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Summary: Chobits Anime.
Review: I've read the comic series (well, up to #5 anyway) and I must say that the animation makes the story even more interesting -- compared to other japanese animation Chobits has more depth to it (within its category). Can't wait to finish the comic series--
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Summary: Silly and surprisingly good series
Review: My first CLAMP (collective group made by all-female writers) series was "Angelic Layer". While it was fun, but it did not have enough depth to make me think over. So I find myself pleasantly surprise about this one.
In order to stop myself from spoiling over, this starts as a story of a boy with good heart, but gets overboard easily which translates into sort of matchmaker while himself is single. One day he discovers a persocon (android, that is), and the story begins.
While starting seems bit cheesy, it progresses into something more serious about human relationship itself. Watching Hideki (the main character) interacting and teaching Chii (one in cover) demonstrates the blue print for the perfect relationship. It blends that "Love at first sight" with "becoming more comfortable as you get older" in such way that you can't help yourself but to watch more and more.
Of course, if the show is all about human relationship, it would be too dry and gooey. It throws plenty of mishaps involving the characters to make you laugh (especially with Hideki's hobit :)).
It is neither as simple as Cardcapter, nor too serious as X, but I find it hitting right balance in between. For those who find too much of same in "Love Hina" or "Ai Yori Aoshi", this will be surprising change, for good.
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Summary: Chii!!
Review: You may think this is just another romantic comedy, which we seem to have been swamped with recently, but this series has enough differences to make it a unique buy.Set in the near future, advanced computers have been developed, that look and act like human beings, called persacons. Not too advanced, however, as they require you to install software before they can carry out certain tasks, and people treat them as accessories. However this is a good thing considering the general story, it works well. The story follows Hideki Motosuwa, a young man who has lived on a farm all his life. He decides to go to university in Tokyo but fails the entrance exam (thats where the love Hina contrast ends thankfully) so is forced to move to Tokyo to go to a prep school. Hideki finds himself at a loss, however, as he can not get to grips with city life and the advancement of technology (which leads to him embarresing himself several times, which is quite funny). After settleing in Hideki finds a Persacon in the trash near his apartment, wich was lucky. The Persacon turns out to be Chii, a mysterious persacon which seems to running without software. They then throw in a few other love interests, as this sort of story always seems to, thats not really a bad thing though. A refreshingly new take on the good old romantic comedy, with funny and interesting characters and situations. And it also has a mysterious and dark underlying story revolving around Chii's past, to stop it getting too cute (This is Clamp, has to get dark somewhere doesn't it). The music is fitting, and quite well done. However it can be terrifyingly cute at points, and I don't mean just the music the entire series can be like this in points. I like it myself, but some people don't like cute, so this is a heads up.
I'm afraid I can not comment on the English voice acting, as I own the Japanese DVD, but the Japense audio is very good, if you don't mind subtitles. I feel I must warn you that this series may not be for a younger audience. While it does not contain any terrible bad language or graphic scenes of violence or nudity, it has a very implied adult theme, with a lot of (tastful) sexual jokes. All in all an excellent series, another success by clamp.
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Summary: Chobits - Comedy/Love Story
Review: This anime can be compared to anime's such as Love Hina it has plenty of fanservice and dirty humor. While still haveing a very in depth story line. Chobits follows the life of a young 18 year old boy named Hideki and a persocom(robot) girl named Chii and there wierd relationship to one another. this has a very original storyline in the whole introduction of the persocom while keeping the classic storyline of a young boy coming to Tokyo and meeting a young girl who has powers and will do anything for him, if you dont like those kinda anime i recommend stay away from this anime at all costs. I rate this anime 5 out 5 and for age groups 16and up (for brief nudity and sexual situations, and adult humor)
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Summary: Good so far....
Review: I am in the middle of this series, and I have to say, I am enjoying it so far. Chi, the persocom of the protagonist Hideki, is almost unbearably cute, yet there are enough vague hints about her forgotten past that keep her from being ONLY cute. The token series pervert is actually Hideki himself, which would bug me except for the fact that the writers made him such a nice person in other respects that I still liked him. So far it's not deeply heartwrenching by any means, but it has the potential to be a tearjerker at the end of the series. An overall fun anime with lots of sweet moments.
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Summary: Chobits kicks ass.
Review: Chobits is an absolutely awesome series about a world in which personal computers are built in the shape of human beings. Motosuwa Hideki is the hilarious main character, and the fun of this series is watching how he reacts to the situations he's put in. Apart from Hideki's antics, the show seems to have strong 70's themes, including a decidedly funkay opening sequence, and equally afro-licious music throughout the actual show.
