"Kappa Mikey" (2006) TV series 2006-????

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creator:

Larry Schwarz

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Release Date:

1 January 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy

Plot:

Parody of Japanese anime, featuring a guy named Mikey who travels to Japan to star in an anime, where he discovers his new co-stars are all basically walking anime clichés.

Plot Keywords:

Anime | Actor | Show Within A Show

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jesse Adams

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Yes Man / ... (47 episodes, 2006-2007)

Runtime:

USA:22 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-7 | USA:TV-Y7

Quotes:

Gonard: Let's see, Gonardade... delicious.
[drinks from same pitcher]
Gonard: Mikeyade... I'm going to vomit.

Soundtrack:

Hey x2, You x2

Clichés bashed to death in a show totally gone mad.

It is important how you watch this. "Kappa Mikey" does absolutely not take itself serious but rather wants to take clichés, make fun of them and just make its watchers have a good time. First of all, there's the unique look - with Mikey Simon looking American cartoon flash-animated style living in Japan where everything looks Anime. It has a very special style to it which is incredibly exaggerated and crazy but for that reasons likable.

Style is not everything, for sure it's the content that also matters. And here we get a lot of that. All in all, the stories are just like the show looks - mad, quirky and often exaggerated. But all happenings usually come up with parody, irony, sarcasm or any other kind of humour you can think of.

I can accept if someone does not like "Kappa Mikey" because it's better watched with enough distance not to take it serious - it's only fun and knows about it.