Insufficient Direction · review
The fact that this little series' score hovers just below a 6/10 is a crime, if you ask me. I, personally, highly recommend this little gem, and I have to question whether the people who rate this anime so lowly even know what it is they watched. Let's not beat around the bush and get right to doing this MAL-style review thing, shall we? Story: 9/10 It's as simple as simple can be--Director-kun and Rompers (a.k.a. Hideaki and Moyoco) are fuckin' otaku, and they make otaku jokes in the midst of their day-to-day activities. But sometimes simplicity is a virtue, and for the purposes of a gagcomedy, that certainly is the case.
Art: 8/10
The visuals do what they need to do. They keep it light, they keep it fun. My only gripe is that there are a few moments where it's preeeeetty obvious this is a flash animation that was made on the cheap, but I'm going to cut the low-budget gag comedy a little slack when it, otherwise, looks perfectly fine.
Sound: 9/10
Quirky voice acting and clips of legendary otaku staple songs are all you need in a series like this.
Characters: 10/10
I would watch 500 more episodes of this series, just to watch more of Director-kun and Rompers being Director-kun and Rompers. I-I'm serious, Japan, get on it. Make more of this.
Enjoyment: 10/10
You heard me.
Overall: 9/10
Not perfect, by any means, but Insufficient Direction is a goddamn great gag comedy and I would most certainly be down for more.