Sadly, the awesomeness doesn't last through the whole series. About midway through, the writers begin slapping you with one unforeshadowed shock after another, until it becomes impossible to take the series seriously, and to top it off, the last three episodes are just "flashback episodes" where they re-air what they've already showed you. I can forgive one epidode like that, but come on, three? In a row!? The series is only 27 epidodes long, for crapping out loud, and three of em just go to waste? What a ripoff! In short, buy this series, worship the first half of it, and then cry because the second half is such a let down. The Almatty has spoken. Oh, and as always, WATCH THIS SHOW IN JAPANESE OR DIE!!!11
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Summary: Excellent start for a funny, romantic SF comedy
Review: I like how this one starts. A farmhand who wants to go to an exclusive college (probably would be a university in the US) gets rejected from his school of choice but decides to go to a prep school in Tokyo (in USA it's a junior college). Wandering the Tokyo streets, he finds a PC in the trash, brings it to his apartment and activates it-- which immediately prompts him to fall in love with it. (Did I mention that all of the PCs, or Persocoms in this series look like teenage girls?)
The pace is slow and easy to follow; the tone is sometimes subtle and frequently frantic-- in the vein of '80s American sitcoms like Three's Company or Bosom Buddies. There is cuteness, but not to the level that would induce diabetes. There is sexual reference and very brief nudity, but not too extreme.
What makes me recommend Chobits? Clean graphics, simple but engaging stories, and very good voice acting (even by the American cast, which, sadly, is a rarity in anime).
The cultural differences aren't too jarring, and are well explained in the plot (for instance, the concept of older "senpai" students interacting with younger ones).
Strangely, the character who should be the most grating is still very charming. Sumomo is a smaller "mobile persocom"-- a "palmtop" Persocom, who assists Hideki and Chi throughout the story.
Highly recommended.
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Summary: Yeah
Review: All I can say is do not start unless you plan to finish. This is funny cute and based on an adult sense of humor so why is it so addictive.
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Summary: Not much action, but still fairly interesting
Review: Story: A kind young farmer/student failed his college exams, and must go to the city to study and prepare for his next attempt. He sees androids that are near-perfect matches of humans, but can't afford one. He goes home dreaming of owning one, and passes a shut-down persocom, one of the cute androids. He takes it home and activates it, and gains an obedient and loving machine. He meets a sad and beautiful teacher, a cute co-worker, a quiet and pretty apartment owner. He slowly uncovers the story behind each of these three people and a few others, and learns more about what's important in life.
About the show:
The show, in the beginning, revolves mostly about teaching Chii, the persocom, how to do a daily task, such as cooking, shopping for underwear, or getting a job. At some points the show is a little slow and you might get bored, but it can be funny, dramatic, or cute. If you don't like the cutesy stuff, you might want to look for another show. Chii often acts adorable, complete with making puppy-dog eyes. Sometimes this show portrays the covers of porn mags and some sounds, but no actual nudity. Still, it would probably be uncomfortable watching it with your parents. Later on, you will see some problems caused by persocoms falling in love, and that is the main theme of the show. Can a person and an android fall in love? Should they? You'll find out. The art is beautiful and colorful, and the music is pleasant. I think the voices in both the sub and the dub are good. I recommend this anime.
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Summary: Cute, But for Adults
Review: Chobits, Volume One contains the first three episodes of the anime series by Clamp. Clamp is the female artist studio that created the popular Sakura Cardcaptors manga and anime. Chobits has such a bouncy, catchy, intro that makes it seems like the series will be as innocent as Cardcaptors. In a way, Chobits is innocent, but it also has some very sexual aspects. In the first few minutes, the main character Hideki is ranting about how he wants a Persocom to download porn from the Internet. His porn mags are open, showing hot shots of young girls. Later on the disc, Hideki visits a young computer prodigy who has a bevy of beautiful Persocoms in highly sexual maid outfits. This incongruous blend of kawaii and hentai still is very sweet and moral as a whole.
Chobits begins as young Hideki leaves the countryside for the big city of Tokyo as he has to attend prep school because he has failed the entrance examination to college. This Tokyo is modern day Japan; the slow Japanese economy is mentioned. But Tokyoites have humanoid robots that they use as PC's. There are full size ones, and mini ones. They are almost all female, without exception, and are used sometimes as sex objects - in fact, they have ALL their parts in place. This subverted sexism can make some female viewers uneasy. Yet the kawaii quotient is super-high, so it somewhat cancels out the perveted stuff.
Hideki is a typical poor college student who cannot afford a Persocom in his dreams. He mysteriously finds a lovely Persocom tosed out in the trash. His friend has a (super cute) mini Persocom and helps Hideki get Chi started. Chi is extremely pretty and naiive. Her new owner is highly aroused. He is a gentleman with her, though. Hideki runs into problems with her setup, and the mystery deepens. Where did Chi come from? She seems to be custom-made, but by who? The mystery will deepen in volume two.
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