When I first heard of Comedy I imagined an anime which the producers considered to be the funniest of
all time and thought it would be cute to name it Comedy. However I was greatly mistaken.
This anime is nothing near funny or humorous. It's more dark and depressing then anything else.
From the beginning scenes the anime is non-stop dark and gloomy, not like it's bright counterparts such as
Onegai Teacher.
Putting aside all the gloominess and darkness of this anime has one frightening but yet interesting feature.
The whole story of the 5 year old girl's quest to bring the legendary swordsman to save her city takes place in
less then 10 minutes. Regardless of time constraints, the anime fulfills its mission and gives the full story.
The animation throughout the movie was very unusual. The darkness of the movie combined with the beautiful scenery
shown through out with its fluid animations and with the impacting fight scene around the tail end of the movie.
Many people will argue this anime has the shallowest plot given the ten minute time constraints.
However in Comedy this is no where near the case. It may take a few viewing to catch on to the idea
but the character development is given through each minute movement and every word spoken. The plot itself is given to
the audience in a narrative format giving for a more personal and intimate look at the substance of the story and people
involved. One very well used technique in Comedy was the audio component. The music in it helped greatly in the
process of bringing the story along and giving the viewers an adrenaline rush in the battle scene and calmed the viewers
in the calm scenes of the movie but at the same time manages to leave a mysterious and dark feeling to the movie.
If it weren't for the length of the movie Comedy would have been near perfect as a movie. However it does make up
for the length in all other realms of the film. From the darkness in art and music to the well done characters and
interesting plot, this movie has a lot of things going for it.
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