Battle Can2 · review
Join this band of femme fatales as they save the galaxy from unsavory space pirates. To solve their cases, the battle the bad guys, rescue stolen treasure, and wrestle space aliens. No job is too big, and no alien has too many tentacles to keep them from that big score. On their latest mission, the Battle Can-Can girls are out to retrieve a stolen artifact known as the Cosmic Firefly, a gorgeous but fragile jewel worth billions of dollars. In order to return it to the rightful owners, they must subdue the most vicious space pirates, seduce aliens, and confront a possible traitor in theirmidst.
Right out the game, it's pretty obvious that Battle Can-Can is total 80's schlock. With an incredibly shallow plot that's just meant to get the whole thing going just so it can quickly get to what the audience wants, rampant sex and nudity along with fun dumb action scenes. And yet, I don't hate it. Sure, by any objective standards, this is not going to win any awards, but the whole time I was having fun.
The animation is incredibly cheap and rushed, and obviously cheaps out wherever it can, such as reusing frames, or just skipping frames where it can. Despite that, each female lead has their own distinct looks, along with all of the background alien designs. It was pretty clear someone was having fun designing everything in this hentai.
But the best worst thing about this is the abrupt mood whiplashes this anime goes through. Literally right at the start, a group of pirates board a space ship and attempts to rape some of the women. During this is slapstick comedy, and all through it is over-the-top 80's action that you've come to expect from dumb 80's anime. The lead women also have a sidekick robot that pretty much speaks like a proto-Jar-Jar Binks, a whole 13 years before The Phantom Menace. And this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The rest of the anime is filled with moments that are so absurd and over-the-top that I don't want to spoil, you have to watch the sheer absurdity and stupidity yourselves.
Would I recommend Battle Can-Can? Yes, just not for the sex. Filled with blatant titillation, a silly plot, and dumb, corny jokes, Battle Can-Can is worth checking out for those who like cheesy 80's sleaze. It's only 30 minutes long, and it's so awesomely bad that it becomes awesomely good.