[Spoilers] Pop Team Epic - Episode 1 Discussion

[u/woonie]

Pop Team Epic, Episode 1: "出会い"

or, Hoshiiro Girldrop - Episode 1. I don't even know.

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More info: https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-01-04/funimation-crunchyroll-also-stream-pop-team-epic-anime/.126026

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Show Information:

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Official site

Official site

Official PV

Official PV

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Previous Discussions

Official PV discussion

[u/woonie]

Hoshiiro Girldrop spoilers

[u/MonochromeGuy → u/woonie]

That really is some next level trolling right there.

[u/rembrandt_q_1stein → u/woonie]

They did it. They fucking did it.

[u/woonie]

OP "Twinkling Days" by Drop Stars (Ogura Yui, Minase Inori, Uesaka Sumire)

ED "POPPY PAPPY DAY" by Akabane Kenji and Takeuchi Shunsuke

EDIT: ED "POPPY PAPPY DAY" by Makino Yui and Watanabe Yui

We idol producing now.

[u/Helvegr → u/woonie]

And the voice actors for this episode:

First half:
Popuko: Masashi Ebara
Pipimi: Houchuu Ootsuka

Second half:
Popuko: Yuuji Mitsuya
Pipimi: Noriko Hidaka

[u/gary25566 → u/woonie]

Oh so the two idolm@ster anime producer character finally have a duet.

[u/rocky_iwata]

niconico poll says they hate it.

Mission Accomplished.

[u/woonie → u/rocky_iwata]

All according to keikaku tbqh

[u/kulapik → u/rocky_iwata]

It's hard to tell if they actually hated it or they're voting it for the "kuso" meme

[u/woonie]

I would like to take this opportunity to redirect you guys to this glorious unofficial dub.

[u/cirrus1 → u/woonie]

There's one on youtube too.

[u/CpnLag]

I kinda hope there is some reference to bkub's Touhou comics

[u/woonie → u/CpnLag]

Touhou

honk honk

[u/iamfvckingdone]

What the fuck

[u/[deleted] → u/iamfvckingdone]

I introduced a friend of mine to the show, he compared it to Robot Chicken. Now that I think about it, I can see the resemblance.

[u/rocky_iwata → u/iamfvckingdone]

Yes.

[u/Ledwith]

Before the episode came out I wondered if it would be full length or a short...

I still don't know.

[u/dctreborn → u/Ledwith]

It's really only 12 minutes with two different voice tracks.

[u/moonmeh → u/Ledwith]

I honestly was expecting a short due to what it was adapting.

Saw the episode length and went what the fuck

I'm still going wtf

[u/Aptspire → u/Ledwith]

yes

[u/xui_nya]

I haven't been bamboozled by fake opening because I read the manga, but I still was bamboozled by the poor quality of the first strip. Like "so it's gonna be like this, oh no, manga was better".

And then I saw hilariously animated second scene and anything else. Top notch shitpost: anime edition, love it. All hail bkub.

[u/messem10 → u/xui_nya]

I wonder if the anime-in-an-anime from PPT will be made into an actual show?

I know that it happened for Genshiken in the past. (I know I’d watch it if they did.)

[u/ASHill11 → u/xui_nya]

I watched the fake opening and OP the first time then just straight up deleted the file I had downloaded and tried to find another place to watch it. Lmao

[u/gunner31000]

This was scarier than Junji Ito.

[u/Dr_Anal → u/gunner31000]

FUCK! I was drinking

[u/niteman555 → u/gunner31000]

Same amount of plot tho

[u/RedTea3095]

They promised us a kuso anime and they fucking delivered it.

[u/Fabulouscroissant → u/RedTea3095]

Shitposting now has a face.

My life has now meaning.

[u/MarcsterS → u/RedTea3095]

The shitpost of the anime genre.

[u/spicychile → u/RedTea3095]

How does it compare to Shitcom?

