Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan

Have you ever done drugs? Especially LSD? No? If you want to feel something similar, just watch this anime.

In 2017, Yorgos Lanthimos directed a movie called "The Killing of a Sacred Deer." Just like this anime, it has "deer" in its title.

So, what's the point of me bringing that up?

Well, despite the deer in its title, the movie barely shows any actual deer. This anime, on the other hand, makes sure to show you DEER EVERY. FCKING. MINUTE.
DEER, DEER, EVERYWHERE. DON’T YOU DEER FORGET THAT THIS ANIME IS ABOUT DEER.
IN THE OPENING: DEER
IN THE TITLE FRAME: DEER
... IN THE WALKWAY: DEER
IN THE CLASSROOM: DEER
IN THE RANDOM WAREHOUSE: DEER
And in the ending, YOU FCKING GUESS IT: DEER.

AND IT DOESN’T STOP WITH JUST DEER. YOU'VE GOT DEER BISCUITS, A DEER CLUB, A DEER GIRL HANGING ON AN ELECTRIC POLE, A GIRL THAT ENVIES A DEER, AND MORE DEAR SHENANIGANS. DEER GOD, IS THERE ANYTHING BUT DEER?

Surprisingly, there is. This anime actually has a story: a bizarre encounter of a seemingly high-profile and well-mannered student with a seemingly female high schooler with deer antlers. Then the story goes from there. We learn that she is a delinquent, a tsundere, and a virgin—a tsundere virgin. This tsundere virgin has a crazy sister who loves her too much. There are a few sprinkles of shoujo ai spices in here, but not much—too little even. Then this anime shows you that all of that is just a side plot because the main plot is and will always be DEER.
"This ain't about you girls; this is about DEER."

The animation is awesome. The character design is cute, charming, and pretty. Sometimes the animation looks like the budget jumped from "yeah, just some standard CGDCT animation" to "holy shit, how much does that cost?" Overall, very good animation—very fluid. Also, this anime has one of the best blood splatters I've ever seen so far this season, despite the fact that it's not really necessary. So, good animation, above average.
Then, there's the deer. They seem so out of place. They look like they don't even belong in this anime, but again, it's definitely made on purpose because they're trying to make the deer seems like a sentient natural forces spying on the MC's life like a watchful god.

The song is bopping. The ED song is very catchy, and adding a deer cracker-making video in the background just adds extra deer-iness to the show.

And the OP song is catchy, too catchy even. So catchy that it still plays even when I’ve already turned it off. Sometimes it appears in my dreams. Sometimes it haunts me in my nightmares. Sometimes it just digs its way into my head, making me sing it without my consent. Sometimes I bang my head to stop it, but the voices keep getting louder and louder. But overall, it's a very catchy and enjoyable song.

This show is the Deer-est deer anime that ever deer-ed, and giving it a 10 is merely a fraction of my thankfulness to the deer god for blessing me with this peak cinema.

People might say humor is subjective, but some things are really just not funny. After 3 episodes I can count on one hand how many times I laughed, smiled or even blew air out of my nose a little. Every joke feels forced and most of them have no punchline. The so called gag humor this anime is supposed to have are just desperate attempts to randomly catch you off guard but it just makes things weird instead of making you laugh. The only notable parts in terms of humor are pop cultural references, but they're not that frequent.

The show also likes to use Koshitan ... as a punching bag, constantly. In itself it's not a bad thing, it worked quite well in Bocchi the Rock, but it doesn't work here because this show overdoes it + the unseriousness of the environment makes it boring very quickly.

The best part of the show is the opening and the marketing, it sells you an idea that you get into some silly comedy. Instead you get into a weird, chaotic, uncanny universe that tries to be funny by throwing the most random "jokes" at you labeled as gag humor. It reminds me of the chatoic nature of MLG memes back in the day, but at least that's supposed to be a parody.

Watching one episode will help you decide if you wanna watch the whole thing or not because all episodes are similar and it won't get any better or worse.

This anime is so bad that I actually put in the effort to retrieve my MAL account I haven't logged in to for years just to post this review. Shika puns, as abundant as they are, just aren't funny at all. It's like they listed out all the shika and other animal puns they can think of and only had 30 minutes to write a script for a 12-episode anime. Idk if it's a 12-ep anime, but I sure hope it is.

