Reviews for Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

Okay, I'm writing this review before the series has finished airing, which means two things. First of all, my opinion is subject to change by the time it has finished airing. Secondly, I'm basically a guinea pig reviewer. After reading the synopsis of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, you may have some light suspicions that this anime may be a bit crazy. It is crazy. Normally, when you hear of an anime that features an officer of a paranormal agency and six descendants of an ancient monster, you expect it to be some sort of fantasy/sci-fi shounen series. Well, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki throws that convention out the window likea high school delinquent does to his alarm clock in the morning.

However, as crazy as this series is, it gets incredibly deep. In less than ten minutes of the first episode, you will get the idea of how crazy this series is. But you will have to watch at least two episodes to see that Kyouran Kazoku Nikki is not just crazy, but it's a brilliant combination of comedy and drama.

Story and Character

As mentioned earlier, there are an officer from a paranormal agency and six descendants of an ancient monster. But instead of waging war against eachother, they all unite as a loving family. If you think about it, that actually sounds kind of lame. I could hardly imagine that working on some other series like Scooby-Doo or Star Wars.

But have no worries. Kyouran Kazoku Nikki actually makes this seemingly boring idea work.

The story uses ideas commonly associated with family, such as a wedding and honeymoon. That's right, the Midarezaki family actually takes their relationship seriously. You won't even find the type of family dysfunction frequently found in American sitcoms! (Except maybe around Kyouka) Then there are ideas unrelated to family. Things like mad science, assasins, voodoo, and pirates. As for why such outlandish things are there, you'll have to trust me when I say this: They just make Kyouran Kazoku Nikki what it is.

As for the members of the Midarezaki family, they make a quirky, yet solid set of characters. It's too early to say whether each member of the Midarezaki family will have their own backstory, but the ones I've seen so far are surprisingly deep and, in fact, emotional. These characters are not as silly as they seem in the beginning. They're as solid as anime characters come.

Art and Sound

The art style is cartoon-like to match the hyper mood of the series. Of course, the series isn't always hyper. In fact, in the more dramatic scenes, you will actually see blood. That said, the art has a pretty good balance between a cartoony look and a mature look, so that it will flow along with the light-mooded moments, but not contrast so much with the blood scenes.

As for the background music, again, some of it is suited for the cartoony moments, while some of it is suited for the darker moments. Some of the music and sounds make the anime seem a little more sci-fi than it really is, yet it still feels natural. On a minor note, the anime occasionally uses the weirdest sound effects, such as when Kyouka is jumping around in episode 4. Those random sounds can make you go, "WTH!!1??" but again, that's just a minor note.

Then there are the opening and ending themes. The opening theme, Chousai Kenbo Sengen by Mosaic.wav, fits the series fantastically. The super-fast vocals and energy-filled sound effects yell out the same quirky essence of the anime, even if it has some strange lyrics. ("Autocracy is the best word of compliment I can get")

The biggest highlight of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki music-wise is probably the ending themes. The ending themes are like character singles, with a song and animation for each member of the Midarezaki family. The songs reflect each member really well, and while some of them may be over-the-top, they're genuinely enjoyable.

Enjoyment and Overall

Admittedly, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki isn't for everyone. I personally enjoy this series so much, that my score of 9 is just my objective score for this review. While Kyouran Kazoku Nikki has both hectic comedy and deep drama, overall it's a crazy, hyper anime that's more suited for the comedy lover. But daring drama-seekers looking for a refreshing frenzy can feel free to give it a try, since I still think it's a brilliant blend of both sides.

There seems to be a lack of reviews of Kyouran Kazoku Nikki where all the episodes have been watched at the time of writing so I shall attempt to fill that void. The Diary of a Crazed Family, that should tell you something about this anime. In fact, if you were any bit serious about it, it would take your face to the curb and beat it out of you. At least for the most part. But let's get this party started shall we? There is no real story in Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, each episode could easily function as a standalone short, but thatdoesn't mean the show lacks continuity or has no real meat within the episodes themselves. Usually there is an Aesop or moral or something or other to be taught by Kyouka-sama and that's about the only thing that would annoy me. It's more or less a slice of life. Your mileage may vary.

