The Boys: Diabolical

I really like a couple of these. I like the concept too. Each episode is done in a different style by different people. I thought the Looney Tunes one was pretty good. There were a couple others that were good, a couple watchable and a couple just awful.

The poop one done in anime was dreadfully awful. Just painful to get through. And that's what you remember about a show like this. The really terrible ones. The last one about the Asian couple was bad too. Why did the wife have no eyeballs? It was supposed to be about a loving couple in the Vaught world but it was pretentious and dumb.

Best is that each episode only comes in at around 15 minutes. Plus I love the dog at the beginning of each episode, a couple of them were laugh out loud funny.

I love the Boys itself, looking forward to the next season. If they put out more of these cartoons I'd watch again.

I think the people who found this show bad perhaps had the wrong expectations. This show isn't canon, it's just an excuse for various animation studios and directors to make their own spin based on the rules of The Boys universe.

My favourite episodes were episode 2, 4, 7 and 8. I enjoyed Justin Roiland's sense of humor, so I liked seeing what he did with the concept. The romance in episode 4 was cute, albeit a little underdeveloped (which is excusable given the short runtime), the animation of 7 was by far the best, and 8 was a mini flashback story for Homelander that makes his character a little more empathetic.

Most people have an issue with episode 5, the poop episode. The animation was cute, but I think Awkwafina was high when she wrote the episode. Even with the absurdity of the Boys universe, the premise of episode 5 was a bit too crazy. I wouldn't call it bad, but it is the weakest episode.

Episode 1 was just a Looney Tunes spoof which went a little too hard on the violence for its own good. Episode 3 was really fun, and uses the character designs of the original comic instead of the TV show. Episode 6 was good but barely felt like The Boys at all, closer in tone to Invincible.

Overall a mixed bag, but I lean more positive than other critics here. Worth watching if you need more Boys, and don't mind an anthology series.

I actually really enjoyed most of the episodes. 1,3,4,6,&8 were all great. They range from cute and charming to brutal and sadistic. The show really gives us a better look at how Vaught as a company affects the lives of citizens and families. 2&7 were also rather enjoyable and a bit more personal in terms of scope. The 7 episodes mentioned all have solid voice acting, animation styles and music that support the premise, and intriguing characters (some of whom we've seen before). My main issue lies with episode 5 which is the worst episode of any show I have ever seen in my entire life (I'm not even joking.) This episode singly handedly lowered my rating from a 7.5. The concept is somewhat unique, but where the episode decides to go is just disgusting and stupid. The voice acting is hideous (it's mostly just Awkwafina) and it felt like an episode that belonged in a different show entirely. I hated it and highly recommend you save yourself fifteen minutes by skipping over it. The other 7 episodes are worth watching, but I have to grade the season as a whole.

The first toon, "Laser Baby's Day Out", is by far the best. The gentle retro flavor, combined with OTT violence and gore, is brilliant. Highly recommended.

The other toons vary greatly in quality. They're ALL watchable, but expect some to not be to your taste, as there is a lot of diversity here.

One wonders what someone new to the Vought universe would make of all this (hmm ...).

I do think it's great that folks like Awkwafina (The Farewell), Christian Slater (Archer), Aisha Tyler (Archer), Nasim Pedrad (SNL), Andy Samberg (SNL), and so many others helped.

I rate this at six (6) stars overall. The Boys and Gen V are better.

Irreverent, bloody, violent humor like The Boys series, but amped up a bit with animation. It is focused on getting quick laughs with its short stories, so it is mostly missing the non-comedic heart that The Boys series has.