Rating: 
Summary: Miyuki-chan in Wonderland
Review: This short video is lots of fun and invites repeated viewing, both for it's always interesting and well-timed action as well as the beautiful animation and very clever and compelling music.
Clamp, the renowned all-female studio that created the anime, draws on some of the unconscious concerns of its young "shoujo" audience for the humor and fascination.
Miyuki, the heroine of the story, who can't help but enjoy her fetching appearance while she sits and combs her beautiful hair in front of the mirror, must know that while she is still partly a child she cannot remain that way for long. In her trip to Wonderland she encounters the somewhat grotesque caricatures of female seductiveness that are among the inhabitants of popular culture, such as girls in bunny suits and cat outfits. That they try to seduce her might be symbolic of her fears of what she might herself have to become.
In the second segment, the trip to Mirrorland, it is Miyuki's own reflection that pulls her in, making the confrontation all the more direct. Seeing how quickly and shamlessly her mirror-double is willing to strip naked embarrasses Miyuki to the point that she must flee, even though it is, after all, only in front of other women.
Clamp infuses humor into a gentle and compassionate look at young women.
Rating:
Summary: Wha ....
Review: * I picked up MIYUKI-CHAN IN WONDERLAND (MCIW) with some
uncertainty, since most of the recommendations could be
summed up with one word: "bizarre".The odd thing is that after watching this bit of fluff
and nonsense, I still have the same uncertainty about it,
and can absolutely agree with the one-word summary:
"bizarre". MCIW is really not so much an attempt at storytelling as
it is an experimental piece, an exercise in playfulness and
imagination on the part of its makers. It does a Japanese
twist on ALICE IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING
GLASS, casting sweet little adolescent Miyuki-Chan in the
role of Alice and, while retaining the basic outline of
Lewis Carroll's works, doing a erotic spin on them from end
to end. Now this might make it sound like hentai / porn, but
actually it's really erotic silliness, for example the
White Rabbit being a Playboy Bunny -- though it does push
the envelope here and there: the Chesire Cat (a blonde
in a catsuit) begins to sexually assault Miyuki-chan, only
to fade away; the Red Queen in her leathers chases after
Miyuki-Chan, cracking a whip; and the chess game of THROUGH
THE LOOKING GLASS becomes "strip chess". MCIW is a novelty, and maybe a bit much to pay for a novelty,
particularly when the two installments on the tape are so
short. So why would I give it four stars? Because after
putting up with so much machine-made by-the-numbers
predictable anime series it's nice to see something that has
some imagination and enthusiasm, even if it is silly, strange,
and kinda kinky. Of course, if you *really* want to get your head twisted
around, try Jan Svankmajer's stop-action version of ALICE.
I swear I watched it with my mouth hanging open from
beginning to end ... but that's another story.
Rating:
Summary: Alice in Wonderland...Anime Style!!
Review: As the title (Miyuki-chan in Wonderland) indicates this is CLAMP's version of the children story Alice in Wonderland. This a short, fun, little movie about Miyuki and her crazy dreams.
Technically the animation is beautifully done like any other CLAMP production, the subtitles are acceptable and don't go too fast, but the movie plays only one track of music thriugh the whole film, it didn't bother me at first but after watching it a few times it began to get on my nerves. The character designs are great, also no males in the film, overall a great short film.
*WARNING* These aren't the characters you grew up with (ie humpty dumpty's not your ussual egg!) and other 'modifications' to me they're improvments on thier counterparts. This would probably be recommended for people 15 and up. Good addition to any anime collection!!
Rating: 
Summary: not worthy
Review: Basically its just another story of Alice in Wonderland done in a very CLAMP way. The dvd is extremely short and has many of the women wearing skimpy outfits. I really felt like i was watching some sort of hentai while watching it. If anyone is a fan of clamp then this dvd might work. But for me this dvd was the worst. I will never watch this dvd again so you go ahead and say this review wasn't helpful to you its ok
Rating: 
Summary: I don't care what you say...
Review: I don't care what you say Miyuki-Chan is an excellent anime for how short it is. It could have been longer but still it was very good, and it would have been even better if they had dubbed it! And am I the only one who saw the humor in the Queen of the leather featish and all of the ladies in this? It was hillarius when they wanted to be punished:)!! I thought this was great..
Rating:
Summary: PG version of a lesbian-themed anime video
Review: I enjoyed watching this one, but it was almost like seeing a girl/girl anime video with all of the sexiest scenes edited out! Miyuki is pretty and has all kinds of encounters with scantily clad pretty girls, many of whom seem to express an interest in being with her --- but nothing ever happens. Just when you think she might begin making out with another girl the scene changes and she's off doing something else. Still, pretty girls with a decided lesbian bent. I hope they continue!
Rating: 
Summary: ALICE IN WONDERLAND as metaphor for sexual awakening?
