Plastic Neesan

Iroe Genma is a third-year high school student often referred to as "Elder Sister" despite her short height. This troublemaking teenager is the president of her school's Model Club, which is dedicated to building plastic models of various objects and structures, such as cars, boats, and even robots.

Joined by her two underclassmen, the violent Hazuki "Okappa" Okamoto and the rational Makina "Makimaki" Sakamaki, the small group aims to carry out their club duties but are often sidetracked by a myriad of distractions. From battles between club members to lessons on how to confess to your crush, these three schoolgirls get caught up in all sorts of wacky, and downright outrageous situations!

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Genma, Iroe Main

Kanou, Mari Japanese

Okamoto, Hazuki Main

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Sakamaki, Makina Main

Inoue, Marina Japanese

Kuniki Supporting

Taniyama, Kishou Japanese

Mizuno Supporting

Kurata, Masayo Japanese

Azuma Supporting

Akabane, Kenji Japanese

Ishihara, Satomi Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Sano Supporting

Saotome, Yuka Japanese

Sanada Supporting

Kanbara, Daichi Japanese

Cindy Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Oda, Tsuyoshi Producer

Mizushima, Tsutomu Director, Sound Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Shibata, Akihisa Storyboard

Hata, Aki Theme Song Lyrics

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Feb 8, 2025

The_Blue_Lotus

Recommended

It might not look like it at first, but some of the finest gag humour you will see in anime lies right here, folks. A feat that becomes all the more impressing when you consider the entire runtime of this show shies from 28 minutes approximately. Just so that you know, that's usually what the average episode of a regular anime last usually.

Just from the get-go, you are greeted with perhaps, one of the more chaotic anime intros I have ever seen. That pretty much lies the tone and feel of the rest of show: raw, pure, and unadulterated chaos.

Nothing on this series makes sense: ... why do the main-character girls all have plastic models of vehicles seemingly attached to their head at all times? Why is there a presumably alive toy soldier hiding in the tank on top Maki-Maki's head? Why does Okappa possess a superhuman force whenever she gets angry? And more importantly enough, why is everyone on this series some kind of perv when given the opportunity to act on their instincts?

Do you want to know the answer? It doesn't matter! You are thinking too hard about it! Just sit-down, bring some food with you and relax while you watch the nonstop joke after joke after joke and absurd and ridiculous situations this anime was made to deliver in the first place. I haven't been more entertained watching an anime such as this in a long while, and while some episodes can get rather stale and boring at times, I'm confident to state that Plastic Neesan is one of my favourite comedy anime ever made, without a doubt.

Give it a try, it is worthwhile and takes less than 30 minutes to watch. You will enjoy it, trust me.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Nov 25, 2023

vikash0066

Mixed Feelings

I think this anime is alright. While there are some parts that are more enjoyable and relatable than others, overall it is not that intriguing. This anime is more akin to portraying the everyday lives of three female high school students having fun together. The art style and animation are fine; each episode consumes only 2 minutes, by the way. This anime may have a different impression on girls because it portrays the life of a girl. And the storyline is not that unique, and this anime gives no shit to character development. If you feel free, you can just try this anime with no ... expectations.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 2, 2025

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Not Recommended

Clocking in at just over twenty minutes, Plastic Neesan is a girl’s club gag comedy that seemingly never deviates from what it at least tried to accomplish. Given the run-time, it’s a bit of a no-brainer that its standing as a collection of two minute shorts would be unable to encompass the necessities found within the usual makeup of a narrative. Although shorter stories may try to deliver a profound message, Plastic Neesan is different in this regard solely due to its comedic appeal. Got some time to kill? If so, this may or may not be for you.

Centering around three girls’ plastic modeling club, ... its facade of the usual club matters wouldn’t last long, as Neesan’s desire to be drawn like a French girl makes way for the other events that take place in a rapid-fire succession. It wouldn’t take long to find out that it’s a club where anything goes really, with the only coherence consistent within this anime’s plot are the girls’ friendship, who seem to put up with each other’s stupidity just fine. Essentially, its routine use of of gag-humor similarly leaves the viewer with a feign idea of randomness, despite the fact it could come off as rather consistent. Plastic Neesan’s humor could be plotted on a spectrum between childish slapstick humor, mediocre fan-service, or the occasional outlier that finds its way in-between the two. Although there’s not much to gague besides that, its comedy is typical for a run-of-the-mill gag comedy at a school, with none of the jokes really landing. Leagues below other gag comedies, it seems to pay homage to Cromartie Highschool by incorporating a gorilla into its story. As a matter of fact, plastic models have little relevance, as we’d come to see that they simply do what models to best, perch upon a scalp.

The characters are all one-dimensional, and more-so exist as comedic set pieces. Well, at least they’re not zero-dimensional background characters, because there’s nothing that encompasses the personality of a background character. Neesan as the main character (if one could call her that) is a strange one due to her personality being more in line with a side-gag character. Indeed, this is a gag comedy anime, but her friends both represent the “less silly” side to their friendship; typically, this phenomenon is reversed, at least in regards to Cromartie Highschool. When fed up with Neesan, her friend Okappa has the occasional burst of anger, which helps insert the high-quality level of animation in use for when she physically assaults her. Sporting a tank on her head, Makimaki is basically the “level-headed” one of the bunch, which is a kinder way of saying she doesn’t have much of a personality for a short which fulfills one purpose, and that is its gags. In addition, Okappa and Makimaki go through with a minor personality change when the comedy needs them to. All in all, they're not much of note.

The artstyle is the typical moe shtick expected from comedy anime taking place at a school. Although the jokes don’t often land, the slapstick helps it become more expressive, because although it utterly fails at being funny, it gives the series of shorts at least some character. Plastic Neesan is cute at times, and she seems to be indestructible when going up against Okappa’s anger. Again, the animation is quite good and the rest of the short’s contents don’t really do it any justice, it’s fluid and uses a lot of unusual animation techniques to give it the illusion of high speed. Oh, and the five second title card animation was pretty good to, surpassing most other aspects of the art.

What else is there? Not much really, this anime is unremarkable for the most part, and definitely not as funny as some would make it out to be. The title, for one, is almost misleading and more-so exists to set its comedic situations up. Besides that, the animation stands out when compared to the very structure of this short, which is surprising when good animation mostly a supporting element. Despite being just over twenty minutes, it rarely justifies its runtime at all.

Cromartie Highschool is miles better, and definitively went beyond an expressionless viewing experience. (Please) go watch that instead.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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