Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko

the story was pretty unique, and the comedy felt natural, it was a good blend of comedy along with confronting trauma and deep topics the characters were silly and i love them all dearly ^-^ the art style is very pretty, and it suited my tastes perfectly id watch this if your into goofy anime with that old feeling, but have developing characters. its a good anime to watch in your free time and turn your brain off to i have pretty low standards, but 10/10 for me i watched the thanks giving episode on thanksgiving, i dont regret it at all

To begin with i only picked up this show when i realised the art was identical to Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, which I've grown quite fond of this season, comparisons shall be drawn. I've not scored this show all that highly, and it could have very easily been much, much higher. The story is actually pretty deep, Makoto moves into a new town, with his 39 year old Aunt, because his parents have moved over seas for work, pretty standard scenario. Upon his arrival it turns out his Aunt has a child, his cousin, now a young girl of the same age as him, of which the rest of the family has never been told about; again hardly ground breaking stuff here. The interesting part, she's a complete loon, who spends all of her time rapped in a futon, ranting about alien conspiracies. The interesting part here is that rather than being a loveable odd ball, like just about every other show, Erio genuinely has some mental illness/trauma here, and working through it, actually makes this show a little complexed in a good way. The art is well exactly like Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, i wouldn't know i was watching a different show if the characters started crossing over. For those who haven't seen either, the crux of the art is that the character models are very detailed in terms of facial features, lips and such, character models are all pretty much excellent, backgrounds and everything else is also massively detailed and really bright and cheery and genre suitable. Sound, Op is really different and i really liked it, despite the fact i'd never have played it a second time had i come across it as an actual song, very suitable for the show, good selection for the show from the staff. I'm not so impressed with the voice acting, i have no doubt the cast play the roles they're given as instructed, but its very flat, in stark contrast to Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai which manages to get away with allot of average material purely on the strength of the voice acting, watch both and you observe! Character is kind of a let down, Erio and Makoto are both kinda one tone, slow paced folk, the energy comes from Ryuuko and she annoyed me really quickly, Makoto's aunt was very cliche, although i did like the third love interest Maekawa, but that might purely have been by default. If you're watching these kind of shows, you should be only to aware that the cast are far more important than the story, and the short comings of the cast do hold this show back allot. Enjoyment wise, i wrote a good chunk about the story being deep, but it doesn't really come to anything, what actually happened to Erio to get her this way is never covered. The romance comes to nothing and Makoto never ends up with anyone, and generally it all feels like it went know were towards the end, with the climax being some largely irrelevant base ball game. The pace never changes, and it really should be shifting up a gear towards the second half. This might be down to purely faithful adaptation of only a part of the material, but still as an anime it is lacking for it. Closing comments, this is worth watching, it's short enough to be forgiven for pretty much any short comings, the art is always great, the story is light and easy, although ultimately comes to nothing, give it a shot if it sounds appealing to you.

Anime Review:
 Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko By Bobjonez98 Story: 7/10- I would call this a disjointed romantic comedy, there are clearly feelings between the male lead and the 3 females around him (plus the crazy aunt). The story is purely character-driven, the whole story is the development of Erio and how the Cousin is helping her along, and how, in doing so, realizes a lot about himself. Characters: 9/10- There are a lot of truly memorable characters here, from Erio the futon girl, all the way Grandma. Some interactions are of the shaft school of dialogue and animation, while others stay firmly in romantic comedy territory. All in all, the characters are this series' strongest point. Animation: 8/10- It's a bright style, lots of contrast between light and dark. I like the character designs, the use of contrast, and the application of bloom and glow effects really brings an airy feel to some characters. Op/Ed: 8/10|9/10- Ok, yes the opening is out of tone, and it's schizophrenic, and it's different, it's not for everyone, but I find it particularly catchy, it’s a grower, it takes a few listens to understand how awesome it is. But I really like the animation and lyrics. The ending is awesome... It's disjointed, weirdly synched, uses weird instruments, and isn't so much sung as it is spoken. But I love that voice, and I love that toy piano. Music: 8/10- While the music isn't always prevalent, there are 2 tracks in particular that make me sing along/get excited when I hear them. That to me is enough to give the series an attitude and a unique feel, but I wish there was more. Overall: 7/10- This was a fun ride. There are a lot of great moments with great music and great characters, but there are a few lulls and when the story is already sort of weak, those hurt you. In the end, I it was enjoyable, like able, but nothing extraordinarily remarkable besides some unique characters and music. If you like the work of SHAFT, check this out. The story isn't as strong, and the music isn't as good, but the characters and set-pieces are done in that unique SHAFT manner that I really like.