Review: I kept hearing about this anime from the all-female CLAMP manga collective, so I bought the DVD (which also includes MIYUKI-CHAN IN MIRRORLAND, or ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS). The limited story of both short films (actually just a series of strange events) is of a Japanese schoolgirl, Miyuki, who first disappears down an interdimensional "rabbit hole" along with a PLAYBOY bunny type "white rabbit", then meets a series of all-female characters in fetishy garb based on the characters in ALICE IN WONDERLAND. All these characters seem to want to fondle, kiss or sexually dominate Miyuki, who just gets embarrassed, runs off and falls into the next batch of supernatural lesbians who invite her to "come play with us". MIYUKI-CHAN IN MIRRORLAND repeats this trend - except here Miyuki is pulled through her bedroom mirror by a more sexually knowing version of herself, who touches her in an intimate (but non-explicit - so stop drooling, *Okatu-San*!) manner. The entire tone of the first production is more cute-comical than menacing (even the whip-wielding Red Queen who restrains Miyuki with her bullwhip never actually flogs her), and Miyuki's greatest fear is being embarrassed by all this free-floating feminine touching and snuggling. The second has a bit more edge to it, as the chess game Miyuki plays with her mirror self has living female pieces who whip each other into (again, non-explicit) nudity, and the loser of the game has to strip (which mirror-Miyuki does willingly as our Miyuki looks really, REALLY embarrassed and tries to get her to stop, screaming "But I'm not married yet!" in the English - subtitled only - translation.) Even so, this is as far removed from hardcore BDSM tentacle *hentai* on the order of Maeda's UROTSUKIDOJI ("Overfiend") Saga or Pink Pineapple's ANGEL OF DARKNESS as an episode of Saturday morning's CARDCAPTORS (also created by CLAMP, incidentially). Depending on which theory you read, Carroll's ALICE books are either a satire of British politics of the time, or a metaphor for a young girl's sexual awakening. CLAMP seems to have gone full-bore for this second interpretation in their story - all the characters except the easily-embarrassed Miyuki are dressed in a sexually provocative fashion, most make seductive advances towards her, and mirror-Miyuki in ...MIRRORLAND is not only willing, but eager to shed her Japanese schoolgirl outfit and stand proudly naked before her other self. Complicating this, at least to a Western audience, is that all these characters appear to be cliche'd predatory lesbians; however, as Schodt pointed out in his book MANGA! MANGA!, men are often shown in Japanese popular culture as sexually brutal and beastly, whereas women (even sexually active ones) are seen as infinitely more gentle. To the Japanese female fans of CLAMP's work, even the whip-wielding Red (Bondage) Queen would be a gentler, safer introduction into the mysteries of adult sexuality than any man would have been. Miyuki might be embarrassed by all this sex, but she won't be terrified of it coming from other women. This is the kind of short, slightly-kinky but clearly female-oriented *anime* that you might want to show to any women friends who are under the impression that "all those Japanese cartoons are nothing but S-M porno and big robots." (Though I'd like to know what's wrong with big robots, anyway.... Gekiganger - STRIKE! )
Rating:
Summary: crazy...
Review: I've always wanted an anime re-make of Alice in Wonderland! This was a great pleasure for me to find on Amazon. It was also a great pleasure to watch.This anime is a MUST have for anyone who likes lesbians and/or craziness. Personally, I adore both. There isn't a male character in the entire thing. The music in this anime plays constantly and changes rarely. It was just starting to get on my nerves when the anime was over. If you crave romantic, deep and meaninful storylines, or in-depth characters, and hederosexual relationships... this anime is not for you. Animation: C+ -=- 77 out of 100 points
Storyline: C -=- 74 out of 100 points
Music: C- -=- 71 out of 100 points
(BONUS) Lesbianism x 2 | + 20 points
(BONUS) Craziness | + 10 points
(BONUS) Alice and Wonderland based | +10 points
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Overall 87.3% (262 out of 300 points)
Rating:
Summary: Great Animation BUT Not For Children
Review: I've seen the VHS version of Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland. It's a weird wacky version of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. The animation is amazing. Just what you'd expect from CLAMP. Except that it's way too short. HOWEVER, parents you should be aware that there is lesbian inuendo throughout the two animated shorts.
Rating:
Summary: Louis Carroll's classic gets revamped with vampy charecters.
Review: It seemed like just another normal day for Miyuki-chan, until she met the white rabbit (a woman in a playboy bunny suit,) on her way to school. Then, Miyuki fell down the mysterious hole... and so begins this modern day japanese retelling of a timeless european classic. In this version, every charecter is female, and there is plenty of sexual content. However, the show is in fact more funny than offensive. (It was done by CLAMP, an all-female artist team.) Unless you're under 17 or are really easily offended, this is a great one to see. The film gets four stars instead of five only because I'd been kind of wanting to see what direction Miyuki's life would take later on. Then again, perhaps that would have been too dirivetive. In any case, it's a nice way to spend 35 minutes. I just can't wait to see the english language version.
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