[0:00] chainsaw man Jutsu Kaizen and Attack on
[0:02] Titan if you know any of these shows
[0:04] then you know Studio mappa it's an
[0:06] internet buzzword at this point when you
[0:07] want to describe anything that has
[0:09] gorgeous fluid 2D animations creative
[0:12] storyboards a one-of-a-kind style and
[0:14] who could forget tons and tons of work
[0:18] rated scandals I'm not going to go too
[0:20] deep into the situation but in general
[0:21] animators that have worked for the
[0:23] studio reported to have been given
[0:24] egregious inhumane work hours there was
[0:27] one instance where an episode director
[0:28] for Attack on Titan apparently worked
[0:30] for 3 days straight without even going
[0:33] home only to be given enough money to
[0:35] buy half a copy of Elden ring per scene
[0:38] hence when said animators took to
[0:40] Twitter to voice their struggles the
[0:42] studio graciously told them hey shut the
[0:45] [ __ ] up or we will sue you so when mappa
[0:47] themselves released an original show
[0:49] about an overworked animator this raised
[0:51] a few eyebrows a mappa anime about
[0:55] making anime yo let's go oh [ __ ]
[1:03] are they self reporing this is getting a
[1:05] bit too real hey yo what was this some
[1:09] kind of meta ironic statement to show
[1:11] the struggles of animators or perhaps we
[1:13] would get to know the Intensive process
[1:15] of making an anime that's what I thought
[1:18] that's what everyone online thought but
[1:20] instead we got an isekai how the hell do
[1:23] you [ __ ] that up zenu introduces us to
[1:25] Nao an anime director who burst onto the
[1:28] scene after her debut show went Mega
[1:30] viral everyone looks up to her skills
[1:32] even her Studio's president the great
[1:34] director natso is over there trying to
[1:36] push a 10 billion yen Blockbuster into
[1:38] this world wait I thought her line was
[1:40] hey shut the [ __ ] up or we will sue you
[1:42] but nao's next anime will prove to be
[1:44] her toughest after being told to make an
[1:46] anime about love our main character is
[1:48] left stunlocked having never experienced
[1:50] love before the show is already late for
[1:52] production this paired with her stubborn
[1:54] unwillingness to let anyone else touch
[1:56] her work all she has to show for is a
[1:59] blank piece of paper staring right at
[2:01] her face just then I felt an
[2:02] overwhelming sense of familiarity wash
[2:04] over me I've been there before not about
[2:07] the love thing I'm happily in a
[2:09] relationship
[2:10] cap but I know how it feels to
[2:13] desperately want to have inspiration
[2:15] strike anxiously looking through the
[2:16] comments of excited fans waiting to see
[2:19] my next work why won't you come I would
[2:21] beg no Diddy I just can't let them
[2:23] down well time for lunch s Jin W would
[2:27] most definitely struggle in a 1 V one
[2:28] match against the funer sh Jin wo gaps
[2:31] Hitler so
[2:39] hard after eating a bad clam Nao
[2:42] suddenly wakes up in her favorite anime
[2:44] called A Tale of perishing a story
[2:46] brimming with interesting characters
[2:48] like girl with no emotions horny mascot
[2:51] Jarvis tits and of course our lead hero
[2:55] sexist Sam apparently this guy's Quirk
[2:58] is that he hates being around women and
[2:59] unfortunately that's one of the only
[3:01] entertaining parts of the show I'd say
[3:03] I'm pretty spoiled by anime ever since I
[3:05] started watching again in 2018 run with
[3:07] the wind attack on Titan jiu Jutsu
[3:09] Kaizen Vinland Saga mob psycho doctor
[3:11] Stone mushoku tensei ranking of Kings
[3:13] Oxi Heavenly delusion dungeon meshy and
[3:16] most recently orb not only are these
[3:19] animes super high quality in terms of
[3:21] Animation but they're also stories that
[3:23] manage to Captivate me to the point
[3:25] where I can tell you every major plot
[3:27] point that happens in each of them
[3:29] without GL ing a single time at
[3:31] Wikipedia now with zenu it felt as if
[3:33] something had to be sacrificed for the
[3:35] other in order to achieve great
[3:36] animation zenu has a story that's about
[3:39] as mid as McDonald's when you're not
[3:41] craving McDonald's you ever had fast
[3:42] food for the sole purpose of it being
[3:45] fast food like it's 2:00 you haven't had
[3:48] lunch and you have a meeting in 15
[3:49] minutes that [ __ ] ain't hidden brother I
[3:51] don't have time to sit down and have a
[3:53] succulent Chinese meal just let me suck
[3:55] down a burger fries and coke and dip
[3:57] that's what the story of zenu felt like
[3:59] to me average generic middle of the road
[4:01] 5 out of 10 and look even the characters
[4:03] agree with me my big brother was telling
[4:05] me that it was the biggest box office
[4:07] Club in the hay era I'm not kidding the
[4:09] movie that she gets isekaied in is
[4:11] canonically terrible if the little [ __ ]
[4:13] at the back can't even stay awake what
[4:15] makes you think I can I'm not saying
[4:16] this anime is objectively bad there's
[4:19] nothing wrong with a basic hero story
[4:21] but it's nothing to applaud at either
[4:22] let me give you a general rundown of
[4:24] what an episode looks like spoilers for
[4:26] episode 4 if you're genuinely watching
[4:28] this anime for its story this this is
