It’s so bad that it’s genius. The problem with its reception is that people took it seriously lmao. It’s the spirit of abridged anime in its purest form at its peak, and the only reason why people don’t like it is because they tried to find meaning in it
not accidental lol why do people refuse to give the show credit. Fully half the people who criticize it are like "this show would be good if my reaction to it was intentional on the part of the producers"
A life of a rich spoiled kid, is a life of superficial relationships, superficial struggles and superficial pleasures - isn't that the message? This show itself even is a product of such life. So meta.
@qing the fuck? It was sympathetic to Helena St Tessero standing against capitalism (she's one of the most likeable charactrs), made fun of Kaz's attachment to consumerist world, made fun of even more Arcangelo's performative stand to consumerism and how obvious it was that he was only doing that to increase viewership and fans' money. Mocking capitalism and consumerism is literally a theme in the series (when most things don't bother doing that on any level). I'm an anarcho communist and it in no way got me to believe that "capitalism actually works". Even if it's not decidedly open about being anti capitalist (if the creators are), because all it does is follow characters and imply things about them, how is this in any way specifically a problem and puppeting viewers over to support capitalistic things ? Do things really fly that far over your head Or did you just want to see Arcangelo's performative liberal stand to be portrayed uncritically? Or are you just so incapable of thinking critically and detaching from anything that even seeing a capitalist scenario on screen is tempting to you?
How does one define what kind of struggle is superficial vs which isn’t intellectuals may find the struggle of sports to be superficial because at the end of the day sports players haven’t really contributed to the Greer of society other then temporary entertainment they might inspire people to try to get out of poverty through making tons of money but isn’t that in it of itself superficial so struggle is relative not all the struggle is relatable but all types of struggle is real no matter how superficial it might seem to you
@@jaceofheartstheprinceofbed9415 THE SHOW HAS CHARACTERS PRACTICALLY LOOK RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA AND EXPLAIN THAT HELENA IS THE MAIN CHARACTER! SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WITH A CHARACTER ARC WHICH IS EXEMPLIFIED WHEN THE SHOW ENDS WITH KAZ IN THE SAME PLACE AS HE STARTED!
I feel like its a Garsey's Wing or Mad Bull 34 kinda thing. It's fantastically bad that it becomes a classic. I feel that Cosmo has missed the point here. That being said, I love watching Garsey's Wing and Mad Bull, but I personally didn't like this one as much. However, the inference that it's trying to be a good show that satirizes tropes if totally false, but that's not a criticism. The criticisms leveled at the show are accurate, but ultimately superfluous. It's not like Rebels or something else that isn't good but was trying to be. No one likes Garsey's wing, but it is INCREDIBLY entertaining, and this show falls into the same category. Neo Yokio isn't trying to be anything good, it's a total accident. And one can find a un-ironic enjoyment of how bad it is. Particularly in "technically" copying anime tropes, but missing all the nuance that makes them work, which is where the entertainment of the show arises.
"It's a joke so it's okay to be bad" No. Netflix didn't make a show for it to be bad on purpose. They make shows bad because they don't know how to make good ones.
Well I'm currently poor and not only did I understand I also greatly appreciated this Anime and would love to see it make a return. I binged it a couple of times before Netflix pulled it 🤷🏾♂️🙌🏾✊🏾
I haven't seen the show but if episode 2 is actually good, then it is probably because someone who could actually write, helped write it, and then got the shaft after it was done, it is also probably because the creator realized how much work, time, and money went in to animating action scenes, and chose not to put in the effort to keep making them.
And Jude Law who cant resist sucking the dick of anything remotely progressive. Im surprised he didnt work on After Earth, I guess it was too sexist. (yet somehow this show isnt?)
unironically love this show for its transparently vapid and unlikeable characters, stupid and inconsequential plot points and just general theming. I think it's so far from what I expected and so absurd it's just fun to watch because it subverts everything you expect to watch.
Because celebrity worship is too alive and well in today's society. Hollywood know they can rub their vanity and degeneracy in the faces of normal people and there'll always be a huge group of us taking it to mean something good for us. I mean, there are people out there who genuinely believe Kanye West is an intellectual. Just because Morgan Freeman says something, doesn't make it less or more true than something my neighbour said, he's just an actor, not some godlike creature.
Cosmonaut Variety Hour is wrong actually. Ezra of course knows these are a bad thing, he's a fucking Twitter Communist lol. The show is a critique on Capitalism and the culture of elite out of touch shitheads. Kaz is a bad person, but he has no redemption arc because a redemption arc would be him overthrowing Capitalism. The show even critiques the Socialist character for the fact that while she rallies against the evils of Capitalism, she does so as a billionaire heiress from her bedroom in an elite house and her actions are only on the internet. When Ezra says the show isn't satire, it's a fucking joke, because it would be implying that the take on rich people is satirical, it isn't, this is actually how they are. To understand the subculture of the creator, go look up the "Dirtbag left" and podcasts like ChapoTrapHouse, everything is stepped in 1000 layers of irony and satire. Ezra is just talking shit to interviewers. The show is 100% not celebrating elites because as we see in the final episode, the demons are actually the vengeful souls of the working class who have been thrown to the trash heap by the rich. Also the joke with the Robot breaking down isn't that there isn't consequences, it shows that INSIDE THE ROBOT is a brainwashed pilot which everyone realised was in there but Kaz didn't know because he's such a vapid piece of shit he doesn't even acknowledge his slaves as human. The joke is the consequence is they have to catch public transport home, the worst thing possible for these rich kids of instagram. I really struggle how so many anime fans miss the point of this show and don't get any of it's commentary? Are weebs really that fucking autistic?
I was gonna comment to a similar effect, this anime seems to fit into the "Slice of life" kind of anime... except badly written, and the life it's a slice of is of a privileged rich kid
This show feels like an encapsulation of what mainstream popular culture thought 90s dubbed anime was like. It’s like an Adult Swim mid-roll parroting a Sailor Moon episode.
These are my thoughts. It seems like a telephone game version of anime some dude who watched like five collective episodes of Gundam and Sailor Moon thought was anime and heard it was cool and he took "inspiration" from, and that's their entire contact with any of it. It's absurd.
Jugal Why exactly? You can be familiar with things that existed before you were born. I mean if you didn't you'd be unfamiliar wth a majority of human culture.
but it literally is social commentary, i can't understand how the guy making the video and most of the comment section fail to see that. It's so clearly making fun of the rich
@@Dragonwing16it accidentally makes fun of people. Just because the audience found their own interpretation does not mean it’s not easy to see the creator itself had no intention or theme behind it at all. Y’all literally missing the part where the creator STATED this. He literally shows you in the video. They did not do that on purpose at all. An audience finding a theme in a show intended to not have one. Does not make a good show. It makes it a guilty pleasure. A “cult” project. At best.
I want someone to make an abridged series of this. It'll be like Sword Art Online Abridged, where it makes up for the fact that it's source material is garbage by being way better than the source material.
Sara Irvin the whole point of the video is that it's not and is actually just more of the Hollywood Who's Who patting themselves on the back, you blind buffoon.
Sara Irvin Except it's not. Ghost Stories was an Abridged Dub with linear story arc, but it's still an abridged dub because the source material took itself seriously. The Ghost Story Dub has clever use of pop culture references and parodies of anime. The people in charge said it was a bit ahead of its time because they missed out on making jokes about the Mel Gibson controversey. There was no self awareness in this cartoon. The only novelty it has is a novelty Toblorone. Ayyyyyy!
Dolphins will take over Jayden Smith can't do anything period honestly. He's a little ungrateful shit since he demanded from his father at 15 to be... I forget the term. Basically like emancipated or whatever to be considered an adult because boy there wanted any money he got to go straight to him. Like his dad would steal or do him dirty, or even take his money. He's garbage, can't act at all or nothing and is spoiled asf
But how do people become celebrities? Maybe children of celebrities, ex-girlfriends of celebrities, children of rich people, just shouldn't be celebrities.
I find the series accidentally brilliant because of how shallow and meaningless everything is and how empty it is. It's so poor that it's entertaining, to me at least.
I saw it on Netflix and immediately avoided the shit. Didn't know Jaden "My Eyes Don't Exist" Smith was in the show. Mow I'm never gonna watch this show.
