“Aggretsuko” has become Netflix’s latest animated sensation thanks to its adorable lead character and her habit of screaming death metal during karaoke to deal with her crappy boss. She’s the growling voice of Millennials, who rage against known injustice when they experience it.
The character hails from Sanrio, the Japanese mascot company that still deals with its kawaii creations such as Hello Kitty and Keroppi, but has shifted to add more counterculture, relatable characters like the depressed egg Gudetama and now Aggretsuko, which combines “aggressive” and “Retsuko.”
By now, most “Aggretsuko” fans have already binged through all 10 episodes since they’re only about 15 minutes each. Netflix hasn’t announced a second season (yet), so for now we can only dig in a little deeper to learn what else we can about the red panda who sings for all of us.
Here are five things you may not know about “Aggretsuko.
The character hails from Sanrio, the Japanese mascot company that still deals with its kawaii creations such as Hello Kitty and Keroppi, but has shifted to add more counterculture, relatable characters like the depressed egg Gudetama and now Aggretsuko, which combines “aggressive” and “Retsuko.”
By now, most “Aggretsuko” fans have already binged through all 10 episodes since they’re only about 15 minutes each. Netflix hasn’t announced a second season (yet), so for now we can only dig in a little deeper to learn what else we can about the red panda who sings for all of us.
Here are five things you may not know about “Aggretsuko.
- 4/27/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
So cute. So cuddly. And Retsuko’s death-metal vocals will shred your clothes and melt your face off. Netflix’s newest animated series is raging against the machine and looks adorable doing it.
Starring Retsuko, a red panda character developed from the same company that masterminded Hello Kitty, “Aggretsuko” (a portmanteau of “aggressive” and “Retsuko”) depicts the life of the 25-year-old accounting clerk by day who deals with workplace frustrations and injustices by growling death metal at her local karaoke joint at night. More than just escapist fare, Netflix’s anime series manages to fit in a remarkable amount of insight about society within 10 brief, 15-minute episodes.
The injustices seen at Retsuko’s workplace are typical: her overly demanding boss Director Ton who literally is a pig just practices his golf swing all day, the fawning brown-noser Tsunoda gets special treatment, and the office busybody doesn’t seem to have...
Starring Retsuko, a red panda character developed from the same company that masterminded Hello Kitty, “Aggretsuko” (a portmanteau of “aggressive” and “Retsuko”) depicts the life of the 25-year-old accounting clerk by day who deals with workplace frustrations and injustices by growling death metal at her local karaoke joint at night. More than just escapist fare, Netflix’s anime series manages to fit in a remarkable amount of insight about society within 10 brief, 15-minute episodes.
The injustices seen at Retsuko’s workplace are typical: her overly demanding boss Director Ton who literally is a pig just practices his golf swing all day, the fawning brown-noser Tsunoda gets special treatment, and the office busybody doesn’t seem to have...
- 4/21/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
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