The Popular Touwa Erio. (not denpa onna to seishun otoko) Better watch it until ep 13. It's very hard to interpret the whole story, it doesn't have confusing plot, doesn't have romantic element, not heart beating, not heart warming, have incomplete settlement. Many people get hit by effect of touwa erio, so they say this anime is masterpiece. yes, many action figures made and none of them can aprroached the cuteness touwa erio is. Even i'm also get the effect, I try to be more objective. There is no average point, if you can enjoy this anime you will say very great, otherwise you will say very boring. Unfortunately, this anime is hard to follow (very) for certain people who seek like i said before (confusing plot,heart beating,etc), you must understand japanese or at least used to the subtitle language, because most of the greatness in this anime is interpret in conversation. in order to enjoy this anime you must understand the sentence, the situation, the feel and nature of characters in the same time. All of this just my opinion after sharing with some of my friends. for me personally, Story: all of the element is vague but after i find and understand, i know this is great. (i watched 2 times) Art: no need to mention, almost everyone watched this anime because the cuteness of touwa erio Sound: at first, i didn't to concern. but after hear many times i like it (OP,ED), and the instrumental music between the story is fiting nicely. Character: the strongest point, this is where the story is played Enjoyment: Even this is categorized as great anime but Not too enjoyable (except of watching the face of erio)

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko is a series that I picked up on a whim and while not a terrible series, it didn't have any lasting impact for me. Art: The art is by far Denpa Onna's greatest quality, with varied character models and beautiful visual effects. One of the effects that is most common in the series is a shimmering effect that is displayed on Erio when she has a frame to herself, which serves not only to express her natural good looks, but also perhaps to imply that there may be something otherworldly about her; as if those sparkles are stars and her home is truly amongst them. The only issue that I really had with the art is that there were a handful of instances in which the characters were "chibified" and while I'm not opposed to this style of drawing, the infrequency of that animation style just made it feel out of place in the few instances when it was present. Sound: The sound design does everything it's supposed to, voices are pretty well done, and the opening and ending songs are pretty good to. Story/Characters: The story pretty much has to be combined with the characters in this case, due to the series being mostly focused around the characters as opposed to an overarching plot (similar to a slice-of-life, but not quite). The major concept sounds interesting with a town and girl who may have strong ties to extraterrestrials, and a young man attempting to help his shut-in cousin reintegrate into society, but the premise is let down by the characters themselves. My major grievance with the series is that most every character is, for lack of a better word, kooky in some form or fashion with little to no understanding of aforementioned kookiness. Niwa the protagonist seems fixated on the accumulation of "adolescent points" which would make sense if he were an otaku obsessed with dating sims or if it were a gag series that mentioned this occasionally. Erio claims to be an alien and wears a futon, Maekawa is a cosplay freak who regularly wears strange costumes when not in school (from an eggplant to a Xenomorph), the elderly shop owner is obsessed with cattle mutilation, Meme is an irresponsible parent genki girl, Yashiro wears a space suit and seems to be cut from the same cloth as Erio and a supporting character wears a cattle tag in his ear. With the possible exceptions Meme and Erio, no explanation to this strange behavior is given, and it's hard to relate to them. Enjoyment: Most of the enjoyment I got out of the series came directly from the visuals. There were moments when I did laugh a bit, but for the most part, the characters threw me out of being immersed in the series. Overall: If you like aesthetically pleasing art, a good soundtrack and aren't dissuaded from a series due to flat characters or a somewhat lackluster story, then pick up the series.

Art (7/10) There were some things that I liked about the art and some that I didn't. I'll go with the pros first: good detail, realistic scenery, smooth animation of moving objects. As for the cons: characters look awkward at times, annoying reddish shades on knees, exaggerated lips. From this, it's easy to tell that I liked the artwork and animations for anything not human. The excessive use of sparkles didn't work for me most of the time as well. The OP and ED sequences were interesting and unique. Characters (8/10) If you were to take this from a teenager's point of view and a young adult's point of view, the score might be different. If you like characters that develop and change their thought patterns and ideals as the story continues, then you may rate this higher than me. However, since I dislike long and detailed soliloquies, I didn't pay much attention to them, thus, the characters were less developed in my point of view. Nonetheless, it is obvious that the main protagonist, Niwa Makoto, had his views of different aspects of life change a lot during these 12 episodes. Whether these changes are good or bad, it was nice to see this development. As for the other characters, they were interesting but not memorable. Although I must say that Touwa Erio easily takes the award for most moe character of the Spring 2011 season. Hanazawa Kana making an appearance as herself was a nice surprise. Sound (7/10) Like many others, the first time I heard the OP, I was extremely surprised. However, after listening to it multiple times, I found it quite catchy and addicting. The ED, on the other hand, didn't quite fit my tastes. As for the BGM and voice acting, they weren't particularly outstanding. Only the voice of Hanazawa Kana was recognizable for me but maybe that's just because I haven't watched much anime. Other than that, the sound didn't really play a huge role. Story (7/10) Honestly, this anime could have ended when Erio realized that she isn't an alien. Dragging it on for that many episodes decreased my rating. For the last half of the series, there wasn't much of a "story"; just Makoto rambling on about life and whatnot. Maybe I not paying attention to any character who talked for more than a minute straight is what made me believe that a story line was virtually nonexistent. If split into halves, the first half would be a 9/10 for me while the second half falls to a 5/10. Average out the two and you get 7/10. Overall (7/10) I didn't really expect anything from Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko. Maybe the appearance of aliens would've enhanced my experience since they talk about them in almost all the episodes. The only reason why I stuck with it was because of Erio. Yes, during every episode, I watched in hopes of Erio showing up and giving me my episodic dose of moe. Not a disappointing series but could have been much better. Maybe Episode 13 may influence me to edit my review. Who knows? But for now, the score of 7/10 stands.

