Nindža Collection

I regularly follow the news on MAL, and today I was intrigued by the announcement that this anime series is just a little short of achieving the position of (according to the reviewers on MAL) the worst animation the Land of the Rising Sun has ever produced. Its only real opposition is Vampire Holmes lying at the bottom of the pile, which, from my own brief experience, I completely understand... This is why I had to (il)logically watch this anime series, so I could try and understand, if only for a moment, the horror experienced by the audience, and why they found it the height of tastelessness. Now, I have seen three episodes and yes, I get it! What happens on screen is truly terrifying, it looks really weird and makes little sense. There are some short stories about some ninja warriors (shinobi) who fight off some new mysterious evil in each episode. Their origins are unknown, as are the origins of their (evil) adversaries, and there is a kind of "evil menace of the week" concept, and the narratives themselves are ridiculous, laughable, and somehow quite irritating at the same time. The style of the animation is also embarrassing. For example, in the second episode, it was difficult to decide who was the most terrifying and creepy one, the man at the window or the ninja at the end! This show creeps me out and is uncomfortable to watch, and as much as I want to laugh at its sheer ridiculousness I just cannot. Regarding the animation, it looks dated and worse than the oldest hentai or anime, and even the Vtuber with the cheapest crappiest production values looks more appealing and vibrant than this lousy deal. You get the feeling that what you are watching is really crappy, stupid, and ultimately pointless (well, there might be some kind of point to it if you followed it to the end of the season, which of course no normal person is going to do). This feeling comes probably almost immediately with the dark fog of the first episode, which just gets worse and by the third episode, you are praying for the torture to end. It is only for a few minutes per episode, and yet those minutes are endless! This is what I consider real garbage, and I just do not understand why people produce this crap, or why anyone would voluntarily want to watch it... Maybe at the end, you suddenly realize just how genius it was and my rating is therefore going to be proved unfair. Well, I just do not care, I cannot watch any more of it without risking dire consequences. Pupa level of trash! (16.09.2020)