The Boys: Diabolical

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.

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.

Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong. Who could have thought this was good? How can a 33-year old think, "Oh hey, let me write an episode where the main character controls feces." It did stop the whole show and made me want to quit watching it in general.

It's not just the theme of the episode but the absolute dog water animation and voice acting. The art was disgusting to look at. You can tell they wanted to be like anime, and that's what made it disgusting. But what was the worst was the voice acting. Everyone was horrible, but especially Awkwafina. Her voice is so bad in general-the mixture of a smoker and a dead horse. How was this allowed??? The first three episodes were good and stayed true to the source, but then this garbage comes in and ruins the whole show, dropping the rating...

Awkwafina should be blacklisted from all voice acting positions.

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.

This animated spin off from 'The Boys' features eight ten minute episodes, each of which tells a complete little story. The stories vary in style and tone but it is safe to say none are suitable for younger viewers thanks to the level of extremely gory violence and robust language. It is set in the same universe as 'The Boys' so it is likely to appeal most to people who have seen and enjoyed that... while many things can be enjoyed by new viewers it wastes no time re-introducing familiar characters.

Overall I really enjoyed this series, although it must be stated that some episodes were better than others. It started well with an episode featuring a scientist trying to save a baby that shoots lasers out of its eyes and ends on a real high with a story about Homelander's first mission. For me the weak point was the fifth episode; when 'South Park' had a talking poo twenty years ago it was childishly amusing but here it was just weak... at least it was only one episode and things improved again later. The animation is solid and the voice cast, which includes an impressive array of well-known actors does a fine job. As stated before it is pretty violent with lots of characters meeting a grisly end... if you've seen anime like 'Elfen Lied' you'll be familiar with such matter. This certainly won't be for everybody but if you enjoyed 'The Boys' then I'd certainly recommend this; if you don't enjoy it you won't be wasting too much time.