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Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland

Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A funny take by those wonderful ladies of CLAMP.....
Review: Lesbianism and Sexual Inuendo aside, the Ladies of CLAMP have produced a comical look at Alice in Winderland.

From the Queen of Hearts (Pardon...S&M Queen of Hearts...) to the other familiar characters, each character is fully decked out as a very sexy and voloptuous female (I personally liked the Cheshire Cat).

In actuality, this film is seperated into two parts. The Second part was even more hillarious than the first....and, it doesn't adhear to the Alice in Wonderland storyline...rather, it kinda...well, I can't say too much, now, can I?

As to the Lesbianism and Sexual Inuendo...it only adds to the humor, rather than making you cringe or get offended (depending on your point of view).

For me, keeping an open mind and looking at the Humor rather than the stuff to get nit-picky about is the way to look at the movie.

That, and I have to say...Poor, Poor Miyuki...

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Miyuki-chan - what can one say of her experiences?
Review: Miyuki-chan - Pretty, smart, and a helpless victim of abduction through a crazed wonderland of Dominatrix and No-so-subtle leasbian themes. The Highly talented ladies of CLAMP bring a intriguing and tripped out view of Louis Carroll's tale of Wonderland and it's many mysteries behind them. Following the fast and confusing pace that Miyuki runs through wondrland, and narrowly escaping a sexy-sexy chess game. Granted of it's sexy-ness, this should NOT be missed! Anything that CLAMP touches should turn into gold!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A Diffrent Sort of Alice in Wonderland Story
Review: Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is a re-telling of the classic Alice in Wonderland...with a twist. As the back of the box says, this video contains nudity and mature situations.

Poor Miyuki! After waking up late, a skateboarding bunny takes her to Wonderland where everyone is after this kawaii (cute) girl. Great video game style music and a fast pace keep this anime rolling along, not to mention the beautiful character animation. You'll never know who or what Miyuki will encounter next!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Funny, Intriguing, Bizarre, SHORT!!!!!
Review: Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is incredibly bizarre. The all-female Studio CLAMP has taken the Alice in Wonderland tale and given it an anime pseudo-lesbian twist - to the extent that there is not a single male being (Human or otherwise) to be found!!! As such, there is plenty of male-/lesbian-oriented fan service; those offended by scantily-clad females and the like should probably avoid this title.

There are some perhaps-unintended links to other anime series. Bunny girls pop up across a lot of anime series. The card girls are particularly reminiscent of the main warriors of Wild Cardz. The way some characters are drawn seem to harken to other CLAMP characters, albeit just slightly.

The main drawback to Miyuki-chan in Wonderland is that it is incredibly short - only about thirty minutes total. It would have been nice if the DVD offered some good extras, but all there is here is scene selection and trailers for other ADV Films offerings :-( Also, the music is incessantly repetitive, to the point that it becomes annoying on the level of "Don't Worry Be Happy" by the end of the thirty minutes!!! Still, [...] it is hard to go wrong buying this hilarious PS2-compatible DVD :-)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: And I thought Alice had a fun time!
Review: Pretty short about sums it up. It was interesting how Clamp could take a child's story and make it so... interesting. I liked it, but It could have been at least an hour. It's about a normal schoolgirl names Miyuki, who seems to travel into a lesbian filled world of femme fatalles that all want a peice of Miyuki. All of the charactors are female, and wearing "Skimpy" tight clothing. Although, amazon.com's critic is pretty innacurate about these things. On every review i check to see if I have the right information, and claerly they can see that this is not Rated R material. This is about a 14 and up sort of anime, there wasn't even any breasts shown. Amazing Nurse Nanako is worse than this and this is 16+.
My rating: 14+
MPAA: None
ADV: 15+ due to Suggestive themes, Brief Nudity, and some theamatic elemnts
(Suggestive themes are mild provacitave material, like outfits, and positions. Theamatic elements are usually refered to the theme or events in the movie)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Pure Eye-Candy ... Nothing Else
Review: The first thing you notice about Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland is that it makes no sense whatsoever, but that's okay because this 30 minute-long animated DVD isn't supposed to. It's sole purpose, I'm convinced, is to demonstrate what results when CLAMP and Madhouse combine their respective skills in a mutual undertaking.

Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland reminds me of a demo video you would see at an anime convention. Rapid pacing with eye-catching (and eye-popping) scenes that are loosely strung together, the story is basically Lewis Carroll's Alice stories told with an all-girl cast, but with frequent panty-shots, partial nudity and general naughtiness that pushes the rating into PG-13 territory, though not any further.

So how does it do as a demo video? Almost perfect. CLAMP and Madhouse demonstrate (as if past successes haven't already proven it) they work very well together and there are some scenes, such as the butterfly girl and the fairies from the Victoria's Secrets catalog which show an artistic standard higher than most anime. However, it isn't an anime you'd want to show your mother as a definition of the genre.

What isn't perfect? The soundtrack music is horrible, grating to the ears and sensibilities. Also, the preview section is a mess--basically Japanese pop music interspersed with scenes and cuts from the series they are pushing, not taking any opportunity to tell you anthing helpful about the storyline or its characters.

One cute addition to the DVD. Put the DVD disk in your computer's CD-ROM drive for a full-color Miyuki-Chan paper doll print-out.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Miyuki-Chan in Wonderland
Review: This was a little half-hour anime cartoon that played on the story of Alice in Wonderland. Little Miyuki-Chan falls into a "rabbit" hole, along with a Playboy Bunny-girl on a skateboard, into a magical world where all the characters are females who lust after innocent Miyuke. There are adult themes in this DVD.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: haha...kawaii
Review: while not the greatest anime in the world it is funny, good, and worthy of being in my anime collection. Being a project of CLAMP...it is worth seeing..especially if you like Chobits and stuff like that.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: not worthy
Review: While the DVD is fun and silly, I didn't really see or notice anything that would be called true nudity. Also, while the DVD case says one of the languages is English, I couldn't find it in the DVD's menu. I had to go to the DVD player's remote to just switch on the English subtitles! Lots of sexy, kinky females but I would have to say that even kids could watch this. They WON'T understand it, but there's nothing to offend the eyes.
Only 30 minutes long, so not really a lot there to begin with.
Also, after watching once I really don't find myself wanting to watch it again and again, like Tenchi Muyo!, Ranma 1/2, Outlaw Star or Cowboy Bebop. So,if you have to get it, get it used.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not all that you think...
Review: While the DVD is fun and silly, I didn't really see or notice anything that would be called true nudity. Also, while the DVD case says one of the languages is English, I couldn't find it in the DVD's menu. I had to go to the DVD player's remote to just switch on the English subtitles! Lots of sexy, kinky females but I would have to say that even kids could watch this. They WON'T understand it, but there's nothing to offend the eyes.
Only 30 minutes long, so not really a lot there to begin with.
Also, after watching once I really don't find myself wanting to watch it again and again, like Tenchi Muyo!, Ranma 1/2, Outlaw Star or Cowboy Bebop. So,if you have to get it, get it used.


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