Hyper Doll

Animation - 7.4

Sound - 6.8

Story - 3.0

Character - 5.4

Value - 5.5

Enjoyment - 7.8

Average - 6.0

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isokana

(2007-01-07 15:54:41) 2007-01-07 14:22:13

Average	6.2
Animation	7
Sound	7
Story	4
Character	6
Value	6
Enjoyment	7

My god! Tokyo is teared down by a couple of monsters again! Where are the defenders of justice?! Eating hamburgers and arguing who looks best... I present you Hyper Dolls: heroes who just don't care.

What I could make out of the story is that Mew and Mica are from outer space and they can transform to almost naked superheroes. They fight monsters that mysterious organization Chaos sends to wreak havoc in Tokyo. They also attend to school and this boy Akai from their class knows their true identity. There's also Shoko who lives with Akai and has a bit of crush on him and is a bit jealous to Mew and Mica as Akai seems to have a special relationship with them.

Now I know this only a two-part OVA of 50 minutes but they could have provided a little more information who the girls are, why they are fighting, who the Chaos is and why are they trying to destroy Tokyo. Apperantly this OVA is just snipped somewhere from the manga and is supposed to be watched by people who have read it and know what these characters are. At least they keep referring to stuff that is not explained in this OVA. The girls' boss seems to be an alien whose hologram appears from flat, fried objects like pizza and he's the only one can for some reason get the girls to do their heroic acts. They don't even explain how Akai got to know who Mew and Mica were. Only a half-assed flashback was shown that told absolutely nothing. As there is no background story, all we are left with is a couple of fights against monster the girls beat lefthanded and some regular romantic comedy humor. Of course it's a bit amusing to see how the girls actually cause much more damage to the city than monster as they fight. But they are after easy victories after all and using excessive force is the fastest way to victory.

The characters are quite likeable although there's hardly a time to get to know them. Mew and Mica have fun relaxed attitude of "we don't really care" when catastrophes strike. Akai and Choko are quite regular and uninteresting. Character designs look appealing and that's good because most of the entertainment comes from the girls transform sequence that requires them to be naked (surprise) and their battle uniforms leave little to imagination. Animation looks pretty good too. Some happy jpop music is played on the background and as an opening song.

Hyper Dolls is a rather pointless anime. It tells about nothing, has little new to offer (unless you count gigantic gay earthworm as one) and manages to be totally forgettable. You may want to consider this as a rainy days pastime but then again there are a lot of better fanservice/action shows to watch.