reccomendation of the day:
mermaid melody


Genres: Shoujo, Romance, Magic, Comedy, Adventure

SynopsisAs the mermaid princess of the North Pacific (one of the seven mermaid kingdoms), Luchia entrusts a magical pearl to a boy who falls overboard a ship one night. Luchia must travel to the human world to reclaim her pearl and protect the mermaid kingdoms. Using the power of music Luchia is able to protect herself and the mermaid kingdoms from a growing evil force. (Source: ANN)

AKA: Pichi Pichi Pitch
Genre: Shoujo / magical girl
Length: Television series, 52 episodes, 25 minutes each
Distributor: formerly licensed by ADV Films; currently unlicensed in North America
Content Rating: G (nothing objectionable)
Related Series: Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure
Also Recommended: Sailor Moon, Tokyo Mew Mew
Notes: Based on the manga of the same name by Hanamori Pink and Yokote Michiko, currently running in Nakayoshi magazine (Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura).

After episode 52, this series is covered as Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure.

Review

Well, this one was a surprise.

I mean, the plot was a doozy. Mermaids? Singing mermaids? Singing mermaids who are magical girls? Singing magical-girl mermaids who sing to defeat their enemies? It smacked of a doinky combination of Full Moon o Sagashite, Sailor Moon and The Little Mermaid. But I had to see this title, because I'm a curious doink.

So it was with hesitation that I loaded the first episode of Pichi Pichi Pitch in my DivX Player. The first episode seemed to confirm my worst fears, as clichés were spouted through the screen.

And yet, I watched more of it, and ... I liked it.

Yes, I actually liked a cheesy magical girl show with singing mermaids. Then again, I like most magical girl shows except Wedding Peach, so that wasn't odd. In fact, it was probably the cheesiness of the show that made me like it. That, and the seiyuu are so convinced that they're not doing a doinky anime, that they want you to believe them! A couple of the seiyuu sound doinky (especially Luchia's), but overall, their job is OK.

That and the catchy OP and ED themes, along with the song that the girls sing to defeat their enemies, made me want to watch more. The animation is also bright and colorful, and average for a TV series.

The plot ... well, think of Sailor Moon with mermaids. However, there are a couple twists from the ordinary SM-ish plot, which made me enjoy it more.

Pichi Pichi Pitch is a nice, fluffy, kawaii anime to watch in between the more serious stuff...and I think most of you might be as pleasantly surprised as I was.

Haha I loved it too
never seen the anime tho working on that now only manga fuckin loved it

another rec
Absolute boyfriend:

Genres: comedy, drama, fantasy, romance, slice of life
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)

Riiko Izawa has never had a boyfriend and she has been rejected by every boy she has ever had a crush on. When she returns a lost cell phone to an oddly dressed salesman, she mentions wanting a boyfriend so to thank her, he directs her to his company's website. When she visits the site, Riiko finds it's a site to create your own lover. Thinking its a game, she customizes and accidentally orders one. The next day, her new lover arrives. Following the instruction manual, she kisses him to wake him up and configure him to be in love with only her. She names him "Night." Three days later, she is shocked to learn that she only had him for a free trial. The salesman, Gaku Namikiri, tells her that she must now pay 100,000,000 yen for Night, or they will waive the fee if she helps them to collect data about how women think and feel to help perfect future models.

Riiko must keep Night's true nature of not being human a secret from everyone around her. She also finds herself in a love triangle between Night and her childhood friend Soshi, who declares his love for her out of fear he will lose her. As the series progresses, Night begins to develop real human emotions, enabling him to truly love Riiko but also resulting in system malfunctions. When Riiko almost loses Night due to the malfunctions, she realizes that he is the one she really loves. She apologizes to Soshi, who moves to Spain with his brother. As the series ends, Night begins to grow sleepier and sleepier. The problems developed by his exceeding his abilities eventually causes his machinery to stop working, resulting in his "dying." Before he died, he wrote a letter to Soshi to tell him what was happening and asking him to take care of Riiko. Soshi gives Rikko time to grieve, then returns to Japan to be at her side again.

NO this is not a chick flick, Its a cute show wich has alot in common with actual romances not no unrealistic b/s it's REALLY cute show wich so far at points makes me giggle like a little school girl

best subbers?

no idea not watching subbed
but I fugure it wont be fucked up

Damn

cant find it anywhere

oh heh srry I translated it from Zettai Kareshi
try that if not george has them on his comp subbed
btw there like an hour long each ep only 2 have been released so far( anime wise)

This post was edited by Belldandy on May 4 2008 06:27pm

finished aired?

how many eps?