#kenzen robo daimidarā

[stillinaincrad]

You guys, I really wanted to like Daimidaler: Prince vs Penguin Empire. I mean, I really wanted to - it’s like Seth Rogan made an anime by dumping Fritz the Cat, Woody Allen’s Sleeper, and Meiou Project Zeorymer in a paper bag with some spices and chicken bits and shook the daylights out of it. The premise is far too shroom-trip-borne to NOT send anyone's curiosity down the rabbit hole: humanoid penguins (with oversized phallic “front tails”) have invaded earth in penguin-shaped mecha, and the only way to fight against them is in specialized earth mecha powered by pervy mind-power. The protagonist has to grope his copilot to activate his powers, but it turns out he sucks at it and has to learn how to unlock his potential. Are you with me so far? If you’re thinking it sounds like a Brazzer’s sci-fi porno script that would make you roll your eyes so far into the back of your head you could stare down your own throat, you’re not too far off. Except it’s worse, because instead of 12 minutes, it’s 12 episodes. 

I couldn’t even make it through the 4th one, it just got too stupid, too overwhelmingly bad, and too pointless. But I did laugh. I laughed my brains out at just how ridiculous it got and they were still trying to make some of the characters be serious despite the obvious anarchy towards convention going on all around them. I’m full aware that no one was intending Daimidaler to be anything even passable as an anime, the whole thing was meant to be like old Sandler movies - just too stupid not to laugh along with - and I did at first, it just went too far too fast for me and I lost interest really, really quickly because it’s... well, it’s bad. So very, very bad. 

Which is sad, because yeah... I did want to like it. Is too batshit crazy not to have at least taken it for a spin.