Hmm… does this have something to do with this?

(Those who thought Toshokan Sensou had an ‘illogical’ premise, you’re going to have a field day with this one)

Don’t you just hate this guy already?

Chocolate Underground, Production I.G.’s latest venture into riling up people with improbable premises, is set in an alternate somewhere (the original story was written by an Englishman, was it?) where possessing/selling/eating/shitting chocolate is illegal and the world is a whole lot worse from it. Well it should be. I know mine would. (Did I mention that robots are involved?)

At least Louise appreciates the true wonders of chocolate. The other two just want to use chocolate to have a go with her -_-”

Anyways, this show is another one of them short shorts at 3 minutes (besides the opening episode which is a whopping 5. And unlike Chi, noone sings the OP because there isn’t one) like Chi’s Sweet Home , unfortunately, from the first 2 episodes, it looks like Chi is the ’sweeter’ option of the two if you only had 3 minutes of time, despite the theme of Chocolate Underground being well, chocolate.

Maybe it’s because it’s bootlegged :P

Anyways, there hasn’t been any chocolate bootlegging in these first 8 minutes, just some preliminary introduction, the (intentionally?) worst meta-advertising-commercial I’ve seen in a good while (Maybe I’ve been spoiled by Pizza Hut), and we find out that our main characters don’t really care about a world without the joys of chocolate, they’re too concerned that they’ll have nothing to receive come next Valentines -_-” (They lost major marks with me there)

Oh and did I mention robots are involved? Would be more awesome if Johnny Depp were somehow involved instead

Overall, nothing much to shout about, even for a chocolate lover like myself. But what the heck. It’s not like I’m that stingy with my 3 minutes, I’ll give it more of a shot. Now if you excuse me, I’ve got a secret stash of chocolates to replenish…