Jiok

Synopsis:

Staff:

• Yeon, Sang-ho (Producer, Director, Storyboard, Layout, Screenplay, Character Design, Original Creator, Editing)

Reviews:

• User EpicGamerThomas (Score: 8/10):
  While the animation and voice acting of this Anime aren't very good by any means, the deeper story of the Anime is really what makes it good. This is a story about the afterlife and how the character's actions determine their fate in either going to heaven or hell. The meat of this story is how those characters spend their final moments on earth and also how they react to finding out the time of their death. The afterlife is something not commonly found in Anime or TV in general so it was really refreshing to see someone tackle this topic. Another reason to watchthis is the length, this short film is only 35 minutes so there's no excuse not to watch it. This was pretty difficult to find but there is this guy on YouTube that uploaded the whole thing and subtitled it in English all himself so go give him some support. Also I'm working on a YouTube video covering this anime if any of you are interested in watching that. At the end of this day just give this Anime a shot you won't be disappointed.nnAnime link : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NCcmncMIaQ&rco=1nnMy YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/@luffynotcringe/videos
• User ktulu007 (Score: 3/10):
  Jiok is a Studio Dadashow work from mid 2006. It was directed by Yeon, Sang-ho and I have no idea what to expect from it so I'm just going to dive in. Story: The basic story is that this is a semi-fantasy world where angels exist and they show up to tell you future events like when you're going to die and where you're going after you do. The film contains two halves, one where a man is told he's going to die shortly and he's going to hell and another where a woman is given five days and told she's going to heaven. The filmcovers what they go through while preparing for the end. nnThere are a couple major problems with the film. The first is that the world is really under-developed. It seems to be largely based on the regular world but then angels show up and no one really reacts and they all just seem to know the rules but we, the audience, get very little insight into them. We know that trying to escape your fate puts you in a worse position but things like the criteria someone is judged by or even what kills them are all vague. It's not like the angels say you're going to die in a specific amount of time and you have a stroke at that point or get hit by a bus or something. Shadowy figures just show up and take you away. Do they decide your lifespan by rolling a d20 or something? It's especially a problem in the first half. The dude just seems to live a normal life where he goes to work, heads home for the day, relaxes and goes to bed. Why is he bound for hell? Because he's a man who isn't me and my sister's chihuahua terrier mix decides where people go.nnI do kind of like the concept of a horror work where people are told their time is coming and where they can expect to go. I feel like if the world was properly developed and things were better extrapolated on it could be a pretty interesting work. I also appreciate the little theme of futilely struggling against the inevitable only to make your situation far worse than it would be otherwise. nnCharacters:nnThe big issue here is that the characters are as dull as flat cardboard. The film doesn't tell us why they're going to die or why they're given the afterlife they're given. And nothing they say or do gives us any real insight because the characterisation is incredibly flat. nnArt:nnThe art is another issue with the film. It has that rotoscoped look that's just ugly as sin and has no redeeming qualities. It's like that rubbish aku no hana anime I reviewed years ago with the same jerky movements and choppy bullshit animation. And because they use rotoscoping, they don't even make the supernatural elements look interesting. nnSound:nnThe acting suffers from a familiar problem for works with very under-developed…

Forum Topics:

• Jiok Episode 1 Discussion
• Both parts of Jiok (The Hell) can be found on Youtube.

External Links:

• Official Site