The comedy doesn't build toward anything, it just detonates in your face every thirty seconds, which is exactly the point. Late Night Bakabon swings wildly between absurdist non sequiturs and genuinely filthy jokes that land harder because nobody sees them coming in a show this deliberately stupid. It's pure comedic chaos where the plot exists only as scaffolding for the next joke, and if you're the kind of viewer who laughs at the dumbest possible setup, this rewires your brain for twelve episodes straight.

Bakabon is a dim-witted boy, and the comedy revolves around him and his dad. This late-night TV comedy is a new adaptation of Akatsuka Fujio's celebrated gag manga, arriving 18 years after the previous anime. Director Hosokawa Toru supplies an original story that brings Bakabon's family, famous for the catchphrase "This is how it should be," back to the screen. Familiar oddballs return as well, including Mr. Policeman, Rerere no Ojisan and Eel-Dog, all running wild in a far more modern setting. Across 12 episodes, the family comedy mixes gags with slice-of-life antics.