Rating: 
Summary: A short, but pleasantly sweet anime...
Review: Being a college student, I don't particularly have much time on my hands to watch a full 26-episode series consistantly, so I'm working with spurts of Anime. Enter Hand Maid May, which is a sweet 11 episodes about a computer programmer who accidently orders an expensive, 5-inch maid online, and the funny events that happen afterwards.Granted, the majority of characters are female, and there is an emphasis of fan service (hence the 13+ warning). However, there's no nudity nor adult situations, and the comedic elements kept me pleased with the anime overall. Although more than half of the time the series is just introducing characters, there's still an underlying plot (pretty imaginative, and not often used in anime, either) that ties everything together. And the characters, both male and female, have their redeeming charms, which you'll soon impersonate. (best do it when you're alone, though, to save yourself from looking like the greatest idiot in the world. The DVD compliments this even further, thanks to Pioneer. A lot of nice extras to be seen in the DVD, and after the first few episodes, you'll like the menu even more. Overall, if you're looking for something quick, funny, and at times sentimental, then Hand Maid May is just the thing for you.
Rating:
Summary: A short, but pleasantly sweet anime...
Review: Being a college student, I don't particularly have much time on my hands to watch a full 26-episode series consistantly, so I'm working with spurts of Anime. Enter Hand Maid May, which is a sweet 11 episodes about a computer programmer who accidently orders an expensive, 5-inch maid online, and the funny events that happen afterwards. Granted, the majority of characters are female, and there is an emphasis of fan service (hence the 13+ warning). However, there's no nudity nor adult situations, and the comedic elements kept me pleased with the anime overall. Although more than half of the time the series is just introducing characters, there's still an underlying plot (pretty imaginative, and not often used in anime, either) that ties everything together. And the characters, both male and female, have their redeeming charms, which you'll soon impersonate. (best do it when you're alone, though, to save yourself from looking like the greatest idiot in the world. The DVD compliments this even further, thanks to Pioneer. A lot of nice extras to be seen in the DVD, and after the first few episodes, you'll like the menu even more. Overall, if you're looking for something quick, funny, and at times sentimental, then Hand Maid May is just the thing for you.
Rating: 
Summary: one up for the little ecchi
Review: If you're under 13, this is not for you. If you're above 18, why would you get this one? May is a special robot, a cyberdoll with a maid program who lives with an engineering student Kazuya. A cyberdoll with feelings? Actually, those humanoid robots with feelings are nothing but old concepts already. As much as this anime tries to be a touching comedy, there are more perverted scenes than comedic lines that you will notice. No, it's not like Ranma 1/2. Ranma 1/2 can be ecchi but Rumiko Takahashi knows how to concentrate on the great script and charm slapstick. (...)
Rating:
Summary: one up for the little ecchi
Review: If you're under 13, this is not for you. If you're above 18, why would you get this one? May is a special robot, a cyberdoll with a maid program who lives with an engineering student Kazuya. A cyberdoll with feelings? Actually, those humanoid robots with feelings are nothing but old concepts already. As much as this anime tries to be a touching comedy, there are more perverted scenes than comedic lines that you will notice. No, it's not like Ranma 1/2. Ranma 1/2 can be ecchi but Rumiko Takahashi knows how to concentrate on the great script and charm slapstick. (...)
Rating:
Summary: solidly concluded
Review: It was hard to determine whether this series was shonen or shojo, but I'll have to say it's definitely shonen with its excessive fanservice and 5:1 female:male ratio. Though the fanservice is not extreme, many people might be put off by it. I loved it until the later episodes, where it served as inappropriate distraction to a wonderful story that tells of everything we wanted to know about the characters and plot--how Kazuya and Kasumi met, who is behind the Cyberdyne Corporation, etc. The director seems to have lost the magic but then resumes the nonstop character comedy in episode 11. The animation is pleasant but feels too digital. The concluding plot seems to have been hurriedly put together, but the way it's executed is heartwarming. And there's the 11th episode as well!
Rating:
Summary: solidly concluded
Review: It was hard to determine whether this series was shonen or shojo, but I'll have to say it's definitely shonen with its excessive fanservice and 5:1 female:male ratio. Though the fanservice is not extreme, many people might be put off by it. I loved it until the later episodes, where it served as inappropriate distraction to a wonderful story that tells of everything we wanted to know about the characters and plot--how Kazuya and Kasumi met, who is behind the Cyberdyne Corporation, etc. The director seems to have lost the magic but then resumes the nonstop character comedy in episode 11. The animation is pleasant but feels too digital. The concluding plot seems to have been hurriedly put together, but the way it's executed is heartwarming. And there's the 11th episode as well!
Rating: 
Summary: Breathtaking
Review: The Hand Maid May series has been one heck of a ride, even if it was a pretty short one. The 3rd installment to the series adds so many little twists and turns, you'll probably be spending the the next day still tangled within it's elaborate ties. You'll not only find out the truth behind the company that manufactures the Hand Maids, but you'll also see a side of the characters that you could never have imagine existed. Just for a word of caution, if you want a nice complete conclusion, don't hold your breath. I would hardly call the end of the show a conclusion, but more of a soon to be continued, even though the show is no longer in the making. But I hope that doesn't keep you from purchasing this mofoic Dvd.
Rating:
Summary: Breathtaking
Review: The Hand Maid May series has been one heck of a ride, even if it was a pretty short one. The 3rd installment to the series adds so many little twists and turns, you'll probably be spending the the next day still tangled within it's elaborate ties. You'll not only find out the truth behind the company that manufactures the Hand Maids, but you'll also see a side of the characters that you could never have imagine existed. Just for a word of caution, if you want a nice complete conclusion, don't hold your breath. I would hardly call the end of the show a conclusion, but more of a soon to be continued, even though the show is no longer in the making. But I hope that doesn't keep you from purchasing this mofoic Dvd.
Rating:
Summary: The last and GREATEST episodes!!!
Review: The last and GREATEST episodes of Hand Maid May. Not only does it have a cute cover, but the episodes are funny an cute and clever as can be. I wonder who created Hand Maid May?? It's just so darn funny!
Rating:
Summary: I love this series!
Review: This is one of my all-time favorite series. I wish there were more episodes though. But 11 was enough, because they were all really great episodes.
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