But here's the thing, at least with the Boondocks, the creator of the show himself mentioned how the anime "Afro Samurai" mesmerized and inspired into creating the Boondocks in the first place. And the Boondocks actually has amazing art, so you can tell how much passion and effort actually went into creating that show. But with this show "Neo Yokio," there's no homage to anything. The storyline is little to non existent, and the characters look like horrible drawings that one would find in a very very low budget KidsWB 1:00 AM show, from the early 1990s. Artist with real passion about something, even if they themselves suck at drawing, will usually make an effort to outsource good animators to produce their project, and they'll also actually put effort into a well written meaningful story, which this cartoon fails to do on all fronts. With the Boondocks, even though it is a somewhat inappropriate adult comedy lol, it still pays homage or tribute to the Afro Samurai and Japanese animation, however comparing Neo Yokio to anime would be a disgrace. Even with the Japanese anime called "Boku no Hero" otherwise known as "My hero academia," the creator of that show was heavily influenced by American comic book heroes. And you can see it in his art and storytelling. Even though I'm not much of a fan of the series tbh, (since the way one explosion character is written makes me want to pull my hair out lol) you can see how much passion went into the show. The creator of the series is a HUGE comic book fan, and has a Christmas tree of superhero figurines stacked on top of each other in his house, xD I'm not exaggerating. Neo Yokio is the perfect example of what a half *ssed project looks like compared to a passion project like the Boondocks and My hero academia. Update: Oh wait, now that I think about it Boondocks may have been influenced by "samurai champloo" instead, but I can't remember oh well xD
As you were saying "This show isn't funny" and playing the clips I was laughing at the French Canadian driver joke lmao I don't think it doesn't try, it's definitely an absurdist comedy. I just think it takes a certain sense of humour
@@heytherescooterboys922 People are unironically so stupid they can't understand even the most basic satire now. Wtf happened to society? This show would have been a riot in the 90's but todays kids are just incapable of getting the dryness of the humor. at all. This show is almost identical to something like Seinfeld, the most popular show of the 90's. But I guess if Seinfeld had come out in the 2010's everyone would have hated it because Jerry was an asshole. What the hell happened to society?? Is it the schools? Something in the water? Something clearly happened.
@@nomorenames5568 considering there's a lot of people with dry or just pretty absurd humor on the internet that are decently young, I'd say it's more bitter people that are always looking for something to hate on rather than thinking critically and realizing-its not being serious. I just found out about this show today and I immediately got the idea that it wasn't serious (or totally serious) from small clips, but I understand that's just me. Still, I'm fairly certain if a high school teacher were to randomly put this on, kids would be at least intrigued. But imo, even if one may say the show wasn't treated fairly by critical people who focused on meaningless crap over what could actually be an issue (as far as I'm aware, almost nothing), I don't think it's necessary to keep doing this "society" thing. Things change, some for the better, others obviously for the worse. And since younger gens are learning from older ones, wouldn't the "real blame" be on the previous generations, as the newer ones are just following-for the most part-what they were taught? Just an additional "complaint" of mine, I really don't like seeing generations fight over who was better or had better stuff, especially when they experience such different lives based on _everything._
The worst part of postmodernism is how it became an easy excuse for bad writing. Regardless of if that makes sense from a "proper" postmodern perspective, it's how postmodernism is viewed--as a nebulous something about defying expectations somehow. And we expect shows to be good, right?
@@TheMikediaz100 Bojack Horseman is a really good show. I think shows like Neo Yokio, however, get to use the excuse of postmodernism to explain its faults, when it's really just a bad show. And if someone calls out its flaws, then fans can say that it's actually just a piece of postmodern art, and it's to progressive for its critiques. But postmodern or not, anything can be critiqued with various methods. As the Cosmonaut Variety Hour pointed out, even if you're not a fan of a show, there are still elements you can appreciate. I'd argue that even if you didn't like Bojack, you could appreciate many aspects of the show. But Neo Yokio doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities at all, postmodern or not.
Nishant Waheng, let me guess, some form of “my hero”, “AoT”, “SAO”, “Tokyo ghoul”, “fairytale” and “death note”? If you answered yes to at least 3 of these you have purchased the baby’s first anime edgy boy edition.
I found this show frequently funny, though I suspect for entirely unintended reasons. Jaden Smith's brand of melodrama is so absurd and over the top that it usually illicits a smile from me. The problem is, the writers don't realize this strength (if you can even call it that) and don't attempt to lean into it. In fact, there are fewer and fewer moments of this way-too-far pretentious melancholy as the series goes on. That being said, I agree with virtually every single one of Cosmo's points in the video. Though I personally enjoyed aspects of this show, I would not recommend it.
Same here. I genuinely enjoy Kaz as a character because I find his extreme self absorption and melodramatic tendencies to be one of those "crosses the line twice" kind of things.
+julie martinez not it isn't, mainly because none of them are smart enough to write absurdist humour. Have a look at Boris Vian's work for a good entry point into absurdist humour.
I knew there was a reason why I was so fascinated by this show’s absolutely insane story and pacing and this made me realize that it’s JUST an anime about Jaden Smith that he and Ezra tricked Netflix into funding. I mean I love it cause it’s batshit and I’m just floored by all of the things this show does but I unironically love bad stuff for the sheer audacity of it in general. The horrible animation, the voice acting, the weird borgoise world building, getting Jude-FUCKinG-LAW to voice the Robo butler?!!! It’s the biggest train wreck of a barely cohesive story I’ve ever seen and it makes me giggle between jaw drops of “what the fuck.”
i love this show and unironically think a lot of the lines are pretty comedic. Maybe it’s from my brown experience in america but their are q a few cultural references and jokes riddled throughout. admittedly they’re not the most clever example of these cultural jokes but they still get a chuckle. i like this show the way i like youtube poop
How can this show be anime, if our eyes aren't anime. Seriously though, call it whatever you want. Call it "The Bible 2: Electric Bugaloo" for all I care.
This show is funny as hell just watching it as a absurdist comedy, the amount of nonsequiters and warped logic of the characters is comedy gold, not to mention Jaden Smith, Steve Buscemi, and shit like the big Toblerone
It’s bait. They’re trying to provoke a reaction from anime fans by calling it a parody but targeting it at dude bros and edgy teens. It’s what people who have no idea what anime is think anime is or at least a very condescending look into it. The endgame is to bait a flame war between people who take Jaden Smith’s twitter seriously and insecure anime fans. Which thankfully did not happen. They were trying to make a viral video and that’s it.
xjayshao it's not even any of that. It was simply an empty whim by some bored celebrities with no vision, and nothing more. There wasn't even really a target audience. And somehow, that's worse.
xjayshao No, it doesn't even hide that it's not a parody. Ghost Stories is a parody. Well, at least the English Dub is. I freaking love that show. The only reaction this can illicit is annoyance on account of its awful voice acting. Especially Helena. The only one who's trying is that mech.
I mean if you actually read my comment you might see that I called it bait pretending to be parody and not actual parody. It targets people who already have preconceived negative impressions of anime and then jerks them off by confirming those biases. Meanwhile pissing off those who actually enjoy anime as a medium. Some people don't understand anime humor? Let's turn it up to 10 and make it genuinely unfunny. Ridiculous settings and characters? Make it even more ridiculous and pointless without any hint of world building or meaning. Hate Japanese voice acting for some reason? I mean sure there might be some legit points to be made here but hey, let's just get the actual worst actor ever to voice our protagonist to reinforce our bias. Of course, even that might just be giving them too much credit, but what I saw here was an attempt for manufacture a viral video that failed spectacularly.
I've never seen this show but the second I heard the creator saying that he made that opera singing character's hair blue because of Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus I knew he was trolling. Dude's got a real weird sense of humor but there's no way this shit isn't intentional in some way.
I respect your option but damn I find this show oddly charming. I even love Jaden Smith's dead inside shitty voice acting. And I don't even have a twitter account so this isn't just the hype talking. Good review though with fair points.
I think no one else but Jaden Smith could play this character. He’s so just, bizzare and narcissistic in every way that I could only imagine Jaden playing this role. Weather that makes it good, up to you, I’m personally conflicted
Indeed, the only reason I managed to get through this was that it was so bad that I was laughing. And the episodes are only a few minutes long. And there were only a few of them. And yes, it was boring. But I had another computer that was rebuilding and patching Windows 10, so naturally I had time. OTOH, Bo Jack is a personal guilty pleasure, but indeed, compared to Neo Yokio, is worthy of an Oscar.
It's pretty good with a solid style. My only problem is that sometimes they run the same or similar jokes a little too frequent to be considered a callback. It's rare though.