I hate Touwa Erio. Even though she’s not even the primary focus of the story despite literally being the title character and the entire OP being about her, being obviously the main girl like Sora in Yosuga no Sora’s adaptation… she has no development or real motive besides being disgusting and annoying. She is not charming whatsoever, and I can say with confidence I’ve never hated a character this much. She’s DISGUSTING and annoying. Imagine a baby flailing and whining and getting food all over itself, but for some reason that baby has to be sexy with feet scenes every few minutes. That’s Touwa Erio. The art is good, the sound and OP is solid, but the actual plot, writing, and humor? Absolute repetitive slop with no real motive, and it sucks as a slow slide-of-life story too. Don’t waste your time with this.

This is an often overlooked anime when looking at different anime by Shaft. It's a great example of how care-free you can feel while watching anime. This particular anime is very soothing itself, and should not be overlooked as much as it is. Story: (6/10) Nothing too special in and of itself. There are two plot-lines you follow. One is Erio trying to become more of a normal girl after living (what seems to be the majority of her life) in a futon, not doing anything. The other is of Makoto trying to get used to his new life in a new house, living with his aunt and Erio, and attending a new school. It's charming to see it progress, but it never has you wanting to know what happens next very badly. Take it as it comes. Art: (10/10) Shaft's addiction to turning heads shows up once more, but this time, even more beautiful. Everything is bright, happy, and shiny. Never a dull moment with the art, and the animators don't get lazy. Sound: (7/10) Alone, the soundtrack is plain, but it is used well in the series. It is silent when it needs to be, and can cause perfect feelings of awkwardness. The voice acting was overall decent, nothing to sneer at. Characters: (7/10) Erio is the most developed character and you grow to like her. The other characters are either cute, funny, or Makoto. He does not develop much, yet his personality makes up for it (mostly). Someone as strange as Erio needs a cynical friend such as Makoto to make moments even more light-hearted and funny. Enjoyment: (8/10) It was a nice, quick anime. I enjoyed all the goofiness, the cuteness, and the beautiful art similar to 5 Cm Per Second (even a quick reference if you can find it). Nothing I would go and buy, but it kept me happy and entertained for a good while. Overall: (8/10) If you have not seen it yet, I recommend that you do. If you want something light-hearted and visually appealing, this is a great one to go for. Not at all a waste of my time.

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko, a lighthearted anime. As the rating I gave shows, I enjoyed this show immensely but there is a deeper reason behind it than just a cute story or character. This review contains MINOR SPOILERS WHICH ARE ONLY IN THE STORY SECTION 1st and 2nd PARA. First giving the headlines of the review: 1. It is a deeper story than is usually perceived 2. It is not exactly a typical anime 3. There is little one wants to change about it Now moving to jumbled subsections: Story 9/10 Seemingly it is a non-existent story of just a boy staying with his strange cousin and getting along with her, meeting friends and seemingly the story stops midway. I look at it in a different light. The story is about a boy, who came to a city watched by aliens and finds every person strange and weird. The rest of the story takes him (and the viewer more deeply) into how different people, make things up, act certain ways, hide things deep inside, to show an outer covering that isn't what they are inside. The story starts with him mocking the alien stuff and ends (till the 13th episode) in him questioning whether aliens do exist or not. And other than a few moments, it is all realistic. Now all this deep and slightly emotional (for some) story is well hidden behind cheeky, relatable, and funny characters that make the anime cute but in a warm way. It leaves you happy. Thus it is basically a mix of a deep underlying story of psychology well woven with funny and quirky plus cute moments. It doesn't have any harem aspects (some may hint it) and is not a typical anime of a normal guy winning over girls through sheer love of justice and good will. Above, I have also covered Enjoyment so I will skip that. Characters 10/10 Now the characters are actually well defined. After watching it completely it is almost as if you can tell what they might be thinking at such a moment or how they would react in a situation. They don't act out of the way and feel like proper... characters. Art/Sound 9.5/10 Personally, I found the art very smooth, the style that SHAFT production has really shone and the glossy sweet faces matched well with the theme. The background, colors, details, and especially the hair... was beautifully done. Personally, I didn't find a flaw in this anime and enjoyed it above animes like Bleach, One Piece, Basilisk etc. I hope that this review helps you.