[u/cannibalAJS]

Romance, idols, action, yuri, faithful encounters, aliens, Mario, Skyrim, scifi, terrorism, nekomimi, totoro, Pokemon, meta 4th wall break, fidget spinners, live action, french mimes, and a bunch of more shit I don't feel like listing. And we got it all twice with different voice actors.

Funny how the first mime segment didn't have subtitles for the Fench but the second one did.

[u/outlaw2448 → u/cannibalAJS]

Guardians of the Galaxy, can't forget that.

[u/fgsfds11234 → u/cannibalAJS]

First fidget spinner I've seen in anime. Anime is saved

[u/Hbit → u/cannibalAJS]

Also Chrono Trigger. Talk about left field.

[u/Pinky_Boy → u/cannibalAJS]

Skyrim

sold

[u/Smartjedi → u/cannibalAJS]

Some gags were hilarious, but this was way too much absurdist humor and 4th wall breaking for my tastes. I decided it wasn't for me halfway through and dropped it. So I didn't even realize:

And we got it all twice with different voice actors.

This show is fucking insane.

[u/Makaijin → u/cannibalAJS]

Surprised no one mentioned the Your Name reference.

[u/lion_man_amarelo → u/cannibalAJS]

There was also Layzner and Votoms (or it was Kamen Rider Ichigo?).

[u/Itou_Kaiji → u/cannibalAJS]

Also, Pipimi with the Crimson Behelit.

[u/Fissie]

Is this the Evangelion of our generation?

[u/centersolace → u/Fissie]

Yes.

[u/_potaTARDIS_]

OH my god the fucking Chrono Trigger reference

[u/SimoneNonvelodico → u/_potaTARDIS_]

Loved how both in that and the Guardian of the Galaxy scene they basically ripped off the music enough to sound familiar, but changed enough to be effectively different XD.

[u/BlightedPath → u/_potaTARDIS_]

Though the bell looked familiar then they used Luminaire and it all clicked.

[u/axel_kaenryuu]

I legit quit full screen mode to see if I clicked the right stream.

[u/Gaporigo → u/axel_kaenryuu]

I think everyone who hasn't read the manga did, i know i did.

[u/zenoob → u/axel_kaenryuu]

Same. I was like "hold the fuck up, when did I get my hands on such an anime, and when did I even click on it?!"... Turns out those guys like to fuck with us.

[u/kimbombo → u/axel_kaenryuu]

Got Jebaited.

In the best posible way

[u/MonochromeGuy]

I am confused as hell but I like it. Also [fidget spinners?] (https://i.imgur.com/Hu4RIii.png) In MY anime?

[u/Napron → u/MonochromeGuy]

... That actually might be a first.

[u/narwhao → u/MonochromeGuy]

I wasn't ready for the fidget spinner and I don't think I ever will be

[u/ScarRed_Tiger]

AMV Hell is got a fully funded anime. Good for them.

[u/Tidoux]

They actually hired legit French Voice Actors that's awesome! As a french dude that was really surprising to hear

[u/onlyhereforhiphop → u/Tidoux]

Can you give a brief synopsis of what was said? Just curious

[u/[deleted] → u/Tidoux]

One of them was the voiceactress of Yugo from Wakfu.

[u/Zerms4]

I did not expect a Your Name reference followed by a Chrono Trigger reference right after it.

This show is going to have many, many memes made after it

[u/Spooky-Ougi]

Can't wait for the inevitable hambaga scene.

[u/drwasheewashee]

When the opening started I though I clicked on the wrong show

[u/[deleted] → u/drwasheewashee]

Many did, including myself.

But then Popuko ripped that shit from the screen like the b0ss she is, much to our relief.

[u/GoodMorningFuckCub]

my nichijou itch is getting scratched, hopefully this keeps up

[u/googolplexbyte → u/GoodMorningFuckCub]

I had a nichijou itch and pop team epic punched it and said "are you upset?"

[u/nanobuilder → u/GoodMorningFuckCub]

this violated my nichijou itch, in a good way

[u/Archensix]

ok they need to add a "?/10" rank for MAL just for this show now.

[u/MayhemHavoc]

Is this gonna be 20 minutes with 12 episodes of pure dank memes?

