

スーパー・クルックス
One last heist. That's what they all say, right? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and take up fishing. Thing is, the jails are filled with super villains who thought the same thing, and got busted. But the Heat's in a jam. He's run up the kind of gambling debt that - if he can't pay it back in cash - will be paid in blood. Nobody wants to see the most beloved supercrook of all time rubbed out by the mob - especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny's got a plan to help the Heat and make all his buddies disgustingly rich at the same time. Unfortunately for Johnny's recruits, they have to head to Spain and rob the world's most notorious super villain blind. And that's where things get tricky. (Source: Marvel Comics)
One last heist. That's what they all say, right? Just one final score, and everyone can retire and take up fishing. Thing is, the jails are filled with super villains who thought the same thing, and got busted. But the Heat's in a jam. He's run up the kind of gambling debt that - if he can't pay it back in cash - will be paid in blood. Nobody wants to see the most beloved supercrook of all time rubbed out by the mob - especially his biggest fan, Johnny Bolt. And Johnny's got a plan to help the Heat and make all his buddies disgustingly rich at the same time. Unfortunately for Johnny's recruits, they have to head to Spain and rob the world's most notorious super villain blind. And that's where things get tricky. (Source: Marvel Comics)
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SingleH
November 25, 2021
“What is this? Call of Duty™ zombie mode?” From the team who brought you Carole & Tuesday, here we have another stupid, ugly, pandering piece of shit no one should watch. Super Crooks is based on a comic by Mark Millar, the original creator of awesome action films like Kick-Ass and Kingsman: The Secret Service, but while those films have iconic design sense, bold visual direction, & unforgettable charm, Super Crooks is plagued with clunky animation, Play-Doh CG car chases, boring caricatures, and a presentation just as wooden and unfinished as Carole & Tuesday’s. Let’s just say I accepted the fact Bones was really gonna shitthis one out when I realized they had a CG model for every detailed character. This whole project was flawed from the outset too, because most of it was haphazardly hashed together when the American comic book author realized Netflix commissioned a thirteen episode series and had to communicate to the Japanese production staff how to handle his four-issue miniseries. To fill the run time, he made up ten episodes worth of new content so they could keep the original story as a three episode finale and have whole new content to precede it, but it just repeats this sluggish, tensionless, exposition-heavy heist formula. Super Crooks is Ocean’s Eleven if you drained its charisma, added generic superheroes, ridiculous gore, and gave it a stale Marvel movie origin story. Satou Dai isn’t a terrible writer—and maybe I shouldn’t even be surprised by the mountain of minor “turn your brain off” inconsistencies—but this westaboo phase he’s going through right now is just fucking embarrassing, and I’m judging by Shinichiro Watanabe/Sayo Yamamoto standards. Speaking of being a total embarrassment, this Motonobu Hori guy has proven himself to be miserably fucking incompetent. Should I start with that Japan Sinks 2020 aesthetic? Or how about the fact this show goes full-on Ex-Arm and has 2D characters standing right next to 3D monstrosities, as if the audience is blind enough not to realize it's the most jarring thing the human eye has ever seen? The forgettable hip-hop OP is comprised solely of this blonde bimbo dressed like a cheap whore waving her camel toe at the camera, begging you to praise the hollow uniqueness of such a tasteless display. “Sure, the backgrounds are vile, digital dogshit, but they hide it by spamming their Microsoft Paint bucket tool for the OP, so now it has personality—I swear!” It reminds me of all those old spin-off DVD OVAs we used to get for shows back in the 90s and early 2000s where the main characters would fly to California, wear bikinis, go to McDonalds, and shoot guns and shit, only now its not satirical or self-aware in any way. Like it’s screaming in your face, “isn’t this is what Americans like? Isn’t this what you wanted Netflix-sama?” But where the original creator probably knew what he was doing, proven by his impressive resume and the badass film adaptations of his prior work, this team managed only to make a fool of themselves and the original comic. Thank you for reading.
