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I wandered into this anime while looking for a new Shoujo Ai to read. What I got was unexpected gentle and sweet.

Lemonade isn't your typical shoujo ai romance. In many ways it feels like a "slice of life" anime, yet it focuses almost entirely on the character development. It does not get hung up on side plots or trivial characters. You see world from Youko's point of view. You listen to her thoughts and reactions and often times have the same reaction.

The artwork and charcter styles are simple. However, the artists does a great job at conveying emotions. ... The backdrops are simple, but again this manga focuses heavily on the characters.

I enjoyed it and although it was relatively short I felt it was completed well.

I finally watched this movie after having owned it for years. I had no idea what to expect. The opening music is delightful and the artwork is impressive. From the start the story takes on a very intimate feel. The setting is very cozy without much noise to distract you. That is because the focus of the story is on a much smaller world.

The story is simple with only a few central characters. The story is also quite slow and takes time to develop. This does not leave much time to show you much of the Borrower's world. ... I feel that's the biggest weakness of this movie. I felt it was just beginning right as it was ending. Almost like you are slowly driving by and catch but a glimpse into this beautiful world.

Like I said though, this movie was charming. It's a pleasant distraction for a rainy day. I just wish there was more.

Ugh. This was a tough one to finish. I've never played the video game but a friend lent me this, so I watched it in its entirety. I didn't even know it was a space themes anime until I got a ways into it.

I'm a sucker for space sci-fi. That is why I enjoyed this anime at all. The story was weak and farfetched and the character dialog and interactions were surreal and shallow. Don't expect much. If you like scifi, just enjoy it for its simplicity.

Take any ecchi, sci-fi anime, remove ALL of the story and character depth, and you get Yumeria. This is anime was produced solely to fill the dead space between commercials. To put another way, don't waste your time.

This anime seemed like it had a lot of potential, but ended up being a let down. The premise is that the earth's been taken over by gigantic bugs bent on killing all the humans. The humans flee to a space station called second earth, but eventually come back to pick up humans called sleepers who were in cryo until that time. That's where the anime starts off a it's quite an intriguing story.

However, this anime's storyline lacked direction in a major way. I enjoyed the pace and the characters seemed deep enough. However, the characters end up being fairly ... static in their development and the story just kind of meanders around until the final episodes where they try to explain everything. The explanations end up being silly and preachy. After watching all of those episodes I wonder whether I was simply watching them so I could watch Marlene's breasts bobbing up and down at the closing credits.

Artwork and sound were both subpar for a 1999 anime so this had to have been pretty low budget. I swear they reused the same bug screech in every episode.

If your bored and love sci-fi then you may as well give this one a try. Just don't be surprised if you're dissapointed after it's finished.

I really enjoyed this anime, but that does not mean it was a very good production. There's is a lot that could have been done to improve the story telling and characters. Perhaps the director was limited by the amount of episodes since the story seemed rushed. A couple things stuck with me after I had finished.

First, the protagonist, Sara Werec is memorable enough. She's your typical space drama lead character who is innocent but for some tragic reason is thrown into space to fight. Based on her personality it's impossible to not feel sympathetic towards her character so you ... are compelled to see the anime through.

Second, I enjoyed the music. The intro is very catchy, but not too serious. I wasn't in the mood for a serious anime anyways.

This manga is not easy to read, but it's worth it. If you like shoujo-ai, gather your courage and dive in. You will not regret it.

The author does a masterful job of including the subtleties of romance and love; so much so that you feel it.

The story is simple as are the supporting characters, as though they were a painting canvas for this wonderful story of two friends. I like that. Why bother with other complexities when love is so complex already.

When I found this manga, I had no idea what I was getting into. I finished all 35.5 chapters ... in less than a week with the last 10 chapters in one night.