Introduction: There are just some anime that you just love. It's the anime that makes you love all that is anime. For me it's this 1993 anime which is an adaption of The Most Irresponsible Man In Space light novels.
Plot Overview: In this Sci-Fi comedic space opera we follow the trials and tribulations of Justy Ueki Tylor. He is a lazy bum who dreams of the easy life and so decides to join the United Planet Space Forces so he can have a cushy desk job. While on a routine pension delivery he accidentally saves the life of a very well respected retired general and his daughters who were being held captive. The UPSF confronted with the fact that Tylor is now a national hero, but clearly incompetent, decide to promote him to captain of a decrepit ship full of other cast-offs, the Soyokaze. And so begins the infamous career of the most irresponsible man to ever captain a ship.
Review: While on it's surface The Irresponsible Captain Tylor appears to be a straight comedy, full of laughs and unconcerned with proving a point, the more you get into it the more you start to realize that nothing is exactly as it appears. The cast of characters are surprisingly deep even though only a couple are ever fully developed and everybody has a twitch of mystery that not only makes you question their motives, but also their state of mind. The plot overall isn't the strongest, but it doesn't need to be. In fact as the entire show is so character driven I think a strong plot would've probably made it worse as it would've detracted away from the characters.
Conclusion: This is a great anime for those who want a deeper, more intriguing comedy rather than the thin and superficial gag comedies that seem to populate the anime universe right now.
Guardman's Grade: A
Categories: Space Opera, Sci-Fi, War, Comedy
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