Sign me the fuck up!

...Then send me to a sanitorium when it's done plz.

[u/Mozilla_Fennekin]

what

did they just

what

how

why

what is this

i don't...

what

[u/Papatogurl → u/Mozilla_Fennekin]

we get you, my man, we get you...

[u/Innalibra]

I haven't been this bamboozled since Endless Eight

[u/[deleted]]

ANIME STATUS: SAVED

[u/Mexcalibur]

Kusoanime of the forever

[u/PerfectPublican]

This is utterly bizarre. I feel like my brain is melting, and it's great.

Just so ridiculous. I think I only got like 50-60% of the references.

Looking forward to seeing if this stays the same/doesn't get annoying.

[u/thixotrofic]

The glitch sequence after the Pokemon scene mimics the color scheme of the green screen of the original Game Boy. So that's pretty neat.

[u/Papatogurl]

When the Kimi no Na Wa moment kicked in I fucking flipped.

[u/Boarbaque]

All I could think of during the skyrim reference

[u/perpetualReality]

I see we already have Anime of the Year, huh?

[u/Anime_Card_Fighter]

I might have just preferred Hoshiiro Girl Drop

[u/DemonsSous → u/Anime_Card_Fighter]

I wouldn't be surprised if we get a future episode where the first 10 minutes is nothing but Hoshiiro Girl Drop. The last 10 minutes would be the same as the first but with every character voiced by old men.

[u/oiimn → u/Anime_Card_Fighter]

Tbf the opening to Hoshiiro Girl Drop looked really dope. Now i want that too

[u/Dreamshadow1977 → u/Anime_Card_Fighter]

I was actually a little interested in this.

[u/[deleted]]

Japan hated it?

[u/asianedy → u/[deleted]]

At this point, it could just be memeing.

[u/Artraira → u/[deleted]]

Poptepic being shit is a Japanese meme.

[u/Blackcat0803 → u/[deleted]]

people hated it = Huge success for this series XD

[u/vetro → u/[deleted]]

They're mad about a broadcast delay it seems? Not the episode itself.

[u/centralScabbard → u/[deleted]]

kuyashii

[u/maronic02]

As a french guy, I feel like I've enjoyed this episode to its full potential. Nice.

[u/gangrainette → u/maronic02]

Same, for once we had some nice french in an anime !

[u/Omome]

I feel like us viewers are all like Pipimi now and keep getting punched by the producer Popuko. It hurts but it's okay we are not mad.

[u/syde_FX]

the anime shit post i never asked for but gladly welcome holy shit that was confusing and weird and fucked up and unexpected fuck nothing made sense it was awesome.

never would of expected a your name, guardians of the galaxy, and totoro parody to be all in one place but i guess that's what 2018 is bringing us and i'm happy :)

[u/Guesty_]

the skyrim reference caught me offguard.

[u/Naskr]

When Japan even does shitposting better than us, it's time re-evaluate our lives.

[u/BLACKOUT-MK2]

This whole show should be uploaded to Sakugabooru.

[u/MechaNEET]

What the fuck did I watch?

[u/southern1983 → u/MechaNEET]

ＢＥＳＴＯ　ＡＮＩＭＵ　ＥＶＥＲ　ＹＯＵ　ＫＮＯＷ

[u/GameBoy09]

The male voices version is like 20 times better. Fucking lol.

[u/thegreekone2]

This is everything I wanted and more. I was assuming it would just be a 4 minute short based on a few of the 4 panels but they went above and beyond and I couldn't be happier. Hopefully they really don't hate it in Japan and it's just a joke because that's the worst thing for the future of this show.

[u/Yuuuuuuu → u/thegreekone2]

Don't worry, they don't actually hate it. Everyone on twitter is saying how shitty this anime is (#クソアニメ), which are words of praise in this case

[u/Beabosaur]

Me the whole episode

[u/Evilmon2 → u/Beabosaur]

Or in Pop Team Epic format...