I meant no disrespect to the Bojack! LOL, I have watched every episode (most more than once). Nothing but love from me for Bojack Horseman. I only consider Bojack a "guilty pleasure" because I am an old fart who shouldn't be watching cartoons. Well, to heck with it, I am going to continue to! But seriously, "best shows on Netflix"? I'll raise you "Stranger Things" and "The OA". It's been a long and seriously messed up day today with the crap that went down and the rising death toll in Las Vegas, so peace, Bro9650.
Exactly. Holy shit, I have rarely seen art this poor. It's exactly the kind of infantile conception you'd expect from a preteen just starting out as a weaboo amateur artist on deviantart. Everything about the design is outrageously bad.
I wish but it's impossible for me to sleep when my brain is being stimulated by light and sound. Although if I mute the tv and just have some background light, which is a major waste of electricity by the way, I could go to sleep but to be honest it's easier for me to sleep during the day because my room is light but I have certians to block the light and it's usually quiet enough even though I live in an apartment block I can usually sleep through a thunderstorm or a cyclone or an earthquake so some people slamming their fucking doors every time they go out won't really bother me.
What I really didn’t like was how the show looked. Everything seemed so flat and boring I liked the style but it feels half finished. Like they got the colors in a bit of shading and they called it a day
The biggest proof the creator couldn't give less of a shit about the final product is having Jaden Smith do Voice Over. This guy simply can not talk. He doesn't have a pleasant voice and mumbles. From what I've heard in your review, his speech is hardly any better than in after Earth (and in that movie he was even supposed to talk weird)
Jaden is just riding out his father's fame. If he had nothing connecting him to Hollywood he would be just another useless unsuccessful piece of shit. I didn't even know the actor was him before watching this. I just thought they found a random shit actor who was cheap as fuck.
Tbh though it was bad I was extremely jealous. I wish I had enough money to make my own animation I would pour my entire heart into it. Also to have the chance to make black anime characters, what a wasted opportunity makes me sigh.
I have the same problem. One of my lifelong dreams is making my own animated movie, but even if I had the money to do so I wouldn't unless I had a clear message that I want to tel trough the narrative of the movie (without it being ham-fisted) Seeing a chance of positively influencing others being wasted is heartbreaking really.
Well I've had this idea for a comic I've been working on for a little over a year now. It takes place in a fictional ancient world following a small group of elite soldiers (both male and female) who's main purpose is to do the kings dirty work. The main theme of it is what it truly means for a person to be strong or brave and is it better to accept what you are told or think for yourself. Its kinda of a philosophical story. Thanks for asking btw!
Rich entitled dudes that are bored + Netflix who throws money at everything = Neo Yokio Also I weirdly can't stop watching it, as if I keep expecting it to get better.
i unironically really like this show. i don’t know if i was ever supposed to but i never really took it seriously and i just enjoyed its goofiness. i’m not saying it’s great but i just like it
the number of comments here saying "bro it's satire you're just taking it too seriously/you don't get it" make me wonder how many people even watched the video before typing that shit up. Cosmonaut LITERALLY put examples on screen of the creators saying it wasn't a parody or satire, it was as serious as a heart attack lol. good video, awful show.
I wonder if ppl are srsly just trying to seem smart or if there are that many ppl so accustomed to assuming their interpretation to be correct they cant fathom that theyre reading meaning into a meaningless work.
To be honest, I am actually interesting in checking it out (even if I know it is not good). How unfortunate that who knows how much money, time, and effort went into making this when all that could have went into something else. Someone could have made a Static Shock movie or something.
Satire - noun: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
The issue is that Jaiden Smith is literally too fucking rich to get that the reason this show sucked so much is because no one likes overly rich people
Here is a good reminder that if you make something crappy, people will notice it, and tell you about it. I'm not saying this negatively, I think criticism is good. But a word of caution to all aspiring artists, make your art with heart. Don't make things for the heck of it.
Thomas Morris You should absolutely make stuff for the heck of it. Problem comes when you make low-effort stuff and expect people to like it. You probably meant the same thing, i just wanted to be the "um actually"-guy Sorry Thomas i love you
This show is such crap. I don't usually bash stuff like this, but for the life of me I just couldn't see a point in this show. I tried, I really did. There was no ability to connect to any of the characters whatsoever. In fact, they were all so shallow, vain, narcissistic and high class snobs, that I had a hard time figuring out which character was a worse person, and who I wanted to punch more. The fact that these characters are based on the personalities of the people who made it just shows that not only is it a garbage show made by idiots with no idea what they were doing, but that the people who made it were also terrible people on top of that
Was never interested in seeing it in the first place because the animation is so bland and tasteless. Good thing to know that the writing is just as boring
It's not satire, it's just a terribly pointless and vain passion project for two rich idiots who have absolutely no self-awareness of their own vapid emptiness. There is NO deeper meaning to it, it has NO self-aware satirical commentary in it, and there is NO reason for its existence outside the fact that a pretentious asshole from a band, and a mentally slow awkward rich kid felt like making an anime together. IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MERIT IN ANYWAY WHATSOEVER BESIDES A FEW MEMES ABOUT GIANT TOBLERONES!
It's terrible it doesn't matter whether it's satire or not (unfortunately it is) it's a half assed job.....actually that would be a fucking compliment. They made no effort whatsoever......they couldn't even DO a half ass job. -_-
Melodyofthesea78 seems pretty good to me. I thought the animating was beautiful and I like the character design and the voice acting a lot. And I gotta admit i really like the writing too
Just a headsup that this video blatantly is wrong about basic plot points. Kaz is very, very much called out throughout the show for being a jerk and does have a character arc. He still has a way to go, but the entire point of the ending is that his experiences with Helena have fundamentally changed how he views the city. There is an entire episode dedicated to calling out Kaz for his misogyny. The finale is him going against his own aunt and the values of Neo Yokio to help Helena. He recognises she's a terrorist BUT directly acknowledges that her actions did lead to positives. The final episode is literally called "I'm Starting To Think Neo Yokio Isn't The Greatest City In The World" - he literally drives through the slums of the city and finds out how the poor are treated. He visibly feels bad for these people and their safety. The ending monologue is about how the city has returned to normal but Kaz fundamentally can't enjoy it the way he use to. Also important - Kaz is NOT a 1%. He is a magistocrat, a class of people who have had to work for their wealth. He's still privileged ofc, but it's pointed out numerous times that even in high society his class isn't highly respected and that they're constantly on the verge of losing everything. It adds something to his character and the themes of the show, the fact that he initially goes so hard for a system he's not even entirely a part of. It also makes the finale, where he aids a terrorist to escape, all the more meaningful. The whole thing of him not charging Charles is wrong too. Yes, Kaz is a jerk that episode but he clearly lets Charles go off numerous times to charge - it's sheer bad luck that he doesn't find a working charger for the entire episode. Kaz prevents him maybe once or twice because of an emergency, he is a jerk, but what happens isn't entirely his fault and he doesn't not care about Charles. The ending introduces Charles' pilot Sadie who is super pivotal for the ending so it does have a purpose. The main plot is the Helena stuff. It is just blatantly wrong that there's nothing of a main story here. The finale incorporates ideas from only 6 episodes to wrap up the story. The show is far from a masterpiece, but there is value here and this video is just blatantly wrong about basic shit.
Speaking as an artist, the animators don't even know how to give the characters consistently-shaped heads and the style is so widely ranging that it looks like a 90s American wants-to-be-a-manga-too-hard comic.
It's like they had a different animator for each character, and each animator had a different favorite anime to pretend to be drawing instead of this one.
I personally feel like the show didn't try to be an anime but to be an anime shitpost. Like it's got it's funny moments and a bunch of shitty anime tropes. I kinda like it at times and sometimes it's really boring. It just feels like Sharknado at times.
I know the point of this show. It's just a giant glorified ad for Toblerone.
I literally can't unsee that now.
Boom
yup
I dont deserve this comment
It probably was, actually. With how short it is, and how all the effort was put into episode 2.
Toblerone was behind it all. They started the mae mae.
This show feels like an abridged series for an anime that doesn't exist.
Exactly
and not even one of the good ones
It’s so bad that it’s genius. The problem with its reception is that people took it seriously lmao. It’s the spirit of abridged anime in its purest form at its peak, and the only reason why people don’t like it is because they tried to find meaning in it
@@SlowZetta exactly, it’s got a sense of humor that people aren’t used to. Like the vaping scene, pure genius.
Yup 😂
I still think it's a passion project. To express Jaden Smith's love for Toblerones.
Or for being rich lol
Oh it's one year later how has that gone for you?
