Reviews for Laughing Salesman

Warau Salesman is an episodic show with no real plot, where each episode is its own little story. Every episode has a different protagonist, Moguro's client, whose life almost always is ruined in one way or another by the end. One good aspect is how condensed the stories are, never being rushed. This anime does a very good job of presenting a different story in a short time every episode, usually the first 2 or 3 minutes, after which comes Moguro offering the miraculous, too good to be true, solution for his client's problems. The problems are realistic and mundane, with a big portion of theclients being salarymen. A big part of the enjoyment comes from the expectation, each time you begin watching another episode, of seeing in what fucked up way will Moguro ruin someone's life. I don't recommend this anime to people who get upset at "mean-spirited" characters of shows. This one's not about justice or retribution. Moguro doesn't care if his clients are bad or good people, weak or strong. Many times someone will suffer without having deserved it.

Moguro Fukuzou's voice acting is great at being both funny and creepy. The character, in appearance, is bizarre-looking compared to the rest, always having the same grinning expression, and his speech is equally distinct. He will always sound like an extremely polite salesman trying to sell something, even when he is angry at someone that broke his promise.

Overall, it's an anime about 10 minute episodes with independent stories about drama and/or dark humor with bizarre or gruesome endings.

Do not watch if you get upset at fictional characters suffering for no reason.

Warau Salesman is not only one of those "one of a kind anime" but is also heavily underrated and missunderstood. First of all, Warau Salesman is a Horror-Comedy with pretty heavy social commentary. I don't know why people always deem it as something else. But lets start at the beginning. The show is about a mysterious salesman, Moguro Fukuzou, who deals in human souls (the literal japanese translation is "kokorou" which means heart, but its symbolic for souls). He offers people a splendid deal that fits their deepest desires perfectly and that they won't possibly refuse. All free of charge of course. However, Moguro has always onecondition that he makes clear to his clients. If the client breaks that condition, the whole deal is void and Moguro can collect his soul (visualized by basically fucking up his former clients life). Now here is where the whole horror and also social commentary comes in. Moguro himself is of course not a normal salesman yet alone a normal human being. His true origins are never made really clear throughout the whole series, but its safe to say that he is some sort of a devils advocat if not the devil himself. He always hangs in a bar called "Demon Nest" so that basically covers that. And just like some demons Moguro, in some way, has to be invited by the people. If the client is on the hook and agrees to Mogurus terms, from that point on Moguru is in his life for good watching him at all times without being noticed (except if he wants to be noticed). Now why would anybody break a good deal that last forever as long as one tiny condition won't get violated? Because human beings are selfish, ignorant and greedy scum who always want more! You give them the little pinky and they take the whole hand! And that is the premise of this show and Moguros transactions. He knows of that selfish nature and feasts upon it. He knows eventually every last one of his human clients will turn into a greedy and dishonest pig, so he can collect his souls in peace.

While the first episodes are very tame in regards of violence, some of the later episodes turn out to be quite gorey. But despite all the gore and deep commentary, Warau Salesman is still a funny comedy show with some great humor in it. Not least due to Moguros crazy monologues and self awareness. The events in each episode make up for great situation comedy as well.

If you want sophisticated and social critical, yet dark, crazy and unpredictable comedy this is the show for you. I definitely recommand it!

Want to see good and bad people alike get swindled by a fat man with a suitcase and a giant index-finger? Give this a shot! With the new revamp “sequel” this past year titled “Warau Salesman New”, I was surprised to see not a single review for the original series. Essentially, if you have a pessimistic side to you and enjoy dark comedy, you’ll probably get a decent amount of entertainment out of this one. I’ve only been able to find the first season, so this will only be reviewing the first 25 episodes. In Warau Salesman, Every 10-minute episode features a brand new character. Thedesires of said character are given to you at the beginning of the episode. Once Moguro appears, he offers a too-good-to-be-true deal for the character. Some characters fall for it right away, others he has to be more persistent with. Rest assured, he closes the deal and you get to see the aftermath of the character’s now-met desires. Depending on how scummy the character it is, the more satisfying Moguro’s wrath becomes. Or in stark contrast, the character doesn’t deserve the treatment at all and you end up feeling pretty sympathetic toward them.