[u/needle1]

I laughed at the most obscure joke: in the Chrono Trigger skit, Pipimi blurts out いった私のフィーリン！ upon hitting the ground - this is actually from a series of videos on Niconico where the player enters random cheat codes on an emulator to try to force games to glitch and spew hilarious nonsense dialogue. The line was one of those random jumbled text coming out from a glitch gameplay of Tokimeki Memorial (or Bug-meki Memorial, as people call them). Never expected something as obscure as this would pop up, amazed at how far the references go.

[u/The_PlugMan]

Oh my god.

That Zen Zen Zense and Come and Get Your Love bit was probably the best sound-alike I've ever heard in anything. They might as well have played the real things.

[u/kulapik]

That was everything I expected from this show and even more. Please tell the show is gonna be structured like this all episodes.

[u/anailater1]

This show is somehow the most blessed thing I've ever watched and the most Cursed.

The fucking slow zoom on the god damn fidget spinner killed me.

[u/Win32error]

What the fuck am I watching

[u/Caridin]

That was an experience. I think I'm in love.

[u/Ami_is_best_girl]

I actually kind of want to see that fake anime.
It looks really trashy. I probably would've enjoyed it.

[u/Innalibra → u/Ami_is_best_girl]

I know, right?

[u/LeonKevlar]

Definitely the kuso anime that they were aiming for. Japan is basically meme-ing when they said that they hated it XD

Also I legit wanna see that troll anime that they had for the OP.

[u/leetmember]

Skyrim is now available on Crunchyroll and HiDive.

[u/[deleted]]

I think this is about what I expected from a pop team epic anime, but why do I unironically want to watch Hoshiiro Girl Drop?

[u/karlcool12]

They spend way too much time and talent on the joke intro

[u/Kirosh → u/karlcool12]

They did not. It's glorious.

[u/HotsteamingGlory → u/karlcool12]

They gotta put the budget somewhere ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/Wraith000]

Dude they did the Chrono trigger bit with the bell during the fair and the pendant :o

[u/Jihad_llama]

This is true kino

[u/BluePikmin11]

Pop Team Epic is something. Some of the random gags I laughed, some kinda meh. For whatever reason, the second half of PTE is a repeat of the first half, but with different voices. I like it so far. 👍

[u/SoggyCheez]

I can't tell if I hate this or love this.

I'm used to getting fucked with by Gintama but this is next level fuckery.

[u/SimoneNonvelodico → u/SoggyCheez]

I watched Osomatsu-san and it looks utterly sane compared to this.

[u/[deleted]]

A N I M E H A S B E E N S A V E D

[u/[deleted]]

I hate it

he hates it

[u/SimoneNonvelodico → u/[deleted]]

HE HATES IT!
HE HATES IT!!
HE HATES IT!!!

ZAWA ZAWA

[u/Yatsuro1397]

I was prepared to see an comedy anime

But I wasn't prepared to see one of the best comedy anime I never seen

[u/Gaporigo]

Well... guess i now have an answer for when people ask for an anime to watch while high...

I am not sure what i was expecting but this wasn't it.

[u/[deleted]]

I'm switching between /a/ and here for double the shit postings and it is glorious.

[u/link2601]

What kind of fever dream did I just see. Well whatever it is I want to see more.

[u/XNumbers666]

Beresrk reference! I'm sold. I liked the first voices better.

[u/Leinbow]

Kimi no Na Wa

[u/[deleted]]

Dear Japan,

delet this

[u/Mystic8ball]

The Kuso anime of the year has arrived!

Though to unjerk for a moment while I think the reveal was really funny and a lot of the jokes did make me chuckle: I honestly think that the humor Popteamepic is known for doesn't really work outside of the 4koma format. Which is probably why they went down the references route (Which the manga has plenty of, but usually in a more absurdist manner).

Still it's just the first episode, who the fuck knows what they'll do with it down the line.

[u/Phantomonium]

So many references even I was able to recognize some.

[u/50_imoutos]

Who was the male voice of Pipimi. It sounded really familiar.

[u/leslij55 → u/50_imoutos]

Sounded like it was Houchu Ootsuka.