Ofc
I ate one toblerone in my whole life, like, 10 years ago and all I remember is that it was super fucking good
Just don't buy the fucking white chocolate kind
You ate one 10 years ago and never havent eaten one since? Then you've wasted the last 10 years of your life.
I haven’t eaten one in all 18 years of my life
Zeul i had it once at an airport, wow it deserves the hype
@@nicholaswilson1851 me too
its an accidental testament to how disconnected the one percent are
Deep
not accidental lol why do people refuse to give the show credit. Fully half the people who criticize it are like "this show would be good if my reaction to it was intentional on the part of the producers"
Let them eat toblerone.
Yeah but accidents don't happen on their own.
@@stnlystmr yeah im pretty sure some celebrities do look down on people not in the spotlight
A life of a rich spoiled kid, is a life of superficial relationships, superficial struggles and superficial pleasures - isn't that the message? This show itself even is a product of such life. So meta.
@qing agreed
@qing the fuck? It was sympathetic to Helena St Tessero standing against capitalism (she's one of the most likeable charactrs), made fun of Kaz's attachment to consumerist world, made fun of even more Arcangelo's performative stand to consumerism and how obvious it was that he was only doing that to increase viewership and fans' money. Mocking capitalism and consumerism is literally a theme in the series (when most things don't bother doing that on any level).
I'm an anarcho communist and it in no way got me to believe that "capitalism actually works". Even if it's not decidedly open about being anti capitalist (if the creators are), because all it does is follow characters and imply things about them, how is this in any way specifically a problem and puppeting viewers over to support capitalistic things ? Do things really fly that far over your head
Or did you just want to see Arcangelo's performative liberal stand to be portrayed uncritically? Or are you just so incapable of thinking critically and detaching from anything that even seeing a capitalist scenario on screen is tempting to you?
How does one define what kind of struggle is superficial vs which isn’t intellectuals may find the struggle of sports to be superficial because at the end of the day sports players haven’t really contributed to the Greer of society other then temporary entertainment they might inspire people to try to get out of poverty through making tons of money but isn’t that in it of itself superficial so struggle is relative not all the struggle is relatable but all types of struggle is real no matter how superficial it might seem to you
@@jaceofheartstheprinceofbed9415 THE SHOW HAS CHARACTERS PRACTICALLY LOOK RIGHT INTO THE CAMERA AND EXPLAIN THAT HELENA IS THE MAIN CHARACTER! SHE'S THE ONLY ONE WITH A CHARACTER ARC WHICH IS EXEMPLIFIED WHEN THE SHOW ENDS WITH KAZ IN THE SAME PLACE AS HE STARTED!
Glad you enjoyed the show but i'd love to debate the thematic message with you
This whole show feels like it was made as joke and everyone got meme'd
I feel like its a Garsey's Wing or Mad Bull 34 kinda thing. It's fantastically bad that it becomes a classic. I feel that Cosmo has missed the point here.
That being said, I love watching Garsey's Wing and Mad Bull, but I personally didn't like this one as much. However, the inference that it's trying to be a good show that satirizes tropes if totally false, but that's not a criticism. The criticisms leveled at the show are accurate, but ultimately superfluous. It's not like Rebels or something else that isn't good but was trying to be.
No one likes Garsey's wing, but it is INCREDIBLY entertaining, and this show falls into the same category. Neo Yokio isn't trying to be anything good, it's a total accident. And one can find a un-ironic enjoyment of how bad it is. Particularly in "technically" copying anime tropes, but missing all the nuance that makes them work, which is where the entertainment of the show arises.
Well, it is a parody.
i've seen it twice i fucking love it
"It's a joke so it's okay to be bad"
No. Netflix didn't make a show for it to be bad on purpose. They make shows bad because they don't know how to make good ones.
This show is totally meh. It's not even really bad, it's just dull. That's probably worse.
This show is the definition of a "you're too poor to understand it" joke.
Ok
Ok
Well I'm currently poor and not only did I understand I also greatly appreciated this Anime and would love to see it make a return. I binged it a couple of times before Netflix pulled it 🤷🏾♂️🙌🏾✊🏾
Ok
@@tylerthompson9822 trash show
Some rich bastards decided to make a show about rich bastards. 10/10 fml
why the MC makes sense creator is 1% how the hell would he able to relate to 99% of people
I haven't seen the show but if episode 2 is actually good, then it is probably because someone who could actually write, helped write it, and then got the shaft after it was done, it is also probably because the creator realized how much work, time, and money went in to animating action scenes, and chose not to put in the effort to keep making them.
Savion Smith and that’s how deep it really goes
You call 11 minutes a quickie?
LISTEN
he was talking about his sex life
I wish
I do.
God DAAAAYUM
Seems like a show made by two dudes who have way too much money and time on their hands.
And Jude Law who cant resist sucking the dick of anything remotely progressive. Im surprised he didnt work on After Earth, I guess it was too sexist. (yet somehow this show isnt?)
Their
Future screenwriter, forgets to use "their".
Jude Law seems like a decent guy, seems like more of a cash thing.
Metropolis Pictures OH WAIT IT IS.
unironically love this show for its transparently vapid and unlikeable characters, stupid and inconsequential plot points and just general theming. I think it's so far from what I expected and so absurd it's just fun to watch because it subverts everything you expect to watch.
Agreed! I wish there was a season 3
THANK YOU
EXACTLY. I hate that I love how far up its own ass this show is.
Same Netflix give us season 3 😭
Fr it be like that
So, it's basically "a celebrities point of view" the show?
Congratulation you found the show`s point.
To bad it doesn`t make it less "sucky"
Because celebrity worship is too alive and well in today's society. Hollywood know they can rub their vanity and degeneracy in the faces of normal people and there'll always be a huge group of us taking it to mean something good for us. I mean, there are people out there who genuinely believe Kanye West is an intellectual.
Just because Morgan Freeman says something, doesn't make it less or more true than something my neighbour said, he's just an actor, not some godlike creature.
Actually I think I found exactly why the show is sucky in the first place.
It celebrates the celeb-brats.
Cosmonaut Variety Hour is wrong actually. Ezra of course knows these are a bad thing, he's a fucking Twitter Communist lol. The show is a critique on Capitalism and the culture of elite out of touch shitheads. Kaz is a bad person, but he has no redemption arc because a redemption arc would be him overthrowing Capitalism. The show even critiques the Socialist character for the fact that while she rallies against the evils of Capitalism, she does so as a billionaire heiress from her bedroom in an elite house and her actions are only on the internet.
When Ezra says the show isn't satire, it's a fucking joke, because it would be implying that the take on rich people is satirical, it isn't, this is actually how they are.
To understand the subculture of the creator, go look up the "Dirtbag left" and podcasts like ChapoTrapHouse, everything is stepped in 1000 layers of irony and satire. Ezra is just talking shit to interviewers. The show is 100% not celebrating elites because as we see in the final episode, the demons are actually the vengeful souls of the working class who have been thrown to the trash heap by the rich.
Also the joke with the Robot breaking down isn't that there isn't consequences, it shows that INSIDE THE ROBOT is a brainwashed pilot which everyone realised was in there but Kaz didn't know because he's such a vapid piece of shit he doesn't even acknowledge his slaves as human. The joke is the consequence is they have to catch public transport home, the worst thing possible for these rich kids of instagram.
I really struggle how so many anime fans miss the point of this show and don't get any of it's commentary? Are weebs really that fucking autistic?
I was gonna comment to a similar effect, this anime seems to fit into the "Slice of life" kind of anime... except badly written, and the life it's a slice of is of a privileged rich kid
Boondocks is the best black anime
M.C facts
#UncleRuckus
Sorry but nope. That honor goes to Black Dynamite.
@@halfdemonprince Naw
Lol it is though it is not an anime or it could be
My mans lil uzi vert finally got an anime
Aldagusta YEAH
GravityZero 😂😂😂😂😂😂
☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
MrFlipperInvader782 lil pump isn't black
Nah FAM. It's fockin black lil pump
"Kaz, I gotta go. *SNACKS ARE READY* ".
Have some Toblerone
That is the whitest robot I have ever seen.
YowLife Productions lmfao
YowLife Productions casual racism in the comments
Wonder if there's some symbolic meaning behind that.
YowLife Productions it looks like a deviantART interpretation of Transformers
YowLife Productions ....jackass...
This show feels like an encapsulation of what mainstream popular culture thought 90s dubbed anime was like. It’s like an Adult Swim mid-roll parroting a Sailor Moon episode.
