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“A woman, long trapped in her uncontrollable body, yearns to escape its exhausted shell.”
Pupa (Movie)
Pupa
5.92
11,090 rank · 1,296 viewers · 1 favorites
Avant Garde
Slice of Life
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Synopsis
A woman, long trapped in her uncontrollable body, yearns to escape its exhausted shell.
How long has it been since she lost control of her body? She is completely tapped out and finds herself wishing that she could just shed her body. (Source: Geidai Animation)
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Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
6.0
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 2.16
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.16 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↑ 2.00
Running avg · Jul 2022 → Jul 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The event that anyone will lay eyes on this review of mine seems highly unlikely. This IS my first time writing a review here, on MAL; so it will most likely lack in many departments. Still, I...”
- 5 “I like the style and music, and the concept is one I resonate with strongly. I feel the need to rate this a 4.5, but in lieu of partials for our rating system, I'm rating it a 5. Why? Because it's...”
- 4 “I find myself not wanting to be too hard on student films. This is well made, and there's nothing particularly bad about it, and, while I won't say there's nothing good about it, the work is flatly...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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A Movie Production
in association with
Geidai Animation
- Format 1 × 3′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 03m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2019 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-21368 catalog
Produced by
- Geidai Animation Producer