In today's world full of wondrous technological innovation, the unnatural and mysterious sometimes appear even more horrifying than usual. But despite how far society has advanced, the fear of the unknown always remains. The unfortunate participants in Kowabon find themselves in such a predicament, experiencing the supernatural through their everyday technology. From a frightening sight caught on a parking garage camera to a video chat that takes an unexpected turn, the victims struggle to escape that which haunts them. However, what awaits these doomed souls may be a fate even worse than death...
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SuperZeldaGirl
When I first saw this show was horror I was looking forward to watching it but I was also worried as it is a hard genre to do well and even more so in anime. I ended up watching all the episodes in one go and I am writing this right after finishing the final episode. Let me just say I am a huge fan of horror if its in books, movies or anime and it is pretty hard to scare me as I have watched horror for so long now. That said this show did manage to creep me out. I think it helpsas every episode is only 3 minutes long so it does not keep you waiting ages for the reveal and it keeps you attention. Also using the internet, and electronics gives it more of a creepy feeling as they are things we all use all the time and in the show there is no real reason told to us why it is happening, it makes you feel as if what is happening to some of the people could happen to you.
The show makes me think of telling stories around a campfire, they are short and scary, and it works.
I really enjoyed this show, a lot more then I thought I would, and I really hope for a second series.
Niveen_Sleem
If you are looking for a short anime you can marathon in one night, you should take Kowabon into consideration. You can't only watch it in one night, you can watch all of it in one-episode-worth of time. Each episode is short, about 3 minutes. The people who were watching Kowabon while it was still running might have done the show wrong. I admit I did it wrong but not very much. It can be easily misunderstood because the story doesn't show clearly unless you watch all the episodes back to back. It'sa horror story and I was going to say something but I'm afraid it's kinda a spoiler. All I can say: heads up for cameras. It took me the whole series to realize what was going on. If you want to scare yourself a little, Kowabon can do that.
One last piece of advice, do not watch the ending theme unless you want to see the actors behind the scenes. Many people complained about the ending, They said it kills the feeling the show leaves. You want to see what comes after the ending in episode 13 though.
I gave it 6/10 and perhaps if the episodes were longer, I would give it more. It's not that amazing but it doesn't disappoint either. That's all for Kowabon. Please consider watching it and enjoy.
Tettsui
When I first read a summary about this anime, I was pretty intrigued, never having seen or even heard of rotoscoping before. The fact that this technique was going to be used for a short horror anime sounded even better! I have to admit that I was pretty disappointed with the outcome though. I appreciated the experimental technique, but felt that the anime as a whole was lacking in direction and plot. At the very least, I thought they should've done a different story for each episode, but instead, it was essentially the same idea with different people. It became boring very quickly. I don't think thisanime deserves a score lower than 3/10, simply because the technique was interesting and would probably appeal to fans of Japanese horror. I thought some of the other effects were a nice touch, such as glitching and static. I also enjoyed the small segment during the credits which shows the behind-the-scenes filming process.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend this anime unless you're a big fan of Japanese horror and/or rotoscoping. Otherwise, don't waste your time.
Miyuki-Mukaido
I have to say, this anime sucked. Like, a lot xD It was really disappointing; there was pretty much no plot. I didn't understand anything. They didn't even wrap up the anime at all; the last episode was just another 3 minute-long episode. A lot of people were saying how it's not scary at all, but at some parts it really did scare me xD but there was no gore, no nothing. Just a few creepy/scary scenes. What pissed me off the most is that they never answered any of my questions. They don't say WHY there are these ghost things attacking people through technology. WHYthey only appear in cameras and stuff. They don't.
The only thing seriously good about this is the rotoscoping animation and the sound.
Although the ED kind of ruined the horror mood, I liked seeing how the actors and actresses were having fun and stuff ^^
But yeah. I didn't really like it.
