Anime Opening for The Brothers Karamazov

Every night before I open my copy of The Brothers Karamazov I close my eyes and imagine an anime opening for the book. My montage (which I have worked on in my mind for quite some time) features Fyodor, Dmitri, Ivan, and Alyosha walking down the street, each in their signature style. Blue polka dots swirl behind them to a catchy J pop beat. We also have Grushenka winking at the camera as her tits jiggle, Katerina with her arms crossed frowning and looking away from the camera, and Smerdyakov looking sneaky with his hands in his pockets before he stops and smiles at us. There is also a shot of Ivan falling through the clouds against a baby blue sky before Alyosha skydives over to him and offers Ivan his hand. The montage ends with all the characters standing in a circle and joking about, then they notice me and all look over at me and smile.

The post humorously imagines an exaggerated anime opening for Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, complete with dramatic character introductions, J-pop, swirling polka dots, fanservice, and an emotionally climactic skydiving rescue. The punchline is the absurd contrast between the serious Russian novel and the formulaic, over-the-top style of an anime opening, ending with the characters acknowledging the reader. EN: The post humorously imagines an exaggerated anime opening for Fyodor Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov, complete with dramatic character introductions, J-pop, swirling polka dots, fanservice, and an emotionally climactic skydiving rescue. The punchline is the absurd contrast between the serious Russian novel and the formulaic, over-the-top style of an anime opening, ending with the characters acknowledging the reader.

• @eternalclassic / 11372 2022-04-04