In most ordinary high schools, many stories and rumors float around—some scandalous, some happy and some...more macabre. One such example is of monsters lurking in an abandoned mansion outside of town. Such tales, however, prove too tempting to resist for Hiroshi and his friends Mika, Takeshi, and Takurou. They decide to brave the rumored dangers in order to investigate the manor and complete a test of courage. Each of them approaches the mansion with an overwhelming sense of dread. And when they enter, they come upon a blue monster named Ao Oni who attacks them.
As Hiroshi and his friends try to solve the various puzzles in the mansion and escape their new blue nemesis, they find themselves meeting several horrible endings as they fail miserably.
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ErTraffik
This opera is really underrated because of itscomplex structure. It looks like a dumb chibi funny anime, with no interest in developing the characters or making them progress like happened with the game. So you are probably wondering why I gave it a 10. That's pretty simple, this opera contains one other anime, really deep and conscious. You have to analyze what happens and you will understand what I say. For eaxmple in every episode they die, but in the next episode there is no sign of change in their acting, but if you know stoics's philosophy it will gain one other layer. It representsthe Doom or Logos, that no one can avoid and everything keeps repeating. Then we have the inverse episode, where the girl kills every monster alone. Again this is a great meaning, showing how you always have to analyze each side before doing something, and how there is no good and no evil. And in the end we have the second different end of the episode, as we saw in the "inverse" episode they main characters aren't killed only because they are part of one other world (Again a reference to stoics's philosophy), in the last episode we see how the kids become the monsters, again the speaking idea of no one is good, everyone can turn evil.
Everyone who has bad reviewed this anime should go deeper instead of just simply watching it.
ash0xff
Ao Oni... few shows manage to impact my life in a meaningful way, and yet this masterpiece not only did that but it managed to change my life completely. It's truly an emotional rollercoaster of ups and downs, filled to the brim with comedy, tension, drama, horror, romance, and characters who evolve and adapt throughout the narrative. By the end of the series you've seen every character grow, to a point where looking back to the start they're almost unrecognisable. I would best describe them each, as a block of marble who are masterfully sculpted into perfect pieces of art. My personal favourite episodes are the 4th and12th (with the 4th winning out over the 12th by a slim margin)
Episode 4 takes a deep dive into the "antagonist"'s mind (I use the term antagonist lightly here as he could be seen as a protagonist in a way), showing us the viewer how the character thinks and feels. This is where I was truly enlightened. This episode without a doubt made me realise that this was no ordinary show, oh no... This was in fact a masterpiece.
Words alone could not even begin to describe how amazing this episode was in every department!
Episode 12 could be seen as filler by some, and while that is technically true it still plays an important role in the series. The episode takes place in an alternate world where the former protagonist "Mika" is hunting the former antagonists in a bizarre twist of fate. Yet again I wouldn't be able to express how this simple change of the formula makes such a massive impact. The only reason this episode doesn't beat out the 4th is that it's not technically canon to the narrative and has no impact on it.
In short, Ao Oni is truly a masterpiece that everyone should see!
MerlinSam123
Episodes 4, 12, and 13 are the only ones worth watching. At my least critical, I might include episodes 5 and 11 with those on the account that they mildly amused me, though I will still likely forget them a week after I've written this review. If you've stumbled upon this series of comedy shorts because of the following the original freeware Ao Oni game has gained, that's really all you need to know. Those are the only episodes of this show that I might consider clever, and even then, not by much. Most of the humor in these shorts is very stale and predictable,and this problem can primarily be attributed to the characters, because they really aren't characters. They're each a single personality trait combined with a cluster of stereotypical horror character traits. In a freeware game where the focus is on the scares and the atmosphere, this characterization is forgivable. In a comedy series, it ensures that the punchline of each joke is heavily predictable and that the characters never form any meaningful chemistry. The story is largely just meant to be a vehicle for the comedy, and is thus also not worth talking about. The music is completely forgettable, the lone exception being the repeating strings that play whenever being chased by the titular monster in the original game. This track has been seared into the mind of anyone who has experienced the Ao Oni game. Even though it's really only a few seconds of music repeated over and over, it coneys a sense of panic well and manages never to get old or annoying. Thankfully, it's not overused in the series. It and the show's simple but effective art are the only things I can imagine remaining the same in the alternate universe where this show was a comedy masterpiece. Overall, if you REALLY have to see all of the semi-decent anime in existence, watch the episodes I listed above. If you're nowhere near that obsessive, skip this series. The good episodes aren't worth wading through the crappy ones, and even on their own, they never get more than a brief small chuckle. Just look up "Ao Oni Funny Moments" on YouTube and you'll probably get dozens of videos that will make you laugh more than all of the episodes in this series combined.
