Reviews for Acro Trip

While this type of premise may have been overshadowed by the more adult version of it in Gushing over Magical Girls, Acro Trip is definitely a series that deserves your time. The visuals and voice acting are great with voice actors coming from well known fun series like Bandori, Hamefura, and the Disastrous Life of Saiki K. The character designs are incredibly pleasing to the eye and make the manga come to life with the skill of Kawamura Toshie who's worked on 3 Precure seasons. Overall, it is a visual and auditory treat. But, considering this is a comedy, the writing is the trait that mustbe looked at. And I'd argue it holds up. The comedic timing of the protagonist Chizuko is so fun and she plays an amazing straight man to contrast Chroma's idiocy, and sometimes Berry Blossom's. Chroma's voice actor being in an iconic comedy like Saiki K greatly helps his performance as he is great at delivering a fun and pathetic villain who wants so badly to be evil. Berry Blossom's voice actress also being in Precure previously helps her give the performance of a standard up-beat magical girl and how that trope is poked fun at by the story. Even the side characters such as the "animal" mascot Mashirou or Chizuko's grandpa are a treat and overall, the chemistry and timing has me smiling every time I tune in.

However, I will say that comedy is subjective and the very fast-paced and at times absurd comedy may not jive with some viewers so if you aren't feeling it after 2 or 3 episodes, then it might not be the show for you. But, if you are a magical girl connoisseur who enjoys some teasing and parody here and there in the genre, you will enjoy this light romp.

What a ridiculous show. I mean that in the best way. Having not watched magical girl shows some of the parody is lost on me, I'm sure. However, the other gags in the show just get me. Villains and heroes that are comically inept, and henchmen that are adorable, even the side characters occasionally shine. An ultra fit, Go playing grandfather was a fun tangent for the show. A silly, fun, no stakes show. I really want a Kuma Kaiju toy. This was what I consider to be a good waste of time. Bear. IF you want to have a silly time, while notgoing full Absurdity this felt like a good fit.

AcroTrip is an anime that stands out for its innocent humor and characters who, while a bit silly (or a LOT), are truly endearing. The pacing is somewhat weird, but not in a bad way; it adds a unique touch that keeps the viewer intrigued. One of the strong points of AcroTrip is its excellent voice acting, which brings the characters sillyness to life. The anime doesn't take itself too seriously, which is a good thing, as it allows viewers to relax and enjoy without any pressure, perfect for those moments when you just want to unwind and have a good time. Also, it keeps youwondering what on earth is going on with Chrome/Kuroma, adding a mysterious element that hooks you in.

AcroTrip is a hidden jewel

I don't usually watch comedies, but this obscure show really surprised me. It uses its theme in such a refreshing and entertaining way. The animation stands out mostly thanks to the visual gags, and the voice acting is superb too. Just don't go into this expecting much of a plot or action. Berry and Chroma only fight because they enjoy playing their roles, not because they actually hate each other. Despite this, the characters take their roles very seriously, especially Chroma. He's a villain who wouldn't harm a fly and the funniest character in the whole show. Berry Blossom is a sweet and naive girl whocan also be feisty. And Chizuko is the rational one of the trio, except when she's in fangirl mode. However, she doesn't take as much initiative as I hoped she would. Side characters like the mascot Mashirou and Chizuko's grandpa get some time to shine too. Over the course of the show, we learn more about the world and even explore the characters' backstories. Watching a magical girl show from the perspective of a villain's sidekick was also fun.

I didn't think it was possible to find a wholesome magical girl parody, but this show is just that. It's a shame that it doesn't cover the whole manga, so it doesn't really have a conclusion. Even so, if you enjoy subversion of tropes and goofy characters being goofy, it might just be your cup of tea.

Lighthearted, silly show for those who like cartoon frenemy dynamics such as Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf or LazyTown or Team Rocket. Despite the magical girl premise, the real star of the show is the hapless nominal villain Chroma, who is as handsome as Alucard from Castlevania yet as much of a mostly harmless softie as James from Pokémon. But only mostly, as he does win over his enemies every so often, albeit from his own evil organization rather than his supposed enemy Berry Blossom. In the end, this is not a show that is going to make big changes in the world or anything despitemisleading initial hype about this heralding a magical girl renaissance. In the tradition of many other gag manga (see also: The Way of the Househusband), all it wants to do is to put a smile on your face with its goofy, outlandish premise. Its roots are quite apparent in the way multiple episodes are really just a few short manga chapters strung together, rapidly jumping from one situation to another with only the thinnest veneer of an overarching plot. So maybe not something that necessarily translates the best to anime format, but it did make me want to check out more of the manga, so I guess, mission accomplished.

