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Hand Maid May - Limited Edition Boxed Set

Hand Maid May - Limited Edition Boxed Set

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hand Maid May
Review: After I'd seen the 1st episode of hand maid may I realy was addicted to it! It's just one of the greatest animes I'v ever seen. Some parts are almost to funny to watch ^_^ & the cuteness rate is very high, I really recommend it for all the people who also enjoyed animes like: Ai yori aoshi or Love Hina.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Sweet, cute, and simple anime ...
Review: Hand Maid May will offer you nothing you haven't seen before as an anime fan. Still, I give it credit for being consistently entertaining, fun, and featuring really funny characters. It's great to see a "harem" anime where the women are actually friendly and not out to kill each other. I love the energy of the quasi-villian, too.

However, as cute and funny as Hand Maid May is, the show also has its fair share of touching moments, especially in the middle and the end. If it weren't for the irritating OVA, this anime would be really great, if not original. As it is, it's just good, but that still makes this show well worth your time.

P.S. And no, it's not sexist.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Consider this another keeper!
Review: I had heard about this series when I got "I Dream of Mimi". It was made to sound rather...risque. Some were calling it Hentai. I figured that it couldn't be as risque as "Mimi" was.

Turns out I was right.

This was a sweet story. Some would say a bit predictable...
True...but no more so than in most superhero comics.

Almost all the characters were likeable (Sorry, Kotoro, you're a BIT too much over the top, even for an anime...), filled with life, convincing, and enjoyable to watch. The plotline, for the most part, was solid, as well.

However, I did think that the aforementioned plotline began to fragment a bit as it neared the conclusion, just when I was beginning to hope that everything would all come together and be answered. (Most specifically, time travel and causality regarding Kazuya/Kotaro and thier destinies). (I would've preferred the 11th episode to address these logical problems, rather than being the enjoyable 'filler' episode that it came off being, IMO.) Then again, that MAY be intentional on the creators' part, and it may all be resolved if they choose to do more episodes in the future. I DO hope they do so, as the characters all but BEG to be developed further...

The additional CD in this set was was enjoyable to read through, with behind-the-scenes info on the series, the characters, and the creators.

(I thought that Kotoro's 'music area' on disk #1 was cute, but unnecessary.)

The audio character snippits in the 4 DVD's were enjoyable. I'd love to put them as sounds on my computer.

All told, even with those few minor quibbles, I heartily believe I got my money's worth with this set. It's another gem for my growing anime collection and WELL worth the money, IMHO.

(One last question...If May, at a foot tall (Barbie-sized) costs $1,450,000...how much would the full-sized Sara, Mami, Kei or Rena be? $1 billion?)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Consider this another keeper!
Review: I had heard about this series when I got "I Dream of Mimi". It was made to sound rather...risque. Some were calling it Hentai. I figured that it couldn't be as risque as "Mimi" was.

Turns out I was right.

This was a sweet story. Some would say a bit predictable...
True...but no more so than in most superhero comics.

Almost all the characters were likeable (Sorry, Kotoro, you're a BIT too much over the top, even for an anime...), filled with life, convincing, and enjoyable to watch. The plotline, for the most part, was solid, as well.

However, I did think that the aforementioned plotline began to fragment a bit as it neared the conclusion, just when I was beginning to hope that everything would all come together and be answered. (Most specifically, time travel and causality regarding Kazuya/Kotaro and thier destinies). (I would've preferred the 11th episode to address these logical problems, rather than being the enjoyable 'filler' episode that it came off being, IMO.) Then again, that MAY be intentional on the creators' part, and it may all be resolved if they choose to do more episodes in the future. I DO hope they do so, as the characters all but BEG to be developed further...

The additional CD in this set was was enjoyable to read through, with behind-the-scenes info on the series, the characters, and the creators.

(I thought that Kotoro's 'music area' on disk #1 was cute, but unnecessary.)

The audio character snippits in the 4 DVD's were enjoyable. I'd love to put them as sounds on my computer.

All told, even with those few minor quibbles, I heartily believe I got my money's worth with this set. It's another gem for my growing anime collection and WELL worth the money, IMHO.

(One last question...If May, at a foot tall (Barbie-sized) costs $1,450,000...how much would the full-sized Sara, Mami, Kei or Rena be? $1 billion?)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Less is More - Sadly, they don't agree.
Review: I really wanted to like this series, and for the first few episodes I did. Saotome, Kasumi and May make for an enjoyable show. But once Kei, Mami, Rena, Sara, and the annoying Nambara get added to the mix, the show is just diluted beyond hope. It's a Tenchi / Hina formula that just doesn't work and too many characters are just plain annoying.

Not to give anything away, but later in the show things come together and wrap up rather well, if quite a bit stretched. The ending is quite nice. This series had a chance of being great, but it ends up simply sub par. If you really like Robo Girl series and Tenchi / Hina series, give it a shot. The first few and last few episodes are quite worth watching. Sadly, the middle is rather filler.

- Rirath_com

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hand Maid May Collection
Review: MAY is a 1/6 size Cyberdoll created by Cyberdyne CO, LTD. She came to Kazuya's room caused by his accidental access to Cyberdyne's web shop this series is so terrific & funny you need to own it

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Hand Maid May Collection
Review: MAY is a 1/6 size Cyberdoll created by Cyberdyne CO, LTD. She came to Kazuya's room caused by his accidental access to Cyberdyne's web shop this series is so terrific & funny you need to own it

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It's a steal go for it .
Review: pioneer has done it after all the complete Hand Made May in one
box with some great extras as well, Hand Maid May is one of the best anime ever maid,it's one of these cute and funny shows that you would visit again and again.

*Recomended*

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cute series
Review: Simply put, this series is good. It is a little short, but the pacing is nice and all of the characters are enjoyable. It has quite a bit of fan-service, though nothing just horrible. I'd recommend it to anyone really, seasoned anime watchers or someone new to it. It's a great box set and a good price.


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