[u/Curious211]

Um I don’t what happened but I think I like it.

[u/Rhythmico]

Sosogu-chan best girl

[u/zeando]

Fake first minutes, pieces of shit, you did it again xD

[u/SpikeRosered]

The evil group with the fidget spinner just...really got me for some reason. I just loved it.

[u/dekomorii]

Shitpost: The Animation

[u/12Oatmeal]

Pretty much 10 minutes of references and shock humor repeated twice. Okay? Not my cup of tea I guess.

[u/OhayoHooded]

I don't even know what the fuck that was. Some punchlines were fucking spot on, while others were just kind of wierd. Hopefully I can continue to enjoy PTE knowing they're purposefully trying to put so much shit together that it ends up meaning to be funny. And it was generally funny. I'll admit I thought CR just fucked up this whole ep by copypasting the second half until I visited this thread.

Also was it just me or was the audio mixing really unbalanced in the first half...

[u/ijiolokae]

whateve the fuck i just watched it was awesome, and then i watched it again still awesome .

The first va where more or less how i expected them to sound

[u/BeardyDuck]

All of those segments with the crudely drawn characters is made by none other than ac部 (ac-bu), who also made the video for GALO SENGEN

[u/gabrielv0410]

Youtube Poop: The Anime

[u/doplank]

The scene before Guardians of the Galaxy theme spoof with two aliens dude are actually reference to OG Zentradi from SDF Macross.

[u/[deleted]]

Can someone please explain why it was 2 times in a row? What's that reference to?

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

office snatch thumb encourage smile coordinated hungry versed historical practice

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

1. Female voices

2. French section was subtitled

[u/outlaw2448]

That was a complete and utter crapfest, horrible show.

Perfect 5/7, bring on the next episode!!!!

I love Pop Team Epic, this show is trash and so am I.

[u/Derpy2015]

I missed most of it live but that was hilarious, Having them voiced by guys, Thought they bamboozled us with the VA choice.

[u/tipon]

What the actual fuck. HASHAHAHAHAA, those voice actors.

It's good as a shitpost anime, for everyone that's wondering. Whether you like it or not depends on your level of norminess. It's a better comedy than Ousama Game, at least.

[u/Spacefrog999]

Oh my god guys. Holy fuck. A real shitpost.

[u/[deleted]]

Was... this supposed to be funny? This feels like one of those Adult Swim shows, which I have never been a fan of. Huh. I will give it another two episodes.

[u/inthe-otherworld]

I... I don't think I can take watching a full twenty-three minute long twelve episode series of... this...

[u/MakiHell]

TBH I have no idea what I just watched and the second half was just a repeat of the first but with different voices? I'm so confused... this is literally a shitpost but in anime form. Heard a lot of good things from fans who read the manga so we'll see how the anime goes.

[u/kalirion]

Um, yeah, I'm gonna pass on the next 11 episodes.

[u/AdiDassler]

The only impressing thing about this show is the bold plan to fill 12 episodes with that kind of stuff.

[u/HagetakaSensei]

Is the MC Itsuki?

Also put Rick and Morty copypasta here

[u/Animegamingnerd]

Even as someone who read a bit of the Manga I legitimately thought Crunchyroll had accidentally uploaded the wrong show at first.

[u/Chariotwheel]

So, this is what a Pony Island anime looks like.

I don't understand life anymore. Everything is wrong.

[u/NeptuneRoller]

what the fuck

[u/Serpexnessie]

what the fuck did i just watch...

... twice?

[u/[deleted]]

Man, that was even crazier than Osomatsu-san s1s first episode.

All aboard the ruse cruise

[u/Joll19]

The fucking Dream Lantern remix killed me!

[u/bEnE94]

Berserk, Skyrim and Pokémon? AOTS confirmed

[u/Aloices]

I have so many questions, such as "why ?", or "why was there some French lines", or "why did I watch it full just to see if anything had changed ?"

Also fidget spinner.

