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Mink has problems. She's in love with
a Dragon Hunter. She's also half Dragon, and the president of her
beloved's fan club is a mean Princess skilled in the black arts who
wants to see Mink made toast. On top of which, the King wants her
dead for messing up his castle after a plan to kill her Dad so that
he could have her mother went a bit awry.
Confusing, isn't it? ^_-
Still, it's also completely ace, and despite initial worries about
the ability of English voice actors to do the script justice, I was
bowled over by it. The cast, by the way, are fantastic, and capture
the manic pace of the original perfectly. All the characters are nut
jobs, and the anime captures the feel of the manga with chibi (child-like)
versions of the characters popping up all over the place.
In keeping with the almost indefinable Japanese sense of humour, it's
also mad, unpredictable and perfectly timed. The gags themselves are
great, and it's pure slapstick all the way, with wry observations
to camera and even the characters on screen find the whole thing ridiculous.
The animation is fine, but with the speed everything moves across
the screen, you'd be hard pushed to notice anything anyway! The music
is pretty twee, but the ending theme is pure genius ^_^
If there are any drawbacks, it's the fact that the series craves more
episodes, but none were made (to my knowledge). Hence, there is no
story resolution as such, which is slightly frustrating. However,
what is here is nigh on perfect, and it'll make a great buy for anyone
looking for a genuinely funny anime.
9/10 - The best comedy anime since the BBC Lum edit!
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