It's like this. It's like watching an abridged version of what it's supossed to actually be, too.
These are my thoughts. It seems like a telephone game version of anime some dude who watched like five collective episodes of Gundam and Sailor Moon thought was anime and heard it was cool and he took "inspiration" from, and that's their entire contact with any of it. It's absurd.
People who didn't grow in the 90s shouldn't comment on that. The show is extremely influenced by 90's anime.
Jugal Why exactly? You can be familiar with things that existed before you were born. I mean if you didn't you'd be unfamiliar wth a majority of human culture.
this feels like what it must feel like to slowly lose brain cells and be aware that you're slowly getting dumber......
You don't deserve this big Toblerone . . .
Ezra Koenig deserves the very biggest of Toblerones up his disingenuous Vietnamese cartoon-makin' ass.
this show does deserve to be flushed down the toilet
Ironically, by not being a social commentary, this show says more about the vanity and soullessness of rich people than any social commentary could.
hmm… it’s almost like it’s intentional…
@@kramerius2219it isn’t
but it literally is social commentary, i can't understand how the guy making the video and most of the comment section fail to see that. It's so clearly making fun of the rich
@@Dragonwing16it accidentally makes fun of people. Just because the audience found their own interpretation does not mean it’s not easy to see the creator itself had no intention or theme behind it at all. Y’all literally missing the part where the creator STATED this. He literally shows you in the video. They did not do that on purpose at all. An audience finding a theme in a show intended to not have one. Does not make a good show. It makes it a guilty pleasure. A “cult” project. At best.
@@FirstLast-lw5whthe fact that you think it’s not is crazy to me
I really, unironically enjoy this show for how absurd it is. To me, it feels like the abridged series of Jaden Smith's life XD
Nat Bray "XD" that fucking face sells it, fucking douchebag, are you like 12?
That's how I saw it
literally how i see it
@@hiroparadise8152 wtf? Did that comment triggered you so much, kid?
@@hiroparadise8152 calm down there you seething incel
"Kaz, I gotta go...Snacks are ready."
That legit made me laugh. XD
"good thing i brought my vape"
You don't deserve this big Toblerone.
Mugen The Lightskin you don't deserve the high ground
Jayden needs NEEDS an acting and speech class.
He blurs his words together all the time.
He NEEDs to go away.
He's too rich to care
sjbrooksy45 dang...
@@higoralves3132 money runs out dude, and once his dad is done, hes done
@@amcheeze6782 he's been out from under his parents bruh 🤦♂️. His music is his main area of income which is great btw. Stop assuming bruh
Good thing I brought my vape
Remember to vape while watching every Neo Yokio review
Its a show explipmifiying narcissism DONE
Russell I hope you don't strain your muscles with that extreme REACH.
I want someone to make an abridged series of this. It'll be like Sword Art Online Abridged, where it makes up for the fact that it's source material is garbage by being way better than the source material.
It feels like an abridged version of itself.
Omg yes
Yes. YEEEEEESSSSSS.
You can't abridge a parody.
Abridging literally means to make a shorter version. Maybe it can be a one shot episode.
I don't even consider this an anime
It's at least produced by a Japanese studio, so it's more anime than say, Avatar the Last Airbender.
It looks like a pale imitation of anime
It looks like the person who created this just got into anime
This is what a weaboo would make
S3BABYBOY yeah it's more of a bootleg of an anime than a literal anime itself.
I laughed hysterically the whole series, but for the same reason I once watched The Happening when I was in the mood for a comedy.
Same
This show is gold
Not a comedy
Not a commentary
No effort
No meaning
Is Jaden becoming more nihilistic? I thought he was more of an existentialist
TBPepper the whole point was that it is an abridged series about capitalism in america you ignorant swine.
TBPepper ITS A JOKE
How can it be an abridged series if this is the original series?
Sara Irvin the whole point of the video is that it's not and is actually just more of the Hollywood Who's Who patting themselves on the back, you blind buffoon.
Sara Irvin Except it's not. Ghost Stories was an Abridged Dub with linear story arc, but it's still an abridged dub because the source material took itself seriously. The Ghost Story Dub has clever use of pop culture references and parodies of anime. The people in charge said it was a bit ahead of its time because they missed out on making jokes about the Mel Gibson controversey. There was no self awareness in this cartoon. The only novelty it has is a novelty Toblorone. Ayyyyyy!
Jaden Smith is a terrible voice actor.
I like it but i think it's something bad
Jaden Smith is a terrible actor.
Ignacio Cañas He did a really good performance in Karate kid and persuit of Happiness.
In Pursuit of Happiness maybe, in Karate Kid not really...
That's why I couldn't get through the first episode
When celebrities try and make something outside of being a celebrity
Dolphins will take over Jayden Smith can't do anything period honestly. He's a little ungrateful shit since he demanded from his father at 15 to be... I forget the term. Basically like emancipated or whatever to be considered an adult because boy there wanted any money he got to go straight to him. Like his dad would steal or do him dirty, or even take his money. He's garbage, can't act at all or nothing and is spoiled asf
wrong, Jaden Smith is great
Ronan D
He is great but this show was terrible
But how do people become celebrities? Maybe children of celebrities, ex-girlfriends of celebrities, children of rich people, just shouldn't be celebrities.
Why does the main character look like a mumble rapper
@M1903 Springfield 😂😂😂😂you deserve more likes
@@noahelwood7355??? 😂
Xavien_N ur probably thinking of lil uzi vert
@@ilovenickbutidontlikeyou Honestly i feel like this anime would have been 10x better if the main character was a Lil Uzi self insert
ImaWalrus98 u not lying 🤷🏾♂️
I find the series accidentally brilliant because of how shallow and meaningless everything is and how empty it is. It's so poor that it's entertaining, to me at least.
The Room, basically.
No The Room actually has heart. This just seems shallow.
the mochesian same
Just like The Room. Lol
Exactly it's not that bad it shouldn't had a finished plot its like a subtle entertaining .
I saw it on Netflix and immediately avoided the shit. Didn't know Jaden "My Eyes Don't Exist" Smith was in the show. Mow I'm never gonna watch this show.
Mow
Shawn Zamir FFXV now*
I'm glad I watched the first episode before I knew it was Jaden Smith. Damn, it's confusing.
well steve "you think god stays in heaven because he too fears what he created" buscemi is also in it apparently so... that sort of counter acts jaden
Shawn Zamir FFXV same but I knew Jaden Smith was in it
The art design in this 'anime' looks really bad. Why does it look less anime than The Boondocks?
But here's the thing, at least with the Boondocks, the creator of the show himself mentioned how the anime "Afro Samurai" mesmerized and inspired into creating the Boondocks in the first place. And the Boondocks actually has amazing art, so you can tell how much passion and effort actually went into creating that show. But with this show "Neo Yokio," there's no homage to anything. The storyline is little to non existent, and the characters look like horrible drawings that one would find in a very very low budget KidsWB 1:00 AM show, from the early 1990s. Artist with real passion about something, even if they themselves suck at drawing, will usually make an effort to outsource good animators to produce their project, and they'll also actually put effort into a well written meaningful story, which this cartoon fails to do on all fronts. With the Boondocks, even though it is a somewhat inappropriate adult comedy lol, it still pays homage or tribute to the Afro Samurai and Japanese animation, however comparing Neo Yokio to anime would be a disgrace.
Even with the Japanese anime called "Boku no Hero" otherwise known as "My hero academia," the creator of that show was heavily influenced by American comic book heroes. And you can see it in his art and storytelling. Even though I'm not much of a fan of the series tbh, (since the way one explosion character is written makes me want to pull my hair out lol) you can see how much passion went into the show. The creator of the series is a HUGE comic book fan, and has a Christmas tree of superhero figurines stacked on top of each other in his house, xD I'm not exaggerating. Neo Yokio is the perfect example of what a half *ssed project looks like compared to a passion project like the Boondocks and My hero academia.
Update: Oh wait, now that I think about it Boondocks may have been influenced by "samurai champloo" instead, but I can't remember oh well xD
I here you man, I can't stand Bakugo either.
Bakugo has no chill. He gets a little better over time though.
Why do the girls have bandages on their heads it looks stupid its like they got a lobotomy or something
The whole purpose of this "anime" is that it's a low budget parody. It isn't that hard to understand.
As you were saying "This show isn't funny" and playing the clips I was laughing at the French Canadian driver joke lmao
I don't think it doesn't try, it's definitely an absurdist comedy. I just think it takes a certain sense of humour
It's one of the funniest animes I've ever seen. Sad it wasn't appreciate. Very dry. Very silly.