The art, fitting to the theme, is vibrant and colourful. In fact, this is one of the few anime that does not have over-the-top "anime" hairstyled characters. For that I applaud it. Heck, even a Stinger is faithfully recreated in anime form and ofcourse, the sparkles are appropriately added so there really isn't anything to say about it. Not outstanding, but not terrible.

The same can be said of the sound. The OP, is one of the few that I willingly sit through to listen to. A very good indicator of what the show is about as well. There are multiple EDs, one for each of the Midarezakis, save perhaps Gekka, but she's a Jellyfish sooo. Moving on, each ED is in a way, representative of each Miderazaki, quite fitting and credit is given where credit is due. Next we have the BGM, which I can't say doesn't go terribly well nor wrong. In fact, not commenting about it probably the best thing I could do. Because it means they did something right. I have nothing to complain about.

Almost all of the main cast has some depth to them, a shame really, I wanted to know more about Ouka and Ginka. In fact, there are still some unexplained flashbacks (and I haven't checked Wikipedia yet) for Ouka and I would like that resolved, thank you very much. Ginka, on the other hand, got the short-stick when they drew the characterisation priority chart I bet. Other than that I'm fine with the hyperactive yet insecure Kyouka, the shy and timid Yuuka, the mysterious Gekka, the innocent Hyouka, the mindful Teika and of course the rather normal Chika (rather being the stressed word).

Then of course, comes the enjoyment derived. But it is hard not to enjoy such a well implemented comedy. My favourite moment is probably when Santa took a Stinger and later going to town with Kyouka. There are plenty of things that are over the top. But that just adds to the comedy, and somehow it never feels forced. Which usually then segues into a heartwarming moment. Quite well pulled off at points but sometimes, I can already see it coming which can dampen the impact somewhat. Overall, this is something of a must watch for fans of comedy (personally I don't know anyone who would dislike a good comedy). That's it really, so embrace Goddere and may Kyouka-sama smile upon you.

The story, well, there is no story. It's just the events of an extremely messed up family, the Miderazaki's, consisting of a cyborg, catgirl, gay son, lion, two oni daughters, a freaky jellyfish, and a military officer human. It focusus on the plan 'Cozy Family'. I forgot to mention all of the people, except the human and the older oni daughter, are children of enka, an evil demon that died a long time ago and said his children will come back to take revenge. this plan was to get the children of enka to enjoy life and to not think about destroying the world.So i guess there is a story.

Art: the art is kinda childish yet it really fits the mood of the story, so i like it. not much to say here. =3

The sound, in my opinion is very good. The opening song is kinda fast yet i like the music. Sound effects are pretty good to especially for the sounds the jellyfish makes. they range from electricity, explosions, lightsaber sounds, etc so i think you might enjoy the music.

Now the characters. This is one of the most widest array of Characters i've ever seen in an anime. The eldest son (Ginka) is gay, the eldest daughter (Chika) is one of the oni daughters that used to be abused by her family, the second eldest daughter (Yuuka) is the one who was abused by her family after Chika, she is shy yet very kind. The second eldest son is a lion (Teika) he can talk, is kind hearted and over protecting even though being the 3rd youngest. Next comes the tallest, and 2nd youngest child Hyouka the cyborg/ or android. The parents, the father is a military officer and the mother is a catgirl that is 20 but doesnt look a day over 11. The Last is A jelly fish that can stretch its arms over a long length and has a distinct liking to sushi, like me =3.

I really enjoy this anime its funny and always leaves me laughing out loud. The song is addicting and my overall enjoyment is extremely high.

hope you liked my report!!

What do you get when you take a Jellyfish, an oni, a lion, a cyborg, a cross dressing mafia member and a cat with a serious God complex? You get one of the strangest comedy anime of all time. For such a long time whilst watching this show I couldn't pinpoint what exactly it was trying to achieve nor what it wanted to be. It constantly jumped between comedy and random shenanigans to tragic backstories and drama at the drop of a hat, all of which made the show incredibly jarring and confusing to watch, resulting in some of the worst tonal shifts I haveseen for any anime. Now, before I actually get into that, let me talk more about the plot for this show.