Hideri_Poster
This was a complete subversion of expectations. If you’re looking for a horror-type thriller, this ain’t it. If you’re looking for a remotely serious show, you’re out of luck here. This all being said, this show made me laugh harder than almost any show I’ve watched in a long time. I went into it with the low ratings in mind thinking it would be a so-bad-it’s-good horror show, but I got a short and sweet comedy experience that leaves me with a smile on my face and wanting more. Story - There isn’t much of a story. Every episode is only a couple of minutes. Iappreciate the show being so similar in presentation to a video game, always ending in a “Game Over”. As a video game adaptation, it really trails off from the source material, but also plays with it in creative and funny ways. Anyway, to rope everything back to topic, the “stories” in every episode are short, sweet, and inoffensive.
Art - I enjoy the art in this show a great deal. The way the Ao Oni and it’s… family members (?) are animated and presented visually are quite funny looking, in a good way, of course. The main human characters themselves are also animated in a simple, yet effective way. I do however wish they maybe used the main characters’ detailed design, maybe in the last episode or something. Other than that, art is solid and inoffensive. Even the gore is done tastefully somehow.
Sound - I am in love with the fact that the show uses the short looping violin sting from the video game whenever Ao Oni shows up. That, plus the rest of the sound design being solid, means that the sound design never really dips below being good.
Character - I enjoy almost every character in this show. Even though some characters are more forgettable than others, they all have their defining personality traits that make them all memorable in their own right. All of the Ao Onis are funny, I especially enjoy the muscular one for some reason. As for the human cast, Mika probably has some of the most memorable moments, followed closely by Takurou. Hiroshi is a funny character, for being a stereotypical “nerd” type. Takeshi is the most forgettable, but he still has funny moments and I wouldn’t like the show any more if he weren’t in it.
Enjoyment - Every single episode made me laugh at least once, usually way more. Nearly every joke lands. The absurdity and speed of the comedy fits so much substance into so little runtime. For being under the horror genre, the show is insanely fun, and not exactly horrific.
Overall - I wish more people knew about the show. I wish the genre listed wasn’t so misleading. I wish the show was longer. I didn’t get what I expected when going into this, but I got something arguably better with an enjoyable experience that I haven’t gotten anywhere else thus far.
bagel_bred
I was pleasently surprised and disappointed by this series. It's kind of like a "Pop Team Epic" for horror. The characters seem to look and act like how they do in the game (even though Takuro is protrayed nicer than in the game) and are pretty spot on. Story-wise the shorts aren't always the best in quality. While some are genuinely funny, some are really bland and unfunny. The ending was surprisingly scary, and really came out of left field. It was a welcome surprise. The animation was well-done and super cute. It's not the best short "comedy" one-shot series out there, and Iwouldn't recommend it to anyone who hasn't played the game, but it's a decent show.
MoonSpider
Something brought me back to 2012 youtube with its rpgmaker horror craze, Ao Oni being probably one of the biggest names among them. When looking up the most recent version of the wiki, imagine my surprise that there are numerous new games, a couple of movies, novels, and anime based on it! So I recently gave this anime a watch. Honestly I think people are being too harsh on the series overall. Most reviews I see either give it like a 10 or a 2. That's not to say that this style of comedic shorts are for everyone or that every joke hits the mark, butit's not horrible by any means. In fact, I found the silliness mixed with dark humor to be very enjoyable, and the short run of each episode meant that the jokes themselves largely didn't overstay their welcome. Overall, I had a really great time.