@@heytherescooterboys922 People are unironically so stupid they can't understand even the most basic satire now. Wtf happened to society? This show would have been a riot in the 90's but todays kids are just incapable of getting the dryness of the humor. at all. This show is almost identical to something like Seinfeld, the most popular show of the 90's. But I guess if Seinfeld had come out in the 2010's everyone would have hated it because Jerry was an asshole. What the hell happened to society?? Is it the schools? Something in the water? Something clearly happened.
@@nomorenames5568 considering there's a lot of people with dry or just pretty absurd humor on the internet that are decently young, I'd say it's more bitter people that are always looking for something to hate on rather than thinking critically and realizing-its not being serious. I just found out about this show today and I immediately got the idea that it wasn't serious (or totally serious) from small clips, but I understand that's just me. Still, I'm fairly certain if a high school teacher were to randomly put this on, kids would be at least intrigued.
But imo, even if one may say the show wasn't treated fairly by critical people who focused on meaningless crap over what could actually be an issue (as far as I'm aware, almost nothing), I don't think it's necessary to keep doing this "society" thing. Things change, some for the better, others obviously for the worse. And since younger gens are learning from older ones, wouldn't the "real blame" be on the previous generations, as the newer ones are just following-for the most part-what they were taught?
Just an additional "complaint" of mine, I really don't like seeing generations fight over who was better or had better stuff, especially when they experience such different lives based on _everything._
i find this series incredibly funny. it’s just someone’s sense of humor which is mostly based on your upbringing.
the point is this: Jaiden Smith wanted an anime, and his dad made it happen
Grass grows, sun shines, and Jaden Smith has too much money and not enough sense. All is normal in the world.
He does have alot of his own things going on between music and fashion so i dont think his father damn sure has nothin to do with this bore😂🤔
Panty and Stocking was amazing.
The worst part of postmodernism is how it became an easy excuse for bad writing. Regardless of if that makes sense from a "proper" postmodern perspective, it's how postmodernism is viewed--as a nebulous something about defying expectations somehow. And we expect shows to be good, right?
Were living in the age of meme
bojack horseman is a postmodernists work of art, do you believe that bojack is bad?
@@TheMikediaz100 Bojack Horseman is a really good show. I think shows like Neo Yokio, however, get to use the excuse of postmodernism to explain its faults, when it's really just a bad show. And if someone calls out its flaws, then fans can say that it's actually just a piece of postmodern art, and it's to progressive for its critiques. But postmodern or not, anything can be critiqued with various methods. As the Cosmonaut Variety Hour pointed out, even if you're not a fan of a show, there are still elements you can appreciate. I'd argue that even if you didn't like Bojack, you could appreciate many aspects of the show. But Neo Yokio doesn't seem to have any redeeming qualities at all, postmodern or not.
It's not post-modernism, but I think you overthought this a bit
Take it easy edgelord it's just a cartoon
I frigging love this show tho, it’s like being high without being high.
Yes thank you
bro just smoke weed like everyone else
And even better when you watch it while your actually high.
Have you ever been high
@@yaboi3339 weed isn’t legal everywhere, why take the chance when I can just watch this “bruh”
Its what people who don't watch anime think anime Is. ..
it's what anime should be.
I watch anime and I still liked it
Nishant Waheng, let me guess, some form of “my hero”, “AoT”, “SAO”, “Tokyo ghoul”, “fairytale” and “death note”?
If you answered yes to at least 3 of these you have purchased the baby’s first anime edgy boy edition.
Half of Death Note is really great. I don't know what "My Hero" is but the rest of those suck.
Airi Akizuki, my hero academia or boku no hero academia.
Death note is garbage. Fite me.
Neo Yokio is like "The Room" for animated series. That's probably why I thought it was pretty funny.
PermianExtinction ok it wasent thay bad lol
dude the room isn't boring like this
The Room lacked self-awareness though.
Or like Rebeca Black "Friday" song? It exist just because they can pay it? Would this be a new trend?
NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo, the room was funny for 95% of the movie. This show was funny for like 20% and boring 80%
I found this show frequently funny, though I suspect for entirely unintended reasons. Jaden Smith's brand of melodrama is so absurd and over the top that it usually illicits a smile from me. The problem is, the writers don't realize this strength (if you can even call it that) and don't attempt to lean into it. In fact, there are fewer and fewer moments of this way-too-far pretentious melancholy as the series goes on.
That being said, I agree with virtually every single one of Cosmo's points in the video. Though I personally enjoyed aspects of this show, I would not recommend it.
This is my exact experience with the show as well. I only got to ep 3 though.
Same here. I genuinely enjoy Kaz as a character because I find his extreme self absorption and melodramatic tendencies to be one of those "crosses the line twice" kind of things.
I think this is more like "The room" of anime. It's fun but for all the wrong reasons.
+julie martinez not it isn't, mainly because none of them are smart enough to write absurdist humour. Have a look at Boris Vian's work for a good entry point into absurdist humour.
Most of the comedy is intended, people just don't get it's supposed to be bad on purpose, while also being bad, while also being not bad.
I knew there was a reason why I was so fascinated by this show’s absolutely insane story and pacing and this made me realize that it’s JUST an anime about Jaden Smith that he and Ezra tricked Netflix into funding.
I mean I love it cause it’s batshit and I’m just floored by all of the things this show does but I unironically love bad stuff for the sheer audacity of it in general.
The horrible animation, the voice acting, the weird borgoise world building, getting Jude-FUCKinG-LAW to voice the Robo butler?!!! It’s the biggest train wreck of a barely cohesive story I’ve ever seen and it makes me giggle between jaw drops of “what the fuck.”
I think it's because Jaden had this fantasy of being in an anime, and he's rich & connected enough to do it
i love this show and unironically think a lot of the lines are pretty comedic. Maybe it’s from my brown experience in america but their are q a few cultural references and jokes riddled throughout. admittedly they’re not the most clever example of these cultural jokes but they still get a chuckle. i like this show the way i like youtube poop
how is the animation horrible? looks normal to me
@@umay-im7tw You're entitled to your opinion man, but if you watch enough "mainstream" anime you'll see a difference in quality to Neo Yokio
I guess the animation decent(it's not)
i actually enjoyed this show because of the way i could just sit back and relax while watching it. it was a calming meditative experience for me.
@The Bandog 😂🤣
I got to say...I love this anime...but in a like The room type of loving. I really hope we will Get more episodes.
its not considered an anime, its only in anime art style of Japan
bern
It sucks
How can this show be anime, if our eyes aren't anime.
Seriously though, call it whatever you want. Call it "The Bible 2: Electric Bugaloo" for all I care.
Well I have news for you. Neo Yokio is not over yet
This show is funny as hell just watching it as a absurdist comedy, the amount of nonsequiters and warped logic of the characters is comedy gold, not to mention Jaden Smith, Steve Buscemi, and shit like the big Toblerone
I thought so too my dude.
Now Yokio fans: YOU DON’T DESERVE MY TOBLERONE
also Neo Yokio fans: "YOU sPELled mY FaVOuRite SHOw wrOng, sO WHaT yoU aRe sayING is INVALID"
How dare he misspell New Tokio!
It’s bait. They’re trying to provoke a reaction from anime fans by calling it a parody but targeting it at dude bros and edgy teens.
It’s what people who have no idea what anime is think anime is or at least a very condescending look into it. The endgame is to bait a flame war between people who take Jaden Smith’s twitter seriously and insecure anime fans. Which thankfully did not happen.
They were trying to make a viral video and that’s it.
xjayshao it's not even any of that. It was simply an empty whim by some bored celebrities with no vision, and nothing more. There wasn't even really a target audience. And somehow, that's worse.
parody would mean it makes fun of stuff or have references, this show has none of those so basically its just bad cartoon and its NOT FUNNY
xjayshao No, it doesn't even hide that it's not a parody. Ghost Stories is a parody. Well, at least the English Dub is. I freaking love that show. The only reaction this can illicit is annoyance on account of its awful voice acting. Especially Helena. The only one who's trying is that mech.
I mean if you actually read my comment you might see that I called it bait pretending to be parody and not actual parody. It targets people who already have preconceived negative impressions of anime and then jerks them off by confirming those biases. Meanwhile pissing off those who actually enjoy anime as a medium.
Some people don't understand anime humor? Let's turn it up to 10 and make it genuinely unfunny.
Ridiculous settings and characters? Make it even more ridiculous and pointless without any hint of world building or meaning.
