Ranked #3531

Akane Maniax

Story:

The overall story is pretty good. I really liked all the obstacles the main character had to overcome just to get accepted. However, the ending was a little disappointing but at the same time reasonable as well as weird and funny. Also, this OVA is really funny at times especially all of the mecha parodies introduced into the story line.

Animation:

Not much to say here, but clean, crisp animation expected out of an OVA. Especially, the comedic scenes.

Sound:

There's not much of a soundtrack to this OVA, just your typical instrumental background music. You don't really notice it at all. It really doesn't make much of an impact during the more serious scenes.

Character:

By far the main character Jouji Gouda is one of my favourite anime characters. You can't help but admire his determination even when faced with many difficult obstacles. Although, he still shows his human side of getting down every now and then, but sure enough his strong determination picks hims up out of the gutters. If anything, Jouji is the reason to watch this OVA just to experience his character. However, my one pet peeve is that his imagination is so random that it kind of gets annoying at times and I feel it interferes with the story. In addition, Akane Suzumiya's character is done pretty good as well. This OVA gives you a better understanding of Akane's character. However, the secondary characters don't make much of an appearance and are there just to solemnly interact with the two main characters.

Enjoyment:

This series is really funny and gives you a light-hearted view of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien's character Akane Suzumiya. But again, the star of this OVA is definitely Jouji Gouda. I had a really good time of witnessing Jouji's efforts in convincing Akane of his love.

Overall:

Overall the series is very good. It's especially great if you're looking for something light-hearted and funny. It also does a fairly good job (although slightly) of epiloguing Kimi ga Nozomu Eien. The only thing I would change is to provide more screen time for the secondary characters since some of them appear to be very interesting and having less time for Jouji's flamboyant imagination scenes. read more

OK, what was that? It’s either a big “so what?” or a big mistake. Either is just fine.

What an absurd storyline. It was worlds away from what Rumbling Hearts was. It went from drama to stupid in a snap. I mean, what’s with the mecha? I’m pretty sure this is the OVA for Rumbling Hearts, so where the heck did the mecha come from? I did say that I like Akane, in fact she was probably the only thing that was OK about this OVA, but even her presence wasn’t enough to catch my attention.

There were new characters (that teacher named Kouzuki, wasn’t that the name of the doctor in Rumbling Hearts?) and all of them were just irritating and forgettable. Plus, they all lacked charisma. Even for Akane. She was different this time around, and that kissing scene with Narumi threw me off. The new guy, Gouda Jouji was also irritating. I said “Gouda, that’s a type of cheese, right?” When I saw how CHEESY he was I was like “oh, that’s why.”

I’m sure whoever made this was trying to be funny, but I just found it to be corny. Maybe it’s the 80s feel of it (paging Gouda Jouji, Gouda Jouji) but really, maybe they were trying too hard to be funny that it ended up becoming corny. I got a few chuckles out of it, but when I say FEW, I meant it. I only laughed twice, and it was only one “ha”.

What’s with the 80s feel, anyway? The drawing style was just so 80s, except revamped a little, but 80s nonetheless. And really, that Gouda guy was the embodiment of that decade. “Gouda-kun, the 80s called. They want YOU back.” Really, take him back. He’s just so annoying, and his seiyu made him even more annoying by sounding too loud and obnoxious. Even the BGM was 80s and cheesy.

I also noticed a difference in the drawing style. I was like “aha, a sweatdrop!” You didn’t see a lot of those in Rumbling Hearts. Jouji even went chibi on me. The slight change in drawing style was shown by the supporting characters (whose names I can’t even remember) – Outrageous hair in different shapes and colors, cutesy outfits (yes, they were wearing seifukus but one girl has a slightly different seifuku). There was even more fan service in this OVA. A lot of panty flashing and naked bodies.

The opening and ending themes weren’t bad, I liked the ending and the opening theme was ok. Cutesy, but OK. The ending theme kinda reminded me of that song called “can’t hurry love”, at least for the instrumental at the beginning.

As of now I’m trying to forget I’ve ever watched it. I really wanted to quit watching by the time I got to the second episode, but I wanted to see Narumi and Haruka (sorry Mitsuki, I hate you, remember?). I only got to see both of them a few times though. Anyway, if you happen to read this, don’t watch it. If you do, don’t expect much from it. read more