Hand Maid Might Evaluation
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For the reason that Group Anime Evaluations website ceaselessly has prolonged down occasions, I’m republishing a few of my OG critiques from there. I’ve corrected apparent spelling errors although. I’ll add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB notice.” 😅 I gained’t rely these as a part of the “Again to the Vaults” sequence as I’ve not rewatched them.
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Group Anime Evaluation of Hand Maid Might
(ANB notice: This sequence was initially reviewed on 17-December-2022. I did a precursor “Again to the Vaults” assessment on this weblog again in 2008. So though this CAR assessment is older, I republish it for legacy sake.)
That is a type of “harem” sequence — “loser” (dateless) man surrounded by scorching babes, a lot of whom dwell with him. In some ways, that is very very similar to a dating-sim sport made into an anime. Nonetheless, regardless of what number of titles have been executed like this, Hand Maid Might manages to excel in a number of areas. Might is so kawaii (cute), candy, and so valuable that I couldn’t assist however instantly like her and thus the sequence.
There are 10 episodes (the eleventh is an OAV particular) and it doesn’t take lengthy for the place to get crowded with cyberdolls, folks from the long run, rivals, and many others. Nanbara (Kazuya’s rival) and cyberdoll Sara present many of the comedy for this sequence. The tales are fairly lightweight, however the glorious seiyuu work and characters win the day. I’ve typically questioned if the sequence got here from some manga, sport, or brief story assortment since at occasions, the anime feels prefer it has skipped issues the viewers ought to know or fairly assumes the viewers to know (kinda just like the Harry Potter motion pictures did). Nonetheless, this isn’t something that put me off; it’s simply an statement.
The humor, cuteness, and sweetness of the sequence apart, it suffers from extreme fan-service. The primary two episodes are so filled with fan service that by the point they get to a few and 4 (the place we get some good humor and attention-grabbing cyberdolls), it’s a aid to get regular quantities of fan-service. There’s no nudity which is a plus, however you’ll get to see many of the women’s panties, and plenty of occasions in very sexually suggestive methods.
DVD Launch
As regards to the DVD, the English dub is sweet! I actually felt the English voice actors captured the spirit of the characters. The primary DVD is annoying as you must reply a query to be able to get to the menu. After three failures, it should allow you to move anyway. The scripts have the same old domestication (localization -ANB) and the subtitles exclude honorifics.
What was uncommon was that within the subtitles, romaji appeared at any time when Mami-san spoke in English. Should you don’t know Japanese, the phrases gained’t imply so much past, “Oh, that have to be the Japanese”. Nonetheless, if you realize slightly Japanese to be harmful, it really finally ends up being a enjoyable merchandise. I want the Japanese honorifics had been left within the subtitles, however oh effectively.
Backside line:
Regardless of all of the fanservice, this has managed to make its manner into the checklist of my all-time favourite anime titles, although not fairly the top-10. Candy, very cute, and touching, Hand Maid Might may have been longer, however what we received is fairly good.
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