Mahoromatic - Automatic Maiden - Combat Maid (Vol. 1)

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Summary: Even Gainax can flop.
Review: This show was...bad. There's no other way to put it. It's one of the most unoriginal, stereotypical anime shows out there.

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Summary: A heartwarming tale about a boy and his android maid...
Review: Though it's been explored in other animes (such as Bannou Bunka Neko Musume [Nuku-Nuku], and Hand Maid May), Mahoromatic takes the popular manga and transforms it into an anime that has all the element of an anime series worth holding on to. With all due respect to the Amazon.com reviewer, it seems as though he may have run this anime through the cynic-o-matic before refusing to allow the story to be told. Mahoromatic is the charming story about a junior high school student learning to cope with the loss of his father and mother, while also taking on a live-in maid to see to the housekeeping duties. When he calls upon a maid placement service to fulfill that request, they send assistance in the form of the battle-android-turned-domestic, Mahoro (voiced by Kawasumi Ayako: Melfina from Outlaw Star). Sick of fighting, she decides to live out the rest of her time (398 days) as a maid to this pre-teen. Though she's more than meets the eye, they both find in each other a bond: he in learning to open up to someone else, and she in learning all there is to know about him. A stunning character story from director Yamaga Hiroyuki (Wings of Honneamise), Mahoromatic will make you fast-forward through the ending credit just to get to the next episode quicker. Don't miss it!

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Summary: some one whos voice has changed
Review: Well I can say that who the standard review is entirly wrong when applied to me, and yes I am over 18 and my voice has finished any alterations. I found Mahoromatic to be quite humerous and enjoyed it. I especally enjoyed Mahoro's personality. As some one who prefers a female character who can take care of herself I liked Mahoro's combat abilities, and enjoyed the fact that she isn't clumsy though there are quite a few humerous scenes especally Mahoro dealing with other people. If you like Steel Angel, Saber Marionette J, Oh My Goddess manga or Hyper Dolls manga you will probly like Mahoromatic quite a bit.

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Summary: Somber fun without the noisome, cuckolding stigmata.
Review: You know how Millenium Man marks up Robin Williams as a real actor? Well, this android started out as a combat android, so you know she's not clueless or conflicted. It's funny, it's good as a love story, and dammit, there's -poetry- at the end. Unfortunately they did not retain the easy-reading Japanese for the poetry, and the lines are written in english, in which they -definitely- don't rhyme the same way or ah...at all. So it's a loss from the fansub there, but for watching the series and kicking back feeling good, the sub is fine!

Rating:
Summary: Somber fun without the noisome, cuckolding stigmata.
Review: You know how Millenium Man marks up Robin Williams as a real actor? Well, this android started out as a combat android, so you know she's not clueless or conflicted. It's funny, it's good as a love story, and dammit, there's -poetry- at the end. Unfortunately they did not retain the easy-reading Japanese for the poetry, and the lines are written in english, in which they -definitely- don't rhyme the same way or ah...at all. So it's a loss from the fansub there, but for watching the series and kicking back feeling good, the sub is fine!