What did I just watch?
Episode 1
Why hadn’t I heard about this anime? I mean, seriously, I had no idea this existed and I still don’t really have a clue what it is about despite watching the first episode but I know I want more of it. Even the MAL synopsis doesn’t really help in this case because it mostly just summarises the events that occur in episode 1.
However, what I do know is that despite being about a guy who is clearly naïve, gullible and completely reckless (so the kind of character I normally dislike immensely), I found Robi pretty charming as the lead. And then, pairing him off with Hachi, the straight character who finds life boring and predictable but wants to find something interesting, just works beautifully in this episode.
I do want to point out that visually this one is really striking and bright. It isn’t beautiful by any means, but the bright colours and solid look to the whole thing just works for the kind of story being told. The character designs are interesting as well, though they might be pushing Hachi’s lack of interesting things a little too far with his look. On the other end of the spectrum the debt collector is probably incredibly over-designed to scream knock-off villain.
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Really though, I just had fun with this. Comedy isn’t usually something I get into but episode one of RobiHachi left me smiling and wanting more. There were a couple of moments where I just had to stare at it and wonder if they had just done something, particularly at the end where the two fighter jets (that kind of come from nowhere) merge into a giant robot like a 1980’s cartoon. It was just so ludicrous and yet at that point you kind of expected something along those lines because it just felt like that kind of show.
So, fun characters, good pace in the episode, no clue at all where it plans to go, but so far entertaining, while I had no expectations going in, literally didn’t have a clue what I was about to watch, this one is going onto my watch list.
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Karandi James
- RobiHachi Episode 1
- RobiHachi Episodes 2 + 3
- RobiHachi Episodes 4 + 5
- RobiHachi Episode 6
- RobiHachi Episodes 7 + 8
- RobiHachi Episode 9
- Images from: RobiHachi. Dir. S Takamatsu. Studio Comet. 2019.
The first episode of this surprised me so much. I never expected to enjoy it as much as I did. The jokes can be quite cheesy, but really it’s a great part of its charm.
It is definitely cheesy but I really just had fun watching this. I’ve watched the next couple and while it is really silly it seems like it just going to be a fun series to watch.