Pop Team Epic is what happens when animators are stuck working on generic romcoms for years and they're let out of their cage with some creative freedom.
"WE'RE FINALLY FUCKING FREE! AND WE JUST GOT HIRED ON A NEW SHOW!" "What is it?" "A comedy anime without a plot. What should we do?" "We're finally free to write what we want, what *shouldn't* we do?"
The real reason is probably funnier. Bkub Okawa, the original manga author actually made up the fake romcom to show people that he could actually draw and was a real artist since the rest of the Pop Team Epic manga is just small 4 panel stories that look like simple memes and shitposts.
Anyone still remember the feeling when we thought we clicked on the wrong anime at the beginning and refreshed the page at least 3 times to make sure we aren't wrong
Well I watched the episode on a website but I did think it was weird that that start of the show looked different but I wasn’t complaining I was just confused but the first episode was hilarious I can’t wait to watch the rest.
I left the website, went to another one and it was the same cutesy bs. Almost thought something was wrong, then remembered wait... I am intentionally trying to watch a shitpost after. OF COURSE THEY'RE TROLLING ME 🤣
The manga artist did the same thing. Made it to beleive he was capable of creating that S teir style manga but said fuck that non sense and made 4 panel mangas
Yh that nearly made me go off when I was first watching it because I thought it was the wrong anime but after I figured out the anime trolled me I was just more interested and invested in it. Pretty smart, probably took up a lot of the budget tho but I think it was worth it as a first impression.
Well it's the other way around for me.. I'm finding the two girls who's voiced by two girls and two boys with the same scenes. When I watched the first episode I panicked thinking why is it a normal anime?
@@PKINGU true! There was really a lot of effort into it. Making the song for the op, hiring character designers, storyboard artists, animators, etc just for a prank is insane.
That's part of the joke. The main running gag of the show is that it's split in half, with one half having female VAs voice the girls, and the other half being the exact same jokes, but with male VAs! And it's a different set for every episode!
The opening gag legit made me think Netflix was malfunctioning or something, so I stopped watching. It took me two weeks of reclicking to realise it was actually part of the show.
Uhh it's not the animator that made anime story/plot. It's the writer of the story or the mangaka. In this case, it's the Pop Team Epic mangaka Edit: and also the director that direct how the animation will be.
I love how much effort went into that fake opening, it looks just as high quality as any other opening despite being nothing more than an elaborate shitpost. I adore this show.
Comments here are missing part of the joke. All advertisements for the show said that it was going to be Hoshiiro Girldrop, there was no mention of Pop Team Epic at all, so when people watched this on TV they thought it was the first episode of Hoshiiro Girldrop
I knew what to expect when the video is titled “Pop Team Epic”. Maybe save this for April Fools’ Day and call it a clip from Hoshiiro Girldrop... It’s still funny, though.
When I was reading weekly reviews from ANN, the ANN reviewer for pop team epic managed to predict the ending of hoshiiro girldrop. I'm pretty sure they're even more surprised than I am. A recommened read, for bearing witness to a mind being melted.
I know that _Hoshiiro Girldrop_ is meant to be a running joke, but I am genuinely invested in Daichi and Sosogu’s budding romance. So much so that one of my ongoing mental fanfics is about the Drop Stars and Daichi making a last stand against Pipi P. and her army of Popu-chin clones from _Pop Team Epic_ S1E3.
The sheer amount of things this show parodies and the way they do it is so freaking funny!! I also just lust the stark contrast of anime girls with manly voices lol!!
What they did with this intro was genius, all the way up to the "next episode" bits. And then they did an insane thing _again_ for season 2. There's so much I love about Pop Team Epic; it's a pure celebration of animation.
This guy's summer break was ruined by a flock of rainbow-coloured girls . Talking about luxr... Oh that's what . . . T.T this anime is a crime . But the totoro reference though
@@georgetheodoridis9800 The clip shows the iconic "Leene's Bell" from Chrono Trigger along with a remix of the Guardia Millennial Fair theme, while spoofing the way Marle and Crono fatefully meet by bumping into each other in the fair and Marle losing her pendant, which is shown here looking like the pendulum from the game's opening, followed by Crono's "Luminaire" green-light attack animation. You can see here: ruclips.net/video/XDnA-h1d4yk/видео.html
All animation studios and animators who participated in this anime •SouyoKazeDouga (そよ風動画) (Does not exist) •Kamikaze Douga (神風動画) •SpaceNekocompany(スペースネコカンパニー ) • Ryo Yamashita( 山下諒) • AC部 • ???