Enka, the God of destruction died one thousand years ago but upon dying, proclaimed that one of his children will carry on his will to destroy the world. Now, in modern Japan, all of the possible children of Enka have been gathered together and are joined as a family in an attempt to prevent the destruction of the Earth by showing them how wonderful and beautiful human life is. The possible children of the God Enka, include Teika the lion, Gekka the Jellyfish and even a biological weapon, Hyouka. Each of the main characters are both unique in terms of design and personalities, and have decent chemistry with each other, as well as lengthy backstories and tragic past. And that's it for narrative really. Nothing really happens of much significance and all the events that do happen in the show feel random and intrusive rather than a natural progression from arc to arc. While the show does attempt to create comedy, and for the most part, the comedy could make me smile and even laugh a couple of times, it's ultimately ruined by the abrupt and strange tonal shifts that change so frequently, which ruins the dramatic tensions of the show. One moment they're throwing out some random gag and the immediate next one we are watching the backstories of a young girl who is being whipped by her evil family. It feels jarring; clunky.

Some of the most entertaining episodes of the show are just when they are sticking to comedy and random hijinks and if the show was more like this in its entirety I would've had a lot more fun as a result. It's just that they chuck so much in with so many random characters that it begins to feel tiresome and the show begins to drag mid-way through. While, as I said, the characters can have decent chemistry with each other, their backstories are forced in and are so boring that I lose interest right away. Even when the show does introduce a more central and focused narrative for the final four or so episodes, it still feels rather awkward and confusing as well since the characters keep jumping from one place to the next without reason and characters are introduced which go nowhere. The show as a whole is just rather inconsistent with no rhyme or reason to any of the events that are happening.

And it's not like the show is completely devoid of any interesting ideas or themes, it's just that the ideas are executed so poorly or never expanded enough on to feel worthwhile in the end. Most notably, when one of the arcs focuses on the mistreatment of animals and how they should be the ones to control society and not humans, but not enough time is spent on fleshing it out enough.

The characters themselves could provide a joke here and there that made me smile but that was the most I ever got out of them. Kyouka, the cat with a serious God complex is both selfish and annoying and easily my least favorite thing about the show. While they do try and present her as being full of insecurities, justifying her behaviour, not nearly enough time was spent on fleshing it out nor developing it. Ouka, the father of this jumbled family, was rather plain and flat and hardly memorable in the slightest. The other characters of the family are a little more interesting in terms of personality but their backstories felt trite and forced, used as a cheap way to make us sympathise and connect with the character rather than building them up as people. There are a plethora of other characters but they're so forgettable, that's it hardly worth the time speaking about them.

The animation was fairly consistent but there are not really all too many moments of great art or movement. The art style works in the shows favour and conveys the goofy and silly nature of the show rather well, in the same vein as Konasuba does with its animation and art. I liked most of the soundtrack for the show, albeit it, if it is pretty forgettable but the opening is catchy as hell.

In conclusion, I really did want to enjoy myself with this show, I really did. It had a good set-up, a nice main cast, all of which with different gimmicks and personalities that could have bounced off each other very well but the constant shifts in tone and the forced tragic backstories as well as melodrama are what kept me back from having a good time. It's a shame too, since this show did have some things going for it at the very least...

If I could summarize this series in one word, it would be: inconsistent. The bright style, hectic OP, and bizarre premise make this seem like this will be an absurd comedy. Ok, there is a lot of that there, I won't deny it. However, there are certain episodes, especially the ones that delve into the characters' pasts that are downright depressing. The switch is rather jarring at times, especially when they do it multiple times in a single episode. Also, the series tends to take itself too seriously at times. It's as if half the staff thought they were still in serious mode, when everyone elsehad already moved onto a comedy scene. Take this one episode for example (I don't remember the number, but it shouldn't really matter). It starts with the family on vacation, on a tropical island, and one of the children gets kidnapped by albino monkeys with jetpacks. Ok, silly. Next we meet the midget professor who created the monkeys. Still silly. Finally, he goes into a sob story about how he wants to play god. In another context, one could take this seriously and sympathize with him. However, I couldn't get past the fact that there were albino monkeys with jetpacks.

