Desert Punk
Alternate Titles: Sunabozu
Original Japanese Release Date: 2004
Episode Length/Run-time: 24
Summary:
Desert Punk takes place in a distant future where the entire world has been turned into a wasteland due to some unnatural catastrophic event. Mankind has barely survived on and lives surrounding water holes. The primary ones of these are known as “Oasis” and are owned by the government which is a mysterious and powerful organization generally at odds with the citizens they oversee. In the Great Kanto Desert, the now wasteland Japan, there is a man called “Desert Punk.” A mercenary who will take on, and complete, any job, no matter how crazy or how difficult. Desert Punk follows the events surrounding Kanta, the man behind the “Demon of the Desert.”
Review:
Desert Punk is a “man’s man” type of anime. It has just about everything a man likes, explosions, guns, and giant tatas… Without much other thought put into it. Now don’t get me wrong, I did find it…. Amusing. But that was about it.
Each episode of Desert Punk was much like the last. Episode start, Kanta gets a job, somehow this job involves Junko Asagiri the T&A of the show. The job lasts one episode, maybe two, and then Kanta finishes the job in a near ridiculous way possible. The anime attempts to string together some key events with regards to water, a shady government, and a few reoccurring villains but don’t be fooled. Once you’ve seen the first episode you’ve seen them all. The closest thing to a plot is Kosuna who is Kanta’s self-proclaimed and later accepted apprentice. She has some kind of growth throughout the series but is otherwise a generally annoying nuisance to all characters, and the viewer.
This is a studio Gonzo anime, released back in 2004, so it’s relatively new-looking. Nothing too fancy but definitely has that shiny new anime look to it. Funimation licensed it in America and did all the dubbing. I actually watched it dubbed and the dubbing was pretty good. It likely was nowhere near the original dub considering they used phrasing like: “why is my husband such a tool?” which really enhanced the series to be completely honest. It wasn’t very good to begin with so to have well-done wording really enhanced things.
The best thing I think I can say about the show is about Kanta. He is the most perverted, generally scummy, not a good person at all. Most people in anime who start out bad have a nougat of good in them. Or they evolve as a person throughout the series. This DOES NOT happen with Kanta. He starts out as a money-hungry do anything for the tatas perv and ends that way. His lack of growth, all things considered, is charming for the anime because it means the show is not trying to turn itself into a piece with plot and meaning after having absolutely nothing for the whole show.
Overall, it’s not a god awful watch, but it’s nothing enjoyable. There are some anime who generally possess more plot in their filler than this show has in its whole 24 episodes. But if you’re in for some mindless humor, there are worse options… and likely better ones too…
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