Ranked #5752

Usagi-chan de Cue!!

You have to hand it to Japan; they are at the very least unique when it comes to dreaming up absurd story concepts and then finding someone to actually produce them. The show in question is Usagi-chan de Cue!!, a moderately bad to horrible ecchi anime that combines the anime staples of shounen fighting, harems, and impossible breasts all topped with a pair of bunny ears.

The plot is ridiculous and silly, even by anime standards. Nor does it really make any sense either. It’s not that this really matters, because clearly what it is about is gigantic tits, tank tops and low angle panty shots. Though I was not going into this expecting a deep storyline but everything that is presented is completely nonsensical and a bit disturbing. What you might be able to decipher from it though is that a secret organization is making human-animal hybrids for unknown purposes. I think. Or maybe they are just spontaneously happening on their own, apparently because they are lonely. I get lonely too sometimes. Does this mean I am going to wake up one morning with rabbit years and a fluffy tail?

And now, on to our hero and heroines. Every good harem anime (and bad one too) needs a dull, lifeless, loser hero to attract his covey of buxom babes. Haru fills this role, as the animal loving guy who must fend off his slutty harem from making him see their enormous tits or trying to sleep with him. I mean what kind of teenager would want that!? Mikami/Mimika and Miku star as the chief threats to his virginal ways. Mikami is a violent girl but when merged with the rabbit she becomes a completely different type as the moe affectionate stupid girl Mimika. The story manages to delve into Mikami's sad and tragic past but there is little emotional meat behind any of it. The most unbelievable part about Mikami is her total and complete lack of any reaction to becoming half rabbit. I mean really? Hello? You have bunny ears and a tail! This doesn't freak your out even a little bit? She basically just treats it like its always been that way. On the other hand, Miku is our long suffering childhood friend who has always loved the male lead but doesn’t have the courage to say so. Yawn... where have I seen this before? Oh yeah, everywhere!

The supporting cast exists mostly for laughs. The villains are shadowy and lack any substance to make them hated or to even understand their motives. Of all of them Chou, the dog boy is probably the most amusing character in the series. The running gag with his changing headband was worth a few chuckles.

Artistically this show is really not appealing at all. If your desire is to see breasts and up skirt shots there are other anime that do it far better than this one. The breasts in particular are absurd looking and I have to honestly wonder if the artist behind these designs has ever even seen a real woman naked before. The action and fighting scenes are not compelling either. I suppose the music track and acting would constitute the high point of this series but that is giving it too much credit. They are average at best though some of the character voices are annoying to listen to. Mimika's performance in particular is increasingly irritating and grates on ones nerves as the show progresses.

Even hard core fans of ecchi and bunny ears would be hard pressed to find anything remarkable about Usagi-chan. If you really want to watch girls fighting you would be better off with something like Ikkitousen or Sekirei.


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Probably the worst anime I've ever seen. I sat through the first episode gritting my teeth and cringing the whole way through - and not cringing in a guilty pleasure way, cringing in downright embarassment for anyone involved in this absolutely appalling anime.
Granted it's an OVA but even then it's amazing this got produced.
The flimsiest of non-plots tries to hold up a story that's badly drawn, terribly written, poorly performed and aims for the very bottom of the barrel.
Only one character stood out as being anything more than dreadful, the Catgirl Koshka, but even then, one fairly bad character amongst a sea of utter rubbish isn't high praise. read more