English Dub Review: Anime-Gataris “Our Friend Kouki’s Second Betrayal”

“Anime is life, and life is anime!”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

With every episode, Anime-Gataris doubles the insanity. This week, Minoa starts seeing strange visions – almost like she’s living in an animated TV series. She bumps into onscreen text, skips through boring parts of the school day, and sees Mr. Kitty explode.

When Minoa confronts her friends about these happenings, they accuse her of lying about her love of anime. (It’s looking more and more like everyone is aware that they are in an anime except for Minoa!) Finding an unlikely ally in Aurora, Minoa opens the forbidden door and unleashes anime into her world.

Our Take:

Just when I thought the show was running low on meta jokes, this episode’s reveal created the opportunity for plenty more. Our Friend Kouki’s Second Betrayal was full of hilarity: Minoa’s friends and family reverting to 90’s style anime faces was fun and the aspect ratio joke had me in stitches.

No more just a simple slice-of-life, Anime-Gataris has become a mixture of genres all warping into one unpredictable show. If Aurora and Mr. Kitty both came from the ‘anime’ side of the world, how did they get to Minoa’s? And will Minoa have to choose between the two worlds? While I’m confused, I’m also super excited to find out just how this crazy ride is going to wrap up.

Score
8.5/10