(This is my first review, so please don't be that harsh on me! I'm still learning obviously.) Story: 7/10 The first episode introduces Makoto Niwa, a young male teenager who moves into his Aunt Meme Tōwa's house after his parents go overseas. Erio Tōwa, Makoto Niwa's cousin, is then introduced to the story, who is constantly wrapped up inside of a futon (which is to be believed to hide herself from society) and she also believes that she is an alien due to a loss of memory because of an accident that happened 6 months before Makoto's arrival. As the plot continues on, Makoto helps Erio reach out to society (also known as getting out of her futon and to stop believing she herself is an alien) and she opens up by getting a part time job at her great-grandmother's convenience store and she joins a baseball team. I thought the plot was very interesting and there were many questions that came up in my head that wanted to be answered, like "Where is Elliot?" (Meme's husband), "Where did Erio go for six months?", "Who is Hoshimiya? What's her importance in the story?" but as it got up to Episode 10 I felt that the plot totally dropped Erio and her importance in the story as a once self proclaimed alien and the anime started focusing more on Matoko and the girls' he's surrounded by relationships. That honestly made me very mad. If they were going to drop Erio they could have at least explained A LOT more about her and then focus on Matoko x -insert girl here-! Also, I understand that Hoshimiya was introduced in the 9th episode or around there, but they didn't even explain her reason of being in the story at all in the last 3 episodes! "Because's she's an alien esper?" Please, there has to be a better reason than that, and that doesn't even explain WHY she's in the story in the first place. There was so much that was unexplained and that ticked me off, maybe it's just me, but I couldn't honestly care less about Ryuuko's & Matoko's relationship, that goes for Maekawa as well. I think what the worst part is is that the last episode was a baseball game. A BASEBALL GAME. I was actually sort of freaking out when I finished episode 12, the last episode, and was desperately searching for the non-existing 13th episode, I just couldn't believe that the 12th was the last! The baseball game had little to do with the actual plot that I was interested in and instead of attempting to solve one of the mysteries that they were once trying to solve other stuff was happening like Matoko lecturing Maekawa's Father about life and so on (which I thought was completely random), I would also like to throw in that they didn't even include the festival that the City and Shopping District were even having the baseball game for, but I've heard from a friend that the OVA that I have yet to watch is about the festival so I won't argue about that. So to basically summarize all that I have just said above, this anime had a promising plot but then it all changed into some pointless non sense that didn't involve Erio's case at all, since that changed so did my rating. There was once a time that I had rated Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko's story an 8/10, but since all of this useless stuff happened between episodes 10-12 and none of my answers were answered I dropped it down to a 6, mostly because I felt like I was teased by the makers of this anime but it was an interesting anime at one point, which it still is, but if I ever re watch it I will not be re watching Episodes 10-12. They had better make a Second Season to explain everything that was not explained in the first! If not then I'll keep the story rating the same. Art: 9/10 When I first saw Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko from an anime music video that I had stumbled across on YouTube I couldn't help but be captivated by it's wonderful art! The scenery looked amazing and the girls looked stunning! Don't even get me started on how much I wish I could look like Erio! Because of the way Erio was drawn I actually now am starting to love light blue haired girls. The only thing that I didn't like though was the way that their lips were drawn, it actually has always sort of annoyed me. Besides that though I adored the art and it really helped raise the overall rating since I'm a huge nazi on art styles. Sound: 7/10 I'll talk about the opening and ending for Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko first, the opening honestly annoys me. I don't like it at all. It sounds like a 3 year old screeching, the sound behind the voice is pretty good though, but the singing just ruins it for me. The ending though is very cute and relaxing, and actually when watching this anime instead of skipping the ending like I usually do with all the anime I watch I actually would sometimes listen to the whole thing while in another tab. The soundtrack for the anime is, well, fitting. Nothing really else I can say, there wasn't really an OST that played that didn't fit with the current scene that was showed at the time, I personally thought Hoshimiya's soundtrack that would play whenever she appeared was perfect for her. The question is though, is it the best soundtrack ever? I'd have to say no. You have to give this anime some slack though, I've watched some anime that has a very emotional soundtrack like Fullmetal Alchemist which honestly brought me to tears, but you just can't compare this anime's OST with a masterpiece such as Fullmetal Alchemist, that's like saying Selena Gomez is better than Skrillex, (bad example, spare with me) those 2 are a very different genre of music and so are Denpa Onna and Fullmetal Alchemist, they are both very different (especially genre and depth wise), they are both very different with only minor (and I mean MINOR) things in similarity. My point is though Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko's sound was perfect for the type of anime it is, but it isn't anything memorable. Character 7/10: I afraid I struggle in describing characters for many reasons, but I'll try to summarize the main and some supporting characters personalities (and similarities to other character's in other anime that I've seen compared to the character's personalities I'm summarizing) in one go. Erio Tōwa (Touwa): Since the first episode she appears to have a very awkward personality. But after she acknowledged the fact that she was not an alien, she starts to relieve her true personality, that she is actually very shy and is hiding from society. I have to say that she is very unique and I actually cant say I've ever seen anyone that was like her, yet. Meme Tōwa (Touwa): She has a silly and cheerful personality, and often at times a little evil. She enjoys teasing Makoto in any sexual way that she can. She also seems to care about Erio, even though she tries to hide it as proven in the first few episodes, by getting her a job at Tamura's shop. The only similarly I have for her is that she looks a lot like Ami from Toradora!, but that's the art's fault. Meme is also a type of character that can be seen in many moe anime, which makes her character unoriginal. She still is an alright character though. Makoto Niwa: He has a calm and collective personality but at times tries to go along with the flow and replies with an answer such as ("I see" or "okay"). He thankfully isn't perverted like some male leads in moe anime that I've seen which makes him very like-able in my eyes, there really isn't anything I can say about him besides that though. He's original in some ways, but not really. Ryuuko Mifune: She has a very active personality, which is what most moe anime character's seem to have, I find her annoying for that reason and she's also just like Minorin from Toradora, which annoys me because I don't like Minorin one bit for her personality, even though Minorin does change I'm talking about Denpa Onna, not Toradora! Maekawa: She has a calm personality but also likes to tease Ryuuko by saying things that Ryuuko tends to misunderstand, she also loves to cosplay and go …