I remember this clearly, because I was watching it on Toonami and did double take then the second part of the show replayed and my older sister walked out and asked what anime it was because it looked so cute then the rip came through and she then had a wait what moment and laughing.
It’s been a while so for a second I thought this was a random episode where they committed to the shoujo anime bit the entire time and mot the first episode. What a great show.
Imagine if this is the first episode and the opening is actually the og anime of pop team epic but the new director arrived and the old one takes the fund
Pop Team Epic is what happens when animators are stuck working on generic romcoms for years and they're let out of their cage with some creative freedom.
"WE'RE FINALLY FUCKING FREE! AND WE JUST GOT HIRED ON A NEW SHOW!"
"What is it?"
"A comedy anime without a plot. What should we do?"
"We're finally free to write what we want, what *shouldn't* we do?"
@@logicaloverdrive8197 "MAKING SHITPOST ANIMAY TROPES OF COURSE" they said
bruhh how much freedom can they get they're still adapting someone else's work
i think you are talking about inferno cop
The real reason is probably funnier. Bkub Okawa, the original manga author actually made up the fake romcom to show people that he could actually draw and was a real artist since the rest of the Pop Team Epic manga is just small 4 panel stories that look like simple memes and shitposts.
Anyone still remember the feeling when we thought we clicked on the wrong anime at the beginning and refreshed the page at least 3 times to make sure we aren't wrong
Well I watched the episode on a website but I did think it was weird that that start of the show looked different but I wasn’t complaining I was just confused but the first episode was hilarious I can’t wait to watch the rest.
The god of eurobeat shows up in the fake op so I knew what was going on lol
I just watched it all and was confused at first but I just kept on watching
I left the website, went to another one and it was the same cutesy bs. Almost thought something was wrong, then remembered wait... I am intentionally trying to watch a shitpost after. OF COURSE THEY'RE TROLLING ME 🤣
I did the same thing lol
Lets just take time to realize how the animators made that opening to be used just ONCE. It probably was a very hard prank to pull of lmao.
The manga artist did the same thing. Made it to beleive he was capable of creating that S teir style manga but said fuck that non sense and made 4 panel mangas
I fell for it hook line and sinker and had to check that I had picked the right anime
I had to check my Netflix wasn't acting up
@@EpicTacoSenpai the creator of the Chen honk is capable of all things
Sometimes, the prank's fun factor is directly proportional to the time and effort wasted in creating it.
They had us in the first part, not gonna lie
@The Coon alright
Yh that nearly made me go off when I was first watching it because I thought it was the wrong anime but after I figured out the anime trolled me I was just more interested and invested in it. Pretty smart, probably took up a lot of the budget tho but I think it was worth it as a first impression.
Well it's the other way around for me.. I'm finding the two girls who's voiced by two girls and two boys with the same scenes. When I watched the first episode I panicked thinking why is it a normal anime?
@@PKINGU true! There was really a lot of effort into it. Making the song for the op, hiring character designers, storyboard artists, animators, etc just for a prank is insane.
Ikr i checked 3 times if i was watching the correct anime
Pop team epic is the literal definition of the quote
"They had us in the first half, not gonna lie"
First minute and a half*
I think what's more funny is the fact that after Hoshiiro girldrop actually did get a legit manga during the PTE's run
So many people want Hoshiiro Girldrop because they wanted to know what the fuck happened when the girl died.
Shafwan Dito what
@@shafwandito4724 um what girl
WHAT IT DID? IM GONNA READ IT
1:33 No bro the funniest part is that they bribed Saduharu
ngl Pop Team Epic is the ultimate shitposting anime to poke fun at pop culture, the Internet, and other anime. Especially many 4th wall breaks too
666 likes, lemme eff that up.
try gintama 😂
It's 999 likes now
In that case Comrade, allow me to like my own comment (＾ｰ^)
While making a flawless parody of Earth, Wind and Fire's "Let's Grove Tonight"
2:58 “I’m Popuko, an average 7th grader you’ll find anywhere!”
