Popee the Performer

One of my all-time favourite animated series. Popee the Performer, an animation from Japan that no one seems to have ever heard of (even IN Japan, because it just ran on this one little cable station). A guy I briefly met in Japan handed me a burned dvd of this stuff, calling it "obscure, black humour." I don't even know if I thought it was funny the first time I watched it. But it really wormed its way into my brain.

There's 39 four-minute episodes in total. Thanks to some dude in Japan named js1541 (a Commodore 64 reference?), for doing all of the work posting these. Enjoy, and I recommend you watch them in order!

The Opening


Episode 1: Magic


Episode 2: Limbo


Episode 3: Acrobatics


Episode 4: Knife Thrower
(one of my personal favourites)


Episode 5: Fire Breather


Episode 6: Pantomime


Episode 7: Karate Show


Episode 8: Fire Ring
(I love this one. What great music. And I love the show Kedamono's watching on TV)


Episode 9: Mimic


Episode 10: Gunman


Episode 11: Swallower
Hands down, my favourite.


Episode 12: Escape Show


Episode 13: Dance


Closing Credits


That's it for the first DVD. I'll post links to the rest later...




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