All the characters are brainrot characters, too. Within 3 minutes of screentime of each character, they all have managed to turn themselves from cute ... anime schoolgirls to irritating anthromorphs sharing one single cancerous brain cell, and they are all yet to use the brain aspect of the cell.

This is basically a show for the meme community to take clips from and make memes out of because this show can't stand on it's own.
Some of the moments are funny on their own but the events that surround it feel like mindless filler and you're just sitting there waiting for something funny to happen. The characters feel like vessels for a joke instead of actual people. If you took away Shikanoko's deer antlers not much would change.
So far the only "jokes" I can remember have been about deer crackers.

The art style is just default anime, it's nothing special at all. It's like they put ... all their effort into making the opening song animation which is decent however it is yet another vessel for meme creators to make memes out of.

Watch Nijichou My Ordinary Life instead.

I was, like so many others, bombarded with deer marketing stuff everywhere so I gave this a try.

3 episodes in now and I have a really hard time to continue this show.

The script (if one exists at all) is horrible. Just a bunch of "look, random deer stuff, laugh now" kind of jokes. The punshline of every joke is just "oh look, random deer stuff". It gets old very fast.

The only thing that got a smile (not a laugh) out of me was the outro with real life deer footage.

I will try to force myself to finish it, but it will be hard. Not even ... my beloved Utena Hiiragi (her voiceactress is in this) can make this fun for me. And thats saying something in my case.

Avoid this anime if you can. Its an unfunny waste of time and... Hey look, a deer! AHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA

We gather here today, deerly beloved, to take a look at Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, a special show with many CGI deer friends. I have an inkling that the premise, in the Japanese way of unique advertisement, is to sell the beautiful commodity that is deer crackers. You see, these deer crackers can:
1) Act as payment
2) Potentially save a LIFE
Did I mention, they are crispy not hard? Most delicious and flavorless.

Other elements tossed into the anime thus far include a fun dance with a bopping opening song, yuri bait, cute real life content featuring deerkind, a touch of horror, and, deer god, even some good ... ol puebescent harassment. Oh deer indeed.
As wacky and discordant the storytelling is here, 3/3 episodes have been enjoyable thus far. The humor leans on shock value, so expect the unexpected, peppered with some fun classic tropes. Truly I am here for a plot that is deer to me - and if you enjoy our adorable four-legged friends as much as I do, this show's for you! ...If you deer. Fingers crossed on whether the whole cast will morph into deer before episode 10

Take care, deer friends, and may your deer cracker supply never run dry. SHIKAAAAA

I honestly had such high hopes for this anime, from the clips I saw to even the intro. who wouldn't wanna watch a bunch of deer and a silly half-deer girl doing the most random shit? I was excited for this, which I had never been for some random comedy anime because it seemed right up my alley… but oh boy was I wrong.

Where do I even start? Some of the jokes they are trying to land aren't even funny, they are just plain creepy. The whole sister complex, the virginity jokes (about a high schooler might I add), and Koshi being the butt ... of the joke 90% of the time. If this anime was solely gag humor about Shikanoko and how she's a deer, which is the majority of the draw to the anime in the first place, this would've been peak. Because the few times that Shikanoko was the joke, I was lmao. But no, they had to poke fun at one character and give her a yandere sister?? Yikes

In the end, this is only good for the little clips and the opening song. Very unfortunate

Half of the anime has been released, that is enough for anyone to conclude their thought. The anime did not live up to the hype.

It is important to address that the Shikanokokokokoshitatan have been doing a good job with the animation, the art, and other effects. The anime itself is not terrible, it is somewhat enjoyable. So, what went wrong? The humor. Before the anime was released, plenty of memes and pr of this anime had been spreading rapidly, to the point where there would be one Shikanoko post for every three posts on social media.

In contrast with the high expectations, however, the humor in ... the anime feels forced and childish, the kind of humor a 9 yo would laugh at. The anime doesn't feel like it is made for children whatsoever, there are sexual and incest jokes, not suitable for what feels like the target age. The studio likely wants to imitate the kind of humor in Bocchi the Rock and Nichijou, but overdone it and what was supposed to be humor is now just some cringy jokes. There are some laughable jokes, just that there are more times when it feels more awkward than funny.

