It’s not often that an anime like this comes along. Practically everything about this anime except the artwork is absolutely the best. The characters give you a lot to like about them, despite all their quirks. In fact, it’s their quirkyness that makes them so endearing. From Sawako’s dress-up fetish to Tsumugi’s belief about Mio and Ritsu to Asuza, each one of them is endearing. Plotwise, there was nothing I found hard to swallow, other than Sawako being able to make so many costumes in a short time (she comes in with some lavish costumes sometimes.) However, that’s easily overlooked when it’s a comedy that makes one laugh this much.
Soundwise, I was blown away by everything. Seiyuu did a wonderful job, especially with the music. “Cagayake Girls” (the opening theme; I’ve also seen it transliterated as “Kagayake Girls”; loosely translated, it means “Sparkling Girls”) is a wonderfully done piece and definitely worth hunting the MP3 down. So is “Don’t Say “Lazy”” (The ending theme.) Most of the other tunes are just as enjoyable (such as Sweet Bitter Beauty Song and Fuwa Fuwa Time; the later loosely translates as “Fluffy/Airy Time.”)
About the only problem is the artwork. In places, it looks like they concentrated to much on the character’s appearances and neglected the background a bit. However, that’s all that’s wrong with it. However, the characters themselves are well-done. (I’m seeing a lot of fan art cropping up online, especially of Mio.)
Unfortunately,this anime, I fear, may be doomed to obscurity. I’ve tried spreading the word around about it and people keep concluding “Oh, this is a crappy Lucky Star rip-off.” or “Oh, this is a crappy Azumanga Daioh rip-off.” IT IS NOT A RIP-OFF. I really wish people would stop comparing every all-female school anime to Azumanga Daioh. It’s annoying.
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