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SeijakuF's Puni Puni Poemi Ova Review

Puni Puni Poemi ova Review

Story & Playability

"Kinda sorta debut!" Poemy Watanabe is a poor, young girl whose dream is to become a voice actress. Her daily life changes when some weird alien kills Poemi's father and his (new?) wife. Poemy then moves in with her best friend Futaba (who has a lot of sisters, btw). I don't think I'm spoiling anything big here since everything happens within minutes.

Needless to say, this is a parody. Poemy of course has superpowers later on and her best friend does nothing but admires Poemi for everything she says or does (CCS anyone?). The show is full of references to famous animes (mostly mahou no shoujo or such series) and Puni Puni Poemy itself is a cliche big time. Superpowers, weird-coloured hair...that's just like it should be!

The cover of Puni Puni Poemy says that if the audience is not insulted by this anime (after watching it I mean), then they (=the production staff) haven't done their job. Well said (and you'll know why after you watch it!).

Rating: 7

Graphics

The art is vibrant and too bright. The characters look nice but everything is copied or exaggerated. I can't give a low score since this is a hard-core parody and thus there's nothing wrong with the art; it SHOULD look like this. I haven't seen many anime like this so it's hard to compare how Puni Puni Poemy looks next to another title...maybe Excel Saga is close enough? If I would use Excel Saga to compare the quality of Puni Puni Poemy's art with, I'd say that Puni Puni Poemy is a clear winner.

Rating: 8

Sound

The opening song is funny when it comes to lyrics and it makes you laugh when you watch it. But the music itself is kinda second class... it's hard to come up with an amazing theme song for magical girl-like series, I know, but I just don't like the style. Come to think of it, I can't remember any sound effects of bgm in particular... so maybe it is fair to say that everything serves their purpose but is nothing great as a whole?

I was hoping something more hyper to be in the opening song. The ending has nothing good in it else except for the first few seconds of it. Songs like these are too melancholic and slow-paced. Magical Project S has the kind of theme song that you're not sure whether it's just a joke or not (a cute one, none the less), so something like that would've given me more satisfaction.

The lousy grade of the music is higher than one would imagine. There's a perfect reason for that: Poemy's seiyuu, Yumiko Kobayashi. SHE_IS_AMAZING!! So genki, hyper and able to change her voice fast. She is the reason why you are able to watch joke after joke after joke after joke. Her voice is perfect for the part!

Rating: 7

Fun

PuniPuni Poemy is an excellent parody. It makes fun of everything (including itself), jumps out of character and makes jokes so fast it's hard to keep up. There are puns, typical jokes, inside-stuff, slapstick...you name it, PuniPuni Poemy has it. Almost every time you watch the show you realize a new joke and when everything happens so fast, it feels like you haven't seen everything just yet. It's a great and rare thing in anime.

There's no clear logic in this show, a dead fish used to transform pops almost out of nowhere and Poemy picks up cheesy lines even though no one told her such things. So sometimes it's frustrating to see something illogical happen...but then again, maybe you shouldn't think at all when watching this?

I'd recommend PuniPuni Poemy to everyone who claims to have a sense of humor; if you're not laughing after watching this, you clearly don't know a thing about yourself!

Rating: 9

Final Verdict

7.83 (good)

Reviewed by SeijakuF, Aug 27, 2008

Comments

  1. davidh01 Aug 27, 2008

    One important point here: I would suggest you avoid making comparisons to other titles when you're reviewing unless you've got good evidence to support your claim. I make this point for these reasons:
    1. Some viewers may not have had the opportunity to experience the other anime/manga/game/whatever you are comparing this commentary with; and
    2. Making a comparison with another title unless you have good reason to doesn't help support your observations.

    For example, your comment about comparing the art of this show with Excel Saga is meaningless unless the reader has had the benefit of watching both - and agrees with your observation. You make the point yourself: where you state you haven't seen a number of the "parody, cutesy" shows. I'd suggest you don't attempt to make comparisons, but justify your observations and opinions fully.

