Japan Sinks 2020 Discussion Thread

[Dizwikz]

Has anyone seen Japan 2020?? I just finished it and I'm absolutely destroyed.

[Green]

Honestly, it was a terrible show with many unrealistic events and plenty of plot-holes. To me it was very predictable as well. Sorry for sounding so negative but it was utterly garbage and a waste of time in my opinion.

[MoseyP]

Ahaha I'm watching the Trash Taste podcast right now about it. I'm disappointed because it seems so crummy so I'm probably gonna skip it.

[ar-ninetysix]

Little background info, just felt like sharing bc I thought it was funny

So like, me and my little sister were kinda excited since we can appreciate a good disaster flick and just happened to be looking for more anime so like, it shoulda been a perfect match. We were gonna try binging it the day it came on Netflix until we saw the rating pop-up included sexual scenes which raised red flags for us personally bc we're bound to feel uncomfortable, duh. The director's also worked on Devilman Crybaby, which absolutely went all in on scenes like that. So I went ahead and saw the whole thing, found the one scene what I could skip over, and saw it again with her later lol

I'm gonna keep my thoughts on it as spoiler-free as I can.

Overall feelings? It's not the worst, and it has a few great moments. Starts off strong and then loses steam and kinda chills out for a bit before remembering that Japan would sink. Based on the trailer, I thought the main family was gonna look for each other for a huge chunk of the show as everything's going down, but nah, that gets resolved real quick. There's a sub-plot about a third of the way through and it almost feels unnecessary, but for what the show needs from the main cast, you kinda need to watch it so yea (character development, you know how it is sometimes). The ending's a little dragged out, but it really tries to celebrate Japan as a whole as it was meant to come out before the 2020 Olympics.

The first episode is good enough as a stand-alone experience minus the little tease of the next episode at the end. If you're that curious to know what happens after, then go watch the show and judge that for yourself. It's only 10 episodes, shorter than most anime coming out nowadays.

[allenT]

I'm actually enjoy some scenes but overall not great not terrible. Some parts lacks in-between animations, some parts the characters have giant arms.

It's the soundtracks I feel somewhat out of places and repetitive. Some are too chilled out for a disaster scene at the beginning, I don't really dig the music choices, it feels unfitting.

[ar-ninetysix]

Yeah, Muasa loves long arms apparently, Devilman Crybaby had that too so I guess that arm length is part of the studio's art style lol

As for the music, I actually enjoyed the calm stuff bc of that huge contrast. Upon rewatching it, it's more clear that the story's a retelling of the events so like the music being chill actually kinda fits more narratively as opposed to everything happening in real time. I feel like the music would've been more amped up than it ended up being if that were the case

[Dizwikz]

What part did you feel was unrealistic?

[Dizwikz]

Part of the shows style is when things get super tense, the animation becomes less grounded and more chaotic. The director in general also plays around a lot with anatomy and gives animators much more freedom when it comes to portraying characters.