I love this anime very much because it mixed with comedy and romance!!
Chobits tv Review
Story & Characters
17-year-old ronin Motosuwa Hideki comes to the big city for the first time, and is astounded by the integration of persocoms, walking talking computers made to look like beautiful people, into society; and being a dateless teen, wants one of his own(to be fair, he wants one so he can look at dating sites on the net). Out of his price range, he is fortunate enough to find one in a trash dump. Taking her home and activating her, all she can say is the sound ‘chii’, and so she is named Chii. What follows is a oft-times funny, sometimes touching tale as he teaches her the ways of the world, he learns of her now-forgotten past, and slowly fall in love with each other.
Persocons (editorial note: "persocons" actually means PC or personal computer in Japanese). Hideki Motosuwa is
a poor student who failed his entrance exams to get into college. So, Hideki is forced to move to the city, get a job,
and attend cram school in hopes of passing the next college entrance exam. He of course, wants a Persocon for himself,
but is way too poor to afford one. One day, while passing a building, we finds a Persocon in a trash heap. However, his
new find doesn't seem to be like the others he's heard about. She doesn't seem to have any operating
system at all, and only says "Chii". As Hideki learns more about his Persocon (aptly named "Chii"),
he finds that she is not of any known type, and most likely some sort of homemade model. He also learns of the rumor of
the "Chobits", Persocons with the ability to think for themselves, instead of running only complex programs.
Find out what happens between Hideki and his new Persocon, as she learns more about her environment, people, and
life.
Rating:
Art
Listing all the characters would give away too much of this (I felt) deep storyline, but a quick view of the main players will suffice.
Chii – The female lead, she’s usually either very quiet and introspective, or VERY happy and energetic. Always wanting to learn more, especially about relationships. Is very attached to Hideki.
Motosuwa Hideki – Poster boy for “the nice guyâ€. Always has good advice for his friends about love, but has “never been kissedâ€. Doesn’t know what he’d do without Chii, and doesn’t know what to think of that, either.
Shinbo Hiromu – Next door neighbour, classmate and best friend. Helps out Hideki with beginner persocom-owning questions. Owns a laptop model, Sumomo.
Sumomo – Comic relief. Would make the Energizer bunny blow a fuse.
Add to this his cute co-worker, his sexy cram school teacher, and his comely landlady, and you’ve not seen this much blood loss since Ninja Scroll. As the story progresses, other characters surface, adding even more depth to the story, and to the existing characters.
Rating:
Sound
Without understanding a word, the Japanese voice acting does very well. All the emotions come across, and nobody sounds all that wooden. The English dubbing isn’t as much to write home about, including some script slip-ups, like Hideki referring to Chii as Chii before the scene where he names her.
Sound: I LOVE THE THEME/END SONGS! I have the OST and it always puts me in a good mood to listen to "Let me be with you." It's a great song. The in-anime music is also very well-paced and goes with the theme at the time. Great blending.
Rating:
Presentation
Being the first series I saw on DVD, I’m left to compare it to downloaded fansubs, but it is really a nice job. The CGI elements aren’t as integrated as you would think would be possible in this day and age, but never really distracts. The breaks into children’s book stills are nicely-drawn as well, but rarely count as ‘animation’.
Although quite average, the females are very beautiful and the males are handsome. The thing that I enjoy about this anime is that the animation never gets sloppy. It stays consistant throughout the anime.
This anime has beautiful artwork and a sweet storyline. I would not recommend it for a younger viewer, or for an
extremely conservative viewer, however, I thouroughly enjoyed following the characters of Hideki, the grad school
student, and Chii the naively adorable persocon that he finds in a trash heap and takes home. There is quite a bit of
fanservice throughout, such as Hideki's enjoyment of "side-dishes" but it is still a very sweet story and
all of the characters in it are likeable and fun.
Rating:
Final Verdict
8.0000 (good)
Reviewed by athrun07, Aug 20, 2005
Comments
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athrun07 Aug 20, 2005
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bakamisha Aug 21, 2005
When I first saw it,all I thought was Kaiwaii!!!!!!!!!!!It was hilarious and lovey dovey at the same time.Some people think it's peverted,but what do you expect out of an "older teen" manga?
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Liz Aug 22, 2005
great review. I watched it when my friend lent it to me it was funny and sweet
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geninlv1 Aug 23, 2005
Godd review, athrun07! I watched the anime and I fell in love with Chi's cuteness! Although I read the entire manga prior to watching it, so I did expect some deviation from the manga based plot (especially the episode "Chii Takes a Bath"). I felt that they may have left out a few explinations which are key to fully understanding the history/story of Chi (ie. why her reset button is "down there").
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sweetbabe84 Aug 28, 2005
this is one of my fav anime...its touching too...besides that its not like some anime that always have the same story line...nicee.. ;)
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Caddy Sep 06, 2005
i think Chi is really cute ^^ and the story is really good, and the music too. It's funny as well. and, after all, it's from clamp xD
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cagalli1543 Oct 12, 2005
I don't like Chobits that much, it more of a guy show.
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kimiko8 Oct 13, 2005
This is a awesome anime/manga! But i do prefer the manga...the snime looks kind of...funky XD
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demonicchaos Oct 21, 2005
sooo cute! Chi's voice is alittle strange though...... ^_^ Still I recommend the manga more... great artwork
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PersocomChi Nov 15, 2005
This is my first time posting on this site. I like this site cause it has a chobits section and the other animes I loved. xD I wish they include more things that happened in the manga in the anime version... would be so nice if they included when chi is buying a ring for hideki.. o the love <3
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reoz Dec 25, 2005
I love this anime because this anime very romance
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hixhixhu4526 Feb 06, 2006
This anime is sooooooooo cute! Chii is veryyyyyyyyy beautiful and lovely
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SanzosSaru Feb 08, 2006
I liked this!But I thought the manga was way better than the anime(s always).Veyr funny, veyr cute(specially Sumomo and Kotoko)and very beautiful-Chii and other persocoms.The story is interesting enough, and intriguing toward the end.The only problem I ahd with this was the shortness: when it's starting to get interesting, they rush the end.This series could have been at least 3 volumes longer.
My faourite characters have to be Zimma and Ditta by far.
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verynice01 Restricted Member Feb 10, 2006
Cute! Who wuld not luv chobits? Chobits is probly my most fave anime!
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soulas Aug 10, 2006
heh. ive FINALLY found chobits manga *sniffle
and it costed me loads , no thanks to CY for not publishing it in eng ... the arts good thou. and storys interesingly "twisted"
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