I'm still not really quite sure what to think of Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko. On the one hand, you have a generally thoughtful and depth-seeking piece that tries to provide meaning to one's adolescent life through alien and superpower metaphors. On the other, you have a not particularly interesting, if weird, harem anime comprised of 1 guy, 3 girls + 1 annoying perverse aunt. The thing with Denpa Onna is that it managed to keep my interest, but provided nearly no fun. It had a lot of attitude and style to its characters, but I didn't really like any of them much. It is, overall, an interesting experience, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It's a complex thing. Well there are some aspects of it that are plainly good or bad: -The general art style, voice acting, and execution effort are all very satisfactory. -The pacing is a bit slow, but it is necessary for all the inner monologues of the hero, which are the meat of the show, and do make it stand out very much. -The storytelling that constantly colludes an allegated "aliens and superpowers are among us" with conversations that make it sound like the hero is really looking for aliens and superpowers, is a very serious effort and keeps you posted -The characters reaaaaally aren't that fantastic, none of them, or even good, they're just a step above decent, a twinge above average if you're being generous -The story is interesting but is all over the place, never giving you a clear vibe for whether we're supposed to ship someone or not, if this is a show that tries to be deep, or if it's a harem with some weirdness -There is no real value to any story thread because of the aforementioned point, you always wonder if we're getting somewhere, and no, we never are The gist of Denpa Onna is this: I don't know what they're really going for. What kind of story, what sort of message? There is a lot of value in the soul-searching about adolescent life and the relationships, even if it's a little too wordy for what it is. But is there something they're really going for? I don't know, even after having finished the anime, I simply don't. Erio is supposed to come back to society. Does she really? Not really, but a bit. She also has an affection for "Itoko" aka Cousin, aka Makoto Niwa, aka protagonist, but is it supposed to evolve into love, or evolve into him becoming her bridge to a successful social reinsertion? I still don't know at the end. Ryuushi is supposed to be the love interest chuniibyou, and I guess she does become the "main girl", but not entirely. Maekawa is the possible love interest that will almost certainly remain in the friendzone. But at the end, is she firmly established as a friend or as a love interest? More than the others, but still not entirely. There are loads of plots that are started but unfinished, thoughts that are expressed but unclear, and questions are raised by the dozens each episode but seldom get answered, by the anime or by us. And that is the conundrum here: I was interested, but don't know what I was supposed to be interested about. There were creative ideas, but I have no idea what they were trying to express. Denpa Onna was a mess, an interesting, original mess, but a mess nonetheless. I enjoyed it far more than less deep or less creative animes. But at the end of the day, I don't know what I was supposed to get out of it. For most animes, enjoyment is enough, but there was little enjoyment in this one, as it is burdened by long monologues that don't amount to much, and plot points that end nowhere. I see it as a project that didn't really know what it was going for, or was setting up for a very long run but only had 12 episodes and wanted to show off what it had coming in whatever light novel or manga it was showcasing. It wasn't a disapointment, but I feel as confused about it now as I did 2/3rds into the season, except my interest started dying out somewhere around that time. I finished it hoping for a conclusion, I didn't get one, and I'll be left confused. I still don't regret watching it.

At the beginning, the girl wrapped in a mattress piqued my curiosity so much that I wanted to continue watching it. Unfortunately after that nothing more. The storyline was puzzling, not in a good way. In my many years of watching animes, usually being puzzled about the story or plot is a very good sign of being interested because it means the series got your attention. But in this series, I was so bewildered in a very complicating way. It’s not even interesting enough for an average story. There were moments when it felt like senseless. Before I knew it, I was already yawning like I didn’t have any sleep when in fact I had. The characters just kept on talking and talking about senseless things. It’s like watching a very boring conversation between two very awkward people. I could not comprehend what the hell were they talking about. Plus, almost everyone was so weird that they were talking and acting like they had their own worlds. Though, I am going to admit that they were very cute and gorgeous characters most especially the female lead. I can’t define whether she’s cute or gorgeous. It felt like she’s too cute for her age but too young to be considered so gorgeous. It’s like she’s at the peak of being cute and already going towards of being beautiful. Well, at least the animation was so great given that it was one of the latest animes of today. The graphics and how the characters were beautifully done was definitely one of the best. Seriously, I am very disappointed because almost all 2011 animes are not amazing or interesting enough. Oddly enough, for some reasons almost every each of them are pretty much famous but in the end almost all of them are not interesting at all. I am so puzzled why are these series so popular?