Acro trip is a comedy anime that is divided into only 12 light episodes. In a large city, an "evil" society called the Fossa Magna with his "malicious" actions bothers its inhabitants. However, all of this doesn't really happen, the villains are actually adults who carry out actions such as turning shop carpets or putting tofu in place of dessert. The anime presents itself as a parody of classic "majokko girl" who must defeat power-hungry enemies. Let's talk about the characters: Chizuko Date is the protagonist, a girl who comes to the city during the summer holidays and is a big fan of the city'sguardian wizard, Berry Blossom. In order to be in direct contact with Berry, Chizuko agrees to be part of the Fossa Magna together with the story's antagonist, Chroma.

Chroma is the villain, but in reality he has a heart of gold and loves the idea of ​​being a sower of chaos, but he doesn't actually carry out any actions that resemble the real villains we are used to. The Fossa Magna allows him to realize his dream of feeling like the villain he has always wanted to be since he was a child, even though he is now an adult.

Chroma has in effect a peter pan syndrome.

Lastly we have Berry, of which she actually has a low characterization. We know that the president of the Great Fossa, Baryuo entrusted him with the task of playing the good guy, giving him Mashiro, a boy transformed into a cat who dreamed of becoming a villain but in the end he played the role of Berry's familiar to give him powers. Some pretty fun secondary characters will be introduced, like Chizuko's father who is a big fan of Chroma.

The anime is fun, with various scenes of absurd fights between Chroma, who uses harmless bears to attack Berry, who always has the upper hand.

Episode after episode we get to know the protagonists better and only in the end do we subtly understand the intentions of Baryuo, who initially seems to actually be a villain, but in the end they let us understand that there is no basis for social overturning, but a way to entertain adults who refuse to become such as Chroma, or to gladden people's hearts and give them a sense of protection thanks to Berry's magic.

It does put a twist on the magical girl formula by telling the story not from the magical girls point of view or rather from the 'villains'' point of view but it was not that fun for me. The art style suits a magical girl genre. The three main characters were likeable. Mostly because I think this is truly meant for 13 year old girls. The show is very girly. The magical girl transformations and outfits were good. It probably is not a bad shoujo considering how rare the magical girl genre is. So I do appreciate when make these. My Rating: 5/10 (Mediocre)

After several delays here we have Acro Trip a comedy of magical girls a relaxing and fun plot that will take away your stress the plot will seem to you without surprise and you see from the first chapter that everyone becomes friends I would have liked it if the plot had been more serious because it gives for that but it fulfills its only objective of entertaining the public, all the characters will fall well as the songs of the OP and ED, the magical girl and her strawberry rose type suit is a charm you will also see the typical evil loli andthe animation is flexible and careful

if you are looking for this type of story I recommend it if not do not leave it for later watch it when all the chapters are on a quiet weekend on the couch

Although long-form magical girl anime that aren't Pretty Cure have been on the decline in recent years, there has still been a few such shows that have come out that shook up the formula in different ways. One such magical girl anime is this year's "Gushing Over Magical Girls", which is basically about a magical girl fan who unwittingly becomes part of the evil organization that her idols are fighting against. It's an interesting concept, but given that it is also an ecchi anime, it also has a very high amount of fanservice to the point where it could be classified as a borderline-hentai; whileI still watched it and found some enjoyment in it regardless, there may be some magical girl fans who may want to see an anime with its basic concept but feel alienated by the egregious amount of fanservice. Before I even heard about Gushing Over Magical Girls, however, I had already made the decision to watch an anime that was essentially, as YouTuber Gigguk would later call it in a YouTube video, "PG-13 Gushing Over Magical Girls". Now that "PG-13 Gushing Over Magical Girls" has finished its run, however, I must really ask the question, "Can Acro Trip really be a suitable replacement for Gushing Over Magical Girls?"

