Originally Posted by
TheDanishGuy
Laughing Salesman
Hello, my children! This is part one of a trilogy on the ghastly beauty of HORROR anime!
This anime is unique in how little information I could drum up on it. Heck, I have two sites that list different episode counts! It also doesn’t have a Wikipedia article. So if you want something obscure, look no further. Each episode is lunchbreak sized, around 10 minutes each, and all have resolved plots within each episode.
We follow FM, the eponymous Laughing Salesman. He has a portly frame, a doughy face, and a terrifying laugh.
He attempts to give people whatever their hearts most desire, without any personal gain.
Since this is not a viable business strategy, it usually goes horribly wrong for his clients.
The beauty of it is that most of the time, the Laughing Salesman can’t be blamed for the predicaments his clients are in. He simply took their snowball and sent it rolling.
Final score: 10/10
Final thoughts: This is an awesome little series for psychological horror fans, since Laughing Salesman is basically Satan’s personality mixed with the Joker’s general looks.
He is a delightfully evil entity, who never takes off his plastered on, extremely wide smile.
A lot of the clients have humorous puns in their names, beginning lightly what will later become another creepy episode. And the closing, distinctive laugh as FM walks off, knowing he has helped another hapless victim in a direction to screw over his own life, is something that lingers long after.