Overall, Shikanoko is a fine but overhyped anime with a little bad taste in humor. It is hard to recommend this anime but it is not bad enough to avoid entirely either. Humor is subjective, give it a try and see if it will fit.

Oh, Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, where do I even begin.

Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan is a rare gem in the anime industry- that is if I were to speak about it in terms of PR. It has one of the most impactful and exciting PR I have ever seen in my history of consuming anime, YET the show failed to deliver what it has deliberately shoved into its audience's faces. I, too, like many others, had my expectations set high from all the PR, expecting something similar to that of Konosuba, Bocchi the Rock, or The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, only to be let down.

Coming from Wit ... studio, the animation quality is NO WHERE near what the team is truly capable of; It's not bad, but the characters' design, foreground, and background don't have that impact that makes you go, "Wow, this is truly a product from WiT studio!.", and most of the time, the animation are just clumsy.

The jokes coming from the show are UNBEARABLE; not even a fourth-grader would laugh at them; all the jokes make you feel like it is forcefully forced down your throat; it is unhumourous, especially when humor is the main selling point of the entire series, the normalization of disgusting jokes like Koshi Torako being a virgin or incest is just awful, no punch line, nothing, just weird things being normalized in a poorly attempt trying to make the viewer laugh.

Now, there is quite a handful of gag-humor anime out there that don't give the viewer a clear flow of story development, but at least they HAD a story flow. After three episodes of Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan, the plot is all over the place; where does Nokotan come from? Why does she know about Torako's past? What is their motivation? We know NOTHING about that; yes, I understand some anime will give clues for the viewer later in the series, but in the meantime, they at least tried to entertain the viewer; this series DOES NOT entertain its viewer whatsoever.

When we combined mediocre animation quality with shit-unfunny jokes and a poor plot, we got something similar to this; the only redeemable thing this series has is its PR material and the opening, nothing else. Please don't waste your time on this; make your limited lifespan worthwhile with Konosuba or Bocchi the Rock.

This fails the 3 eps test. Which is somewhat surprising as I usually really like goofy off the wall stuff. But there usually are some intriguing characters to get me engaged, and that is sorely missing with this title. Instead of being engaging, I found them all really irritating in one way or another. Poor character design, it's like the producers went straight to stupidity for stupidity's sake.

The artwork is mid, and the animation? The 2D CG is clumsy at best. And those 3D CG remdered deer popping up all over the place are poorly done. They're more distracting than anything else. The VAs ... are over the top, and lend much to the irritating nature of the characters. I am sure the director is at least partly to blame, for equating loud and shrill with comedic.

So while it started out OK, this doe stepped into the meadow, and took a slug quickly. If I was grading, it would get no more than 45/100, E; The first ep had some moments, and looked like they might carry through, or the grade would be even lower. This turned out to be as bland as a deer cracker in the long run. Bye bye, dearies.

Felt like a 2010s anime aimed towards the youth. As an older watcher (nearing 30!), most of the humor felt pretty generic and regurgitated from the 'norm' of comedy anime. Virgin jokes, shock humor, over-the-top anger, lewd jokes, etc. If that's your thing, go and enjoy, no hate. For me, I've gone through waves of these types of content so they make me roll my eyes at this point.

It was a cute concept, and the first episode had me pretty interested, but I feel as if it dropped the ball pretty hard. The antlers-door shattering joke was great and kept me hook alongside the interesting ... characters, but at this point it felt like they repeated themselves multiple times and I'm only on episode 3.

Opening is a banger though

I like to use the 3 episode rule on most animes, unfortunately when I got to the 3rd episode me and my brother got bored out of our minds and decided to watch youtube videos instead.

The anime is cliché, and the use of tropes is borderline uninspiring. You have your straight-man character, incestuous little sister, crackhead and crackhead num2. I could not think of how the show could ever build on these character tropes at all. You’re basically watching for the deer girl and some queer baiting.

