I was so eager to find out that this week on Cartoon Network, they were showing a whopping five episodes of "The Amazing World Of Gumball" and the preview first showed a great looking anime parody. I have watched and reviewed every episode hoping to see my most anticipated one. I ended up getting exactly what I wanted! This episode follows an old foe named Yuki challenging Nicole. I did think she looked like a cloud at first, which made me think of Masami (a cloud character). Yes, she's her mother! What I love about this episode is that we get to see a lot of Nicole's daily life at the Rainbow Factory. Yuki is very nicely animated.
At first, I was kind of afraid that the anime part would only be really brief. The show has had a lot of brief art changes and it would just be something for one scene. I was very pleasantly surprised to find that was not the case. The first part is a flashback where it shows Yuki and Nicole training. This had to be done in the style of "Dragonball" and they seem to even directly resemble Krillin and Goku. We finally get to see the fight at the end and it's as wonderfully drawn and put forth as you would imagine. It's hilarious to see the chibi versions of the kids watch.
Their look of horror on their faces as it goes back to the old art style is great too. It really did seem like Nicole was facing some character development. For the most part, her character is known to be angry and quick tempered. She really did have to be pushed really hard to unleash her, well, fury. Thank you for making such an authentic tribute to a wonderful medium. It's the perfect way to end this week! ****