[4:29] freerun from teu she's one of the main
[4:31] Squad members and is the designated
[4:33] support mage of the team but lately ever
[4:35] since the invasion of demons she's been
[4:37] acting a little sus so Nao decides to
[4:40] follow her want to explain why you're
[4:41] sneaking
[4:43] [Music]
[4:45] around shh I think she's evil what no
[4:50] way she's just practicing choir with her
[4:52] elf buddies come on I'll show you see
[4:55] it's the same old creepy satanic
[4:57] Cemetery where they always practice
[5:01] [Music]
[5:03] are you [ __ ] kidding
[5:06] me this is what I imagine Kanye does in
[5:08] his spare time so turns out Elfie is
[5:11] trying to summon Satan in hopes that it
[5:13] will bring upon the destruction of all
[5:15] Humanity but why you might ask why would
[5:17] she do such a horrible thing I can't
[5:20] take it anymore dude since when are you
[5:22] a stand for the ultimate void yeah why
[5:24] are you trying to Nuke all of us
[5:26] apparently Elie's only way to end her
[5:28] personal suffering is is to end everyone
[5:30] else's lives too and there's no other
[5:32] solution she can think of hey here's an
[5:35] idea how about therapy turns out we
[5:37] don't need it cuz in the end NAA draws a
[5:39] K-pop Idol for Elfie so she can fan girl
[5:42] instead of killing herself it was pretty
[5:50] funny gist is that each episode has an
[5:52] end of world gimmick that the characters
[5:54] have to deal with and by the last 5
[5:56] minutes nao's ruler will start talking
[5:58] which signals to us plus that her Al is
[6:00] up finally this is the reward you get
[6:02] for enduring all that
[6:08] buildup I'm not going to lie this does
[6:11] go hard the animation in these few
[6:13] minutes puts most anime airing right now
[6:15] to shame I can see Sakamoto day's fans
[6:17] licking my window pane desperate for a
[6:19] fraction of this animation mappa have
[6:21] definitely not lost their touch in this
[6:23] department but needing to slug through
[6:25] 15 minutes of boring plot just to get
[6:28] here was a bit much for me I don't care
[6:30] about the story I'm just here for the
[6:32] sakuga that's really all that zenu
[6:34] offers for me too I think what's funny
[6:36] is that they just decide to rehash that
[6:38] same animation every single episode they
[6:41] go through the whole ass sequence over
[6:44] and over again bro I've seen this before
[6:47] please just stop I reckon I'd save more
[6:49] time just by reading the summary of each
[6:51] episode and skipping to the end for the
[6:53] animation ironically the only part that
[6:55] got me invested was when they decided to
[6:57] step away from the story and tell us
[6:59] about natco's life how she became the
[7:01] genius Prodigy that she is and why so
[7:04] many people look up to her I just wish
[7:06] they put more emphasis on the real world
[7:08] and on NATO as an animator because while
[7:10] they do try to make connections between
[7:12] how NATO acts in the anime and her
[7:15] stubbornness in the real world it just
[7:17] all falls flat from how quickly they
[7:19] Rush the story but in the end who am I
[7:21] to yucky y I think a very sweet message
[7:24] that this anime imparts is who gives a
[7:26] [ __ ] NATO knows that her favorite anime
[7:29] was a massive flop but to her that
[7:31] doesn't matter for most things you don't
[7:33] need a reason to like it it's a feeling
[7:35] so just go with it as long as it's not
[7:37] illegal if I say I like your name and
[7:39] it's one of the best anime movies I've
[7:41] ever seen no one can deny me that just
[7:44] as much as me saying I didn't like a
[7:46] silent voice gives me the power to drown
[7:48] out all the death threats no one should
[7:49] be invalidating your own experiences on
[7:52] an anime not even me I watched gig's
[7:54] latest video where he briefly talked
[7:56] about zenu and he referred to this anime
[7:58] as a love letter to animation as a whole
[8:01] loaded with referential scenes and
[8:03] drawings from decades old anime like
[8:05] NASA you see I'm baby while I have
[8:08] watched NASA before I never would have
[8:10] made that connection on my own zenu
[8:13] attracts a demographic that really have
[8:14] a burning passion for anime the people
[8:17] who know the ins and outs of the
[8:18] industry the culture and the history as
[8:21] much as I've spent these past years
[8:23] talking about anime I'm not at that
[8:24] level gig mentioned that the plot
[8:26] reminded him of old school isekai which
[8:28] was probably centuries before I was born
[8:30] so I'm unable to fully appreciate the
[8:32] little nuances this anime has to offer
[8:35] and I think that's why it didn't
[8:36] resonate with me for me it's an okay
[8:38] show that I'll watch just cuz it's
[8:39] pretty to look at I like when the comedy
[8:41] catches you off guard sometimes when
[8:43] natuko uses modern slang but aside from
[8:46] those two things I really can't bear to
[8:48] watch this show without scrolling
[8:50] through my phone looking for the next
[8:51] Pokémon card I'm going to buy seriously
[8:53] I'm addicted someone stopped me not
[8:55] really though I won't try it for
[8:56] yourself see what you think and let me
[8:57] know in the comments thanks for watching
[8:59] as as always see you soon