So should you watch this series. Sure, give at least the first episode a shot. If you don't like what you see, don't expect it to get much better. On the flip side, if you like it, you should enjoy the rest of it. This series is consistent almost to the point of it being a flaw. Yuko Goto shows up later as a sweets loving butterfly girl for fans of her out there. But there are better shows with her out there. I personally don't know if I like it or not. It's fun enough to motivate me to watch another episode, but not enough to care about what is going on. So all of its high and low points average it out to a mediocre 5 across the board. Sound gets a bump up for a cute OP and the interesting idea of having different EDs sung by the different characters.

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki is one of the anime in which although not popular but enjoyable to watch. I stumbled upon this anime when I was looking for an anime who has a female character that has this following characteristics: tsundere (more like Haruhi-like), loli and milf. Glad this anime has it plus it is a family story, a theme which is quite rare in anime. Strengths: The last time I heard Nomad animating an anime, it was Sola. Then, they're doing Kyouran Kazoku Nikki. Hence, the quality of the animation is more or less the same as Sola: perfect quality of colouring. Another one is that thecomedy is not depend on ecchi (Seto no Hanayome is another example) and also has drama and romance plus has a great sense of humor. The characters are quite attractive, especially Kyouka and Yuuka.

Weakness: Some, or maybe more or less than half, of the episodes were spent on side characters (hence it turned out to be one of those Doraemon movies plots) which are not really satisfying (with the worst one is episode 10, don't be angry if I say this since it is from my point of view). In my opinion, this could the cause of some people dropped this anime (glad I'm still stick with this anime). The story is, in fact, none but okay. No comment on that.

Overall: If this were popular enough, I'm sure this anime will rival some great anime such as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. It began perfectly and it ended perfectly. And most importantly, this anime is enjoyable to be watched. Before I ended this review, I would like to say that All Hail Kyouka-sama!!!

Story: The show wasnt as random as I thought it would be. It keeps on switching between drama and comedy, which is very confusing. There are way too many serious parts, and too few funny parts. If you liked the randomness of the first episode, and want to watch something similar, dont bother watching the rest. With the cast of characters, I feel that the show could have been done a lot better. Art: The art is awesome, no com...plaints there. Sound: I think that having different ending songs each sang by a different member of the family is a good idea for their part. The OPis also very catchy and perfect for the show.

Character: While they included a very weird returning cast: an electric butterfly, a biological weapon, a talking lion, a floating jellyfish, and a shinigami, they failed to make them funny. Most of the characters just get a few seconds screen time each episode, with no real impact on the story. They also failed to show the story of the homo son, Ouka and Kyouka. Even though Ouka and Kyouka are the 2 characters who came out the most, you know almost nothing about them in the end. The shinigami, who I thought was one of the more enjoyable characters only came out in 1-2 episodes as a major character as well. None of the characters are interesting nor memorable.

Enjoyment: to be frank, I didnt find this anime funny at all. There is no conversational humor like in Minami-ke or Lucky Star, very few randomness like in excel saga, no circumstantial humor, nor any other type of humor at all. Sure, there is a lot of absurdity, but they failed to make them funny. The few jokes and lines they have, are already overused in the first 1/4 of the series. In the end, this show is more like a normal anime story with a weird cast (who still act like normal characters anyway). It had a potential to be a great anime, but fail to deliver.

Overall: If you have time, and nothing else to watch, go ahead. I like the OP the most about the anime. I recommend the following episodes: 1, 8-10, 21.

Ok, im this anime is actually not that bad. I dont know why it wasn't that famous because when i watched it, it made me laugh a lot and the special effects for when kyouka made the food. Usually animes as stupid as this should get a high rating. A family made different people and animals and a robot will make you think that this anime is crazy and stupid which makes you wanna watch it. the art was fair but the comedy was the best. The story was pretty random and the ending was ok. The characters all have dark pasts and they allhave their own special ending theme( every episode has different ending theme ). This makes it interesting and also funny.This is an anime that i recommend to everyone who likes stupid, crazy, random and funny animes such as this.

This was a very odd comedy to me. It had a plot but it was hidden amongst some of the random adventures that didn't advance the plot but made for a pretty good episode and laugh. To me this was an ok anime for it had lots of comedy that made me laugh but at the same time it had some comedy in it that was band and didn't really hit the funny bone unless you had the mind 2 year old. Then there are the times when it gets all serious then they try to pull something funny out but you are already in seriousmode and you can't laugh but you knew it was funny.

