Comments on: Potemayo Review - 73/100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/ An anime blog covering a large variety of series, both popular and underrated. Tue, 10 Nov 2009 03:49:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: anon http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4468 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:57:08 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4468 It was almost a masterpiece comedy. Imho it was the best comedy of last season and one of the bestest of the year. It was almost a masterpiece comedy. Imho it was the best comedy of last season and one of the bestest of the year.

]]> by: Shirukii http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4153 Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:15:34 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4153 I completely agree with your reasoning that the flashback in the last episode should have been done much earlier. It would have gave us a lot more insight into Sunao, especially concerning his relationship with his dad. >> though don’t expect a masterful comedy here I thought it came pretty close =( I completely agree with your reasoning that the flashback in the last episode should have been done much earlier. It would have gave us a lot more insight into Sunao, especially concerning his relationship with his dad.

>> though don’t expect a masterful comedy here

I thought it came pretty close =(

]]> by: psgels http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4152 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:56:11 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4152 Wyrdwad: I recall seeing that title on your top-10, but I admit that reading that piece of text has made me curious. If I can find time somewhere, I might check it out. :) Wyrdwad: I recall seeing that title on your top-10, but I admit that reading that piece of text has made me curious. If I can find time somewhere, I might check it out. :)

]]> by: Patrick Monti http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4151 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:34:51 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4151 I kept watching the series mostly because of Guchuko and Potemayo's rage when she mets her. Really good to watch when you are tired of thinking. I kept watching the series mostly because of Guchuko and Potemayo’s rage when she mets her. Really good to watch when you are tired of thinking.

]]> by: Wyrdwad http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4150 Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:32:25 +0100 http://psgels.blogsome.com/2007/09/23/potemayo-review-73100/#comment-4150 Hey, this is kind of off-topic, and I don't know if I ever actually recommended it to you before, but have you ever seen the anime "Mahoujin Guruguru"? Your description of Potemayo somehow reminded me of it, though I'm not sure why (and it was more in an "oh, it sounds like he was hoping Potemayo would be more like Mahoujin Guruguru" way than anything else). It's one of my favorite comedy anime, and is just an absolutely brilliant show that pretty much no one has ever heard of. It's 45 episodes long, and was made back in 1994... and it is, for all intents and purposes, an RPG parody, specifically satirizing elements of the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series. But unlike a lot of RPG parodies (since this can hardly be called the first!), Mahoujin Guruguru also manages to tell a really decent and surprisingly original story all its own, with likeable and quirky characters throughout. Some examples of its more original characters/concepts include the wind spirit, Gipple, who can extend his robe to the ground and form a tent with it, in which the heroes sleep. The problem is, if they should ever look up while inside, they'll be staring right at the thin strip of sumo underwear covering his crotch, which is generally not a pleasant sight. (: There's also a very devout priestess character named Juju, who carries an altar strapped to her back, and fights either by plopping it on the ground and praying that God smite her enemies, or by forming swords out of holy water and slicing them up herself. (: It's also just ludicrously awesome in other ways. The characters all have levels, HP, MP, etc., for example, and there's a narrator throughout who tells you whenever they take damage or what-not... and some of the locales they visit and side-quests they accept are just ridiculous. I mean, what other anime has its main characters going on a quest to ruin a mermaid's wedding? (: The whole 45-episode run of the show is available in a batch torrent from animesuki.com, and is worth checking out. There's also a 30-minute movie that acts almost like a 46th episode, called "The Pickle of Happiness," and there's a second series called "Mahoujin Guruguru Doki Doki Densetsu" that comprises an alternate retelling of the second half of the first series (though it's nowhere NEAR as good!). Definitely one to check out sometime. Though if you do, be sure to give it a fighting chance: while the first few episodes are good, there's a dungeon arc early on that lasts 4 or 5 episodes, and really isn't all that great... but the show gets WORLDS better afterward! -Tom Hey, this is kind of off-topic, and I don’t know if I ever actually recommended it to you before, but have you ever seen the anime “Mahoujin Guruguru”? Your description of Potemayo somehow reminded me of it, though I’m not sure why (and it was more in an “oh, it sounds like he was hoping Potemayo would be more like Mahoujin Guruguru” way than anything else). It’s one of my favorite comedy anime, and is just an absolutely brilliant show that pretty much no one has ever heard of. It’s 45 episodes long, and was made back in 1994… and it is, for all intents and purposes, an RPG parody, specifically satirizing elements of the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series. But unlike a lot of RPG parodies (since this can hardly be called the first!), Mahoujin Guruguru also manages to tell a really decent and surprisingly original story all its own, with likeable and quirky characters throughout.

Some examples of its more original characters/concepts include the wind spirit, Gipple, who can extend his robe to the ground and form a tent with it, in which the heroes sleep. The problem is, if they should ever look up while inside, they’ll be staring right at the thin strip of sumo underwear covering his crotch, which is generally not a pleasant sight. (:

There’s also a very devout priestess character named Juju, who carries an altar strapped to her back, and fights either by plopping it on the ground and praying that God smite her enemies, or by forming swords out of holy water and slicing them up herself. (:

It’s also just ludicrously awesome in other ways. The characters all have levels, HP, MP, etc., for example, and there’s a narrator throughout who tells you whenever they take damage or what-not… and some of the locales they visit and side-quests they accept are just ridiculous. I mean, what other anime has its main characters going on a quest to ruin a mermaid’s wedding? (:

The whole 45-episode run of the show is available in a batch torrent from animesuki.com, and is worth checking out. There’s also a 30-minute movie that acts almost like a 46th episode, called “The Pickle of Happiness,” and there’s a second series called “Mahoujin Guruguru Doki Doki Densetsu” that comprises an alternate retelling of the second half of the first series (though it’s nowhere NEAR as good!).

Definitely one to check out sometime. Though if you do, be sure to give it a fighting chance: while the first few episodes are good, there’s a dungeon arc early on that lasts 4 or 5 episodes, and really isn’t all that great… but the show gets WORLDS better afterward!

-Tom

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