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko : It involves with 'Touwa Erio' who lost her memories in the past and she always envelopes herself with a futon to hide her identity to humans, but later on, his Cousin, 'Niwa Makoto' moved in with her and tried to help her join back to the society. The first thing I noticed and begun to love on this anime is the artwork, I totally give 10/10 on the artwork and a splendid job by SHAFT. I love how cute the characters are drawn. Great use of colors, just plain and splendid at the same time. The story, although, depends on the personal expectation on the viewer, me myself, I liked the story although the anime ended with a lot of questions left behind. But it is also soothing and funny at the same time. The sounds excel too, it blends well with the cuteness of the artwork, for example, the way Ryuuko-nyan talks, she's cute, I have to agree on that. The characters are well made, no annoying characters were made on this anime. That's another thing I like. The primary reason why I drop watching certain shows is sometimes the characters itself, who the hell would want a annoying character that keeps whining. I mean seriously.. If you are looking for a light-hearted approach with a touch of comedy and romance, I would definitely recommend Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko for you. But if you are looking for more then this anime is not for you. :) OVERALL SCORE : 9/10 I love this anime, and I will continue to love it. :) I wish for a second season though.

I was primarily drawn to this series mainly due to it's great artwork and because it seemed like it would have a decent story as well. So now that I have watched all the episodes I can come up with one definitive conclusion. Story. It gives us an intro and leads to the introduction of the two main characters Makoto and Erio, Erio of course being the more interesting character. She believes she's an alien sent to observe the humans, thinks she can fly and passes her days wrapped around a futon. She's rather carefree and pretty much doesn't care about the outside world other than the usual stuff like food and observance. Makoto, being the main character that he is, can't help but want to know more about her. This leads us to a climax of some sorts early in the series, while entertaining and telling, it pretty much ends there. The good story telling that is. The rest of the series is spent introducing new characters and/or doing silly stuff like launching up stuff in the air or finding Erio something productive to do. While that happens though, you get to know the characters a little bit more. Story wise, it isn't very strong, I"d say it's ok. Not too bad or not too good, just there. Art. Lacking in story, but makes it up in the art. DOTSO has some very very nice art work. The backgrounds are detailed, the characters expressions, especially the female cast are very well done and attractive to the viewer. I give it a 9, it's done very well. A few things might bring it down, but I didn't mind much since the most important things stood out more. Sound. I really liked the cast in this. I think they did a good job with the voice of their characters. They just seemed to fit in, which is good. Music was good as well, the opening song was pretty memorable, the ed song was also pretty memorable, but didn't like it as much, but I'm sure you'll remember it. Unique. Characters. I give it big thumbs up. I really liked the characters. They all were interesting to some degree, except maybe Makoto and Meme who seemed to be the more predictable ones. Enjoyment/Overall. I enjoyed it. It was entertaining with some funny moments, great artwork and great voice actors. The only downer was the story. Wish they could have moved along better with it, but overall I say it was pretty good. Could be considered a slice of life kind of show since the story isn't really complete in my opinion. I give it a low 8.

Is very rare i rate an anime as a 1, as most have something to bring them up to at least a 3, but this lacked a good story, or really any type of story. More SOL, series of events going nowhere. The art and sound were good, but to me they didn't matter when the story, characters, enjoyment, meant an overall waste of my time even looking at this anime. It tries to link things into the supernatural even though there is nothing supernatural shown in the whole anime really. The idea the daughter I an alien, is quickly removed, and the simply sad truth that she went through something traumatic, and instead of her mother taking her to be counseled, etc, panders to her I'm an alien idea. Is sad the daughter, disappears for 6 months, and the mother doesn't seem to care or be able to handle such a thing, and that was more disturbing to me, This continues with other characters like a girl in a spacesuit, which goes beyond cosplay, etc, when a girl is barely a loli, and no one misses her when gone for days, begging for food, or going to steal, and sleeping anywhere just to have somewhere to stay. I can understand wanting a fantasy to get out of the plight of being a failure, being abandoned, going nowhere in life. This anime though tried to do too much and link it to the supernatural, which it failed on. It also failed so badly on the romance side it tried to push, bordering a harem including his aunt and cousin. Sadly for me, the characters had no real filling to them, the eccentricity, just made it more forced, and left the anime for me, sad, boring, and a waste of a few hours of my time. If you want to watch cut loli's and tweens, you may like it, but if you after a story, good characters, look elsewhere.

