Spotlight Anime: Mai-HiME MAL Series Information Page: Mai-HiME MAL Score - 7.91 (by 9993 users) Ranked - #353 Popularity - #90 For the next week I would like to have a discussion about the series that focuses on the key elements that we here on MAL use to critically rate an anime: Animation, Sound, Characters, Story, and Enjoyment. I would like everyone to approach this thread as if you were going to write a review and structure your initial post like this: Animation - insert rating Sound - insert rating Characters - insert rating Story - insert rating Enjoyment - insert rating Animation - discuss any pros and cons of the animation styling used in the series, try to include some specifics. Sound - describe any of the things you liked or didn't care for in regards to the music and sound effects used in the series etc... If you are having trouble writing up a review or coming up with specific pro's and cons, please don't worry. Just do the best you can with it and if you can only write two or three sentences about any of the 5 elements then that's OK. Not everyone here is currently at a level which will allow them to articulate their thoughts and opinions. After your initial post is made you can feel free to civilly discuss issues of contention. I am sure there will be many opinions expressed here that some of us will disagree upon and criticize and it is for that reason that this entire club exists. So I hope everyone has fun and I am really looking forward to watching this discussion unfold. RESULTS OF THE "YOU DECIDE" POLL: Mai-HiME was NOT inducted into the club Anime list: 17 Yes - 31.5% 37 No - 68.5% 65 Don't Know - 54.6% of the total number polled |
santetjanApr 13, 2009 11:51 AM
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| Pretty handsome show. 8/10 |
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| Agh. hate hate hate hate hate hate hate. Terrible characters, ugly character designs, absurd but oddly cliche plot, and one of the worst endings in anime. The only thing it has going for it is the music. This will be the strongest "no" I've given so far. |
| Picnic. It gets a no. |
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| 1-19 with the exception of episode 8 were all terrible 20+ was pretty good except the very ending, all in all though definitely not enough to get a yes into this club. No from me~ |
| This show could have easily scored a 9 from me, if not for the excessive fanservice and... Otherwise, I pretty much agree with Anime-Destiny (as usual). However, I will vote yes. It's still a fairly memorable show. |
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| Magic girl mecha? With the girls in question being scantily clad 14 year old schoolgirls? Wasn't that a joke in "No More Heroes" or something? |
ShaolinRibiero said: Wasn't that a joke in "No More Heroes" or something? Yay, a fellow Wii user! Hi there! Heh, I remeber the full page ad this had in Newtype: "A bunch of girls kicking ass. Simple as that." It's always interesting when an anime gets advertised like that. And what was not to like? You had thirteen superpowered girls, each with distinct personalities fighting monsters, mixed with loads of drama, hinted with a bit of slife of life and sprinkled with some ecchi. What could possibly go wrong? A lot, as it seems. Let's just get the girls out of the way first: twelve of the thirteen are lame. Well, maybe lame is a strong word. It's just that they are all stereotypes. You have the serene dyke, the reverse trap, the cold lonely girl, the man- eating slut, the cat- like girl with the brains of a peanut that Sunrise forgot to make funny, etc. it's the minor problem that these girls are stereotypes, the major one is that among the aformentioned characters, only three gets any sort of characterization. And even though it's much appreciated, it's just too little too late. So, with twelve of the thirteen main girls sucking, what have you got left? Well, you have Mai. And don't complain, Mai is a lot to have. Seriously, the mere fact that Mai is in this show saves it. Let me give it to you straight: with her pureness, her love, her anger, her sadness and her beauty, Mai is one of the most accomplished realistic portrayals of the female in the entire medium of anime (alongside Kirigoe Mima of Perfect Blue and Eva Heinemann of Monster). Mai is just a joy to watch, and her very presence livens up the show so much, that even at it's dullest, the mere notion that Mai will be on screen again keeps you going. Another thing about Mai: I don't know who is in charge of facial expressions at Sunrise, but they set the bar so high it those terms, the only character that could meet that quality was Light Yagami, years later. But hey, don't believe me, believe this gif. Even if the rest is horrible, Mai can not be beaten. Neither her face. "Wait, Mai- HiME is bad?" Oh yes, very bad. Mostly because of the story, wich is just plain dull in the beggining. Hardly anything interesting ever happens in the first half, and it's a real chore to watch. But then, during the middle of the season, the story picks up, and WHOA!!! what a ride! Have the military attack to school of the girls, and Mai- HiME becomes enthralling. Have the girls fight eachother to the death in order to decide which becomes the bride of the mistical force defending japan, and Mai- HiME becomes one of the best watches of the decade! There's just one problem you see. Mai- HiME was made by Sunrise. And just as Gonzo are known to produce utter shit from the get- go, Sunrise is known to be able to turn the best premises into steaming piles of bull feces. How do you squander half a season worth of drama and (in some cases) character development with the by now well establised characters, even after upping the stakes and killing almost all of them off? By resurrecting them, of course! Mai- HiME provides it's viewers with the most rage- inducingly dissapointing ending ever made in anime, and sadly, this leaves it's mark on the whole experience. Whatever joy came out of this show suddenly gets washed away in the most contrieved, annoying happy ending in anime history, and because of this, I don't think anybody should spend their time watching it. All in all: 6/10(six billion for Mai, minus (six billion - 6) for the rest) Does not deserve to be included, and otome is better anyway (even though it doesn't deserve 7 points, but MAL's rating system sucks ass, and some differentiation has to be made.) |
| from your spoiler tag that was the best part of mai hime by far dozer |
| Mai-HiME started off consisting of really silly and cheesy episodes with our cast of characters for most of the show, and I consider that a good thing. Besides some of the episodes being very entertaining (depending on your tolerance for silliness, such as episode 4 which busted a hole in Natsuki's stereotype, and there still are duds here and there), information is laid down for much later importance in the series, and we get to know our characters better as they go along. Then when the plot really gets going and things start happening to our characters, we see both how things were planned out as well as how much we've come to know the characters. Since, though we see them do silly things like karaoke or cooking events, we still learn more about the characters and how they interact with each other. So when things start going down and the characters get sucker punched out of nowhere, I pretty much felt the same myself. There have been very few shows that made me feel for characters and made me want to know what happens next as much as Mai-HiME has in the turning point, and especially to Mai, who has already been talked about by Dozer. And I haven't seen a show that has cleverly made me interested in the characters without knowing it as this show. It's not the best show by far, with plotholes galore, some quirks that can rub the wrong way, and so on, but it's definitely getting a yes vote from my book. That Yuki Kajiura produced one of her more unique and best soundtracks for Mai-HiME is an extra note in my book. :P |
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