Sarazanmai
Sarazanmai is easily the biggest surprise to come out of the spring 2019 anime season, if only because it caters to so many different audiences.
For some, it’s a fantastical tale of three young boys being transformed into Kappa by an ancient spirit, their deepest desires taken away from them until they fulfill a certain set of requirements.
For others, it’s a psychedelic trip of frantic art and animation styles, bouncing from clean-cut art and designs into rougher depictions of the battles and struggles the main cast endures.
For others still, it’s a juvenile comedy series full of more crude jokes – many of them about butts – than you can shake a stick at.
And yet, even as it spreads itself across all of these areas, it still manages to feel genuine in every regard. It’s the rare series that knows exactly what it is, even if it’s several different things at once.
As a result, it’s a series that anime fans can’t afford to miss, and will likely leave its viewers well-rewarded for sticking with through May and beyond.
