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Popee the Performer

Popee the Performer
ポピーザぱフォーマー
GenreSlapstick
Surreal humor
Comedy
Dark comedy
Created byRyuji Masuda
Opening themePopee the Clown
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes39
Production
Production companiesZuiyo
Nippon Columbia
Original release
NetworkKids Station
ReleaseJanuary 3, 2000 (2000-01-03) –
December 28, 2001 (2001-12-28)
ReleaseJanuary 1, 2003 (2003-01-01)

Popee the Performer (Japanese: ポピーザぱフォーマー, Hepburn: Popī za Pafōmā), or Popee the Clown (Japanese: ポピーthe クラウン, Hepburn: Popī za Kuraun), is a Japanese children's 3D CGI anime series created by Ryuji Masuda. It was shown on Kids Station from 2000 to 2003.[1][2] It is known for using adult themes, which some cultures accept for children more than others.[3][1]

Story

In Wolf Circus, which is in the desert,[4] Popee (a clown) and Kedamono (a wolf) practice their circus performances. This goes wrong in every episode, and violent and/or surreal things happen.[2] Popee's father, Papi, the senior clown of Wolf Circus, starts instructing them in the second season, but this also goes wrong, and he sometimes makes things worse.

Production

Popee the Performer was created by Ryuji Masuda and his wife Wakako Masuda to fill a five-minute slot on Kids Station. Wakako Masuda also created a manga of the series.[5]

The show had a low budget of 100,000 yen a month. There were no voice actors, and a 3D animator was hired from a video game company.[1] Production started three months before the series aired, and each episode took 9 to 13 days to animate. For these reasons, it was set in a desert, and patterns and scenes were reused, among other things.[1][6]

Popee, Kedamono and Papi played the knife game in the 27th episode, "Knife Game". To stop children from also playing it, it was never shown.[1]

Reception

Popee the Performer is known for being much more violent than many other kids shows and its unintentional horror, including from its visual style.[3] It has been called a "trauma anime" and a show that "should not be searched online" in Japan.[1] However, it has also been praised for being funny, even without much dialogue.[2]

The show's comedy style has been compared to Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry.[3][2][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Obuchi, Kin (2018-06-11). "トラウマアニメ『ポピーザぱフォーマー』の真意". Vice (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-11-09. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Animefringe: Features: Popee The Performer". www.animefringe.com. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shinmaru (2012-09-19). "The Layman's Guide to Popee the Performer". The Cart Driver. Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  4. ↑ "Mangadex". www.mangadex.org. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  5. ↑ Maldonado, Brittanie (2021-05-25). "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Popee The Performer Manga". CBR. Archived from the original on 2023-02-25. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  6. ↑ kougasetumei (2019-09-27). "『ポピーザぱフォーマー』制作秘話―デジタル製作チーフかく語りき―". Underground Magazine Archives (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  7. ↑ Bobduh (2016-10-17). "Popee the Performer – Episodes 1-4". Wrong Every Time. Archived from the original on 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
  8. ↑ "Popee the Performer Review". Ushiri. 2021-10-17. Retrieved 2025-05-23.

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