Saturday, January 11, 2014

[New][January 2014] Pupa

dude, your face. it's only 30 seconds and you're the weirdest one here


Summary: The story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis - into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.
story follows Utsutsu and Yume Hasegawa, a boy and his little sister who find themselves all alone. One day, Yume sees a mysterious red butterfly and her body undergoes a strange metamorphosis—into a creature that eats humans. Utsutsu struggles to find a way to restore his sister.


First Impression: 5 min...horror? I'm skeptical, but hopeful

First Opinion: This is...odd, to say the least. The whole core of horror usually hinges...wait, let me step back and correct myself. The whole core of good horror hinges on the viewer/audiences connection to the central character(s), on them being a good representation that can be connected to, even in surreal circumstances. A role model, or figure of reasonable effort dashed by the horrors. The idea of a series of 5 minute segments seems counter intuitive to the ability to connect to the core characters, and the first few seconds are especially off putting. I read summaries before I watch any anime (these days). As soon as, what I presume, is our main protagonist turned around, my first thought was "DUDE! What the Hell is wrong with your face?! I thought your sister was the one with the infection problem!" Really, I understand that maybe they wanted to have him with a scar and a story to match the scar, but their time limit means that they just kinda slap you with it, and then rush forward.
Truthfully, I have low expectations for this show right out of the gate, but I'm keeping it in my bag. If they do it right, it could set off a series of innovations down this line of show design. That would be nice. But it will probably just flop horribly.

I love the opening music though. Very catchy.

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