OSOMATSU-SAN THE MOVIE

DESCRIPTION

CAST

ANIME ComedyOsomatsu-san
MANGA ComedyOsomatsu-san
ONA ComedyOsomatsu-san Movie: Gekijou Koukai Kinen - Original Tanpen Gekijou
NOVEL ComedyOsomatsu-san
SPECIAL ComedyOsomatsu-san The Movie: Maesetsu Gekijou

REVIEWS

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  0215MADman

  38/100
  A depressing end to one of my favorite anime comedies.

  I love the first season of Mr. Osomatsu. The fast paced insane nature of the comedy flowed extremely well with me. Easily one of my Top 5 favorite anime period. And after Season 1 I’m convinced that they used every good joke and idea in that first season. Because the second season, especially the first half, is a MAJOR step down in quality. After a perfect first season, the second season was disappointing.
  We didn’t get a third season this year, probably because besides fan reception being down, sales were down by a LOT. It certainly made money, but Season 1’s success was ASTRONOMICAL. Easily one of the best-selling anime in Japan, its sales were double whatever was in second place that year, it was a giant cash cow. And Season 2’s numbers were less than a sixth of the first. Osomatsu-mania was more than gone, and it’d be more tragic if the quality was the same as the first but the downgrade is almost embarrassing.
  So instead of a third season, we get this movie. I don’t know how successful it was, from what I read it couldn’t have been that much more successful than Season 2. I didn’t even know when I was going to watch it, legally or otherwise (Viz Media has held onto the rights for two years, with the only information released being the dub cast of the main six, which it has been a year since that was revealed).

  I wanted to give you this context in case you know nothing about Mr. Osomatsu. And again, I LOVE the first season. Without a doubt my favorite anime comedy. I want you to understand that I’m a fan when I say that this is the most depressing movie I’ve seen this year.

  I never laughed once, so it automatically fails as a comedy. As a movie, well, what the fuck is the plot? After going to a high school reunion and realizing once again that they’re losers, a magical cat transports them, not to a world where they’re popular, not sending them back to when they were in high school, but instead to their memories of when they were in high school. A bafflingly bland plot to go along with the unfunny comedy, coupled with an ending that is sad, whether intentional or not. None of the magic from either season of the TV show is here, at least I laughed in Season 2. I felt like I just watched a franchise that I love die for 2 hours.
  I wish I could say more about the movie but I don’t have much else to say. If this is truly the best that the franchise can come up with for a movie, then I think it’s better that Mr. Osomatsu is put out of its misery.

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