Hand Maid Might Overview ハンドメイド・メイ
For the reason that Group Anime Critiques web site regularly has prolonged down occasions, I’m republishing a few of my OG opinions from there. I’ve corrected apparent spelling errors although. I’ll add new notes in parenthesis, labeled “ANB word.” 😅 I gained’t depend these as a part of the “Again to the Vaults” sequence as I’ve not rewatched them.
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Group Anime Overview of Hand Maid Might
(ANB word: This sequence was initially reviewed on 17-December-2022. I did a precursor “Again to the Vaults” evaluation on this weblog again in 2008. So though this CAR evaluation is older, I republish it for legacy sake.)
That is a kind of “harem” sequence — “loser” (dateless) man surrounded by scorching babes, a lot of whom reside with him. In some ways, that is very very similar to a dating-sim sport made into an anime. Nevertheless, regardless of what number of titles have been carried out 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 longer term, rivals, and many others. Nanbara (Kazuya’s rival) and cyberdoll Sara present a lot of the comedy for this sequence. The tales are fairly lightweight, however the glorious seiyuu work and characters win the day. I’ve usually puzzled if the sequence got here from some manga, sport, or quick story assortment since at occasions, the anime feels prefer it has skipped issues the viewers ought to know or relatively assumes the viewers to know (kinda just like the Harry Potter films did). Nevertheless, 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 stuffed with fan service that by the point they get to 3 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 a lot of the women’s panties, and plenty of occasions in very sexually suggestive methods.
DVD Launch
With 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 with a purpose to get to the menu. After three failures, it’s going to allow you to go 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 each time Mami-san spoke in English. Should you don’t know Japanese, the phrases gained’t imply so much past, “Oh, that should be the Japanese”. Nevertheless, if you understand a little bit 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 properly.
Backside line:
Regardless of all of the fanservice, this has managed to make its manner into the listing 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 obtained is fairly good.
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