I may have described the basic premise of Acro Trip already, but of course, I should go into more detail. The magical girl fan here is Chizuko Date, a middle school student who is staying with her grandfather in Naniga City for a week. This week turns into an indefinite amount of time, however, after Chizuko witnesses a battle between the town's local magical girl, Berry Blossom, and the evil organization Fossa Magna; having become tired of seeing the same things over and over again in the multiple different places she has moved to, she becomes enamored with Berry Blossom and resolves to stay in town so that she can see more of her new idol's battles. Unfortunately, these battles gradually become less exciting to watch because of how pathetic of a villain Fossa Magna's mastermind, Chroma, is. Eventually, Chizuko encounters Chroma, and because of Chizuko's passion to make Berry Blossom stand out more and her ability to come up with ways to make his evil plans actually have a chance of working, Chroma recruits her into Fossa Magna. Although Chizuko initially refuses the offer....well, let's just say that fate has other plans for her, especially since Chroma's base happens to be underneath her grandfather's house.

First of all, I should mention that apart from being a magical girl anime, Acro Trip is mainly a lighthearted comedy. In that department....well, it's just okay. I may have cracked some smiles or even chuckled a bit at some of the jokes Acro Trip tells, but I can't really think of anything that made me laugh out loud. There wasn't too much of a story, either; it was mainly Chroma and Chizuko getting into wacky shenanigans, mostly in regards to the former's "evil plans". It almost doesn't matter, though, as these two characters do have a fun dynamic with each other. I do wish that the series ended in a more satisfying way, though; I feel like whatever story was there could be wrapped up by something better than a standard hot springs episode. The original manga is already complete with only five volumes, though, so if this is also how the manga ended - I don't know if it did, since I haven't read the manga as of writing this review - there isn't really anymore material that could provide a more conclusive ending. Oh, well.

The cast of characters present in Acro Trip are a bunch that can be amusing at times but also feel a bit lackluster. For example, as amusing as he can be as a(n incompetent) villain, Chroma doesn't feel like he has a real reason for why he wants to be the evil mastermind he is. One episode does have a flashback that shows what gave him the idea to become an evil mastermind in the first place, but it's the kind of thing that makes you think, "What? That's it?" I guess it fits him, since he is really not good at being bad, but there are at least some fictional incompetent villains who at least have a concrete reason for turning to the dark side that isn't just, "This guy wants to be an evil mastermind, so I want to be one, too!" Another character who I feel is lacking a bit is the magical girl fighting him, Berry Blossom herself. As cute as her character design is and as relatable as the insecurities she's shown can be, she's just not that interesting of a character overall. It is a little amusing seeing how much Chizuko freaks out when she's in close proximity to her idol, though.

Voil is the name of the animation studio behind Acro Trip. If it sounds unfamiliar, don't worry; this is actually the studio's first project. It does show, however, as while the art is very colorful, the movement can be stiff at times. Well, I can at least praise how well Yone Sawata's unique artstyle was translated into an anime format; it couldn't have been easy! The opening and ending themes - "Fragum" by Inori Minase and "Reversible Baby" by KanoeRana, respectively - are both upbeat songs that fit the mood of the anime well. I especially liked the latter, given its cute animation sequence and the catchy song that has occasionally gotten stuck in my head. The voice acting was also solid, and each character was well-cast. I wasn't too sure if Miku Itou was really a good fit for Chizuko before the anime came out, but she did a decent job!

Overall, Acro Trip is an okay anime. I personally prefer Gushing Over Magical Girls - mainly because it has better animation and a slightly more memorable cast - but if you're someone who likes the basic premise of that series but doesn't want to watch it because of all of the fanservice, I'd say that Acro Trip is a decent replacement. I may be incompetent at writing reviews, but I can at least say that much!