It started airing in 1989, so don’t expect too much from the quality of the animation, artwork and sound. I actually like the old school style, so this was a big plus for me. The thing I liked the most in the artwork were the scenes focusing on the city itself, as it often gives a polluted and sleazy feel to the show. You would also expect the new character’s personalities to bleed into each other and all be the same, but I was impressed that they were able to give new characters a personality of their own for each episode.

Whenever I was having a bad day, I turned an episode of this on and it instantly made me appreciate my life again which is what I liked most about it. Though it has comedic elements, there are some pretty sad and relatable characters within the show. You are bound to relate to at least one of them if you watch long enough. It's an episodic show, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing. Warau Salesman does what it does very well, so you are bound to enjoy the rest of it if you enjoy the first episode.

Overall this is a great show if you are having one of those irritable days where you are annoyed by everything and everyone. I got a good amount of enjoyment of it in that respect. Next time you get into one of those cynical and depressing moods, maybe think about giving Warau Salesman a try.

Story: 6 warou salesman is about Fukuzou Moguro who is a salesman who tries to give people they want for free (without money) because he has good motives as he cares about wanting to give them what they want as he thinks he is doing something good. Usually, he stretches the situations so much he really ends up hurting the majority of his clients even though some episodes those clients deserved this but most of the times they didn't. Each episode is a different story featuring different involving people.He either finds by a coincidence the people he decides he wants to help or by picking themup.

My main problem is that after some point the cases and the messages are a bit similar

so it becomes a bit repetitive after some point which it makes sense because for how long are they gonna keep writing something that had entirely new different messages to give to the watchers of the anime and to be honest it's a quite predictable once you get to know what is going on you know that the client of this guy is gonna get either in some jail or hospital or get divorced.

Art 3

The art style is quite different from the standard approaching the faces are looking a bit goofy though even for the 89 era

Sound: 3

Well nothing special

Character: 2

Well we only know his motives but other than that from the 10 episodes i saw nothing else it has known because each episode is different and the focus is more on the clients he decides to take care of the episodes are focusing more on the clients than himself so i am gonna give him a 3

Enjoyment 4

Well the humour is like black comedy if you like black comedy and psychology well you may like it and it focus is morals, desires

Overall 4 and this is not a random score but based on the multiplication from all of the categories with the exception of the overall category and then division by 5 that are the main categories and while the score went 3.6 since it's above 3.5 i gave it a 0,5 bonus to get to 4 since it's above 3,5 you know right?

Well if you are the type of guy who will see behind the 1rst picture then it's a not half bad anime i would say at least it tries to give hidden messages to those who watch it and the messages are different since each episode is an entirely different story and it is not around a story pattern that the story progresses around it like most stories.

"The World is full of lonely men and women, both young and old. I'm here to fill the gaps of your lonely souls. Completely free of charge I might add. A satisfied costumer is the only compensation I desire." -Warau Salesman opening line. Warau Salesman is a work by the legendary duo Fujiko Fujio, creators of classics such as Doraemon and Ninja Hattori-kun. The series follows Fukuzo Moguro, a salesman with a permanent grim smile that offers his services to struggling citizens, with quite disastrous results. Like the aforementioned works, Warau is an episodic anime with each one being 10 min in duration.What makes this series stand out from Fujiko's catalog is the mature overtones of this work, deviating from the childlike nature of their most famous works, Warau Salesman's dark comedic elements come from the characters's misfortune and the unreal situations that they experience under Fukuzo's guidance, often ending up with their lives ruined.

Every episode is unrelated and they follow a very simple formula: There's a citizen with a problem, (work, family, love, boredom, etc...) Fukuzo approaches them, hands a business card and convinces them he has a solution, it turns out that solution is either quite extreme or Fukuzo himself sabotages the situation and the poor citizen gets screwed. All the development is done within those 10 minutes and that's it.

