Finished Otome 0~S.ifr (god, that’s so annoying to type), it’s a pretty good OVA, IMHO. Story centers on Sifr, Nina’s mother, targetted by Schwartz for some unknown reason. She’s saved by the Otome group of Lena Sayers, Raquel Mayol, Eliott Chandler and their masters, Bruce Windbloom and Sister Hermana Shion, remaining under their guard until Schwartz [...]
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Just to be one of the few anal people who pay too much attention to background music to point this out, I’ll share with you a disturbing fact about the musical production on this OVA: One of the pieces of BGM is an almost identical rendition of the theme to The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. [...]
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That was much better than I had anticipated! Here we go again with more Mai Otome (Read: A better Mai Otome). The sour taste of Arinko and all things Mai Otome are gone. S.ifr looks, sounds, and feels so much better than Mai Otome or Mai Otome Zwei ever did. My biggest problem with Mai Otome [...]
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Over the years anime studios have come up with scores of variations on the cutie weapon. My-Otome continues the tradition of girlie armaments with an earnestness that has me wanting to tell Sunrise and Bandai, please make more. I love this franchise. It feels like it does exactly what it meant to [...]
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Before the age of such innovations as Wordpress, editorials and readers, Mai Otome was something resembling the focus of this blog. As the series faltered and stumbled through an inability to gather all its possible plot elements together, opinion of the series changed from addiction to fatal attraction, and by the final episode it was [...]
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Medium: OAV Genres: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy Episodes: 4 Studio: Sunrise OP: “Believe ~Eien no Kizuna~” by Mika Kikuchi ED: ?? Official Site: http://www.my-zhime.net/ Rating: 9.2/10 (since I love Mai Hime/Otome so much!) Impressions: This is an amazing first episode, but I’m pretty sure I’m being extremely biased since I adore both Mai Hime and Mai Otome, and their last episodes let me wanting more. [...]
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Darkshaunz revisits some old friends Score: 8.0/10 This is a good time for Otome/Hime fans around the community, as many of you have realized Zwei is out…and looking like its back to knock our socks off with more Girl-in-Combat-Suit action. For those of you still recovering from the shock of the news, head over to tokyotosho and [...]
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The first episode of the new Mai-Otome OVA series is pretty darn good. Sunrise has got this whole drama-comedy hybrid formula perfected. Animation is OVA quality and significantly better. Soundtrack seems to be the same, except for the new theme song. (Crap BTW.) The episode starts with the Meister Otomes gathering in space to destroy an [...]
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A year after the events of Mai Otome, various Otome, including Arika, are working to destroy a giant meteor. Eventually, they succeed in doing this. However, they weren’t as successful as they believed. Miyu sees something unusual flying with the debris and follows it. Arika is glad that she was able to protect everyone. [...]
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