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Loot Anime: WTF Is Pop Team Epic Even?
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Loot Anime: WTF Is Pop Team Epic Even?

April 12th, 2018 Annette Polis Anime, Features

When Pop Team Epic‘s anime finally debuted last season, I asked my husband if he wanted to check it out with me. He did not know what he was getting into. “What the hell did I just watch?” he asked. My guess is you’re probably thinking the same thing.

Recognize that Skyrim intro? (Funimation)

Pop Team Epic is an anime adaptation of a popular 4-koma (4 panel) web manga known for being absurdist humour and mocking all sorts of anime, video game, and pop culture tropes. The series stars 14 year old friends Popuko, who is very quick to temper, and Pipimi, the calm and collected one. Each episode contains a wide variety of short skits and halfway through the episode “replays” those same skits but with new voice actors for each girl and some minor differences, if you are quick to catch them.

Choose Your Starter (Funimation)

This irreverent series pokes fun at everything, including itself. Footage of voice actors struggling with an incoherent script and storyboards in the second episode were a great addition. And the handcrafted felt plushies of Popuko and Pipimi made me want a pair of my own. They are the best idol duo, IMO. Notice me, Pop-chin!

Not all French people are mimes, Pipimi. (Funimation)

Another favourite recurring segment of mine is Japon Mignon. In these skits, the girls are in France with French voice overs and are meant to show you that the French are nothing like the stereotypes. It’s only on the “replay” in the second half of the episode where you will get English subtitles. Just writing about this makes me crave a proper French baguette with butter and some macarons for desserts… That skit with Popuko and the baguettes in bed is 100% me.

Me, when the girls in DOA Xtreme 3 reject my presents. (Funimation)

Sure, not every skit is going to be a hit with you. There are clearly ones I enjoy more than others (looking at you, Bob Team Epic). But the video game and anime ones will get me every time. And what is up with Pipimi and needing to hide blood all the time? It’s always the calm ones. Calm, calculating, and buying absurd amounts of bleach.

All 12 episodes of Pop Team Epic are currently available to stream in Japanese on Crunchyroll with dubbed versions on Funimation’s streaming service.  So now’s a great time to dive head first into the insanity that is Pop Team Epic, especially so you can prepare yourselves for the awesome exclusive piece of merch we’re going to have in our QUIRKY Loot Anime crate this April.

Run, don’t walk, to the Loot Anime subscription page! (Funimation)

 



Speaking of that QUIRKY crate, it will also have some fun stuff from Piko Taro (Pen Pineapple Apple Pen, ring a bell?), Baccano, and KonoSuba. Preorders end April 27th at 9pm Pacific or as soon as we sell out. Hustle over to the Loot Anime page to get in on that now.

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