PROPER MINDSET It appears that SHAFT liked a lot what came out of Arakawa Under the Bridge (a show made by them just a year prior to this) and decided to make something similar. So once again we have a girl who claims to be an alien living under the same roof with a hapless idiot. - Unfortunately, the setting is hardly as interesting as it was in Arakawa and its band of numerous weirdoes living under a bridge. - Plus the lead male is not voiced by the one who did Sayonara Zetsubo’s teacher. - Plus there is no contrast between rich and poor people to offer some sort of social commentary. - Plus the whole alien thing is dropped almost immediately and then it just becomes a weird slice of life comedy. PRODUCTION VALUES I consider Arakawa to be quite tame for a SHAFT comedy but Denpa Onna went to further lower depths with even lowered production values. Although SHAFT is always full of scrolling panels, it still had some sort of sporadic quality in its animation and here it is absent in anything other than moe girl motions. Meaning, it tried way too much to beautify the girls and neglected pretty much everything else. So yeah, the female characters are all the epitome of moe (crooked bare legs, baby face, dumb looks, retarded tone of voice, blockheads) and everything else is left as an almost average comedy. It is still rather artistic of course, with its trademark fast panel switches, weird use of colours and shapes, but the CGI looks so damn dated for the year the anime was made. There is no abundance in weird special effects (aside from that weird glow thing coming out of their hair) and it is simply less thrilling than the earlier SHAFT comedies. Something similar can be said about the music. The music score is unimpressive and the dialogues are to the most part not as complicating or smart. From a point on they even feel tedious and tiresome. They have enough text to laugh or get to know the characters but still of NOT of great heights. Other than that, the girls sound super moe and that is probably the only thing most viewers will care about. SCRIPT The story starts in an interesting way but soon heads nowhere. It is about people believing too much to all the modern conspiracy theories regarding aliens and some other new age nonsense. But don’t put too much thought into it; just like most ecchi/moe shows it starts with a bang and then just rehashes the same thing again and again, with far less context and spicy humour before ending in the middle of nowhere. As usual, the author refuses to stick to the initial girl’s development (or just end the series right there when it’s still nice) and simply keeps introducing more and more girls with similar coocoo problems in order to flavour the loli moe harem. Thus in overall no characters are really fleshed out much and are eventually thrown to the side for another ephemeral issue another moe loli has during its introduction. In all, there isn’t much of a plot and the bits it has are rehashed continually to the point of being bored of them. It would be far better if they were just making a movie out of the first arc with Erio. CAST The characters are the usual “unusual” bunch of misfits SHAFT is so famous of making all the time. Most of the humour is based on their total lack of common sense that helps the jokes to work better and the characters to be memorable. As usual, their appeal is mostly based on quirks and bizarre personality and not character development. Also, besides Erio the main moe loli, and her aunt (a middle aged woman who also looks and acts like a moe loli) nobody else is weird enough to be memorable. Yes, the protagonist is also unnoticed as usual. But that is what happens in all harems; you get a bland male lead and a bunch of cute girls who all need his help and are after his d**k. Since the type of humour it implements starts to wear off rather fast and the succession of gags slows down more and more, I can’t say it is a successful comedy show. I also don’t give it much value (historical or rewatchability) because it lacks an overall tight and meaningful plot that heads somewhere. Bakemonogatari is a far better coocoo harem, and even Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai is far more serious about its theme of delutional girls. You see, after the main series there is also an OVA sequel that for no reason makes it seem like the delusions were real and there are aliens after all. They did the same in Arakawa and in both cases they were nothing but fillers to waste airtime. The problem is that this way not only they trash the sourse material but also ruin the overall purpose of the show. Arakawa and Denpa Onna were always about a man trying to help delusional girls, help them face reality, and then SCREW THEM! By throwing in aliens the whole progress he achieves is rendered pointless since he now seems like an asshole who tricked the girls to believe a lie instead of helping them face the truth. LEGACY Now, many of you are going to say that I am being too harsh on what is just a silly moe comedy. So what if there is no plot; the girls are cute and it is funny. Well I am sorry but I like my comedies following a theme and doing something with it. This comedy did very little and then ruined even that with alien fillers. If all you want is stupid moe lolis, SHAFT visuals, and just excuses for escapism, then you will like this show a lot more than I did. The same mangaka also did Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai desu, so in case you want even more comedy about lolis and a premise that seems interesting at first but heads nowhere after a few episodes, go check that one too. For all I care there is no depth in them. Other SHAFT comedies as well as Chuunibyou by KyoAni, are way better than this one. And now for some excused scorings. ART SECTION: 6/10 General Artwork 1/2 (typical setting) Character Figures 2/2 (moemoe flood) Backgrounds 1/2 (typical looking schools, apartments, with bad CGI) Animation 1/2 (good only in the moemoe) Visual Effects 1/2 (poor for a SHAFT comedy; only the sparking hair effect stands out) SOUND SECTION: 6/10 Voice Acting 3/3 (great moemoe voices and weird dialogues) Music Themes 1/4 (completely uninspiring and forgettable but not horrible) Sound Effects 2/3 (ok I guess) STORY SECTION: 4/10 Premise 1/2 (seems good at first but it is just a generic excuse for the lead to meet more lolis) Pacing 1/2 (simple and rather slow) Complexity 1/2 (no overall plot but individual focus on certain characters for a while) Plausibility 1/2 (all the weird stuff are simply the result of the characters being mentally challenged) Conclusion 0/2 (doesn’t exist; the OVA has some but it is a troll for all I care) CHARACTER SECTION: 7/10 Presence 2/2 (moe and sexy girls) Personality 2/2 (coocoos) Backdrop 1/2 (generic and simplistic but it’s there) Development 1/2 (they do get colorization in the arc they appear in and then stay as such as they enter the main lead’s harem) Catharsis 1/2 (generic and simplistic but it’s there) VALUE SECTION: 1/10 Historical Value 0/3 (none) Rewatchability 0/3 (no reason to rewatch) Memorability 1/4 (a watered down variation of older SHAFT comedies) ENJOYMENT SECTION: 1/10 Art 0/1 (looks almost typical) Sound 0/2 (sounds meh) Story 0/3 (what story?) Characters 1/4 (the girls are moe and that is all) VERDICT: 4/10

