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Space Battleship Tiramisu

宇宙戦艦ティラミス

(Anime)

Sci-fi Parody by Satoshi Miyakawa

Era: 2010s

Rating: C

Plot: After humanity expanded into space, those colonies are now a threat to Earth. To keep it safe, they build in secret a new battleship, the Tiramisu. Aboard it is ace pilot Subaru Ichinose, who has a tough time getting along the other pilots and crew and prefers to stay inside the cockpit of his mecha as much as possible.

Length: 26 episodes +3 bonus (~ 7 minutes)

Thoughts: Well, if you are into gag comedy, you're in for a treat. While something like Martian Sucessor Nadesico, is a serious show with oddball characters, Tiramisu never goes past the gag angle, throwing one bizarre situation after another. Episodes are short (just around 7 minutes, including a short OP and ED), and for the most part feature two scenarios, involving things such as eating breaded pork skewers in a zero G environment, talking to pubic hair, putting Christmas decorations in you battle Mecha, dealing with really dumb clones, going over the speed limit in space, and someone dealing with the family court in the worst way possible. Plus, you don't really have much in character development beyond learning about Subaru and his brother's Isuzu (I think you've noticed a pattern in characters' names) odd quirks, like caring about bubbles under a protective screen and ripped seams during an emergency atmospheric re-entry, and there's little in development in that front because our boy Subaru goes to great lengths to not interact with anyone. I guess that's where the 15 minutes missing from each episode went, you can't say he's anything but efficient with his time. There's some more of a plot in the second season, but (pointing at episode length) you know what to expect.

This was a difficult show to grade because I don't have any major faults to point at. Also had to rewatch it after maybe a year or so to be able to write a single meaningful sentence about it, which I feel shouldn't happen with gag anime, but at least it made me realise rewatching some shows is better than half-assing a post with stuff I kinda remember. At the same time, if you are into parody and / or mecha/sci-fi anime, it's hard not to recommend it, the whole series can be watched in little over 3 hours, after all, and has some incredibly bizarre moments.

Recommended to: Gag anime and Mecha / sci-fi fans

Plus:

It looks surprisingly good for a gag anime, visually it plays straight until they start bringing out the props.

Minus: