10. ANIME STORYTELLING 3 - USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS PART OF THE PLOT

April 24, 2021

10. ANIME STORYTELLING 3 - USING SOCIAL MEDIA AS PART OF THE PLOT

24 April 2021

Anime stories have a lot of creativity in them!

they can depict reality but in a "creative" way Lol

this is how they use Social Media as part of their stories and how characters use the various social media in anime stories...

Stein's Gate

Stein's Gate is a time travel & crime anime. i didn't quite like it. but what i liked is how they used social media in the story... check it out in these screen shots!

LOL Goodle & Mewtube!

The Way of the Househusband (Anime 2021)
Season1, 5eps

an absurd comedy anime about the struggles and daily adventures of an ex Yakuza legend, Tatsu, who decides to become a househusband.

Tatsu had been nicknamed The Immortal Dragon in the Yakuza world and still meets former yakuza associates and rivals while running errands as a househusband. his wife works long hours as a designer, his house cat often struggles to understand Tatsu, his father/mother in law are impressed by his cooking and homemaking skills, Masa his right hand man who still calls him his boss, and the neighbourhood housewives whom he blends in with as they exercise, do grocery shopping and spends time together when his wife is at work LOL

let me just say that the drawings are vibrant and beautifully done! the anime is more like animatics than animation... but it's alright, the story is short and sweet (about 3min each mini story) and the storytelling is excellent. even the humour works well with the animatics! love this show!

The Way of the Househusband

Season 1, Ep 13 (Ep 3 in Netflix)

Tatsu, The legendary Yakuza called "The Immortal Dragon"

is having a competition with a

fellow Yakuza rival, Torajiro, "The Steelfast Tiger"

Immortal Dragon (Tatsu) killed off all the gangsters from his rival gang before becoming a househusband. but there's this one rival gangster, The Steelfast Tiger (Torajiro), who wasn't killed by him because he was in prison then. when Torajiru was released from prison, he had no gang to go back to, and so he started a food truck business selling crepes LOL

both former Yakuza legends have a face off...

... more like a cook off! LOL

so... who has most likes on social media wins!

here's a Storyboard for this 3min episode...
1. you killed all my gang members while i was in prison!
2. thanks to you, i'm a street vendor now
3. the guy who only knew how to fight is now a househusband?

4. are you kidding me?!!

5. CU shibainu logo on Tatsu's apron

6. i'm a househusband and you're a crepe vendor

7. bang! head to head

8. a fight between 2 legendary Yakuza is about to start!

9. splatter

10. slide

11. food ready!

12. jumbo deluxe tropical fruit crepe!

13. almond jelly and fruit jam!

14. click! click! click! (taking food pics)

15. upload pics to instantgram