I'm not saying it was aliens... But it was aliens. That is quite possibly the best description I can come up with when trying to explain this anime in once sentence. Shaft have a habit of either making an anime with many eyebrow raising points or one with cute but crude humor. In this they found a nice blend point that make you question what the hell did they make. Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko has a story around the daily adolescent life of one boy and his high school life in a city well knows for alien encounters. It seems a typical slice of life story with an added harem for amusement purposes. Playing through, it seems to have two arcs. The first arc being the confrontation with the cousin Erio and the second arc being the mystery of a self proclaimed esper alien. Art is very pleasing to the eye but occasionally over done with sparkle effects and wind motion effects that are entirely un-needed. The colour of every thing is very similar apart from some scenery items that that tend to stand out in large amount of detail. Sounds for standing objects and doors, etc. are fairly good with even muffled thump sounds for a futon hitting the floor. It's really thought out well. As for background music most of it sound like it is a slightly altered version of music from famous Nintendo titles. It raises the questions as to what did they use for their musical inspiration as there seems like very little there. Character development is quite amazingly welled played out as from start to finish it so clear as to how the characters change and their feelings for each other change over time. It would have been better if more characters within the school had some development with the main characters as outside of the main group, next to no character progression is had. The enjoyment factor is quite high for the first 8 or so episodes while the last 5 episodes are somewhat dull and just drag on the average school day life with added mentally unstable side character. However the ending seems very well played out as after all the denying the main character does with the existence of illogical things, it really did come as a mind melting surprise.

I was expecting a little more from the story. Since Erio dont remember anything, Niwa was thinking in the start to help her. It created a image that he´ll solve the mystery what happened during the 6th months. There was also some hints what happened before she fell from the bridge. Sometimes the space and alien theme annoyed. The ending at the temple was interesting thou. Actually it feels like there isnt any story, yet there is. The characters are mainly hanging out having fun. Art was pretty thou pretty simple at the times. Overally very beautiful, especially liked the water elemenst and shining around hairs. Music was nice, very deligthful and nice to listen. Gives nicely boost to the story also. For me the anime was nice, there was character development, fun moments and the characters were nice to follow. Just Erio´s voice was very annoying. But I´m sure there´s better animes in this genre.

Makato Niwa goes to live with his Aunt and when he arrives he meets his cousin, Erio Towa, for the first time wrapped in a futon and claiming to be an alien. He then takes it upon himself to reintroduce her into society. This is one of the most clever anime I have seen. On the face of it is a bizarre story with lots of equally bizarre characters. I have to admit I watched, loved it but had no idea what it was about. After a few days and weeks I eventually realised what it is about and here lies the genius. Although each episode has the same characters, each one has a different moral tale such as sometimes people just need encouragement from their friends to succeed, people fear people who are different and dont't stop living until you die. As I said the characters are bizarre, except for Makato who is normal. Makato's Aunt, Meme, takes every opportunity to make him uncomfortable sexually, Erio thinks she's an Alien, his friend Maekawa goes everywhere in Cosplay, his other friend Ryuko goes through thought processes by making imaginary basketball shots, Yashiro, a small white haired girl, claims to be an alien and esper and wears a spaceman suit but the show leaves you wondering that she might be telling the truth and Meme's friend from childhood, Ashiro, wears a cow tag as a earing. The characters are bizarre but all extremely likeable in their own way. The animation is bright and colourful and well done although it's not innovative. It isn't a fast paced show. It goes along at its own fun speed. However, it is a very intelligent anime. If you like anime's to spoon feed you the plot you won't like it, however, if you like to find the subtle messages anime's often have you may well love it like me.

This is a strange little anime with a lot of charm. There seems to be no point or extreme plot twists yet you feel compelled to watch the next episode.... I'm usually not a fan of harem type anime but that part of the story didn't bother me in this one. .. The characters are amusing and it just makes you feel fuzzy inside with a slight helping of confusion on the side.