There isn't any kind of deep lesson to be learned other than the usual "be careful what you wish for", "greed is bad", that sort of thing, in fact, one of the things that surprised me the most is the fact that most of the people are quite innocent and end up traumatized for life. I personally advise not to question his methods as Fukuzo is inhumanly resourceful and preforms quite amazing feats sometimes so just assume he is some kind of demon and just go with the flow. Because of this, the best way to enjoy the series is to simply to go in with the mentality that you're going to get a laugh through someone else's misfortune. If this kind of comedy is not your thing or you don't enjoy episodic anime maybe this is not for you.

The art is fairly old school with very simple character designs and everyone seems fairly short in height as if they all suffer from Dwarfism, with some of them ending up looking the same. This is a problem that some old Anime/Manga have. Personally, I grew up watching Doreamon and Ninja Hattori and it's quite nostalgic seeing those designs again. Also, the character's names are quite often related to the theme of the episode as their names are written with the Kanji for "Clumsy" or "Unlucky" for example, this is something that a normal viewer would not notice unless they are fluent in Japanese or in my case, having the translators pointing it out on the subtitles.

The music is handled by Tanaka Kouhei who is well known for the One Piece soundtrack and it fits the mood quite well though don't expect to hear orchestral music of Wagnerian proportions. It is compromised mostly of Orchestral and Jazz pieces and some incidental music well arranged for the situations presented, the pieces that play during Fukuzo's opening lines are short but they set the mood for the anime very well, the Demon's Nest, a pub where Fukuzo takes some of his clients has a very good Cool Jazz piece that gives the scene that 1950's/60's warm and dirty feel.

Overall, I believe that your enjoyment of the series depends mostly on your personal taste and sensibility in regards to humor and plot, if you like old school anime and you are having a bad day, I'm sure you'll get a good laugh or two from this one, plus each episode is 10 minutes long so you can watch it even on lunch break. If you are looking for a new perspective on the universe and your own existence I believe you won't get that experience from this series.

I've kept Laughing Salesman (1989) with me for over a year now, because I'm really bad at finishing longer series. But also because I didn't want to give it up. I knew nothing about laughing salesman until 2017 when the Laughing Salesman 2017 short series came out. I loved the concept of exchanging one's desires to a geniee who would give you what you desired but at a price. He never harms children and I've noticed throughout this series he rarely harms women. Its mostly men he targets. I don't know if that has any real relevance in anything but I thought it was prettyinteresting.

This series reminds me of Jigoku Shouji in that these people are contracted to give up parts of themselves (aka souls) in order to recieve what they like. Mind you, they're not ushered to hell but time after time the punishment for their wish is much harsher than hell themself.

The Laughing Salesman is not an evil man. He is just doing exactly has it describes. He sales you whatever you want and laughs at your expense.

I truly love this series for its dark humor and still very relevant pokes at life. (Gay marriage, stresses on teen's testing, sexism, etc). And if anyone needs me to add more on why I'd recommend this to them I am always up for the challenge. I love this series, and if your looking for anything a bit dark this is for you. <3

The laughing salesmen is a underrated classic. I really the concept of the devil deal/genie. All your desire could be provide but at a cost. It's a very unique series of it's era. Anime targeted at adults doesn't sale well as in the past. First Moguro said his famous dialogue while we get a introduction the the episode client. The client experience a problem. Suddenly Moguro appear out of nowhere to offer a solution. The client either talk to Moguro on the spot or eventually desperately take his offer at the Demon Nest Bar. Either Moguro actively helps the client ornever appear till the end when the client broke his promise. Then something horrific happen to the client. From a embarrassing situation to death. It does get repetitive but mid way the show really shake up the order. Sometimes Moguro just need to watch in the sidelines. Or the show breaks up it's formula.

If you like shows like the Twilight zone where something ordinary become extraordinary happen. This is your cup of tea. It's also super relatable that all the problems discuss are mundane problems you probable have. It's also very fascination how Japanese society during the Bubble Era.