Humans acquired a perfect source of energy called "Patia", which brought self-sufficiency in food and fuel to all the people in the world. Trade and transportation began to diminish and finally the advance of the civilization terminated. Now the genetically modified plants cover almost all of the lands on earth and obstruct travelers.
Cient, the leader of a fortress city, sets out on a trip to excavate the lost technology "Patia" with his daughter Ruri. When Ruri gets separated from her father, a giant humanoid weapon of the old age attacks her. Ruri is saved by a girl named Tekuni who is traveling around the world training as a "Wazabito" fighter.
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Deago
I like to categorise softporn anime into three types: Type-A is the unapologetic and shameless, where you might have a pervert flipping up a woman's skirt, the startled woman screams, while the man grinning lecherously. Type-B is the apologetic and shameful, where an excuse like bad weather leads to a skirt being blown up, the woman asks if he saw anything, and the shy man apologises while secretly relishing the memory of her panties, because that's normal for virgins. Type-C is the playing ignorant, where the woman strips her skirt, also her other clothes to change, then gives her breasts' muscles a little massage, allin front of a man with both of them being nonchalant and not drawing attention to the act, not because they're emotionless kuuderes, but because the act isn't considered shameful or the concept of shame itself doesn't exist in-universe.
Then the woman is saved from a train molester by the man, A is a scumbag who saved her for himself, or hilariously a sleaze unaware of his hypocrisy. B is a relatable hero for all virgin teenagers. And C, the man chases the molester to retrieve stolen goods because, in this context, it turns out the molester was actually a thief merely probing the woman's body for valuable goods, as the concept of molestation also doesn't exist.
'Waza no Tabibito' falls into Type-C. Presenting a rather lacklustre yet a serious story while constantly keeping the camera focused on the abnormally jiggling breasts and jelly buttocks of women in skimpy skin-tight outfits highlighting their erect nipples. Unlike the characters who don’t seem to notice or pay attention to this, it can be extremely distracting for viewers. This sexualisation could be entirely removed without any slight impact on the plot.
Considering it's highly engaged with its own plot and takes itself seriously is it worth watching for the plot? Absolutely not. Apart from the sexual elements and a few action scenes, there’s nothing original or interesting. The futuristic sci-fi setting about lost technologies acts as convenient magic. It subtly implies how the world is post-apocalyptic because of war and weapons of mass destruction, with a message about harmony with nature. However, it doesn’t explain much about the worldbuilding or the bikini-armoured heroine’s objective, leaving viewers to fill in the gaps. The characters are just plain lost do-gooders traveling aimlessly and helping those in need.
Except for a few scenic frames, the animation is fully 3DCGI, reminiscent of old-school 3D video games. Apart from the sexy women, the designs are plain and lifeless that it's hard to tell male soldiers and robots. The heroine, Techni, at least occasionally shows funny expressions during quick action scenes, which is definitely the only reason I kept pausing. The voice acting for the females was poor; I often couldn’t distinguish between Techni, her owl, and the young damsel in distress who of all names was named Ruri all had similar unnatural, forced, high-pitched tones.
Overall, it’s an admirable effort for an indie work created solely by Matsuena Shun, known for 'Kenichi', a Type-A horny martial arts manga. In Waza no Tabibito you see similar personality and peculiarities, like the care in choreographing sword fights and the attention to detail in animating the heroine’s erect nipples and buttcheeks on the transparent chair she sat on. However, the stock plot is ultimately an excuse for the sex, so it’s safe to say it’s not the main draw. I don’t recommend it unless you find the visuals attractive, or curious to see how far CGI can go with titillation.
GakutoDeathGlare
It's what I imagine a PS2 (possibly even PS1) extended gaming trailer to look like, the "gameplay not included" note and all. In some ways, it's quite charming, these retro looking CGI character models alongside some pretty refined looking background art, it does trigger that sense of nostalgia in me, of a time much simpler. A one man project, Syun Matsuena adapting his own work here, so I am a little lenient on the score. The creator of Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, an incredibly fun battle ecchi/comedy, Waza no Tabibito is the dollar store version in comparison. Syun definitely knows how to make thicc characters, I'llgive him that.
