# Pop Team Epic (2018)

> Two tiny and towering idol-like girls deliver crude, absurdist parody of anime and everyday life across short comedic segments.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/65963

## Facts

- Seasons: 2
- Episodes: 24
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, comedy
- Network: TOKYO MX, BS11
- Cast: Nana Mizuki, Satomi Sato, Wataru Hatano, Showtaro Morikubo, Tomokazu Sugita, Toshio Furukawa, Romi Park, Minori Chihara
- TMDB rating: 6.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7808370/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: mild
- Tone: absurdist, irreverent, crude, breezy, deadpan

## What critics say

Audiences broadly find the series a chaotic, irreverent parody whose absurdist humor is divisive but memorable, with a mixed overall reception.

## Synopsis

Pop Team Epic is a Japanese absurdist animated comedy adapted from a four-panel webcomic by Bukubu Okawa. It follows two mismatched girls, one very small and one very tall, who serve as the rude, deadpan centre of a chaotic stream of short gag segments. Rather than a plot, the series offers rapid sketches that pivot abruptly from one bizarre premise to another, with the leads treating every setup as an excuse for crude remarks and sudden, unexpected cuteness. Its tone is irreverent, breezy and deliberately disorienting. It pairs moe anime conventions with profanity and grotesque humor, mocking the genre's sweetness while still leaning on it. Across two seasons of twelve episodes each, the format stays consistently unpredictable and never settles into a stable story. Viewers who enjoy anime parody, surreal humor and crude irreverence will find a fast, strange ride that rewards dipping in one episode at a time.

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