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Hand Maid May


Reviewer: Pooka Anime Haven
Anime: Hand Maid May
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Shoujo
Eps seen: 1-10
Plot: Our main character Kazuya is developing a robot called Doraemon, he 
rents a room that in a apartment with the manager being a girl who has 
feelings for him. One day his self proclaimed friend who's incredible 
obnoxious gives him a cd which ends up having a virus. While trying to stop 
it he somehow ends up ordering a tiny robot called May.

Review: All right, after being told how good this anime is on the message 
board here saying that it's also packed full of fan service I decided to get 
it from my friend. After watching the very first show I simply wasn't 
impressed. The show didn't have as much fan service as I expected since only 
the first episode had it and from the opening you'd think otherwise. Almost 
every character was INCREDIBLY annoying, right off the bat you'll hate the 
antagonist as he is always ranting about Kazuya, than there's the other 
robot trying to get May back who always eats noodles, than there's the other 
maid who always says "ara" which really gets on your nerves, than there... 
and the list goes on!

Music: No memorable tracks here and I can't say anything about the openings 
and ending as they were cut from my eps, it's simply average. Nothing like 
what you'd get from Vandread or Escaflowne (i hate using Escaflowne as a 
comparison for music, everyone does.).

Animation: While everything was nice and bring and the animation was good I 
wasn't impressed by the character designs. There was nothing special about 
them and they were boring to me.

Overall: The show is just average, it has a bit of fan service in the first 
episode and a bit more in the end but I found my self drifting off in some 
parts. Paired with boring character designs and annoying character designs 
only get this if you really want to see it. There's simply too much anime 
out there that is  better than this that you shouldn't waste your time.

Rating: 6.5/10

+ : fan service, short story (not dragged out), animation is better than 
most other shows
- : antagonist, very annoying characters, music not too great, dull at times
 
 

Rating: 6.5/10