Acro Trip — A more SFW version of Gushing over Magical Girls...maybe a bit too safe, perhaps, or is this the perfect guise compared to the NSFW adult version of the latter? Let's be frank with ourselves here, yes? The Mahou Shoujo a.k.a Magical Girl premise, like with Isekai/fantasy, was once marketed to death and above thanks to famed series the likes of Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha a.k.a Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, to the ongoing franchises of PreCure (and its many iterations) that still continue to motivate generations of ladies (and even guys to an extent) that there's just something special about being Magical Girls forthat matter. On the more adult side, you can consider that this Winter's Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete a.k.a Gushing over Magical Girls has been the de facto runaway success experimenting with the raunchy, erotic side of the theme itself, so much more that it opens a can of worms for the seemingly impossible. This Fall, we go back to the basics with mangaka Yone Sawata's lone work: Acro Trip, a short-lived, completed 5-volume manga that precedes the latter series that's marketed on Shueisha's Shoujo-catered Ribon Magazine...is the anime worth your time? The TL;DR: it depends on you.

From a story standpoint, Acro Trip is quite literally bare bones for a mangaka that is his/her only work, because it takes your stereotypical "Mahou Shoujo good vs. corporative organizational evil" and just goes ham with wherever the story/plot makes sense of its progressive direction in order to develop it. As such (or rather, in a way), you can thank Yone Sawata for laying the groundwork for MahoAko mangaka Akihiro Ononaka to take that formula and walk its talk with the Erotica-cum-Yuri aspect that truly makes it stand out even more to the spoils of the audience now just frothing at their mouths to want more MahoAko material (which is thankfully getting a sequel). But back to Acro Trip, you can lay the direct comparisons based on the characters themselves: the "Gushing over Mahou Shoujo" admiring character of Date Chizuko having to fawn all over her local hero of Berry Blossom (real name Kaju Nochigo, but stick to Berry) alongside her cat mascot of Mashirou fighting against the evil that is Fossa Magna's Chrome.

If you thought that the show is just way too simple in its execution, that's because it is with its one-dimensional characters that just serve their purpose for the plot and nothing else, with the weak sauce of both the hero and her villain alongside his Kuma Kaijins (who are the epitome of Monkey See, Monkey Hear, Monkey Do). Not to mention Date Chizuko herself being the most hardcore Berry fan of all enough to try to get as close to her by all means possible, cultivating an evil, stalker-ish mindset as compared to Chrome, who's all walk but no talk of his simple plans to try and take down Berry Blossom, only to fail miserably each and every time.

The one star (or Trip, I should say) of the anime is its strong casting. By itself, Chizuko and Chrome's relationship as evil-"doers" stands up on its own like a typical Japanese Manzai comedy shtick, and its not-so-serious nature reflects that perfectly to the T, to add to its nonchalant and absurd comedy that some people will love and others will hate. Add their characters with their VAs however, and you'll get an almost replica of the typical Mahou Shoujo premise (like PreCure) with comedy so unhinged that it feels like a parody in and of itself, because it IS a parody first and foremost. The goofy antics of Date and Chizuko's objective to become evil may be stale, but it's entertaining to a degree that their chemistry is the thing that makes or breaks the show overall, and that is quite important to the enjoy factor you will have for the anime.

For the newly established, almost 3-year-old production house that is Voil, Acro Trip, being the studio's very first work, gives us a glimpse of what we can expect out of its overall production values. And while it's decent, it's no different from many now-3rd-rate studios that have been established in the last 5 to 10 years or so. If this diversification of new and smaller animation studios is what the AniManga industry is hoping to see within the next few years to up the ante on quantity over quality, Japan truly is taking many steps back with this approach and not tackling its most over-pronounced problem for years now.

The music is apt for the series in general...I mean, it's a Mahou Shoujo show to begin with, so cheerful and joyful music in the form of Inori Minase's OP and KanoeRana's ED will help, right? And while it sure does get the job done, these are songs that you will hear once and forget about it thereafter, because it's quite the catchy jingle that unfortunately doesn't hold its weight altogether.

Maybe I'm judging Acro Trip too harshly, seeing it as a comedy parody first and letting its not-so-serious vibe lean on me that I will find this kind of mediocre and boring. Indeed, the saying of "comedy is subjective" is literally appropriate for this show, and for a first time out, mangaka Yone Sawata got the work that he/she really loved to create, even if it's simple with the execution laid down that at the end of the day makes the "worth your time or not" question incredibly easy to answer.

As for my final answer: give Acro Trip the 3-episode rule and see how it does for you.