Hate Japanese voice acting for some reason? I mean sure there might be some legit points to be made here but hey, let's just get the actual worst actor ever to voice our protagonist to reinforce our bias.
Of course, even that might just be giving them too much credit, but what I saw here was an attempt for manufacture a viral video that failed spectacularly.
xjayshao Woop there it is
I've never seen this show but the second I heard the creator saying that he made that opera singing character's hair blue because of Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus I knew he was trolling. Dude's got a real weird sense of humor but there's no way this shit isn't intentional in some way.
Stu Pot ALOT of ppl dont seem to get this...which i guess is kinda the point of trolling lol
Ritzer Mcgoerk ...you know this show was made by a white guy right?
Ritzer Mcgoerk Soooo that was racist AF
Javier Valencia Don't feed the edgelord's attention span with your shock or disdain.
Ritzer Mcgoerk You're not a very good troll.
Shitpost: the anime
I respect your option but damn I find this show oddly charming. I even love Jaden Smith's dead inside shitty voice acting. And I don't even have a twitter account so this isn't just the hype talking. Good review though with fair points.
I think no one else but Jaden Smith could play this character. He’s so just, bizzare and narcissistic in every way that I could only imagine Jaden playing this role. Weather that makes it good, up to you, I’m personally conflicted
@@sleeplessdistrict3897
Jaden is truly an enigma
Literally after watching Devilman Crybaby my standards for anime, symbolism, music, concepts, and themes have just SKYROCKETED
SAME!!
Watch more by the same director. Ping Pong the Animation is literally a masterpiece. Tatami Galaxy and Kaiba are quite good as well
Indeed, the only reason I managed to get through this was that it was so bad that I was laughing. And the episodes are only a few minutes long. And there were only a few of them. And yes, it was boring. But I had another computer that was rebuilding and patching Windows 10, so naturally I had time.
OTOH, Bo Jack is a personal guilty pleasure, but indeed, compared to Neo Yokio, is worthy of an Oscar.
Ken Davis BoJack is written pretty well for the most part
Ken Davis Bojack is legendary and anyone who tells you otherwise should be murdered
It's pretty good with a solid style. My only problem is that sometimes they run the same or similar jokes a little too frequent to be considered a callback. It's rare though.
WHOS TALKIN SHIT ABOUT BOJACK?!?
I meant no disrespect to the Bojack! LOL, I have watched every episode (most more than once). Nothing but love from me for Bojack Horseman. I only consider Bojack a "guilty pleasure" because I am an old fart who shouldn't be watching cartoons. Well, to heck with it, I am going to continue to!
But seriously, "best shows on Netflix"? I'll raise you "Stranger Things" and "The OA".
It's been a long and seriously messed up day today with the crap that went down and the rising death toll in Las Vegas, so peace, Bro9650.
Honestly I avoided it just because of the cover! I mean really? It looks like the cover to a twelve year old girls yaoi fic on Wattpad!
Exactly. Holy shit, I have rarely seen art this poor. It's exactly the kind of infantile conception you'd expect from a preteen just starting out as a weaboo amateur artist on deviantart. Everything about the design is outrageously bad.
A Duck yeah, just the character on the front looks like they used one of those crappy avatar makers!
Carsen McEdgeLord exactly, you do get this show is trying to parody pretty much every anime/anime fandom trope right?
Luke Duran
No. It isnt.
Haley F so you think a show a show with a ridiculous size Toblerone isn't trying to be a parody. What the hell is it supposed to be then?
The "point" is that Netflix will green light anything.
Anything.
*ANYTHING.*
facts, especially if there is some sort of big name behind it.
Seeing this when cuties came out a few weeks/months ago.
But also good stuff will get like 2 seasons at best
How fucking high did the Netflix CEO have to get to allow this when a shitload of people are STILL waiting for knights of sidonia season 3....
Also good video Im subbing!
Cause rich people are rich.
Money buys pretty much everything.
Handsome Jack That and moar castlevania
Because two comparatively richer people wanted to do it, so Netflix agreed. Because of money. Ironic that it sucks.
Guys I figured it out! This show is amazing! Brilliant! Magnificent!
A cure to insomnia!
I wish but it's impossible for me to sleep when my brain is being stimulated by light and sound.
Although if I mute the tv and just have some background light, which is a major waste of electricity by the way, I could go to sleep but to be honest it's easier for me to sleep during the day because my room is light but I have certians to block the light and it's usually quiet enough even though I live in an apartment block I can usually sleep through a thunderstorm or a cyclone or an earthquake so some people slamming their fucking doors every time they go out won't really bother me.
Then as the old Funimation motto went I should be watching
I really enjoyed this show because i didn't search for meaning or shit, just enjoyed it.
exactly thats part of the point!
Same
Honestly
yup me too
MOMO exactly
What I really didn’t like was how the show looked. Everything seemed so flat and boring I liked the style but it feels half finished. Like they got the colors in a bit of shading and they called it a day
Kinda reminds of boondocks but not as good
This show's art style looks like someone just took a Newgrounds animation and brought it to Netflix
pooballify this is the comment ive been looking for
The funny thing is newgrounds has animators on there who put way more effort in than these guys did.
the art is actually done by a proper japanese animation company lol
Figuring the creative director is best know for Animation Domination High-Def that shouldn't surprise anyone.
It actually reminds me of this oldish anime called Best Student Council.
The biggest proof the creator couldn't give less of a shit about the final product is having Jaden Smith do Voice Over. This guy simply can not talk. He doesn't have a pleasant voice and mumbles. From what I've heard in your review, his speech is hardly any better than in after Earth (and in that movie he was even supposed to talk weird)
Sheepy007 Jaden makes the charactet and the show muuuch more entertaining. It just fit kaz so damn well
Jaden acted in the get down and he was great
Jaden is just riding out his father's fame. If he had nothing connecting him to Hollywood he would be just another useless unsuccessful piece of shit. I didn't even know the actor was him before watching this. I just thought they found a random shit actor who was cheap as fuck.
Tbh though it was bad I was extremely jealous. I wish I had enough money to make my own animation I would pour my entire heart into it. Also to have the chance to make black anime characters, what a wasted opportunity makes me sigh.
what type of anime would you make?
I have the same problem. One of my lifelong dreams is making my own animated movie, but even if I had the money to do so I wouldn't unless I had a clear message that I want to tel trough the narrative of the movie (without it being ham-fisted) Seeing a chance of positively influencing others being wasted is heartbreaking really.
Well I've had this idea for a comic I've been working on for a little over a year now. It takes place in a fictional ancient world following a small group of elite soldiers (both male and female) who's main purpose is to do the kings dirty work. The main theme of it is what it truly means for a person to be strong or brave and is it better to accept what you are told or think for yourself. Its kinda of a philosophical story. Thanks for asking btw!
Sounds pretty cool if you ask me. I myself have been wanting to animate a book my friend is writing, but you know, money and publishers...
JaDe Bay Envious* Jealousy is when you don't want others to have what you do
Man watching all these frames made me remember how much I love this show
Yeah, I love the Cosmonaut Variety Hour
NO ITS A MASTERPIECE
TOBLERONE
;-;
If you're rich, netflix will pay you and a bunch of your friends to make absolute trash.
Neo Yokio was originally set to air on the ADHD Fox Block. Netflix just adopted it and made it bigger and longer.
Hilarious trash
what a time to be alive
Glorious trash that the world has been blessed to receive
The voice acting for this show is less impressive than that done by a poorly abridged anime
Rich entitled dudes that are bored + Netflix who throws money at everything = Neo Yokio
Also I weirdly can't stop watching it, as if I keep expecting it to get better.
@The Bandog That was me back in the day when I tried to watch mediocre CN shows like Clarence or Teen Titans Go
I smell feminism. I must slay it.
@@portablerefrigerator4902 Ok Ben Shapiro
@@WiloPolis03 abide peasantry!
@@portablerefrigerator4902 Eh maybe
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i unironically really like this show. i don’t know if i was ever supposed to but i never really took it seriously and i just enjoyed its goofiness. i’m not saying it’s great but i just like it
If you like it,more power to ya, man
Saaaammmeeeee
Jeff D same
julie martinez the creators rook it seriously
Same ❤❤❤
"Good thing I brought my vape!"
*Vapes evilly*
So he's just as clueless and spoiled as the kid who voices him? Imagine my *shock*
From what i gather its more or less just the animefied version of him
Oh my god i swear i thought somebody dubbed their voice over the series as a joke
I'm pretty sure that was the point.