*Has the most manliest voice*
That's part of the joke. The main running gag of the show is that it's split in half, with one half having female VAs voice the girls, and the other half being the exact same jokes, but with male VAs! And it's a different set for every episode!
The opening gag legit made me think Netflix was malfunctioning or something, so I stopped watching. It took me two weeks of reclicking to realise it was actually part of the show.
SAMEEE
"why am I watching the seasonal girl idol trash, I'm trying to watch japanese south park"
Same 😂
SAME HERE FFS
For some reason, animators just decided to make this questionable shit and they thought people would watch it.
And they were absolutely right
Uhh it's not the animator that made anime story/plot. It's the writer of the story or the mangaka. In this case, it's the Pop Team Epic mangaka
Edit: and also the director that direct how the animation will be.
They are just adapting the manga, someone else's work. What makes you think it is a totally original show?
it was a four panel manga
The way they adapted it was radical enough, repeating the same shit again with different VA and some Easter eggs. Yet we still watch the whole thing
“Oh another magical girl ami-“
>Pop team epic
( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
Finally
Genki Gal look at 1:38 then
@Genki Gal its,,, an idol anime,,,
@@louise4152 people see the outfits and assume magical girl, even when they're clearly performing lol
@@anubis7457 They look like Madoka Kaname, Sayaka Miki, and Mami Tomoe from Puella Magi Madoka Magica
This anime hits in more ways then one and everyone should watch it in my humble opinion....
Right? It’s one of my most favorite animes.
What the anime called
@@lilliana1874 pop team epic, it's a very cute romcom I really enjoyed it
It’s definitely one of the best shoujo anime you can find. And anyone looking to get into anime should watch it.
@Blighted Coon kid, be ready to get suprised
Most of the budget was probaby spent on hoshiiro girldrop
:p
I don't know, Logic no it’s Bob team epic you fucking uncultured swine
@@YuhoKeebs bob epic team*
I WAS GENUINELY INTERESTED AND I HAD NO IDEA IT WOULD JUST-
S T O P-
LIKE I WENT INTO THE ANIME WITHOUT KNOWING ANYTHING ABOUT IT
nikoss Same And I loved it.
Also on the french collab episode... They said in an interview how expensive it actually is to hire them lol
Not gonna lie though, the intro was really good with the characters and all
Wonder what the plot was
I'd watch the fuck out of this show if it were real.
Yep the characters looks really coll
yeah no ones talking about that GIANT DOG WHY
@@randallmokjialung3592 oh shit
For anyone upset cus this ain't retro. I believe it's because the cliches and parodies are retro anime stuff. Imo
Retro crush doesn't only do retro. Their aim is to share genre defying anime clips regardless of their year of production
You don't get more retro than referencing Chrono Trigger
Nah, this is already retro an we are old.
Tbh... Who cares? Lemme have my anime
I love how much effort went into that fake opening, it looks just as high quality as any other opening despite being nothing more than an elaborate shitpost.
I adore this show.
Comments here are missing part of the joke. All advertisements for the show said that it was going to be Hoshiiro Girldrop, there was no mention of Pop Team Epic at all, so when people watched this on TV they thought it was the first episode of Hoshiiro Girldrop
I never knew this part, that's hilarious
Omg that's actually smart tho
Me: *sees thumbnail* Wow cute! *Clicks without reading the title*
SO CUTEE- *sees pop team epic* ...
I knew what to expect when the video is titled “Pop Team Epic”.
Maybe save this for April Fools’ Day and call it a clip from Hoshiiro Girldrop...
It’s still funny, though.
The badly censored Totoro gets me every time for some reason 💀
Yo way back in 2018, y'all kids don't know nothing about this anime.
This comment will only grow more powerful as time passes.
I love a good series that’s got no plot and isn’t meant to be taken seriously.
I mean we all love shitpost
much big brain
Poob
I miss this anime in 2020..
When people tell you that the intro to the anime is really different to the actual anime:
Lowkey wish hoshiiro girldrop was an actual anime tbh
Yeah the character design and intro are surprisingly great for just a joke lol
There's a manga
It got a manga so you can read that
@@Grey-i2o is there a giant dog?
@@DrWhomyou never know until you read it
I actually like PTE (Pop Team Epic) because it’s like comedy
I can’t believe people hate it because of how “not serious” it is. I love a good (GOOD) show with no context.
