Imagine the chaos that would erupt if this power were attained

Damn that is one looooong name for an anime, I’ll have to think of an abbreviation. Well this is only the second new anime I’ve watched this season as I’m really trying to keep my ongoing series to a minimum. Reason being that when I watch a show I feel compelled to blog it and also university life often has more pressing things for me to attend to. So unless someone would like to take my calculus test this coming wednesday for me…I’ll have to try and hold back the anime fan inside who wants to watch every single show.

Because the subs for this show are most likely going to come out around the same time as Kanon, I have to set priority. Kanon will get the full summary, thoughts, screenies and pro/con while this series will be written in my lazy aftermath, getting only the ‘thoughts’ and ’screenies’ sections. So with that in mind, onwards!

I wasn’t expecting too much from this anime, thankfully, because the opening scene would have completely shattered my expectations. I thought the opening was really cheesed, unnecessary and just plain bad. Thankfully (by some grace of Haruhi) it got better as it went along. What looked like a really crappy war of the worlds anime quickly spun around and became what I was expecting, namely a romance comedy.

Roll out the list of character archetypes because they’re probably all here! Kawaii imouto, childhood friend, ojou-sama, meido, power tripped onee-sama, ecchi brother (bonus points for getting called “nii-san”) and etc. I suspect this cast will only grow larger as the series progresses. Not to say that this is a bad thing, but the characters (aside from Feena) seem to lack originality, it’s bad when I remember a character by their stereotype moreso than their name.

The general premise and plot of the series seems to do the job, it’s not the deepest of plots (award goes to Monster), but for the purpose of the show I think it does fairly well. Basically the Moon Princess comes to earth for a homestay in this lucky guy’s house in order to study the planet and improve relationships. And that’s pretty much it, once you get past that it’s all harem comedy afterwards, gold!

Returning to the topic of characters…I think the producers of this anime picked these names specifically to make the seiyuu struggle with their pronounciation. Mia Clementis and Feena Fam Ashlight? It is my belief that names with L’s in them are chosen specifically for comic relief, no other reason makes sense >_<

Anyways! Trying to remain on topic amidst my seemingly random and fragmented writing, let's talk about technicalities! First off, animation, not exactly groundbreaking stuff here, in fact it's sort of subpar when compared to other animes of this era. Backgrounds are very detailed and character designs, while nice in general design, have some flaws in detail and proportion. In terms of backgrounds, they're pretty generic and boring to look at. There are also a lot of animating shortcuts with the most obvious being the chibi animation. It looks like the producers are trying to pass it off as a series gimmick and I actually think the technique is used effectively and comically...but that doesn't discount the fact that they're just being lazy XD

Audio is actually not too bad here, the OP and ED weren't extremely catchy, but I think they're fitting to the story's mood. Background music was pretty much non-existant if you don't count the opening sequence and some scattered melodic piano pieces. Voice acting was actually pretty good, Natsuki and Feena stand out as very fitting, Feena's voice in particular is hawt! =D The rest of the cast is passable, though I find the maid EXTREMELY annoying D=

All things considered I think the series is off to a decent start, it's not about to topple Kanon or Death Note for anime of the season, but it's a nice time waster. If it continues along the path of high school comedy/romance, I'll stick with it. If it turns into a pseudo mecha/war of the worlds type anime then no volume of Feena fanservice could keep me on board.

That’s a really nice TV

Voice activated TV and they still use notepads? Wth?!

I lol’d

Not as funny the second time around, still provoked a surpressed laugh though

Ki o tsukete! (lol, chibis)

Again, not as funny the second time around =(

Hmm, upon reviewing this rather subpar post I’m not sure if I’ll continue to blog this series in the future. Writing another detailed post on a Friday night after school has drained me of my energy and Kanon has drained me of my writing skills is probably not the best idea. But we’ll see how it goes. Expect Death Note and Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru posts when they are subbed. Until then, oyasumi na sai!

~ Shirukii ~