But I admire how the series is able to have a large cast, yet retain its focus on the handful that matter. And it’s a good thing that these characters are as likable as they are. The story usually pertains to how they’ll be able to defeat their rival, local hero Blader! But will sometimes divert from the main plot to focus on other tasks such as job interviews, going to the beach, getting approval from other higher up executives to create a new monster, and even discussing work with other evil companies. The plot is interesting and more than serviceable as a means for the jokes. And while the animation is never stellar, there is a noticeable dip in the quality around the last few episodes, save for the last bit of the final episode. But the show isn’t trying to win you over with its beautiful and articulate backgrounds or animation, it just wants to make your day brighter and give props to all the heroes old and new. This series didn’t nearly get the credit it deserved and was probably my personal highlight of the season even if others seem to disagree, and if there were objectively more well made shows. If you liked Samurai Flamenco, you just might also fall in love with Kuroitsu San.
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