Each episode feels like a series of yakuza-as-househusband gags with no real time to reflect on what they really mean. Unfortunately, the show seems to assume that the premise will carry the show all on its own, when they should’ve considered adding more depth with the medium change. While I acclimatized to the pacing and loved the addition of the music to set the tone in scenes, the anime just lacks the ability to savor everything like you do when you read the manga. There’s no room to delight in his culinary creations, or breathe in the nice citrus smell that scares the bugs away after Tacchan and Miku fail to kill a cockroach. You finish one story, and then the show immediately thrusts you into Tacchan’s next adventure. Additionally, the structure of each episode as multiple mini-stories reinforces that feeling. As opposed to reading on your own, having the animators be in control of how long you spend on each panel can make it difficult to get as much out of the story. Unless you pause the show, the “panels” just keep coming. While it could be a fun set up - bringing the style, layouts, and panels of the comic into the anime - the pacing of these transitions make the stories feel rushed. Instead, it’s like pulling a colorized version of the manga away from your face with some jazz going on in the background. We don’t get to actually see Tacchan’s cooking bubbling, or his skilled chopping techniques. When characters walk, they are not part of their environment but rather float above it. Rather than mimicking a 24-frame-per-second show, the anime appears to pan over still imagery. However, the animation choices take that away. The physicality of the book allows for a nice contrast between the set up of daily chores as epic battles with the reality of it being a slice-of-life comic. Revisit the sight gags and admire Tacchan’s cooking before moving on. When you have a graphic novel, it’s easy to take a break between each chapter. And in that transposition, you lose something of the story. It’s just the manga, except the show separates the panels into still scenes and uses time rather than physical layout to tell the story. While it’s awesome to see these scenes bigger, in color, and with music, they don’t add anything to the concept. Furthermore, the series’ five episodes only tell stories from the currently available English volumes.Įach 20-minute episode retains the highly episodic style noted in other reviews. If you’ve read the manga, you’ve seen the anime. Yet it’s also disappointing, as it feels like a transposition rather than an adaptation. The contrasting illustration styles are heightened, with the addition of color and the voices of the cast. This is excellent, in that the show captures all the jokes. It’s basically a colorized, narrated version of the manga. The anime adaptation of The Way of the Househusband is one of the most faithful I’ve ever seen. Released Apon Netflix Copyright J.C.Staff/Netflix Kenjiro Tsuda, Shizuka Ito, Kazuyuki Okitsu (cast)īased on The Way of the Househusband by Kousuke Oono The Way of the Househusband ( Gokushufudō) Chiaki Kon (director), Susumu Yamakawa (scripts) It’s fun, but unfortunately, these epic scenes were already well executed…in the manga. From the rocking metal intro that juxtaposes Tatsu’s (Tacchan’s) favorite Shiba Inu apron with his irezumi, to the time Tacchan shows up as Santa Claus for his local community center. Everything is epic in J.C.Staff Studio and Netflix’s anime adaptation of The Way of the Househusband.
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