Even though it’s only one episode in, this season’s breakout anime looks like it could be Pop Team Epic.
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Originally a web manga, Pop Team Epic follows the surreal adventures of two mouthy schoolgirls. Since the original manga was filled with absurdist humour, pop culture references and memes, you can bet the anime version is, too.
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And so far, people are enjoying what they’re seeing.
It’s official, Pop Team Epic is already my anime of the year pic.twitter.com/FHN3I71BtR
— ????LeTotinos???? (Ashton) (@LeTotinos) January 7, 2018
I’m actually done already. THE REFERENCES, I LOVE EM!!!!!! #PopTeamEpic pic.twitter.com/IHQn68GynW
— Nèuro Hachiman (@KanekiNeuro) January 6, 2018
They just made a reference to Guts and Skyrim within 10 seconds of each other….ANIME OF THE YEAR!!!!! #PopTeamEpic pic.twitter.com/79rYfr1wMc
— Nèuro Hachiman (@KanekiNeuro) January 6, 2018
I laughed way too much on this w#ポプテピピック #PopTeamEpic pic.twitter.com/193asihqon
— ばか Vaca (@Baka_Vaca) January 6, 2018
I just watched the first episode of Pop Team Epic
I am so utterly confused
-The villain has a fidget spinner
-Plus there are two different versions of the episode? One where the main characters are voiced by men and one where they’re voiced by women? It’s really strange pic.twitter.com/CAdODZ3yl9
— Saltydkdan (@saltydkdan) January 6, 2018
I completely forgot to mention this, but I’m so happy they recreated this part from the Pop Team Epic manga for the anime pic.twitter.com/kYWCEWTGCY
— Funky New Pixel (@Nittomata) January 6, 2018
This anime I swear #popteamepic #ポプテピピック pic.twitter.com/xYyh15Tkg4
— marawis (@marawisdoes) January 6, 2018
i feel the same way about pop team epic pic.twitter.com/jU2NGtz1mP
— 安堵竜 (@VF5SS) January 6, 2018
Pop Team Epic a Your Name AND Chrono Trigger reference right after each other. I think I love this anime already pic.twitter.com/TwesjXwLoF
— Flying High (@Zerms4) January 6, 2018
For everyone not in Japan wondering about the male voices in Popteamepic let me explain. There was one comic where they ask for two VERY famous MALE VAs for the anime. Way before an anime was ever considered. So of course they did it. Masashi Ebara and Hōchū Ōtsuka#popteamepic pic.twitter.com/g3LA7iaVjg
— Bro Operatives Michael(Poltfan) (@PoltFan69) January 7, 2018
THEY RELEASED SKYRIM IN POP TEAM EPIC
HOWARD pic.twitter.com/9ZKDqOxy1S— ???? Sgt. Lulu ???? (@luulubuu) January 6, 2018
Please everyone watch pop team epic pic.twitter.com/6dMK4Sg0y9
— Fizzy (@FizzySodaWave) January 7, 2018
So many references in Pop Team Epic pic.twitter.com/9TqtKH4L4A
— Funky New Pixel (@Nittomata) January 6, 2018
pop team epic is the true kuso anime we all want but most importantly, deserve pic.twitter.com/xXduAWlfie
— pop team nana. (@nanairocosmos) January 6, 2018
It’s a masterpiece #PopTeamEpic #ポプテピピック pic.twitter.com/BBlMiQEKkY
— Miquel Àngel Fuentes (@MAFuentesArjona) January 6, 2018
Pop Team Epic is available on every streaming service because we’re all going to see every frame of it as memes for free anyway.
— Minovsky (@MinovskyArticle) January 6, 2018
Comments
2 responses to “The New Anime Everyone Is Talking About”
One of the most obnoxious fucking things I have ever seen.
Seriously most incoherent, unfunny, poorly animated and poorly voiced tripe I have seen.
A gif doesn’t do this justice, its a full episode length of jumble up pop culture references that are poorly written.
Who are these people, we need to get them help as soon as possible.
and I wish I saw Anime News Network review before I saw this first episode…
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2018/winter/pop-team-epic/.126131
Brian Ashcraft – the best writer in the world. Writes six lines that tell me nothing about why this anime is the “best” of the season. Does that even qualify as a review? And then here’s a bunch of hype-filled social media posts that are essentially meaningless.
I watched it last night, the intro was funny as shit, I had to go back and check I was watching the right thing.
It was fun, but I think I would’ve preferred to watch the segments broken up over time as I assume they are meant to be shown, got a bit weary by the end.
Absolute crap. And well on it’s way to being one of the lowest rated shows on Animelab.