Review of Plastic Neesan

I am guessing by now that everybody has seen the length, and nobody needs any introduction to the simple fact that this Anime is short. In fact, it is so short to the point where the whole Anime would equal an episode of a normal Anime TV series. The short length isn't a problem though, as it doesn't really take away from it's hysterical slapstick comedy at times, because in just twenty slim minutes it manages to extract laughs out of the viewer unlike most comedy Anime series out there, even when some episodes may seem a bit too outlandish and trite. The thing aboutthis series which separates it from the others within the same category, is that it is fun and does not take itself seriously. It doesn't try to force it's slapstick comedy down the viewer's throat, and it has fun with it's surroundings, which is exactly what most of these Anime should be striving to achieve. Even with just twenty short minutes to work with, it manages to make the audience joyful with laughter for most of it's run.

The characters are not the best, they may even seem one dimensional to some viewers, placed in to only perform a one trick pony, but the show should be excused for that. This is mainly due to the fact that the show is too short for it to be bothered to add in development, and the time is too short for such a thing to happen. Even then, nobody should expect that this Anime was really striving for the best character development out there. This Anime perhaps needed it's characters to be as mindbogglingly nuts as possible, since the hysterically insane demeanor needed to be there in order for the over the top slapstick to work and hit home.

This Anime is short, but in just twenty minutes, it managed to achieve what most Anime series would dream of achieving even after twenty seasons, and that is to get a laugh out of the viewer.