You can watch it if you want; it's really short, only 3 minutes for each episode, so it doesn't take long to watch the whole thing~ and if you're in the mood to see some mediocre horror for no reason, then you can try this out I guess. ^^
ktulu007
Kowabon is a short horror ILCA anime from the end of 2015. They aren't a studio I'm really familiar with. They're best known for Yami Shibai, another anime made up of horror shorts that they've kept going for five series at this point. Maybe next year I'll look at that one but, for now, let's allow this to serve as our introduction to their work. Story: There isn't any single over-arcing plot. Rather, each episode gives us some scenario involving some character using technology to communicate with someone else, record themselves or being monitored by a security camera. Whatever the case, we see them through the perspectiveof the technology and they aren't allowed to be touching themselves or disrobing for tips from thirteen year olds who stole their parents credit cards because that would be a completely different kind of series.
The trouble with this series is that the episodes are essentially all the same. We're introduced to an innocuous scene that we're seeing through some variety of camera. Graphical glitches start happening. They get worse as the scenario progresses and then we see some kind of apparition that's more silly than scary. At that point the character we've been watching usually gets snatched away, presumably to reside in a nightmare dimension where all media is written by Stephanie Meyer & Frank Miller and the only work available is a fast food clerk but the customers are allowed to strike you if they feel like it. Where law enforcement is American, the chefs are English, the mechanics are French & the comedians are Deutsche. If they don't get spirited away, and not the fun kind, it's something else that's supposed to be scary. After the first episode it just gets repetitive and predictable.
In all fairness, these are very short episodes with each one lasting a couple minutes and you can't expect anything elaborate but, at the very least, you'd think they could do something different at some point. It's like if Gakuen Heaven released its jokes where it sounds like a couple blokes are doing something naughty but they aren't, as their own anime. Except that would still be better because those can make you laugh and I don't think anyone is getting scared by this series. Maybe Wade the duck would, but no one else. Not only are the apparitions goofy looking, but there's no surprise factor past the first episode and even the way they're set up is basically the same. It's not like there's only one possible horror scenario with its slight permutations that are executable in a short work. They just couldn't be bothered to come up with something else.
Characters:
It kind of goes without saying, the characters in this don't have any depth. If you expected more from a series with episodes that last a couple minutes and all feature different characters, you may be a bit too optimistic. The issue with that in a horror work is that, in a good piece of horror, a lot of the tension comes from concern over the characters. In a piece like this, you know what's going to happen and you have no reason to care. You have more reason to care about the villains of the week you get in children's anime. That fitness instructor monster was, at least, hilarious when he was tormenting Kirby and Dedede and he had more character traits than anyone in this series. Same with the stop light goat monster. And that's a problem when you're trying to do horror.
Art:
The artwork in this is rotoscoped. Fortunately, it doesn't go the Cheesesteak Suppository route where the rotoscoping looks like complete bollocks. In this, it's actually competent. It helps that the animation does move pretty smoothly and the set up of viewing things through an actual camera lens while graphical glitches start happening does serve to make those jankier moments work. It's a case of the artwork just matching what they're doing very well.
Sound:
The performances in this are pretty much the epitome of mediocrity. There's never a performance that really sells the situation but there also aren't any that are so bad that they completely take you out of it. The music is rather dull and forgettable, but it' not bad.
Ho-yay:
There's no romance in this series in general. Which is the right call. There's no bloody way they could take these characters and show any kind of chemistry with any of them.
Final Thoughts:
To be blunt, Kowabon would have probably been better served taking the Chocolate Underground route and having one story with consistent characters so that they could have some pacing and atmosphere build up even with short episodes. Instead, we've got short episodes that are basically all permutations of the same thing. It is pretty lacking. It's not scary in the slightest. The characters may not be the worst I've seen, but they've got nothing to them. If the basic concept seems like it could be interesting, go ahead and give it a go. The entire series is over in under forty minutes and I can't say that it's a bad little series. More sub-par. My final rating is going to stand at a 4/10. Next week I'll finish out this year's horror anime month with Elfen Lied.
s4lud
This anime was overall "fine". I don't regret watching it though. Here's why: -I liked the art style -the behind the scenes clips at the end of the episodes were interesting -The episodes are only around 3 minutes long However, this anime wasn't "good" or original in any way.Here's why:
-too short for any real story line or character development
-the "villain" wasn't scary or original
-overall, it wasn't very frightening.
In conclusion, I wouldn't highly recommend this anime, but it was interesting and kinda fun to watch. I'd give it a 4/10 because I did enjoy watching it for the most part, and the art style is so satisfying and different. It takes 3 minutes an episode, so why not try it?
Hope this helped.
