Rating: 
Summary: Funny, but has some issues worth thinking about
Review: The essence of Strawberry Eggs is quite simple: a recent college graduate becomes a junior high gym teacher by pretending to be a woman--the principal detests men and won't hire them. The situation is not all that fresh, and the jokes revolve around exactly what you would expect them to (and are similar to every other cross-dressing show ever made, I imagine). Nonetheless, it is quite funny. At times, it tries to be heartwarming and whatnot; this largely fails, because it tries too hard and becomes cloying. That's a fairly minor criticism.There are, however, two significant issues with this show--not problems, per se, but worth considering. One is there is a high degree of "fanservice"--e.g., skirts lifting up in the wind, girls in various states of undress (no nudity though). The particular focus of the fanservice is the main female character Fuko, and it's vaguely disturbing, as Fuko seems too immature to even be in junior high. If the girls were older or there were less fanservice, that disturbing aspect would be gone. My second criticism applies to the English dub. The acting itself is very good, but the decision-making in the translation is poor. Many Japanese words are left untranslated, so that the English actors use the Japanese words for, among other things, the girls' gym clothes. Some of the jokes are untranslated, such that if you don't know Japanese, you won't understand even if you're watching the dub. Also left in are honorifics--suffixes added to the ends of names to show various relationships (e.g., adding -chan to the end of the name would normally convey affection). Honorifics don't exist in English, and their presence makes the English lines disjointed. It just feels like the translator didn't bother to translate 10% of the script. On the whole, this first disc of Strawberry Eggs is good, but has significant issues you might want to think about before buying.
Rating: 
Summary: a nonconservative comedy anime
Review: Think of this series as a Japanese version of the movie Tootsie, and you have the right idea. A young graduate student eager to get a teaching job at a high school has to make certain... concessions to get that job. Slightly confusing at first if you haven't encountered the Japanese school system, but very fast-paced and FUNNY as heck. Yeah, there's some slight toilet/perversion humor in here, but not enough to seriously bother most people.
Rating:
Summary: A little begining but a great ending
Review: this anime I my me strawberry eggs is a very good anime series.
I just would like for it to have a sequel a second season.
Rating:
Summary: Strawberry Eggs-You'll devour it, episode after episode!
Review: This anime is a good series, indeed. I'll tell you a little bit about each episode on this disc. Episode 1:
Hibiki Amawa has just moved into Gochiso, and doesn't have enough money to pay the landlady, Ba-chan, any money. Ba-chan keeps telling him that she'll eat his dog if he doesn't pay her. When he tries to get a job at Seitow Sannomiya Private School, he finds out that ONLY female teachers are allowed. So, along with the help of Ba-chan, he dresses as a woman, using a voice converter to change his voice from a man's, to a woman's. He pulls it off, and is accepted by the Principal as one of the former senseis there. Also notice that japanese words are said throughout the film. Episode 2:
A peeping tom has been spotting, and he seems to be always looking through Fuko's window. Hibiki Amawa, as a woman, is chosen to protect the girls. When he/she does, the girls and Amawa-sensi find out that it were the two other guys at Gochiso. And I'm leaving the rest for you to watch.
Rating:
Summary: Better than Expected
Review: This show was much better than expected. I was not expecting this show to be very good. I was mistaken. This show is a cross between Busom Buddies and Tootsie. The principal is basically a man hater. In result, the principal refuses to hire any male teachers. Hibiki, who is in desperate need of a job, is forced to dress a woman to get hired by the principal. He, not suprisingly, gets the job as the new gym teacher. While atching the show it has many tender moments between student and teacher. The situations of students about to accidentally discover his secret, is there for comedic relief. In a sense this is a comedic show with tender moments. There is a lot of good stuff here. The only reason why I took away 1 star is because of the English version on the disk. In actuality, the voices they selected for the English version is beautiful. All of the actors/actresses for the English version did a very good job. In the English version they used some Japanese words throughout the show. It felt a little akward to hear the words "-kun", "sensei", and "ba-chan" to be used for the English version. I would expect to hear the words used in the Japanese version. Although the insert provides insight into the meaning of Japanese vocabulary, it just does not sound good for an English version.
Rating:
Summary: Great cross-dressing high school comedy/drama
Review: Well, what can I say about this one that hasn't been said already? Those of you who've read the other reviews by now know the basic plot. So I'll just make the following notes: After watching the entire series, I can safely say that it has nothing to do with strawberries or eggs. I can only assume that it must be some kind of double-meaning that you'd have to speak Japanese to understand. The English dub of this show is one of the best I've ever seen. (Crispen Freeman, who was the voice of Zelgadis in SLAYERS, plays the male Hibiki.) Unless you're one of those fanatical dub-hating purists, you'll like it. The producers of this show seem to want to convince us that Fuko, the clumsy freshman who starts to fall for Hibiki even though she thinks her teacher is a woman, is the protagonist, yet the story seems to center around Hibiki. In most Pioneer videos, during the end credits they tend to show a list of the English voice actors without showing who did which character. I'm happy to say that is not the case here-in the end credits of IMMSE you're shown the specific English and Japanese voice actor for each character. (Let's hope Pioneer continues to do this in future shows they pick up.) The stand out extra feature on each DVD is a "class roll call" that is an introduction to one group of characters. Now, the
"meet-the-characters" extra on most anime DVDs never really exite me at all, as they tend to be a brief summery shown in text for that character, accompanied by a breif video clip of that character from one of the episodes. (Yawn.) However, the character introductions here are well worth watching. The characters being introducted narrate as you meet them (you can watch and listen to the introduction as presented by ether the English or the Japanese voice actors,) and is some funny stuff in there to keep it interesting. In the roll call on the first DVD, we meet the male students in Hibiki's class. In the second DVD, we meet the female students. In part 3, we learn about the residents living at Hibiki's apartment building. Finally, in the last volume, we meet the principal and vice-principal. One rather strange thing is that, during the vice-principal's introduction, we learn a fact about her that never actually is brought up in the main show itself. I don't know, maybe they felt they had to give a little more depth and sympathy to an otherwise black-and-white antagonist. Anyway, that's my review and I hope you enjoy it as much as me!
Rating:
Summary: It's one of my favourite series
Review: While I agree with other reviewers that yes, the series leaves much to be desired, I still believe this series is a suitable crossover between simple humourous entertainment and actually dealing with the issue presented, gender dichotomies.
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