World Fool News (ワールド フール ニュース) is a 12 episode slice of slice
comedy series based on a web series of the same name from 2013. It originally aired in Japan in the spring of
2014, apparently only in Gunma Prefecture.
Takahashi Ichitarou
has been promoted to a co-anchor position for Central TV’s news program, World
Fool News. He dreads the promotion as
the program has the worst ratings of the station and is rumored to be full of
weirdo’s. He learns quickly that the
rumors are true as he tries to deal with the odd personalities of his
co-workers. From his co-anchor who is
detached from reality, the sexist/fat shaming producer, the overweight engineer
and his crazed assistant and the drunken cameraman. Everyone offers a different blend of psychosis
and he has to figure out how to deal with his new role.
This odd and
comical series was a breath of fresh air from the norm of anime. There are none of your typical anime trappings
in this show, it’s just some cartoon for all intents and purposes. The animation is pretty low quality and even
appears to be done with motion capture. But
that adds to the odd charm of this short series. Each episode is about 9 minutes long, the
original web episodes were around 5 minutes.
This series is no frills and plays directly off of Japanese comedic sensibilities. My favorite bit is them interviewing a baby
who acts and talks like an adult. This
show isn’t for everyone, I get that. I
enjoyed it and looked forward to each week’s episode. This show wasn’t made to sell figurines or
boost tankobon sales. If you like weird
Japanese humor, especially dry humor, check it out though.
The only reason I
knew this show existed was due to Crunchyroll simulcasting it, odd. I highly doubt it will ever get beyond
that. The original 6 episode ONA series
was available for a time on YouTube, but before I could watch the 6th
episode the people who uploaded it restricted country access to it. The ONA’s are essentially some of the same as
the first few episodes of the TV anime, but with different dialogue and altered
interactions. Between the ONA and the TV
the baby was interviewed twice.
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