Anime Blog 56: Hand Maid May

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_Maid_May

Hand Maid May (HMM) is a ten episode series with 1 OVA that I watched subbed.

So, no lie. I watched this because of the clip from AMV Hell 3 that paired this show with the song Faded by Soul Decision. [if you're curious it's anime #43 and it's from 13:05-13:15 in between Read or Die and Super Sentai) XD

So basically this college kid (Kazuya) wants to create a robot. His classmate gives him a computer program that's apparently awesome. It's a virus. While trying to remove it from his computer, Kazuya accidentally orders a "cyberdoll" Hello May! Of course Kazuya can't pay for her so the company sends more "cyberdolls" to either retrieve May or Kazuya's money. They all fall in love with him of course...and it just goes from there :D

The OVA was an episode where Kazuya receives a box of 5 Mini-Mays...that all with different parts of her personality :D

1 college guy + 3 (4?) hot robots + jealous neighbor/girlfriend = shonen anime in a nutshell :D

I really liked this show, it was really cute and my persona (Kei) is actually the name of one of the Cyberdolls. (yes...it's sorta where I got it...it's more complicated I suppose but w/e)

So, as is what's really important...ART!

(LtoR: May (with Kazuya's Doraemon on her head), Kei, Kasumi, and Rena)

 

 

It's just so pretty :D

 

So, pros and cons:

 

Pros:

• Really cute shonen
• Kei
• Pretty art
• Interesting story
• ...AMV Hell 3 clip...

Cons:

• Little confusing at times

That's about it from what I recall :D

 

Well, that's it for this go round!

Thanks for reading, until next time,

 

~Kei

Anime Blog 55: Black Butler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Butler

Alright so Black Butler is a 46 episode series with 7 (minus book of murder) OVAs and a Live Action film that I watched subbed.

So BB. Rich English kid(Ciel)'s parents are killed, he's kidnapped and tortured, he summons a demon (Sebastian) who becomes his butler and will devour his soul once Ciel's revenge is complete. Story in a nutshell. There's more to it I suppose but saying anymore just ruins half the plot.

So this has been on my "to watch" list for over 3 years...just finished watching it. Overall my impressions:

• Season 1: "this show is pretty good actually. Especially considering all the hype it got a couple years ago. I'm enjoying this."
• Season 2: "I really don't like this guy (Alois). OMG this just turned into some raunchy sh*t with all this hand/fingers-in-mouth BS. Why am I watching this in the living room again!? Wow...what a twist of an ending. Poor guy. HA!"
• Season 3: "Oh this is cool. Although I hate it when a season actually takes place in the middle of a previous season but hey, the whole circus idea is neat." At the End: "well that was a completely pointless season..."

At least the season 2 OVAs were hilarious :D

So as for the live action film...FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T WATCH IT!
It's not even Ciel, it's some girl pretending to be a boy and there's some weird storyline involving illegal and experimental drugs. It doesn't take place in Victorian England but in some weird futuristic Eastern city. It basically took everything that made season 1 of the show so good and threw it out the window. It's also apparently made by Warner Brothers Japan. I didn't even know there WAS a WBJapan...The fight scenes were cool...I guess?

But for all of you who have been reading this blog...what really matters is the art :D

(Ciel and Sebastian)

I decided to go with a pic of just the main characters :D

And surprisingly I really enjoyed the opening for Book of Circus:



So yeah. Pros and cons!

Pros:

• Really nice art
• Intriguing plot
• Sebastian...
• Demon-involvement
• KITTIES! (if you've seen BB, you know what I mean!)
• OVAs = hilarity

Cons:

• Season 2
• Alois
• The Live Action Movie

Yeah, so my advice. Watch seasons 1&3. Look up S2 spoilers.

Thanks for reading! Until next time,

~Kei