“Dibetagurashi: A Duck’s Life” is what its title/summary says: a tiny animated presentation on a duck’s life on a small island.

It’s meant for the younger audience; and that does show through. Each episode is only three minutes long, and presented in a simple manner. There’s not really any kind of set story, for example; it’s day-by-day happenings among the birds inhabiting the island or passing through. Those birds are the entire character cast so far, and where they are admittedly somewhat one-dimensional, they can be quite entertaining at least.

The dialogue isn’t really special. There’s enough information so younger kids might be able to learn some facts from it; there’s a couple jokes, although some are rather stupid; and where it’s better than what I thought at first, it’s really not that surprising one way or another for me.

The animation… uh… yeah. It’s more like “cut out from a picture book and shoved into the computer”. It’s not bad for that, but I’ve still seen better. I do guess it’s appropriate for the show though, so never mind. *coughs*

“Dibetagurashi” is aimed at the younger ones; it’s a series you could show in elementary school when the kids are just beginning to learn about birds. The snippets contain some basic information, they’re funny, and they’re short enough so viewers don’t need much of an attention span. Most of the older population, however, might not be able to get as much out of this.

If you, like me, enjoy getting back into those good old times when you watched stuff like this on TV, it can still be quite entertaining and relaxing, as well as a bit funny, and the slapstick doesn’t get out of hand. It is pretty basic, so nothing to overdose on, but I’ve oddly enjoyed the three episodes subbed so far.

“Dibetagurashi”’s short and simple; just a tiny, informative and funny presentation on birds. It’s for the kids, for parents with young children, for those who remember their childhood days and like to get back into this stuff for a while, or simply just for those who like an animal character cast (Shirokuma Café-ish, though there’s not as much dialogical comedy). “Dibetagurashi” might not be awesome at least for the older population, but it does its job well enough.

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