Ranked #1588

Omamori Himari

A Nyan Koi rip-off? Not really...

If your like me and have been following the manga prior to the anime airing, I'm pretty sure you'd be interested like I was to see how this adaptation would turn out.

After the opening, I was actually surprised to want to watch the next episode due to how close the show stuck to the manga's storyline. With a long line of let-downs in the last year for adaptations, I had made sure not too have to much of an expectation for this show, and I'm glad I did as its proven to be just above what I had hoped for.

Without going into detail, Omamori Himari is the story of Amakawa Yuuto, descendant to a long line of demon slayers, and his kick-ass sexy feline guardian Himari Noihara(demon neko-mimi). Add in a 'tsundere' childhood friend, a loli, a maid waitress, and an 'ojou-sama' like fiancee and you have the rest of Yuuto's "cliched harem" as they try to handle co-existence with youkai(demons) and humans alike due to Yuuto being casted as one of those sensitive new age guy who doesn't like violence(the type of nose-bleeding harem male you love to hate)

Now this show falls in the genres of Action, Comedy, Demons, Romance, Harem, Supernatural....which sound like ingredients to a great plot and story, but coming from a creator who's previous works are hentai, what you will see is fan-service and a lot of ecchi(as a male I have no problem with that)...well I guess the benefits of a H-mangaka is that you can expect the art to be top-notch. From the animated background to the 3 sizes of each heroine, they've made sure to cover the right angle shots in detail(if you can get past the censorship that is...hopefully there'll be none of that when DVD gets released).

The OP and ED are ok but not something to start looking out for on your next karaoke session and some of the BGM can be classed as elevator music(well not as bad). As for the voice actors, you have a great line up of seiyuus(Tenma from School Rumble being Himari as an example, and the cute Kuro from Kodomo no Jikan as Shizuku for those loli-lovers ^nano). The only thing I wasn't pleased with is Yuuto's VA, which I feel they've miscasted. Those who've seen School Days should know what I mean. Everytime I hear Yuuto's voice whilst Himari's trying to flirt with him, I get that spine-cringing feeling that someones out of place. I do feel sorry for that seiyuu as its not his fault for being the VA to Makoto(probably the most hated male lead in all of harem time), but he just does not suit being a harem lead.

All-in-all without discriminating the show from the seiyuu, Omamori Himari is a worthwhile anime and the only thing I'm worried for now(as I'm only upto ep.4 at the moment) is that there are only 12 episodes which I don't think will cover the manga so whether they change the adaptation by ep.12 or a second season is in place, we'll just have to wait and see. From the producers ZEXCS(who gave us Regios, Rental Magica and *vomit* Da Capo), here's hoping they don't stuff this one and give us a bad ending, or in Makoto's term a "nice boat"....

As I mentioned, Nyan Koi it is not...if you haven't read the manga and start this series with a fresh outlook and have no expectations, I can safely vouch that this anime will aim to please read more

it's a great anime it has a manga to and if u like ecchi, romance,action(good fight scenes indeed) u found ur anime its really a great anime.

its about a boy named Amakawa Yuuto he is a demon slayer(and has the blood of amakawa it gives power to the demon slayers but there are other clans they got their own powers and blood)but in the centry we live they dont need demon slayers or they thouth.then he encounters demons but he doesnt have training to kill them becouse of his family.so there comes our cool savior cat himari he protects yuuto then he encounters many other demons some of them will join him and some of them will do everything to kill him

story: its interesting and never gets boring 10
art: its super gooood 10
sound: its cool and good 10
character: cooool
enjoyment: from the beginin to the end its AWESOME so its ok
OVERALL: 10 read more