@@katylepetsos7512 they only hate it because the type of anime they fawn over is the one that they make fun of and tease at the end of each episode.
Pop Team Epic anime is basicly what happen when people been given an ability to make anime and decide to use it in the chaotic neutral way
3:22 It's almost literally the "Your Name" plot, explosion included
Wtf , i was expecting some cliche start with that intro but .. Yeah....
When I was reading weekly reviews from ANN, the ANN reviewer for pop team epic managed to predict the ending of hoshiiro girldrop. I'm pretty sure they're even more surprised than I am. A recommened read, for bearing witness to a mind being melted.
Reads part of title and looks at thumbnail
Me: Ok I'll see what this is about
Reads title fully and sees "Pop Team Epic"
Me: Wait a sec
A normal opening
Me who normally watches pop team epic: confused screaming
1:38 Epic Popuko Gamer Moment
I know that _Hoshiiro Girldrop_ is meant to be a running joke, but I am genuinely invested in Daichi and Sosogu’s budding romance. So much so that one of my ongoing mental fanfics is about the Drop Stars and Daichi making a last stand against Pipi P. and her army of Popu-chin clones from _Pop Team Epic_ S1E3.
“Im popuko, an average 7th grader”
-fully grown male voice actor
All jokes aside the relationship between Popuko and Pipimi is romantic as fuck
I don't think there's such a thing as ''romance'' in this show lol!
I love these old Animes
Ling Ling But Pop Team Epic is from 2018
Yeah, this one is way older than ur mom
Yea best anime
@@fullmetalgirl1234 😂
Hehehe it's not old
I was scared I was hallucinating, I was like "What... this isn't pop team epic"
2018 was such a long time ago. Can't believe retrocrush has on their channel now
The thing is, I would’ve watched the romance anime if it was actually a legit show
There is a Manga for it
@Plagued Man hoshiiri girldrop
This kinda reminds me a little of Xavier: Renegade Angel, but a lot more like Bobobo-bobobo.
it has an Adult Swim flavour to it.
1:18 ah, so THAT'S what happened to Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup!
Omg the scene at 3:40 is a Chrono Trigger reference
I laughed so hard!!! It was the best!!
Yep sad I dont see many noticing it.
This entire show is a masterpiece
I had to double check if I was playing the right anime, what an epic moment
The sheer amount of things this show parodies and the way they do it is so freaking funny!! I also just lust the stark contrast of anime girls with manly voices lol!!
Some one had to put real work into that opening all for a joke.
Am I the only one who really wants Hoshiiro Girl Drop? I wanna see that big floofy doggo
Pipimi = Luigi
Popuko = Mario
In this case, Pipimi = Pervert Sannin Jiraiya, while Popuko = Sir Might Guy (smile sparkle)
4:17 is pipimi casting Luminaire from Chrono Trigger???
Imagine watching this while high af. That'd be a fun experience
Pop Team Epic is a gift from Lord Bkub himself and those who refused to be enlightened shall be purged.....
Pop team is the perfect of the word
"I came looking for copper, but found *gold* "
2:28 That was so cute. You can't tell me otherwise
3:18 Is that a Your Name reference?
Probably.
I like how there's just a giant dog with zero context.
I was just wondering that, too
The giant dog in the sequence broke me. I say to myself "WTF, it's Gintama? Oh yeah, Pop Team Epic".
3:29 you can hear some of Giorno theme right there
The part before the good part of the song
holy shit you can
When I first saw this, I checked hundreds of times thinking I got the wrong anime
That’s what they were going for.
@@katylepetsos7512 Yeah ik
The Your Name Reference killed me even more than the 1st half.
What they did with this intro was genius, all the way up to the "next episode" bits. And then they did an insane thing _again_ for season 2. There's so much I love about Pop Team Epic; it's a pure celebration of animation.
This guy's summer break was ruined by a flock of rainbow-coloured girls . Talking about luxr... Oh that's what . . . T.T this anime is a crime . But the totoro reference though
What? This anime is awesome, I love a good show that’s made to not be taken seriously.
