April 07, 2012

Upotte -- ep 1

It's the same character designer as Ladies versus Butlers and Kanokon, and it looks it. All the girls look a bit plump, and have very round faces.

This show is pr0n squared. It's gun pr0n plus it's pr0n pr0n, at least a little bit. Fan service for gun otaku, and fan service for generic otaku. Our main characters are all guns. Exactly how it is that guns become cute middle school girls isn't really explained, and I think you're not supposed to ask those kinds of questions.

The white-haired-pretty-girl is Funko AKA FNC, from Belgium.

The one with brown hair is Shigu, AKA SIG SG550, from Switzerland.

The blonde genki-girl is Ichiroku, AKA M16A4, from America. Reportedly she has a triple-tap but no full auto. (Is true?)

Eru, AKA L85A11, is British. Needless to say, she has the biggest breasts. It's an anime trope that girls from England have huge breasts. Think Lynette Bishop, for example. Also, needless to say, genki-girl Ichiroku likes to grab them.

The male teacher doesn't have a name, and his job is to get shot up every time he makes an off-color remark. FNC puts him into the hospital twice in just the first episode.

It's hard to see how there could be much mileage in this concept. It's based on a 4-koma which ran almost 2 years, though, so what do I know.

I'll give this one more episode, just because I'm curious where they think they're going with it. The first episode was just character introduction and scenario setup. If that's any kind of plot or story, it'll start appearing next time. I bet not, though; I bet it's just a gag show, plus an opportunity to dish up good visuals, of the girls or of their weapons.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 11:19 AM | Comments (11) | Add Comment
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1 I made it through the first half.  I'm stunned you actually want to watch another full episode.  I'll grant the visuals of the guns are pretty good, but that's all the praise I have for this turkey.

Posted by: ubu at April 07, 2012 12:52 PM (GfCSm)

2 I don't guarantee to finish another episode, though.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 07, 2012 12:59 PM (+rSRq)

3 Also, the scene where FNC was getting hot and bothered watching the teacher holding the cork gun was almost enough to make me quit.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 07, 2012 01:21 PM (+rSRq)

4 I almost quit there also; I did decide it wasn't going to make a 2nd episode, but I'd finish this one. Every scene after that just lowered my opinion some more until the school nurse started talking about lubricating hammers.  "That's it, I'm outtahere!" I said, but then another character walked in, and I paused...to be rewarded with a joke about constipation, of all things.

When did Japan start hiring virgin otaku internet trolls with the humor of 13-year-olds on 2chan to write anime? 

Oh. Right

Posted by: ubu at April 07, 2012 03:41 PM (GfCSm)

5 When did Japan start hiring virgin otaku internet trolls with the humor of 13-year-olds on 2chan to write anime? 

Oh. Right
.

Ahem.  Or should that be Ahem?

Posted by: Wonderduck at April 07, 2012 03:48 PM (PVVuW)

6 Ah, but the first episode of your first choice was actually funny.  I considered your second choice but having never seen it, I knew nothing of the writing.

Posted by: ubu at April 07, 2012 03:54 PM (GfCSm)

7 Both have left me with terrible scarring that only mass amounts of therapy and rye bread have been able to obscure.  Then at night, when I least expect it, they come back to me and I wake screaming and crying.

Posted by: Wonderduck at April 07, 2012 05:54 PM (PVVuW)

8 I laughed a bit.  This isn't a show I'd claim to others I've seen, but I might catch up every few weeks when I want something mindless.

Posted by: sqa at April 08, 2012 12:27 AM (ZtkPH)

9 I actually laughed out loud a couple of times... at points that the production staff intended!  The "skeleton stock" explanation, for example... and the gun jam.

It's definitely an "acquired taste", I think... kinda like mushroom ice cream.  Someone out there probably likes it.

I'll watch Ep02 before I decide if it's worth continuing.  Ain't no way I'm bloggin' it, though.

Posted by: Wonderduck at April 08, 2012 06:06 PM (PVVuW)

10

 Maybe I don't have a dirty enough mind. I didn't get the "skeleton stock" joke.

...I'm not sure I want to.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at April 08, 2012 06:27 PM (+rSRq)

11 It's a "Skeleton Buttstock", as a proper name.  It's small, thin and goes over the end.  Which is also a pretty solid description of a thong.

This series will take "gun porn" to a brand new meaning in Otaku culture.  Just watch (or don't watch, haha).

Posted by: sqa at April 08, 2012 07:50 PM (ZtkPH)

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