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I've been watching a lot of Kodomo no Omocha lately, and at times Kuromi's character design seemed to have an uncanny simularity to that of Sana. I know I'm not just imagining a link between the two shows, because Kuromi features an SD octopus substituting for Babbit as the narator! I also knew I'd seen the director, Hamako, somewhere before--now I remember, she's also the delinquent girl from Ping Pong Club!--I swear, I'm not just making this up. I hear that other than Otaku no Video, this is pretty much the only anime about anime itself. I noticed how few of our keywords seemed to apply to Kuromi--no significant "action", or magic, fantasy or romance (no fanservice either--when was the last time I watched a show without that?). To be honest, I thought the jokes were pretty average--funny, yes, but not "hilarious" (then again, keep in mind that I suffer from a severely stunted sense of humor). as I watched, I wondered why this was seeming to take so long, because I was expecting at least two 23-odd minute episodes--in fact there are only 35 minutes altogether. DVD extras were plentiful; I especially liked "The Animation Process", except that the background music was recorded at such a volume that I could barely understand what was being said. This music was the OP theme, which seemed to be played in the background of every extra and menu--Aargh! Nevertheless, I enjoyed Kuromi and have already watched it twice. Unfortunately, Kuromi is far too expensive for the average person to buy. I think the price is $25 for a mere 35 minutes of anime (not counting the extras, of course). At one time I calculated that I could only afford ten cents per minute, so this one is completely beyond my reach. Thus my rating of a "rent". I hope to likewise rent the sequel, Animation Runner Kuromi 2". Last updated Monday, February 04 2008. | ||||||||
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Drama : Med Comedy : High Action : None Scifi : None Ecchi : None I 100% agree with Stretch with his review. This is a PERFECT mix between Real Life and Comedy. Kuromi looks like she just left Kaleido Star and jumped into the Real World. I was reminded of Comic Party and one of the Last Episodes of Excel Saga. I learned a TON of info on how Animation works. Too bad this is only 40 Minutes. It's worth a Buy but one episode means this will stay forever in RENT. Last updated Monday, January 17 2005. | ||||||||
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From the makers of Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl and Fruits Basket comes this hysterical one-shot. Kuromi is a young hopeful just starting at the Studio Petite animation company. But she is given the title of production manager after her predacessor has an ulcer attack. Now, the latest episode of their new show "Time Journeys" is almost due and they only have a few days to get it done. Kuromi runs back and forth from the studio to the other artists houses to get the cuts for each scene. After trying an exhausted amount of times, Kuromi nearly gives up. But her love of a prettyboy version of Lupin III carries her on. Managing to get all the artists to work in the studio, she gets the episode completed on time. This was a really funny OVA showing a comedic look at how anime is really made. The dub is pretty good too. If you really like this type of spastic comedy, then I'd suggest buying it, otherwise just rent it.
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