issa_labshat
November 25, 2021
I was hyped when the trailer dropped. Coincidentally, I was reading a book critical analysis about superheroes before Super Crooks officially came on Netflix. Pretty fitting right? Cuz like, superheroes? supervillains? powers? The whole sad origins and everything? Ok Super Crooks had an okay- flow of the story. We start the episode with the origins of Johnny Bolt a.k.a our MC and how he came to be the "crook" villain as he is today. We then follow him getting out of this super jail and we meet his girlfriend - Kasey, and his (idiotic) villain friends. Then Kasey introduces him to Carmine and meets othersuperpowered guys. After 10 episodes, there comes a time leap. Thankfully, we didn't miss any important information but only that the gang has been busy in that time period. And I'll stop from there. Story-wise, it's easy to follow. We got the generic bad boy and his bad girl and his bad friends doing bad stuff against this really really bad guy that could literally blow your minds. And of course, a heist! It's not a villain-centered story without a grand heist. We have the scenic backdrops of America and its heavily hero-influenced environment. I have a problem with the synopsis here tho. It says that "they have to head to Spain.." In this adaptation, they went to an Island that is somewhere around Japan. I hope they fix that. Other than that, the premise is alright. Art is good. The backdrops were nice and the colors have fit the mood of the story. There's definitely a noticeable chunk of gore elements like having your guts and heads wrecked. Character designs were decent too. (But probably except the disguise Josh wore in the first heist. Just, why did he pick that?) The animation was decent. The action scenes didn't fail my standards. Sound-wise, not so much. I love the OP and ED though. The background music was my problem. I'm not saying they're bad but some scenes were lackluster because of the background music. There are times it was distracting and some just felt like it's not right. I noticed the bg music was repetitive though it's not that memorable. I can't say that the Characters are unique or "never seen before." In a world that acknowledges superpowers as normal, of course, there are always some after-effects. We have Johnny Bolt that can produce and manipulate static electricity. We have Kasey that has psychic powers. We have reckless dudes that can cut off their limbs and be in one piece later on. We have a ghost, a weather forecast, a telekinesis guy, a closeted dude that turned kinda wholesome in the end, and some old dude past his prime with his lava guns. Despite that, I love their dynamic in the show. But trust me when I say that most of these characters lacked a bit of texture. By texture, I mean no backstories or why any reason why they're like that. They focus on the "now" situation. Thankfully, the voice acting helped flesh out their personalities so props to them. My fave character is Kasey. She arguably has the strongest powers in the group. I'm glad to see her great potential in the later episodes, unlike the start. If I have to be honest, I enjoyed this show. I have seen a lot of heist-related shows and movies so this was kind of predictable but I enjoyed it nevertheless. The casts did a great job and they did not disappoint. Overall, I give this an 8. The show's not THAT bad.
nyanbread2
December 4, 2021
MASTERPIECE!!! If you, like me, loves more realistic stories in superhero worlds (like Marvel and DC) as well as Invicible and The Boys, this is all you'll want to watch. The plotline is amazing, a villain-view of a society of heroes, but with more human and complex emotions. The super-powers and fights are dope, amazing animation and creative work, the plot twist are nice too, always making the story flow wonderfully. The character are totally amazing, every single one, our protagonist is just unique, totally impredictable, the antagonists are totally scary and leave you in a panic all the time, even without appearing. If youlike super-hero worlds adult stories, give it a chance, you will love it.
LiliP
February 12, 2022
I watched this show with my friends over Discord, and the opinion was pretty unanimous. We all despised this show, and were honestly shocked that it has as high a score as it does here on MAL. This is a bad anime and a bad superhero show. Allow me to explain why. The pacing is slow, too slow. The episodes drag on and more often than not the action scenes lack momentum. The slow modern jazz that is played over most of them does not help. Though this is more of a matter of personal taste, I must say I also did not like the musicvery much at all. Most of this would be forgivable to me if I liked the characters and story. While many of the side characters have interesting gimmicks, they lack development, which is a shame since much of them have much potential. The Gladiator stood out to me as one of the more interesting characters in the show, but since most of what we know about him is told directly to us rather than shown naturally, it's hard to get invested. This is the problem with most of rouge's gallery here. The two main characters are probably the most unforgivable, but for different reasons. Johnny Bolt is a terrible human being that shows little guilt for the many wrongs he commits in the show. Despite this he gets the girl and is presented as mostly sympathetic to the audience. Kasey, said girl, has more character to her, but you wouldn't know it with how much the camera leers on her constantly. (Something that made me especially mad considering how she states she was a victim of sexual harassment.) She has the best powers in the show, and she wastes them hanging around a man who by all appearances doesn't respect her. -This next part has spoilers so beware- This mostly leads to a happy ending that feels unearned and unrealistic. It would have at least been a 5/10 if it had the guts to be as dark as some people claim it is. It's a bunch of blandly terrible people getting what they want despite all odds. -Okay spoilers over.- That's the worst thing, really. The show is boring. I can't even make it any lower because of that. I guess the one good thing I can say about it is that the animation is solid. The character designs are nice, everything moves well, and I don't remember anything standing out as looking particularly bad. Granted, there were no shots I would call amazing, either. It's competent. There are some alright gore scenes involving certain characters, but the scenes felt jarring more often than not. Go watch Tiger & Bunny instead. Skip this. It's not even worth a hate watch.
Conflagr8
March 27, 2023
This anime manages to fall short in every area. It has some great moments and sequences, but they're buried within a pile of rubbish. The writing is garbage, the animation is underwhelming, and it overall feels like a cheap attempt to copy the likes of Invincible, The Boys, and The Great Pretender--an attempt where the writers of this show completely missed what makes the others great. The show seems like it has promise in the first several episodes--the characters have interesting premises and the powers are creative--but it just keeps getting worse and worse in the middle. Super Crooks is a show that tries tosimultaneously juggle being a fun, goofy superhero show and being a more serious take on the superhero genre, but it fails at both. These different tones end up completely undermining each other, and the setting has no internal consistency. When the situation is tense and emotions are high in one particular scene at the end of the middle arc, the scene is resolved with something so jaw-droppingly stupid that it makes Sword Art Online's "Why'd you do this?" "I forgot the reason" scene look good. The show does somewhat redeem itself in the last few episodes (which end up feeling like a completely different show), but not enough for me to recommend it.
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