Moetan

Moetan currently stands as the lowest rated anime on MAL that I have given this high of a rating to and honestly, it's deserved. This may well be the stupidest magical girl anime in existence (unless you consider Dokuro-chan a mahou shoujo) but that's precisely why I find it so funny. Let's take a look at why this is one of my favorite pieces of trash.

Story 4/10
A loli-loving man from a parallel universe gets banished from his world and turned into a duck so that he can help a high school senior that looks half as old as she actually is teach people English by ... turning into a magical girl. This is the level of stupidity that is so stupid it transcends being stupid and loops back into pure brilliance. Pure. Fucking. Brilliance.

Characters 7/10
The characters were able to make me laugh pretty consistently, it takes a good set of characters to pull off stupid comedy and have it actually be funny. Both the side characters (some of whom are more or less just gag characters) and main characters do well in delivering the show's humor.

Art 5/10
Moetan features low-budget moeblob art and animation. Honestly, I think low budget art can make a comedy funnier when done right, especially a stupid one like this as it adds a further pinch of stupidity to the stupidness with its low-budget-y-ness.

Sound 5/10
Pretty unremarkable but fitting for the show. You also get to hear some Engrish! (actually not half bad compared to the Engrish in some anime, maybe even sometimes good enough to be called English!)

Enjoyment 8/10
This is the only category that matters for a comedy really (well this and maybe characters) and Moetan nailed it here. I laughed my ass off at this show as it continued to be stupid and random in unexpected and hilarious ways. Yes, there are a lot of stupid and random comedies out there and a lot of them aren't funny. To a lot of people, Moetan won't be funny, but for me it just hit that sweet spot as that special kind of trash I really love.

Overall 8/10 (Excellent)
Do you like really stupid comedy (think Aho Girl, Dokuro-chan, Kill Me Baby)? Do you like cutesy magical girl shows? If you answered "yes" to both those questions, watch Moetan. If you answered "yes" to just one, maybe give it a try. If you answered "no" to both questions, this anime isn't worth your time.

As much as I've said "stupid" and "trash" in this review though, I can't stress enough that I really did love this show. There's stupid stupid and brilliant stupid and which is which varies from person to person based on their tastes, but for me Moetan is that brilliant kind of stupid. It definitely ain't for everyone though!

This review was originally written with my eyes closed. The first version shown is the review with the spelling mistakes corrected and the second is the original review.


As an anime about being bad at speaking English I shall be typing this review without looking at the keyboard. I personally found this anime to be enjoyable, but then again I do like lolis which are a main draw to this show.

The story is about Ink-chan or whatever her civilian name was and her goal to make her love interest her boyfriend. She does this by becoming a magical girl and teaching him Engrish. As Western viewers ... it sounds funny to hear this. This was adapted from a book trying to teach people how to speak English the otaku way, but it had a lot of problems so it had to be revised. This anime similarly has a lot of problems. The whole concept of the show doesn’t make sense and the two mentor character are pedophiles.

The animation is done fairly well for this kind of show. The characters look really cute and their transformation scenes were done well. I liked the modern touch that they use cell phones to transform. The lolis look adorable in both of their forms and the males don’t look too shabby either. Don’t question why they look like that when they’re 17.

The voice acting is obviously cute considering what this show is. The opening theme is quite catchy. The glaring problem with the sound is the fact that the English doesn’t sound like English. The examples they use don’t make sense in the West and the way they pronounce them is way off as well. It is very much an Engrish anime.

The characters themselves have logical aspirations, although not the most logical ways of getting them. The two animal characters aren’t very likeable. The two lolis have more of cute personalities than anything and they could be more developed.

Despite all of the flaws I really enjoyed this anime. I find Engrish to be cute so having an entire anime about it is great. I also really liked Ink’s design when transformed.

Overall this is a pretty average anime, but if you like stupid anime or want something to watch with a friend to make fun of this could be a good choice.

Original review:

As an anime oabout being bad at speeaking English I shall be typing this review without looking at the keyboard. I personally found this anime to be enjoyable, but then again I do like lolies which oare a main draw to this show.

The story is about Ink-hcan or whatever her civilian name was and he goald to make her lover interesti her boyfriend. She does this by becoming a magical girl and teaching him EnEngrish. As Western viewers it sounds funny to therear this. This was adapted from a book trying to teach people how to speak English the otaku way, but it had a lot of problems so it had to be revised. This anime simlarly has a lot of problems. The whole concept of the show doesn’t make sense and the two mentor character are pedophiles.

The animation is done fairly well for this kind of hshow. The characters look really cute and their transformation scenes were done well. I liked the modern touch that they use cell phones to transform. The lolies look adorable in both of their forms and the males don’t look too shabby either. Don’t quention why they look like that when they’re 145.

The voice acting is obviously cute considering what this show is. The opening theme is quite catchy. The glaring problem with the sound is the fact that the English doesn’t sound like English. The examples they use don’t make sense in the West andthe way they pronouce them is way off as well. It is very much an Engrish anime.

The characters themselves have logical aspirations, although not the most logical ways of tgetting them. The two anime characters aren’t very likable. The two lolis have more of cute personalies than anything and they could be more developed.

Despite all of the flaws I really enjoyed this anime. I find Engrish to be cute so having an entire anime about it is great. I also really liked Ink’s design when transformed.

Overall this is a pretty average anime, but if you like stupid anime or want something to watch with a friend to make fun of this could be a good choice.

My second review ever! I tried to keep this short and straight to the point.


This review is spoiler-free!


Alright, I have to admit: this was partially my fault. I knew this was tagged as ecchi, a genre I greatly dislike, but I still gave it a shot anyways. I’m not going to deny that.

However, I don’t think that excuses this anime from being so unbelievably gross. You can try to convince me all you want by saying “but Ink’s 17!” but I think that fact only makes me dislike this anime even more. She looks like a child AND she acts like a child. Lewding her ... like that pervert duck I won’t bother to name by slapping some random age on her doesn’t make it any better.

I guess some people like the comedy aspect of it…? I don’t know. I didn’t find it funny, perhaps because I was too disgusted by the unnecessary angles they wouldn’t stop focusing on to notice anything else.

The only reason I didn’t quit watching it after the first five minutes was because I am a curious person, and I was hoping that at least the plot or the character’s personalities would make up for the sickening parts. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t. That’s why I dropped it so early on.

And it’s a shame, really. The concept seemed cute; it was just very poorly executed.

Honestly, I don’t see anyone enjoying this except for lolicons. So, if you’re into that, go ahead and watch it. Just stay far away from me please.

Anyways, I think I went on a bit of a rant there, and I apologize for that. Thank you so much for reading and bye-bye!