Last one for this week.
Title: Chobits
Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Drama
General Info: In the future, personal computers have developed into "Persocoms", mobile computers that look like human beings. Hideki Motosuwa, a prep school student, desperately wants to buy a Persocon but cannot afford to. One day he finds a Persocom that has been thrown away and decides to keep it. When he turns on the Persocom, all she can say is "Chi" so he decides to name her that. After a while it starts to become apparent that Chi is more than an average Persocom. Having much better performance, it seems that Chi might be a "Chobit", a type of advanced Persocom rumored to have independent thought.
Number of Episodes: 26
Original Run: Apr 3, 2002 to Sep 25, 2002
Characters:
Hideki Motsuwa: Hideki Motosuwa is an eighteen (nineteen in the Manga) year old ronin (repeat student) who is attempting to qualify for University by studying at the Seki cram school in Tokyo. He's an honest and kind teenager who was raised on a farm, and unfortunately for him, has no experience with women. He has a very active imagination, which tends to result in him talking to himself in public. Hideki is interested in finding a girlfriend, but also has a great desire to have a Persocom, a computer shaped in the form of a human that can do all sorts of things. Although he cannot afford one, his luck holds out when he finds one lying in a garbage dump on his way home from the groceries, which he names Chi.
Chi: Chi is a Persocom who is found by Hideki Motosuwa in a garbage dump. At first, she is only able to say "Chi", thus earning her that name. Later on, she is taught various things, and is eventually able to communicate with other people.
Opening:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYGMS0uyyz0[/youtube]
My Review: Chobits is very likeable anime that, although funny and upbeat, does seem to drag on near the end. Hideki has a simple but loveable personality, his simple mindedness and selflessness almost compltely prevent you fom disliking him. Chi's lack of social knowledge and Hideki's awkwardness lead to many humorous situations. The veneer of hilarity ends around 2/3 of the way through the anime, and lead to many twists that most would not see coming.
My Rating: 3.5/5
Pantsuu Episodes: 2