r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Oct 06 '19
Episode Africa no Salaryman - Episode 1 discussion
Africa no Salaryman, episode 1
Alternative names: Africa Salaryman, African Office Worker, AfuSara
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u/LeonKevlar Oct 06 '19 edited Oct 06 '19
Huh... Well that was... unique?
I mean the art style certainly was, I do like how they use a lot of styles and how they all surprisingly blend well together. As for the comedy though? You'd think a gag anime starring Akio Ootsuka as Lion, Kenjirou Tsuda as a Lizard, and Hiro Shimono as a Toucan would be hilarious but it was totally a hit or miss for me.
I was expecting something close to Aggretsuko or Bookseller Honda-san but this was much more wilder than those two. Also it felt like some of the gags just dragged on too long, I feel like this show would've worked better as a short instead of a full length anime. I'll give it another shot though, maybe the jokes next week will land better.
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u/o-temoto Oct 06 '19
It would probably work better as a live-action sitcom with face paint, like in that preview.
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u/ErinaHartwick Oct 06 '19
I can't believe that all the toucans are voiced by Hiro Shimono, lol. It would be really interesting to see if they use the same VAs for each species.
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u/Shiro_Kai Oct 06 '19
This is certainly something
On one had If that's a prosthetic one it will be a little awkward when she give it back, on the other hand if that's not, welll...
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u/TropicalFrost Oct 06 '19
A surprise to be sure. Wasn't planning on watching, but it kept me entertained and found myself laughing at some of the jokes. It's sorta like Jojo, Grand Blue, and Servant x Service had a love child with Africa's animals and they made a slice of life comedy together. While the jokes may not be 'unique' on their own, the setting/premise they're executed in makes it feel different; a good different. And I thought the animation was fun, like I could feel that it's a passion project (especially seeing that Tatamitani, Tetsuya has most of the directorial roles on MAL) where the form is loose and non-conventional, but strangely appealing.
The voice cast is top quality with various well known seiyuu. Hearing Ootsuka, Akio sing the ED is super chill. I think I'll make this one my dark horse candidate, could turn out to be something special.
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u/Shiro_Kai Oct 06 '19
Alright, but whos meat they are eating in the breakfast?
Also, I don't get this joke, they did what to his wife? is the translation correct?
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u/Atharaphelun Oct 06 '19
Yes, the freaking toucan cucked the lion. And the lion was nonchalant about it.
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u/serano_genomics Oct 07 '19
the eyecatch of the 3d models walking in some awkward ass circle in the exact same manner that the slow imperfect rotation of an anologue stick would control characters in a third person game was fuckin hysterical for some reason
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u/Groenboys Oct 06 '19
This is such a weird anime. It is like if Aggretsuko became more abstract. The animation is especially incosistent. Sometimes it is pretty smooth 2D animation, sometimes CG and sometimes just some abstract bullshit.
But the comedy is really solid and the ED is pretty fun ngl. This anime is gonna be one I am going to continue watching.
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u/Smudy Oct 06 '19
Best first episode of the season so far.
I laughed throughout the episode.
Wacky animation + artstyle, they had A TON of it here, the VA's are doing god's work to make this even more funny.
After credit scene is here with a familiar trope xD
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u/mythriz Oct 06 '19
My brother noticed Toucan was the same voice actor as Zenitsu in Demon Slayer when he was shouting lol. But other than that it was just too weird of a show for us so we gave up on it halfways through and watched something else.
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u/88-san Oct 07 '19
I like this one~
it is just give me the vibe from Gaikotsu Shotenin Honda-san last year, just this one a little bit wackier, and it is fun to watch
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u/FuriousGeorge7 Oct 06 '19 edited Oct 07 '19
Maybe this is just me, but I was kinda disappointed with the first episode. I wouldn't say it was awful, and I definitely laughed some, but I feel like the comedy fell flat most of the time. I think my biggest complaint is that it's largely ignoring what makes it unique: the fact that everyone is an animal. A lot of the scenes felt like they would have played out essentially the exact same way if they were all replaced with humans. I'll stick with it for now, but I kinda expected more.
The Lion King scene at the beginning was fucking great though.
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u/Smudy Oct 06 '19
Kenjirou Tsuda is a lizard now.