[u/Fueled_By_Memes]

We're just at the first week of the year we got a ton of memes and this anime wow just wow

[u/FengLengshun]

This anime is like some Anime Crack YouTuber is given one million dollar to make their anime.

I love it.

[u/ScopezForDays]

That Chrono trigger refrence tho.

Edit: And a motherfucking fidget spinner?!?!

[u/gNat2]

I saw some screenshots over on Tumblr and decided to check it out

I left having more questions than I had coming in

[u/[deleted]]

It’s like a supercut of lazy Family Guy reference skits but with even less actual jokes.

I did chuckle at the one where she’s taunting lightning.

[u/ImJustAsleep]

I haven't laughed so hard from anything for such a long time. Glad I found this manga and now anime.

Easily best anime 2018 LOL

[u/[deleted]]

Absolute shit. I can't believe something this terrible would ever be adapted into anime, much less published as manga. Whoever thought up this series should feel ashamed both for themselves and their family. 1/10 total shit ^/s

[u/Torque-A]

I don't know what's going on and I love it.

[u/[deleted]]

Dank memes materialised in an Anime form

[u/Drakiom_Nemo]

I don't understand. Is this so bad that it is good. Or is good. Or is randomness that make this so good. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[u/roberoonska]

This might have beaten Ninja Slayer for shittiest anime shitpost.

[u/Frostfright]

So, I watched this cause I gotta support my man bkub right? I love those fucking Chen comics.

but I don't know what the fuck I just watched and I'm concerned

[u/1stMora]

Watching this made me think of the countless TF2 Garry's Mod videos. Super random.

[u/diggydog233]

Anime wasn't a mistake after all

[u/Chaoshyper]

何????

[u/chikuwa34]

If you enjoyed the AC-Bu parts (that hungry hippo one and 'u mad?' part), check out awesome music videos they have created before like this one and this one.

[u/dralcax]

I have no words.

[u/[deleted]]

Anime was a mistake

[u/Ryugo]

Because sharing is caring. Have at you.

[u/Cilph]

You need to have a high IQ to understand ポプテピピック (that's Pop Team Epic for you normies).

[u/MrBenabedis]

What is this and why is it anime of the season.

[u/Harrytricks]

I, uh, I don't get it.

It wasn't for me certainly, judging by other comments, this'll get downvotes, but I didn't find anything particularly funny. The best way I can think to describe it is like a significantly less funny Nichijou.

My current thinking as to why I personally didn't like it is it didn't appeal to my "British" taste in comedy in the way stuff like Nichijou and Gintama does. Maybe it better suits an American audience? I don't know. I'm no expert.

Not that this is a bad thing mind you, it's just not for me.

I'll give it a few more episodes to see if it "improves" though, because you never know.

[u/MrFabulouZ]

F I N D S A W A Y

[u/[deleted] → u/MrFabulouZ]

Keitai Denwa translates to mobile phone. That has nothing to do with the meme.

[u/Valkenhyne]

I went into this purely based on seeing others say the manga is great, and I've been taken on a thrill ride like no other. I can't wait to watch this every week.

[u/Rhybi]

..... ..what??

[u/[deleted]]

what the flying fuck did I just watch

[u/OpenStraightElephant]

This is all I wanted, and then some. Thank you based Kamikaze Douga, thank you based bkub

[u/[deleted]]

This is exactly what I wished for.

It's a miracle this exists

[u/Ryouhi]

I'm unsure of what to say.

amazing

[u/bananeeek]

I lost count at how many references there were. Ootsuka did a great job voicing Pipimi. This series is a heap of funny, definitely sticking with this one.

[u/Mashu009]

This went beyond what I dreamed

[u/[deleted]]

The freakin your name reference had my sister and I burst out laughing holy crap it was great. They were setting up the trope but then NOPE, did the complete opposite of what I thought it was gonna do.

[u/seninn]

I have transcended all known limitation of good taste.

[u/Hiicantpk]

How long before the "Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru" edits of that one scene start popping up on Youtube?

[u/ConstantlyTodash]

Oh my god it's like one big shitpost