LOL "RAINBOW FLOCK"
@3:54 only people who've played the SNES JRPG classic Chrono Trigger will get the reference. 🕰🔔🐈🐈🐈🐸🤖⚔🌟
💯💕
I'm pretty sure that it's referencing Final Fantasy IV
@@georgetheodoridis9800 The clip shows the iconic "Leene's Bell" from Chrono Trigger along with a remix of the Guardia Millennial Fair theme, while spoofing the way Marle and Crono fatefully meet by bumping into each other in the fair and Marle losing her pendant, which is shown here looking like the pendulum from the game's opening, followed by Crono's "Luminaire" green-light attack animation. You can see here: ruclips.net/video/XDnA-h1d4yk/видео.html
i thought it was referencing Nisekoi at first
I heard of this pop team epic.
*Intro plays*
Me: Aight I’m out.
Popuko: Tears open screen.
Me: Nevermind.
All animation studios and animators who participated in this anime
•SouyoKazeDouga (そよ風動画) (Does not exist)
•Kamikaze Douga (神風動画)
•SpaceNekocompany(スペースネコカンパニー )
• Ryo Yamashita( 山下諒)
• AC部
• ???
Low key would totally see this if this was a full anime
When I first watched pop team epic I was so lost bro
« wait that's a shoujo- where are the memeish girls ?!!!!!111!»
Start Time for Op: 0:30
I remember this clearly, because I was watching it on Toonami and did double take then the second part of the show replayed and my older sister walked out and asked what anime it was because it looked so cute then the rip came through and she then had a wait what moment and laughing.
I was wondering what the heck was in my recommendations, but then read ‘pop team epic’ and the biggest grin grew on my face lmao
The most romantic shoujo anime you'll NOT ever se
Newbies: wow a new anime
Pop team epic: screw this
The first time I watched pop team epic I keep changing websites cause I wasn’t convinced it was it lmao- felt so dumb after I watched 2 minutes it
the opening unironically has better animation than Berserk 2016
That chrono trigger reference was golden
They got us in the first half ngl
I WAS RICK ROLLED!!!! YOU LIED!
Animators : Ha YoU tHoUgHt ThIs Is SoMe RaNdOm LaMe As HaReM aNiMe?!?!
Thanks so much for compiling this! Got invested in an anime within an anime! Didn't know Hoshiiro Girl Drop had a manga.
I watched the first ep on crunchy roll and saw this, I had to check 5 times to make sure I was watching the right anime.
i'll be honest at 0:24 I was like Naoto?! (the senpai from nagatoro)
I was starting this on Netflix and had to check to see if I clicked on the right show
The first time I saw this I was confused af and went back and checked, they really got me good.
LMAO
They had us in the first half not gonna lie
This is the only anime where I was really sure that I downloaded the wrong anime
the fact that these cute anime girls are being voiced by what it sounds like middle aged japanese business men is just pure gold
I just realized that Chrono Trigger reference, even got the sound font down and the magic animation LOOOOL
At first when I watched the first episode I was like “uh... Is this the right anime...?did I clicked on the right link?”
Then I went “oh”
Oh my, so romantic
Me: Search for the Meme
Also me: Oh wait wrong anime
Anime community: lol, funny anime
Game community: *looks at their eyes* wait, isn't that...⊙_⊙
This was basically if Hannah Montana was an anime. Now I want that to exist.
Oh boy i can't tell if you're being sarcastic or haven't watched the whole thing.
It’s been a while so for a second I thought this was a random episode where they committed to the shoujo anime bit the entire time and mot the first episode. What a great show.
3:18 KIMI NO NA WA OUT OF CONTEXT
5:49 MY NEIGHBORHOOD TOTORO OUT OF CONTEXT
Not gonna lie though, I would unironically watch Hoshiiro Girldrop
it actually looks fun.
>RetroCrush
>Pop Team Epic
Are you ShitpostCrush now?
Imagine if this is the first episode and the opening is actually the og anime of pop team epic but the new director arrived and the old one takes the fund
Thanks for the awesome video
When I frist watched this as an anime I had to make sure I wasn't in the wrong anime
The beginning had me genuinelly confused when I first watched it, I thought they'd uploaded the wrong anime
The best part of this show is how these fucking madlads animated an entire opening for a show that *doesn't fucking exist.*
3:20 wait is this the sense from your name?!
Yep
3:34 um excuse me bit what just happened?