We have a girl called Techni who is traveling on a journey, in order to train and master her abilities, abilities that of a Wazabito, a person who has strengthened their own will to try and reach new potentials. I won't go into too many other details, this short movie is only 30 minutes long.
What really surprised me was hearing Rie Kugimiya voicing the main heroine, did not expect to see her in such a relatively unknown project. I am partial to her work, so there's extra points here XD
I can't really recommend this anime, unless you enjoy those PS2 graphics, or want to see some big booty fanservice.
HidamariSeashore
Welcome back to “A Woman With No Reviewing Skills Watches A Low-Rated Anime Just To See How Bad It Really Is”! Seriously, though, this is the second time this year I’m reviewing a low-rated anime only to reiterate what everyone already knows. From what I can tell, though, “Waza no Tabibito” doesn’t seem to be even on the level of infamy that “Spectral Force” is; at the very least, less people have watched the former than the latter. Maybe it’s because it’s not based on an Idea Factory game this time, or perhaps it’s just that it took way longer for it to even getthe English-subbed treatment by fansubbers. Either way, it’s probably for the best that Waza no Tabibito has largely gone unnoticed by the anime community, because even though it’s not quite as bad as Spectral Force, it still sucks a lot.
In the post-apocalyptic world of Waza no Tabibito, there is a group of people known as the Wazabito. These people live out in nature and train their hearts (whatever that means) to control a kind of power known as the wazans. One such Wazabito, Techni, is a traveling warrior who, one day, saves a little girl from a biological weapon known as an Oxylic. The girl, Ruri, comes from a city that is in search of more Patia, an energy source for the people that has also caused many problems for the world, such as civilization not progressing any further. Does any of this really get explored? Nope, because the anime is too busy throwing Techni’s boobs and ugly CGI animation in our faces!
Look, I’m not going to knock on the fanservice, since I knew going in that it’s an ecchi anime, but that fanservice is attached to one of the most generic fantasy stories I’ve ever seen. Not only that, but its 31-minute runtime leaves no time to explore the world or its characters. I could barely follow the story as a result; I hardly remember what “wazabito” or “Patia” are even supposed to mean. Also, as a result of the lack of time to explore the characters, I couldn’t get attached to any of them. I couldn’t care less about Techni, despite her not being particularly unlikable, and the exact same thing could be said about the rest of the cast. This could have been fixed if Waza no Tabibito was a 12-episode series instead of a 31-minute “film” (I refuse to believe this ever played in theaters), but alas, ‘tis not.
….On second thought, it probably would have been better if Waza no Tabibito wasn't a series if it was going to be animated like this. Think of the ugliest CGI-animated thing you've ever seen in your entire life; I guarantee you that the animation here is worse than that. I respect Shun Matsuena for his work on "Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple", but any amount of hard work he put into this was absolutely wasted, and the animation was a showcase of that. One positive thing I can say is that there are some sort of nice-looking establishing shots, but that's not really saying much when the backgrounds don't look that impressive the rest of the time. Oh, and it bothers me how inexpressive the characters could be, especially Fuku, Techni's owl companion; aren't animal sidekicks supposed to have more expressions that what he displays with his little owl face?
Honestly, the most positive thing I can say about Waza no Tabibito is that the voice acting wasn't as terrible as the animation, but that's not really saying much. Techni is voiced by Rie Kugimiya, a well-liked voice actress who even I have a lot of respect for, but even though she doesn't give a bad performance here overall, it's clear that her heart wasn't really in it, resulting in this being one of her weaker roles. Again, the same could be said about the rest of the cast, including Tomoko Kawakami. I feel bad for saying so, given that this was one of her final voice roles before her 2011 passing and especially that there was a short tribute to her at the end, but I can't really say anything about her performance, given how insignificant her character was. Speaking of the end of the anime, I guess there was also an ending theme ("Anata no Tabi wo" by Sora Yuizuki, to be exact), but I pretty much forgot about it as soon as it ended.
Overall, Waza no Tabibito was 31 minutes I will never get back, and I'd recommend you to spend those 31 minutes you could spend watching this on something else. Even if you're a Kenichi fan, you're just going to come out of it disappointed. Now, I wonder what other bad anime I'm going to end up reviewing this year.... (Don't say "Spectral Force Chronicle Divergence". I've already watched it, and I'm not rewatching it.)