The only flavor this show has going for it is the deer premise, and even then the show fails ... at actually making it interesting, deciding on making the characters just argue and argue with mc. Which to me, is not interesting in the slightest.

The animation is cute and simple, I don’t have any major problems with it, and the voice acting is great.

I know this kind of humor resonates with some people and it’s not unwatchable. It’s just average, nothing really stands out when you get past the deer.

5/10

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Creative marketing, great PV, banger OP. Makes me have high expectations for this anime, Yes, I hope every second I spend watching this anime can rot my brain cells one by one.

Actually, 15 minutes of EP 1 is quite good, some scenes make me laugh, Nokotan who is stuck on the electric pole, Nokotan entrance and the reactions of the people in the class, and 'shikabukiste yatta!!!' managed to enter my memory. Yes, that's it. The rest? One word I want to say is 'BORING'.

Most of the jokes are dry and don't have a clear punchline. ... I know that comedy needs victims, but making Koshitan who is always the punching bag is executed excessively and overused, making it seem forced to be funny. Keep in mind that the best comedy is honest and natural comedy. This can be exemplified in Bocchi the Rock, where Bocchi is also used as a punching bag but we all know what is behind it and the reason feels natural.

Back to the topic. The four characters feel generic and annoying. Nokotan who acts stupid and seems to want to tell the audience that "Hi, I'm a cute deer girl and Baka, let's laugh!" which most of the time doesn't work, a siscon little sister, and a gluttonous girl?????

In terms of scoring, the only backsound that is relied on in this anime is "Shika shika shika". Nothing special. The narrator's voice is a bit annoying. The dialogue between the characters is so flat.However, one of the good things in this anime is the fluid character movement animation and deserves appreciation. Thanks to WIT Studio.

Yes, the only good thing in this anime is the PR movement from its marketing and OP, also some jokes that at least managed to make me laugh a bit. I know this is a brainrot anime, but at least I expected something a little special.

I actually hope my review above is wrong since I'm still on Ep 3.

Nichijou far far farrrr better.

Humor is subjective, luckily this anime is factually just bad, no need for subjective opinions, the only good thing about this is at least what you see in the first episode is more or less what you get in the others, only with an increasing amount of characters (Its only 4 episodes out when I write this, so we will see if this remains true).
I have two theorys about the creation of this anime, both being equally bad for the creators.
First, this was supposed to be a Nichijou type weird/comedy/SOL anime, but they took all the wrong turns, they selected all the wrong dialogue options
The ... second being more plausible and honestly sadder, is that they just wanted to capitalise in the roaring meme industry and pulled a "how do you do fellow kids" move and tried to sell this off as something funny and watchable.
In short, the characters are pretty bad, even for a "comedy" anime, the setting is just dafuck level bad and tieing into that is the gag humor (the setting, or more like the lack of any character with an IQ of above room temperature (in Kelvin) is supposed to be reinforcing the gag humor) just does not stick. Its like they throw a handful of shit in every minute at your face from the screen and see what sticks. It can be a good tactic, but here it is not. I think this is a prime example of what happens, when the marketing team decides to make an anime as a quick cash grab, because #relatable#memes#brainrot#buymerch

To be fair there are way worse animes out there and we did not get to see the full season of the anime, so it can get better (doubtful), I would not give it big hopes tough.

I haven't written a review in a minute but honestly, I should start making more reviews. I could see why ppl have mixed feelings about this show. I'm into comedy and ngl the amount of hype this received and the amount of ppl that were calling this "peak" and are now saying comedy is subjective are the ones who are coping.
Story- 5/10
There isn't much of a story, it's a character driven show but even then, the characters are really generic.

Art-8/10
The animation is actually good, I like the character designs. There are noticeable moments where the animation does get better.

Sound-7/10
I like the opening, ... it's pretty catchy. The sound effects are very good as well, the soundtrack does get repetitive like really fast, every 5 minutes I hear the shika soundtrack, which kinda gets annoying.

Characters-6/10
None of the characters have depth into them, they're pretty much one dimensional and generic.

