History YMMV / TerraFormars

** The TV broadcast got more attention for the ludicrous censorship than anything else. See {{Narm}}.

* ShownTheirWork: Even though the series is basically a combination of WebVideo/TierZoo, Manga/BakiTheGrappler and WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks, the various animal facts and martial arts put on display to justify the various tricks the roaches and heroes alike pull are very well-researched and create a truly insane variety of {{Fantastic Fighting Style}}s and GunKata.

** There were ''many'' problems with the anime's second season, but bring in motherfucking Music/SeikimaII for [[https://youtu.be/kub3mFGOwfA a few tracks including the second Opening]] was '''not''' one of them.

** There were ''many'' problems with the anime's second season, but bring in motherfucking Music/SeikimaII for [[https://youtu.be/kub3mFGOwfA a few tracks including the second Openning]] was '''not''' one of them.

--> FROM THE FACE OF THIS WOOOOOOORLD!'''

--> (translated lyrics) '''KILL ALL THE HUMANS
--> MAKE THEM CRY OUT AND SUFFER
--> INCINERATE EVERY LAST ONE

--> (translated lyrics) ''KILL ALL THE HUMANS

* AcceptableTargets: While all of the world's leaders (minus America and Japan) [[spoiler:are shown to have been doing sinister and counter-productive things in secret in their "human weapon race," China has taken the forefront as "the villains" in the series, completely derailing the mission for samples to cure the virus plaguing Earth and getting many of their comrades killed all so that the Chinese Government could capture Akari and Michelle so they could make an army of elite super soldiers to bolster their military might against the rest of the world.]]
** [[spoiler: And while some of the Chinese members are shown to be sympathetic, it doesn't change the fact that they betrayed their comrades while ON A MISSION THAT LITERALLY MEANT LIFE OR DEATH FOR MILLIONS BACK HOME, just so their Government could have a super weapon to use against the other nations of the world.]]
** [[spoiler: While we're on the subject, the same people that gave intel to the Martian roaches to sabotage the Annex I mission so the Chinese group could capture Akari and Michelle also gave the roaches intel about the capabilities of the Chinese group, including the gender and nature of the "bacteria" base soldier. If the Chinese are the traitor nation, they didn't just betray the project, [[BadBoss they betrayed their own team from the start.]]]]
** [[spoiler: In reality, the ones responsible for planting the roaches on Annex I and giving all the information to the Roaches on Annex I, '''including''' information on the M.O. Operation, was Rome, and have completely supplanted China as the "the villains", particularly the Newton family.]]

* ShownTheirWork: Even though the series is basically a combination of WebVideo/TierZoo, Manga/BakiTheGrappler and WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks, the various animal facts and martial arts put on display to justify the various tricks the roaches and heroes alike pull are very well-researched and create a truly insane variety of FantasticMartialArts and GunKata.

* ShownTheirWork: Even though the series is basically a combination of WebVideo/TierZoo, Manga/GrapplerBaki and WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks, the various animal facts and martial arts put on display to justify the various tricks the roaches and heroes alike pull are very well-researched and create a truly insane variety of FantasticMartialArts and GunKata.
* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: A cheesy {{gorn}}-fest premise that wouldn't be out of place in a C-list 80's horror film, played ''terrifyingly straight''.

* UnfortunateImplications: The design of the roaches can tilt more than a few heads, looking more than a bit like racist stereotypes of black people. Sure, roaches are black, but that doesn't explain the curly hair or big lips... That by itself could be excused as the creator attempting to mimic the look of ''Homo erectus'', but when combined with the ways [[https://kenpire.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/terra-formars-sideways-gun.jpg?w=1024&h=576 they hold guns]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7loj5SvS0eIkAzVZdUmE5SzBWZS1szNIly326eBmb8oI6UDO2MbSP62kPVA sit in cars]] and things start to get more than a little uncomfortable. Then one of their primary motivations, which even in-story is stated to have no justification? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Peril Pursuing and abducting women, who are overwhelmingly light-skinned]]. The largest structures they build are... pyramids and their signature virus is ankh-shaped. Also there are heroic and tragic characters named Adolf, Eva and Heinrich. Once they invade Earth as literal "illegal aliens", the roaches breed humans for experimentation and produce [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrids human-roach hybrids]]]] with support from an organization focused on species evolution though Eugenics. This has [[https://medium.com/mos-home-for-treatises-and-hot-takes/the-souls-of-roach-folk-1-2-ea2de1ef11a7 not gone unnoticed.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The design of the roaches can tilt more than a few heads, looking more than a bit like racist stereotypes of black people. Sure, roaches are black, but that doesn't explain the curly hair or big lips... That by itself could be excused as the creator attempting to mimic the look of homo erectus, but when combined with the ways [[https://kenpire.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/terra-formars-sideways-gun.jpg?w=1024&h=576 they hold guns]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7loj5SvS0eIkAzVZdUmE5SzBWZS1szNIly326eBmb8oI6UDO2MbSP62kPVA sit in cars]] and things start to get more than a little uncomfortable. Then one of their primary motivations, which even in-story is stated to have no justification? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Peril Pursuing and abducting women, who are overwhelmingly light-skinned]]. The largest structures they build are... pyramids and their signature virus is ankh-shaped. Also there are heroic and tragic characters named Adolf, Eva and Heinrich. Once they invade Earth as literal "illegal aliens", the roaches breed humans for experimentation and produce [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrids human-roach hybrids]]]] with support from an organization focused on species evolution though Eugenics. This has [[https://medium.com/mos-home-for-treatises-and-hot-takes/the-souls-of-roach-folk-1-2-ea2de1ef11a7 not gone unnoticed.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: The TV broadcast got more attention for the ludicrous censorship than anything else. See {{Narm}}.

