r/retroanime

Context: This is the softer / lighter reboot of the 6-episode 1992 version

Overall: 1.5 / 5

Pros:

---I guessssssssssssss the humor can be mildly entertaining if you just want to sit back and watch something without thinking too hard

---The news years episode, the alligator episode and the final episode are nicely done

---English dub is still good, especially Allison Keith as Nuku Nuku

Cons:

---The animation looks a fair bit rougher compared to the 1992 version

---Lots and lots and LOTSSSSSSSSSSSS of repeated bits of animation...like an absurd amount

---The series is just 90% of the same literal 2 or 3 gags repeated over and over and over across 14 episodes

---Missing the emotional beats the 1992 version had save for maybe 2 or 3 episodes

---for some reason, Nuku Nuku refers to her owner as "Mr. Ryūnosuke" and her creator as "Mr. Kyūsaku" rather then y'know as just by their first name like in the 1992 version which creates a strange disconnect where it makes her seem like she is not part of the family if she can't even refer to them on a persona first name basis.

But even more bizarre is when the son refers to his own dad as "Mr. Kyūsaku" which is just bizarre rather then just "dad."

---The original series was random and sporadic, but it still had a "flow" to it, this series just doesn't know what it wants to do and just inserts ALL the random wacky shit into it.

---The series is wayyyyyyyyyy too long at 14 episodes due to how shallow it is and REALLY should of have been trimmed down to just 2-6 episodes instead like the original