Kyouran Kazoku Nikki

Synopsis:

A thousand years ago the God of Destruction, Enka, said that it's child would destroy the world. To prevent this the Great Japanese Empire Paranormal Phenomena Bureau of Measures assigns one man, Ouka Midarezaki, to protecting the Earth from this threat. However, instead of fighting against some powerful being the bureau decides to gather all the beings of the Earth thought to be the child of Enka and have them live together as a family in hopes of teaching them through love of family that the Earth should not be destroyed. Ouka is then forced to marry Kyouka Midarezaki... a god from the underground kingdom called Shangri-la and inherits a family consisting of Hyouka the biological weapon, Teika the lion, Yuuka the daughter of a demon family, Ginka the gay son of a Yakuza clan, and Gekka the... jellyfish. Later they are joined by Chika who is Yuuka's sister but doesn't carry any of Enka's DNA. This crazy mismatched family not only stays together to protect the world from themselves but also anyone else who threatens life on Earth.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Episodes watched: 26


Review:

Whoa! What a wild idea and it worked well in the beginning but as the series went on it seemed to lose some of it's flair. I thought this anime was going to go in the comedic direction but other than a few laughs every couple of episodes it wasn't all that funny and the series wanted to use more of a 'crazy anime' type of angle which worked out okay. It sort of felt like that the show was running out of ideas towards the end of the series leaving things kind of flat and predictable in a sense. A new enemy appears, Kyouka talks a mile a minute, the family goes into a 'frenzy' and overcomes all odds, lather, rinse, repeat. Where this anime really shines though is the character depth as it dedicates 2 episodes to each member of the Cozy Family explaining their past, present, and acceptance into modern society. Even the ending themes that were sung by each member of the family was a nice touch.

Look at it this way, it's a decent show and I still say watch it, but don't go into it expecting a whole lot because what you see in the first few episodes is pretty much what the entire series is like. Giving you standard fare animation and an off-the-wall plot, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki still falls into the 'one time viewing' category.

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (opening)

Recommendation: |Above Average|