What I do have a major criticism of, however, is the media player/translation effort used for the final episode, episode 13. I was watching the series on Crunchyroll (I have a free account there; that company has soured my taste for it enough that I wouldn't consider paying) and got to episode 13 and suddenly English subtitles weren't available. Only what looks like Spanish. I couldn't find a proper, working player for this episode, on Crunchyroll or not, that loads, plays sound, and is subtitled in English at the same time. Such a high bar for quality I had, I know. At one point, I ended up "watching" episode 13 by moving the track bar through the still frames so I could basically read the anime like a manga. It majorly brought down the mood for what I consider to be a delightful horror/dark comedy short series. In the end though, I switched my platform from PC to Crunchyroll on Roku and that seemed to resolve the issue. I'm still left rather annoyed, though.
ShionU27
I watched this as a joke because I'm familiar with the game, manga, and live action movie, not to mention the episodes are shorts, so you can finish watching the whole thing within an hour...... But WHY? Why does this exist? The animation is poor, the story tries to be funny but it comes off as cheap, and after about 3 episodes in the voice acting just sucks. Save your time and eyes, once you've watched about 3 episodes you've seen all that this anime has to offer. The anime tries to make a joke of the game and characters by having them die ineach episode in weird ways. It's supposed to be comical but comes off as cheesy. The animation honestly looks like something that can be done with a cell phone app.
I honestly want to know just how this anime came to be lol.
slonkyguts
This is the weirdest way to interperate a horror game from the early 2000s, in the best way possible. The comedy is fast paced and the episodes are short. Perfect for any zoomer erectus, tiktok rotted brain. What if there was an alternate universe where Yume Nikki or Ib got a comedy anime like this? Anyway, this anime is fun, nerds will say it isn’t “faithful” to the source material. Personally, a world where we get strange genre flipping interpretations sounds way more fun than the same story over and over again. Like taking the story and making something new out of what it gives.Because the original source material is pretty straightforward. Just a bunch of teens stuck in a spooky manshion and a monster chases them. Most of the teens die, one lives. There we go, endless content farm. No wonder the franchise is so huge in Japan.
All in all:
-Short program.
-Fun comedy
-Bouncy animation
-Actually laughed while watching it
(9/10)
jadyjads
The team behind Ao Oni The Animation knows Ao Oni has this burlesque quality to it, loves it, and it shows. Do you like Ao Oni? Do you like sh*tposts? Then you'll enjoy this very short, silly anime. It features the game's characters with more sterotypical personalities, but in the sense that it makes them easier to grasp in a short amount of time. There is no overarching story - this a series of jokes taking place in the Oni's mansion. The ending theme is surprisingly catchy and the monsters are funny. Only downside was the intro, which was a little too long for something that isalways the same except for its last line.
witchyedgelord
So, I knew about the original game this anime was based off for years, having watched multiple let's plays of it and planning to do my own series on the game in the future. It's a pretty basic story, four friends going to try to solve an old mystery of their town in a way that basically makes it feel like a Scooby-Doo episode that has an ACTUAL monster rather than a disguised person, but has it's scary moments and has always been rememberable to me. This anime, however, takes it in a more comedic route. And honestly, I'm perfectly okay with that, but I don'tthink it's for every fan of the game. It's basically putting the characters in these scenarios for crude humor, as multiple times they get killed in various comedic ways. Art is okay, not much to say on story as it's episodic and each episode's only three minutes, and the characters are about the same as their game counterparts; Hiroshi is the skeptic, Takuro is the hot-head, Mika is the token "girl" character, and Takeshi's still a coward.
A few jokes fell flat for me, but all in all, it wasn't a bad time and did manage to make me laugh. Which is a good thing; I was in a pretty bad mood going in and it managed to fix that. The only "dud" episodes I had were episodes four and six, but that's probably because my sense of humor just doesn't match up to those.
If you watch this, don't expect to be wow-ed by it or anything as it's nothing special and doesn't have the same anxiety-filled tone as the game, but some might get a few chuckles out of it if they take it at face value and just use it as something to turn their brain off to for a bit.
Story: 5
Art: 6
Character: 6
Enjoyment: 7
Overall: 6
(Sorry if this wasn't a good review either, kinda my first one.)