** [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/obunga OBUNGA]], a hideously photoshopped [[UncannyValley abomination]] of UsefulNotes/BarackObama's face to look like one of the roaches. Your guess is as good as ours.

** Some people actually like the roaches' weird faces because of how [[UncannyValley uncomfortably human]] they are.

* UnfortunateImplications: The design of the roaches can tilt more than a few heads, looking more than a bit like racist stereotypes of black people. Sure, roaches are black, but that doesn't explain the curly hair or big lips... That by itself could be excused as the creator attempting to mimic the look of homo erectus, but when combined with the ways [[https://kenpire.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/terra-formars-sideways-gun.jpg?w=1024&h=576 they hold guns]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7loj5SvS0eIkAzVZdUmE5SzBWZS1szNIly326eBmb8oI6UDO2MbSP62kPVA sit in cars]] and things start to get more than a little uncomfortable. Then one of their primary motivations, which even in-story is stated to have no justification? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Peril Pursuing and abducting women, who are overwhelmingly light-skinned]]. The largest structures they build are... pyramids. Also one of the heroes is named Adolf. Once they invade Earth as literal "illegal aliens", the roaches breed humans for experimentation and produce [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrids human-roach hybrids]]]] with support from an organization focused on species evolution though Eugenics. This has [[https://medium.com/mos-home-for-treatises-and-hot-takes/the-souls-of-roach-folk-1-2-ea2de1ef11a7 not gone unnoticed.]]

* UnfortunateImplications: The design of the roaches can tilt more than a few heads, looking more than a bit like racist stereotypes of black people. Sure, roaches are black, but that doesn't explain the curly hair or big lips... That by itself could be excused as the creator attempting to mimic the look of homo erectus, but when combined with the ways [[https://kenpire.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/terra-formars-sideways-gun.jpg?w=1024&h=576 they hold guns]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT7loj5SvS0eIkAzVZdUmE5SzBWZS1szNIly326eBmb8oI6UDO2MbSP62kPVA sit in cars]] and things start to get more than a little uncomfortable. Then one of their primary motivations, which even in-story is stated to have no justification? [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Peril Pursuing and abducting women, who are overwhelmingly light-skinned]]. The largest structures they build are... pyramids. Also one of the heroes is named Adolf. This has [[https://medium.com/mos-home-for-treatises-and-hot-takes/the-souls-of-roach-folk-1-2-ea2de1ef11a7 not gone unnoticed.]]

* NarmCharm: Some people actually like the roaches' weird faces because of how [[UncannyValley uncomfortably human]] they are.

* AcceptableTargets: While all of the world's leaders (minus America and Japan) [[spoiler:are shown to have been doing sinister and counter-productive things in secret in their "human weapon race," China has taken the forefront as "the villains" in the series, completely derailing the mission for samples to cure the virus plauging Earth and getting many of their comrades killed all so that the Chinese Government could capture Akari and Michelle so they could make an army of elite super soldiers to bolster their military might against the rest of the world.]]

* UnfortunateCharacterDesign: At least [[https://thekenpire.com/2015/03/17/terra-formars-is-an-obscenely-racist-manga-and-anime-series-but-its-sort-of-hilarious/ one reviewer]] has pointed out how the designs of the roaches can be compared to racialized caricatures of black men.

* AmericansHateTingle: The series is quite popular in Japan, but has no significant fanbase outside of it.