    One approach I'd suggest you look at if you decide to edit this review (and your other submissions too) is think about the following four points when preparing your commentary:
    1. Make your statement - of fact or opinion.
    2. Give reasons to support your statement - why are making that statement in the first place?
    3. Establish the significance of your statement - you aren't making the statement for the fun of it, are you?
    4. Provide evidence (examples) to support your statement.

  2. SeijakuF Aug 28, 2008

    Please leave me alone already. I won't submit reviews anymore! I thought this place was open to anyone but it seems that you expect high-class critique even though this is about anime, not life or death... and I've been the first one to review anything in a while.

  3. shoujoboy Aug 28, 2008

    Well normally I'd read all your reviews and critique every one of them, but based on your reaction here, I don't see that as necessary. Just so you know, we have an MT Review group and there are three of us in the group that will comment on every review that comes across these pages. Good or bad, we are going to tell you.

    And yes, we expect quality submissions. Your willingness to write this off as no big deal because it is just anime shows that you aren't cut out to be doing this type of thing.

  4. davidh01 Aug 28, 2008

    Quote by SeijakuFPlease leave me alone already. I won't submit reviews anymore! I thought this place was open to anyone but it seems that you expect high-class critique even though this is about anime, not life or death... and I've been the first one to review anything in a while.


    Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to stop you from submitting reviews. If my comments appeared too harsh then I apologise for that as I do think you have some potential, which is what I wanted to encourage. Yes, anyone can submit reviews but there are certain rules that need to be followed and guidelines that should be taken into account (which are set out in the FAQ under the Support section). There is also an expectation of quality in a public forum like this - probably more so as your reviews can be read by anyone and any member can provide comments in reply. You may be interested to know that Minitokyo often ranks highly in Google searches (and other search engines for that matter) on the subject of anime. Accordingly, there is the chance that your comments will be picked up through a random search.

    You don't have to prepare a long dissertation for your review but you do need to cover the basic idea of any critical writing (i.e. statement, reasons, relevance, evidence - S2RE for short). I'm speaking from the experience of submitting several reviews to this community and the pleasure I take from having other people read and respond to my opinions (and thank you for your earlier comment on my Aa! Megami-sama review - I do appreciate it). My comments are not aimed at you personally; and I was hoping you would have taken them in a constructive way. My comments, however, are aimed at giving you some ideas, direction, and support to improve your own submissions to this community in future. I'm happy to discuss my observations and experiences with you separately (maybe through the PM system) if you're interested in editing your reviews.

    Bottom line is: your job when preparing reviews is to convince the readers that the title is either worth checking out or not as the case may be. At the moment this review is inconclusive and has not yet met the standard set out in the FAQ for reviews (in my experienced opinion, of course). As a reader, I can't just rely on your scoring as that is arbitrary. I do rely on your arguments, your reasons, and your statements. Your Story and Character section, with some minor alterations is almost there. The other sections do need to be expanded upon to support your position.

  5. jakulito Aug 31, 2008

    I'll let the formatting errors and garbled characters slide but rolling out 3 reviews that basically don't have any structure and foundation to stand on or rather just "comment as you go" review is clearly not what we're looking for here.

    We're not commanding you to write an epic review, but looking at your reactions, clearly you're not up to accepting constructive criticisms. Your arguments are as good as invalid and dave's just tryna give you the lowdown on MT reviews.

    Seeing as you don't like what we're doing with the "please leave me alone" remark, I guess you really aren't cut-out for this like sho said.

  6. tsuyoshi7171 42wk 4d ago

    very cute

  7. chumbariwap123 33wk 5d ago

    this is a cool series, good review

  8. pigmypuff 27wk 5d ago

    really interesting

  9. Fanatik007 22wk 4d ago

    interesting review

  10. ResonantSoul 20wk 6d ago

    Sounds hilarious XDD

  11. SchRita 16wk 3d ago

    Thanks for the review!

  12. nainoi 12wk 3d ago

    puni puni cute.

  13. SchRita 6wk 4d ago

    Thanks for the review!

  14. animalandia 4wk 4d ago

    ojala puedas incluir una imagen para darnos una idea de los personajes

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