Enjoyment-6/10
the comedy gets repetitive really fast, nokotan and bashame are airheads, and their jokes are pretty predictable. The soundtrack gets me annoyed every time I hear shiiiiiiikaaaaaaa in both female and male voice. There are some moments where the main character gets exposed and it's kind of is funny to an extent but for the most time isn't really good at what it's supposed to be.

Overall- 6.4/10
If ur into very generic shows and don't care much about comedy in a comedy, then I guess this is this is the show for u.

This anime is evidently not for everyone. But for those people who enjoy a fun time and are simply just looking to have a blast you can stop reading and go watch this right now.

I won't deny that shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan gained its success from their super engaging brainrot marketing that pulled so many people to watch this anime. Even I was introduced to this by that super catchy opening theme song. But looking past that its actually a really good show.

Some people tend to overthink the purpose of watching an anime. I think too many people watch anime expecting some revolutionary story writing, incredible ... character development and state-of-the-art animation. But to me, while I do enjoy those things, sometimes watching anime is really just about having fun. That is what shikanoko nokonoko koshitantan is about. Just fun. It's a fun anime to watch. It's not supposed to show you an engaging story. It's not trying to be the most philosophical and emotional anime out there. It's not made to one-up all the best reviewed anime ever made. No. It's for people looking to have fun with dry humour, over-the-top characters and voice acting. And to me, sometimes, that's all it takes to make an excellent anime.

Leaving aside the funny OP and the dance that made the whole internet dance Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan is a crazy comedy anime where the only one with a sane mind is the protagonist while the other characters are worthy of being treated like Arkham Asylum and the biggest madness that has everyone in silly is a deer girl who will form the odd duo of the season

The comedy is funny but it is not an anime to be able to repeat all the time very quickly you get tired of it many of the jokes feel like repeated it is as if it took the ... best of different comedy anime episodes and added the deer to the equation, I like the animation they chose the character design is very practical since in all amounts we will see many mood changes and facial expressions

For the moment the deer are earning a 6

No doubt humour is subjective, but when a show is boring, there is no much to do. I’ve watched the first 3 episodes, and the amount of times i laughed or even smiled, is equal to none. When the amount of time i feel the need to move forward the time cursor on the media player, was almost every few minutes.

The anime lack almost everything: from the average animation and design to the very poor CGI, the 3D animation makes me vomit; there is no script, the writing seems done by a monkey, the average gag is pretty bad, and it’s just a desperate ... attempt to randomly catch the viewer attention. There is no chapter development, there is no drama, the only character we know something is the blonde hair girl, but even that, the background is very poor and bad written. I know it’s a humour anime, so certain things doesn’t matter a lot, but this anime feels empty and extremely repetitive, but in a bad way.
The anime doesn’t “stand up”, it feels created in a hurry, by placing some random piece together, without thinking about the outcome.
Every season or two, there are to be some humour show, that does everything except humour, and this one it’s just on point, starting from: why using a Deer? I don’t get the point, what i’m missing here? It should be a joke of some sort?

I can easily say, that the only good things is the Intro, but just the first time you hear it.
There is no much to say or review, considering how basic the anime is.
This show is a waste of time.

"Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan" is an outstanding manga that has been masterfully adapted into an anime, captivating audiences with its unique blend of humor and heart.Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan successfully brings back the vibes of beloved series like "Nichijou" and "Gintama."
It combines everyday absurdity with over-the-top antics, creating a perfect mix of humor and relatability. The series manages to be both fresh and nostalgic, making it appealing to both long-time anime fans and newcomers alike.
The anime boasts an incredible cast of voice actors who bring their characters to life in unexpected ways. Rui Tanabe, known for voicing deredere girls, shines as the yandere character Anko, showcasing ... her versatility. Megumi Han, famous for her role as Arima in "Oshi No Ko," provides the perfect voice for Shikanoko Noko, adding depth and charm to the character. The voice acting elevates the comedic and emotional aspects of the series, making it a joy to watch.
Shikanoko Nokonoko Koshitantan" successfully brings back the vibes of beloved series like "Nichijou" and "Gintama." It combines everyday absurdity with over-the-top antics, creating a perfect mix of humor and relatability. The series manages to be both fresh and nostalgic, making it appealing to both long-time anime fans and newcomers alike.