Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Chii's Sweet Home, Chiizu Japanese: チーズスイートホーム
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Type: TV
Episodes: 104
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 31, 2008 to Sep 25, 2008
Duration:
3 min. per episode Rating:
G - All Ages
L represents licensing company
StatisticsScore: 7.931 (scored by 8037 users)
Ranked: #5282
Popularity: #690
Members: 17,891
Favorites: 211 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisA grey and white kitten with black stripes wanders away from her mother and siblings one day while enjoying a walk outside. Lost in her surroundings, the kitten struggles to find her family and instead is found by a young boy, Youhei, and his mother. They take the kitten home, but pets are not allowed in their housing complex, so they try to find a new home for the kitten. This proves to be difficult, and the family eventually decides to keep the kitten, naming her "Chi".
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Chi's Sweet Home
Sequel: Chi's New Address
Side story: Chi's Sweet Home OVA
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Reviews
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MkMiku
72 of 92 people found this review helpful
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104 of 104 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
7 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
If you love cats like I do, then immediately stop reading this review and go watch. For the rest of you, proceed to the next paragraph.
Chi’s Sweet Home is like the Nintendo Wii of anime. Anyone of all ages can enjoy it: your sister will like it, your mom will like it, even your grandma will like it, if she’s into anime and is cool like that.
Story
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The story is pretty clear-cut. A cute kitten named Chi gets lost and separated from her mother, and a human family that lives nearby finds her and decides to adopt her. Unfortunately, pets are not allowed in the apartment complex, so the Yamada family must keep Chi out of sight, especially from the landlady. The third quarter of the 104 three-minute-long episodes gets kinda repetitive and filler-ish, but once you get over this small hurdle and reach the last quarter of the anime, you’ll remember why you stuck with this series for so long. Chi’s Sweet Home is not only entertaining, but enlightening for future cat owners like me. It’s like an animated pet manual. I had no idea about some of the things I’d have to go through while owning a cat, until I watched this anime.
Animation
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Some people may complain that more shadows or a darker color palette should’ve been used, but I think the watercolor style reminds me of a children’s book, which complements well with the innocent atmosphere of this anime. The animation stays very true to the manga’s design. Actually, if you were to set them side-by-side they would look almost exactly alike.
Sound
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The OP theme with Chi the cat singing the lyrics is cute, but odd, to say the least. Even I wouldn’t be caught listening to it on my MP3 player -- and that’s coming from a person who likes Figu@Mate. XD The only thing I can compare the OP theme to is Menchi the dog howling the ED theme of Excel Saga (which is ironic, because it’s sung by the same voice actress). As for Chi’s ED theme…what ED theme? Lol. The rest of the music is standard and bubbly, but in a good way. Simple music for a simple anime. Most of all, I gotta give huge props to Satomi Koorogi for doing such a great job with Chi’s voice. Many times I thought they used a real cat!
Character
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The characters don’t have much depth, except the main star, Chi, of course. The parents and the little boy are mainly there to serve their role of caring for and disciplining Chi. Yet, the Yamada family does grow on you. Soon they will feel like distant relatives or close neighbors.
Enjoyment
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I’ve never said “kawaii” so many times in an anime. This anime is very funny, which may be hard for you to believe until you see for yourself. Chi’s facial expressions and the way she reacts to her owners are simply priceless. This anime isn’t all about comedy, though. It is also suspenseful when Chi is at risk of getting caught, and there are some sad moments where I couldn’t help myself from saying “Poor Chi,” or “Poor Dad.”
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Unless you totally hate cats or are allergic to uber kawaiiness, you should give this anime a try. Even though it’s a hefty 104 episodes, the series is only a little over 5 hours in length. Heck, even if you have 30 minutes to spare, you can zip through the first 10 episodes to see if you like it. In my opinion, Chi’s Sweet Home is the best anime about a pet. It’s suitable for all ages, and you may even learn a few things about cats. read more
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Galatea
78 of 107 people found this review helpful
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6 of 104 episodes seen
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| Overall |
7 |
| Story |
6 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Character |
8 |
| Enjoyment |
9 |
Story:
Chi's Sweet Home has a pretty linear storyline: a kitty who lost her mom and now wanders on a journey to find her. She always thinks about her mother on her journey, and always has kind memories of her. So far I've seen there aren't so many obstacles in her way, nor any big trouble. This anime is to make you shout "KAWAII", it doesn't have a complicate plot.
Art:
The art is linear, clear and chibish for the most characters, Chi in the first place, but also humans; it fits well the kind of this show. Expressions are so funny, believe me they'll make you laugh and enjoy yourself while watching.
Sound:
It also fits quite well the animation, and though there isn't so much outstanding background music, there are often carillons' sounds, or funny music to fit funny scenes. The opening song (there's no ED) is cute and childish enough to make you melt.
Characters:
Chi is sooooo sweet, and everybody of you must at least agree with that. Also every other character shown is friendly. All the humans shown at the time I'm writing are pretty funny themselves. I'm really glad nobody hurt the little Chi, elseway it would have also hurt my heart.
Enjoyment:
Her story might turn out being something funny, sad or sweet, it's too early to say that. I really enjoy Chi's Sweet Home, and although I think 2:50 minutes are too short for an episode I enjoy every second of it. It's probably the cutest anime I've ever seen! read more
Recommendations
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Comedic "children's" anime about animals, but Chi's Sweet Home deals with cats only. Both also have a very short episode length, although Chi's Sweet Home is about 2 1/2 times longer, overall.
Primarily, both involve animals and have short episode lengths - Chi's Sweet Home with episodes around 2:30 minutes each and Damekko Doubutsu with times around 5:00 minutes in length. They're both sweet and comedic, and both are meant for children. Damekko doesn't have the 'Awww' factor that Chi does, however, but they are both similar in other respects.
They are both pure cuteness with a bit of humor and the episodes are extremely short (although Chi's Sweet Home are much shorter). Both have to do with talking animals and are pretty random with no real plot. Both are great to watch in one long boring day.
They both have an animal theme. They both have adorable characters. Episodes that last 5 minutes or less. No plot line but still enjoyable.
Central characters are very cute :) Also, both revolve around the daily antics of these characters.
Damekko Doubutsu is much shorter and even more simple, but both appeal to people who enjoy short, fun episodes.
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Both are about a homeless cat who get's taken in by a family.
While Chi's Sweet Home is more concise and story-driven, Poyopoyo is a definetely a bit more ridiculous and all over the place.
Cat stories, funny and enjoyable. Both show a family adopting a stray cat and seeing it doing extremely cute and funny random stuff during 3-minutes episodes.
Chi is closer to reality I think - well Poyo IS a round cat, after all - and the kitty acts like a real kitty would (that's to say : in an extremely cute way). Poyopoyo is a bit exaggerating sometimes, making it funnier in a way but putting the "cute" aside. Chi's also more focused on the cat, as its thoughts are put into words, while in Poyopoyo we have the family's point of view. In short, they are different shows but equally enjoyable, and cat lovers should go watch both immediately.
Both stories are about a family that adopts a (homeless) cat. Both have similar art styles and both are three minutes long per episode.
Both talk about cats taken into families, Both are 3 minutes long and very cute kittens daily life.
Both Cat & stories is about there new home and people they meet and they where both homeless cat. And is really Cute.
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Opening Theme"Ouchi ga ichiban (Home's the best)" by Chi (Koorogi, Satomi)
Ending ThemeNo ending themes found, add themes.
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