I acknowledge that it's complete trash, but I find something weirdly charming about the show that I can't explain
Lemme guess. The "so bad it's good" category? I feel the same.
Honestly I feel the same way. I love it on some sort of hidden wavelength.
That's the point. It's a trash-film in anime form. Who cares if it was intended or not.
I liked Neo Yokio in a so bad it's good kinda way
CancerGamer364 same, it’s so bad that it’s hilarious
I watched it mearly cuz the first episode literally told me the show was gonna be a meme and thats all it was lmao
This is why the new Vampire Weekend album took so long
Lol that's just what I commented but in slightly different wording.
Father of the Bride was an apology for this show
You can call a literal piece of shit art but at the end of the day it's still, in fact, a piece of shit.
TheFauxPaws you can call art a piece of shit, but at the end of the day its still art
Leopard Titus you forgot the word literal ;) there was a reason it's necessary to my point
Leopard Titus You can also scribble a name on a urinal and call it art, but that doesn't mean it is.
TheFauxPaws if it's in reference to nio yokio then you're using the word "literal" wrong.
This review is neo-riche.
i am NOT NEO RICHE!!
Don't say that aunt Agatha
When random american celebrities try to make anime and dont know what they are doing. Cory in the house is better.
I'm sick of the meme but i rather be watching Cory in the house then this garbage
When Cory in the House is unironically better
You sound like a fucking weeb
I know I’m late as hell but this anime is actually hilarious and way more self aware than people give it credit for. Jaden knows he’s a meme.
The Bobandy i agree
the number of comments here saying "bro it's satire you're just taking it too seriously/you don't get it" make me wonder how many people even watched the video before typing that shit up. Cosmonaut LITERALLY put examples on screen of the creators saying it wasn't a parody or satire, it was as serious as a heart attack lol.
good video, awful show.
I wonder if ppl are srsly just trying to seem smart or if there are that many ppl so accustomed to assuming their interpretation to be correct they cant fathom that theyre reading meaning into a meaningless work.
Description of this show: "Life is so difficult when you are perfect only 99.99% of the time!"
To be honest, I am actually interesting in checking it out (even if I know it is not good). How unfortunate that who knows how much money, time, and effort went into making this when all that could have went into something else. Someone could have made a Static Shock movie or something.
Literally all entertainment is a waste of time, energy, and money when your metric for being a waste is what other things it could be used on.
Way too many people think this is a, "serious anime." There are so many obvious signs that it's supposed to be absurd.
like the one where the guy who made it said it wasn't satirical?
Wrong. He stated that it wasnt a commentary on issues and wasnt a parody of anime. Never was it about the satirical intentions or even lack there of.
Satire - noun: the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.
The issue is that Jaiden Smith is literally too fucking rich to get that the reason this show sucked so much is because no one likes overly rich people
Here is a good reminder that if you make something crappy, people will notice it, and tell you about it. I'm not saying this negatively, I think criticism is good. But a word of caution to all aspiring artists, make your art with heart. Don't make things for the heck of it.
Thomas Morris
You should absolutely make stuff for the heck of it.
Problem comes when you make low-effort stuff and expect people to like it.
You probably meant the same thing, i just wanted to be the "um actually"-guy
Sorry Thomas i love you
Aw I love you too BURHD.
You're both so sweet... ;-;
So on top of this this show has NO SOUNDTRACK . I googled it and I've only found one ost and the intro that's it .
I can’t help but laugh. Like..I’m not surprised..but at the same time, floored that they didn’t even BOTHER 🤣
Does anyone else randomly find this in your suggested box to the right
yews
Yes. Netflix kept shoving it in every category, to get me to watch it. How to ruin a show with an all-star cast: pick Jaden Smith as the lead role.
So glad you did this - I was beginning to think I was the only person who was hating on this (non) show
This video is what showed me Panty and Stocking, now one of my favorite anime. Thanks my dude.
The point of the show is banality of the 1%. It's hilarious AND I got to use a big word in this comment.
ooh, you used a big word, big boy here
I look it as a so bad it is good show. I find it tries to be thuggish and fancy at the same time and it is hilarious.
Arith The Medic "Thuggish"
What the hell are you talking about?
The random shouting of profanity or how every now and then Kaz breaks into slang.
I am so happy that someone knows about Airplane! it is one of my favorite comedy movies of all time.
This show is such crap. I don't usually bash stuff like this, but for the life of me I just couldn't see a point in this show. I tried, I really did. There was no ability to connect to any of the characters whatsoever. In fact, they were all so shallow, vain, narcissistic and high class snobs, that I had a hard time figuring out which character was a worse person, and who I wanted to punch more. The fact that these characters are based on the personalities of the people who made it just shows that not only is it a garbage show made by idiots with no idea what they were doing, but that the people who made it were also terrible people on top of that
Was never interested in seeing it in the first place because the animation is so bland and tasteless. Good thing to know that the writing is just as boring
It's just a vain and empty show, made by vain and empty people.
Jetpack Rorschach It’s satire don’t take it seriously
It's not satire, it's just a terribly pointless and vain passion project for two rich idiots who have absolutely no self-awareness of their own vapid emptiness. There is NO deeper meaning to it, it has NO self-aware satirical commentary in it, and there is NO reason for its existence outside the fact that a pretentious asshole from a band, and a mentally slow awkward rich kid felt like making an anime together. IT HAS ABSOLUTELY NO MERIT IN ANYWAY WHATSOEVER BESIDES A FEW MEMES ABOUT GIANT TOBLERONES!
It's terrible it doesn't matter whether it's satire or not (unfortunately it is) it's a half assed job.....actually that would be a fucking compliment. They made no effort whatsoever......they couldn't even DO a half ass job. -_-
Jetpack Rorschach damn. You're really angry over this show. That's amazing. Thank you for causing me to enjoy it just a little bit more
Melodyofthesea78 seems pretty good to me. I thought the animating was beautiful and I like the character design and the voice acting a lot. And I gotta admit i really like the writing too
Just a headsup that this video blatantly is wrong about basic plot points. Kaz is very, very much called out throughout the show for being a jerk and does have a character arc. He still has a way to go, but the entire point of the ending is that his experiences with Helena have fundamentally changed how he views the city.
There is an entire episode dedicated to calling out Kaz for his misogyny. The finale is him going against his own aunt and the values of Neo Yokio to help Helena. He recognises she's a terrorist BUT directly acknowledges that her actions did lead to positives. The final episode is literally called "I'm Starting To Think Neo Yokio Isn't The Greatest City In The World" - he literally drives through the slums of the city and finds out how the poor are treated. He visibly feels bad for these people and their safety. The ending monologue is about how the city has returned to normal but Kaz fundamentally can't enjoy it the way he use to.
Also important - Kaz is NOT a 1%. He is a magistocrat, a class of people who have had to work for their wealth. He's still privileged ofc, but it's pointed out numerous times that even in high society his class isn't highly respected and that they're constantly on the verge of losing everything. It adds something to his character and the themes of the show, the fact that he initially goes so hard for a system he's not even entirely a part of. It also makes the finale, where he aids a terrorist to escape, all the more meaningful.
The whole thing of him not charging Charles is wrong too. Yes, Kaz is a jerk that episode but he clearly lets Charles go off numerous times to charge - it's sheer bad luck that he doesn't find a working charger for the entire episode. Kaz prevents him maybe once or twice because of an emergency, he is a jerk, but what happens isn't entirely his fault and he doesn't not care about Charles. The ending introduces Charles' pilot Sadie who is super pivotal for the ending so it does have a purpose.
The main plot is the Helena stuff. It is just blatantly wrong that there's nothing of a main story here. The finale incorporates ideas from only 6 episodes to wrap up the story. The show is far from a masterpiece, but there is value here and this video is just blatantly wrong about basic shit.
I couldn't get past the first 10 minutes because of the voice acting.
Really glad I didn't
I got past the intro before i quit for the same reason.
Speaking as an artist, the animators don't even know how to give the characters consistently-shaped heads and the style is so widely ranging that it looks like a 90s American wants-to-be-a-manga-too-hard comic.
It's like they had a different animator for each character, and each animator had a different favorite anime to pretend to be drawing instead of this one.
I personally feel like the show didn't try to be an anime but to be an anime shitpost. Like it's got it's funny moments and a bunch of shitty anime tropes. I kinda like it at times and sometimes it's really boring. It just feels like Sharknado at times.
This show was great, you’ve clearly taken it too seriously. It’s a laugh. He’s meant to be a shit human that’s the funny part.