The Romance in this anime was kinda hidden but there was a feeling it was there. I would say this was more of an adventure genre than a romance since there just was not that much romance in it.

Characters in this anime kept things interesting since they were all different in their own respect. They all had different back grounds but all of them did have one overlapping tone to their past.

In the end the plot all pulls together and things start to make sense a bit more. If you have enough time, I would say watch this anime since it does hold some good value in my books.

The basic construction of this series is a little odd. One get's used to seeing mainstream entertainment stick to fairly similar genre patterns, sometimes subverting these tropes and sometimes sprinkling some flavour from a complimentary genre (e.g. action comedy). However KKN is odd in that it attempts to blend an impressive range of genre's that one doesn’t often see together. Now sometime's when you mix lots of colours together you get brown, but in this case it's done and works surprisingly well. It makes for an engaging viewing experience as the show moves from slapstick comedy to heavy drama seamlessly. The pace of the plotand these rapid changes of emotion make for an extremely entertaining show.

All of the characters, while generally fairly outré, are well characterised and appealing. None more so than Kyouka, the main protagonist or at least the common focal point of the show. As I said above it contains a number of elements all of which are well executed and integrated. The comedy in particular is extremely funny, while some of it does rely on being passably familiar with other anime or Japanese culture the majority of it should be accessible and amusing for any audience.

While the humour alone would be enough for me to recommend it the action and in particular the drama are also great. The drama in particular is rife with pathos. It deals with some pretty heavy elements in a pretty competent way. Though now that I write that I begin to wonder; are these things actually well done? Is it really good at invoking pathos or have I become emotionally unstable? Sometimes the latter seems more probable as I find myself reacting strongly to material which I objectively feel shouldn’t really be eliciting the responses it does.

If you are looking for something that will amaze you, you're wasting your time. I rate this anime a 5 because it is a very average anime. You won't regret watching this; for an episodic comedy anime with some serious elements, it isn't bad by any means. This is an episodic comedy anime about a group of people who've lost their family/had no family to start out with learn to live, love, and accept each other as true siblings. However, Gintama fits the exact same "episodic comedy anime with some serious elements," has hundreds of episodes, and has many people scrambling over how good it is. Theother main theme of this anime, family bonds, is again done better in different anime. My Roommate Is a Cat is an objectively better anime featuring a cuter cat as the main heroine with the same family-oriented theme. Summer Pockets (will get an anime soon) also focuses on family bonds in a supernatural modern setting, but it's actually a very good visual novel and not just a mediocre anime.

Again, this is an average anime that is neither bad nor good, though there were some aspects that were better than others.

The story is what you'd expect from an episodic comedy anime; not very present. What else would you expect? Nobody watches Gintama for the plot either. However, I did actually enjoy most of the episode/arc plots. The ending was often surprisingly touching or surprisingly funny.

The art is pretty standard for its time period. I have no comments on it.

The OP and most of the EDs are not to my taste, but you can just skip them. I actually liked the soundtrack, the actual music you can't skip, and I think that's the most important part. Keep in mind that "like" does not mean "Yuki Kajiura level." It's good, but not that good.

The comedy was average. I laughed sometimes. It makes use of a lot of randomness, which I guess I laugh to.

The characters, while unique, I felt weren't given enough attention. It is the anime adaption of a light novel, which probably cut out most of the interpersonal interactions that really define a character. I felt that many of the characters were either sidelined or fall into simple tropes when not in their own character arcs, including the main characters. This is quite common in anime, movie, and comic adaptions of novels, so I can't fault the anime too much here. There's just too little time to spread around eight different characters.

And now we get to the setting, which I feel is too ridiculous for most people. I agree, the setting is stupid if you think about it. The answer is to not think about it. Gintama's setting is stupid. Through the Looking-Glass' (the novel) setting is stupid. Frankenstein's (the novel) setting is also stupid. The setting literally does not affect the enjoyment of this anime whatsoever.

And thus ends my review. This is an average anime, but you could do so much worse.