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Plot Synopsis

Based off the shounen manga by Clamp, "Chobits" is set in the near future where persocoms (human-like computers) are common in the world. Cue in your average nice guy Motosuwa Hideki, 18 years old, a retester and a virgin at that~ He sets off to Tokyo to study at a prep school in order to get into college and on the way finds an abandoned persocom in the trash pile. Reasoning that he's reducing industrial waste, Hideki brings the the persocom back and switches her on.... At first it may seem like another boy meets mysterious girl kind of story, but Chobits goes much deeper that your average shounen story. The storyline explores some of the more mature aspects of an imminent future with machines replacing humans, of love, friendship, and what it really means to be "alive." Though even with it's mature themes, the overall look of Chobits is lighthearted at best. The comedy is very funny, though a bit ecchi at times it's done tastefully enough that anyone can enjoy it! All in all, Chobits plays out as a well written and thoroughly enjoyable love story.

Story & Characters

a boy finds a mysterious robot in the sweepings, in a time in which the humans every time depend more on the machines, but its finding seems to have something special, Although the machines of human form are perfect and efficient, hers she is primary and it ignores everything, for more problems its owner does not know anything of the operation of these apparatuses. He will have to resort to expert people, nevertheless, in his investigation is occurred account of which the perfect users of robots are not as attractive as they apparently seem... to use has changed them his lives.Asi, he will find human beings whose lives were marked by the humanoides: women replaced by them, men enamored tragically with them, people who gave their life them, or who tried to replace with them their beings loved already disappeared.
All of them committed the same error: to let itself seduce by a tool not so innocent, in which they believed to see the perfect substitute of the human beings, with the virtues and without the defects of these... it will run the protagonist - Hideki- the same luck with its android - Chi -?

Rating

6 (average)

Art

It shows the top of these authors in the illustration. The face expressions of the personages are remarkable, the design of such is close and deep.I shouldn't even have to review this part, because I'm sure you all already know. This is a CLAMP show, people. Therefore, the visuals are absolutely amazing. Each character is drawn beautifully, and all are distinct from each other. The backgrounds are also drawn great. Everything looks just stunning. Also, don't forget the animation. It's all drawn smoothly.
One of the only animes I could say definitely rivals this is "Love Hina" (another great series). Not really much more I can say here. Another good job by CLAMP!

Rating

8 (good)

Sound

I dont like the music at the opening of this anime.All done great! It isn't often that an anime has such a good mix of music, and in which each song matches each scene perfectly. The music in "Chobits" is great, alone and with the anime. Some songs will have you smiling, some crying, and some making your blood rush with adrenaline, and even some that will get you thinking, and wondering what's going on. Half of the emotion in the show is from the music alone.
The only downfall is there's just not a lot of music. All the music is great, but it's a lot of the same stuff each episode. This doesn't at all subtract from the feel of the show, though. Go on Kazaa right now and download the second ending theme. It's fantastic.

Rating

6 (average)

Presentation

Could have deepened itself more in the argument and some personages. His gags comedians are a little ingenus for a work of adults.Chobits is presented beautifully. Any normal person would fall in love with Chi by the end of the second episode (she's just so cute). Each character has a distinct personality, and they all feel different from each other. I swore that these were real people and not just animated characters. The characters are that good.
You action Dragonball Z freaks and mecha freaks may not enjoy this anime much at first, but just wait until around episode 20, when the mood of the series suddenly changes drastically. A story this well written would be very hard to pull off, but CLAMP did it without a glitch. Like I said before, though, action junkies may be a bit turned off.
One thing that brought this anime down was the slow beginning. Episodes during this time were funny, but I felt like they were taking me nowhere. Things start to pick up about halfway through the anime, however, so if you can just sit through the first thirteen or so episodes, you'll see it's totally worth it.

Rating

5 (moderate)

Final Verdict

6.00 (average)

Reviewed by jinnai, 3y 20wk ago