Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z

Although I not a big fan of PPG I really enjoyed this series. And because it's based the Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, I will compare them too.
The CN's series was an attemt to make a japanese style cartoon in America (just look at it: chibi characters with big eyes, magical girl feeling - schoolgirls turn ito heroes - that's not typical in the US.)
This series is a kind of "We show you a real japanese PPG". So the Aniplex made a franzische with some modifications.
First the changed the situation: to show it's an improvement of the US series, the Chemical X get ... a new ingredient and becomes Chemical Z.
Second: the girls get they power instead of they created by the professor. Also the girls are older now (not kindergarten aged, they go to school). The professor is less clumsy but he has a hasty son who makes up this shortage.
As a typical magical girl anime, the girls have to transform. The robot pet Peach's voice needed to trigger the transformation. They have weapons too (that's also typical) - but less superpowers.
Now the same things: the character names are the same as in the US series, each part is contains two episodes. Naturally the scene is changed to Tokyo.
The music also confirm the feeling that this is an "answer" or parody of the US series: the used music styles give some american feeling. During Blossom's and Bubble's transformation we can hear two typical 70's, 80's disco beat and during Buttercup's transformation I waited Madonna to start singing "Music". XD Even, the first ending is like the "Skater boy" from Avril Lavigne especially the ending's intro like Skater boy's intro
On the whole I really like this series (and the US prequel too)

Powerpuff Girls Z (PPGZ) is the retelling of the homonymous American cartoon (I’ll just call it PPGA), the silly adventures of a trio of supergirls as they protect their world from all sorts of criminals and monsters. Instead of just stopping to a dubbed version for reasons that I only imagine being fan pleasing, Japan decided to have its own PPG series, made from scratch. And boy, did they change a lot…

This is not exactly new in the industry. Since as far as the 80’s America and Japan make their own versions of the same story. Famous examples are Macross/Roboteck, American-only sequels to Voltron Defender ... of the Universe, an American-only OVA conclusion to the Saber Rider and the Starsheriffs, several Japanese-only sequels and spin-offs to the Transformers. The thing is, all those shows were 90% identical or easily recognizable to be of the same franchise. PPGZ is way too different to PPGA to the point it feels as a different show. But I thought it was some what of a good show.

ART (PPGA: 8, PPGZ: 5)

PPGA was using a rather simple to draw and animate artwork which looked very 2-dimensional. It was also made to be a tribute to both the pop-art movement, superhero comic books of the 60’s, as well as a parody to several Japanese anime stereotypes. That made it look special and unique in a way, even if there are several series that were made the same way, like South Park, Dexter’s Laboratory or Ying Yang Yo. It was still somewhat different from the typical cartoon, which packs a lot more animation, 3D effects and lip-synch.

PPGZ on the other hand looks way too typical. If you have watched several anime, you can easily see how average its animation is, with its jerky motions, frozen panels and repeating transformation clips. I’m pretty sure it costs more to create 3D effects and fluid animation but at the same time it looks far less captivating. It has no in-jokes to comic books and the anime jokes are not working that well, since mahou shoujo parodies are abundant in Japan but not in America.

I don’t blame studio Toei for animating it like this, since it follows their recipe of how to make a nice children’s show to the letter. It’s just that it was too safe to be given to them and not to, let’s say GAINAX or SHAFT, which would definitely have done a lot more experimenting and would have produced a far more uncommon result.

I think that was the only problem or thing I hated about this series. But anyway I thought the storyline was better then the original.

The Powerpuff Girls is a beloved cartoon made in the United States and was aired on Cartoon Network. Which had recieved an anime adaption in Japan.

Story 8/10:
It's a pretty enjoyable story which has maybe 1 or 2 episodes that fell flat from the rest. Powerpuff Girls Z is significantly different from the original PPG because story wise although there is a plot it tends to shift away from it for about 10-15 and then decides to return to the real problem at hand which it kind've turns into a slice of life anime, but to completely disregard the plot and adding slice of life just ... so that the story can get dragged out to last for a longer duration is not a good look. I loved how they knew exactly when and how to make the story threatening and create a certain level of suspense.

Art 10/10:
The character designs were executed beautifully and the Powerpuff Girls still kept their signature hairstyles, colours, eyes etc. Sedusa however changed drasrically and for the worst, her character design really stood out to me due the fact that I could barely recognize her until she said "I'm Sedusa". The atmosphere was bright, bubbly and aesthetically pleasing.

Characters 8/10:
I would've given it a 10 but what happened to the RowdyRuff Boys? They went from being the PPG sworn enemies in the original but in the anime they are just annoying, spoilt little boys. The scene where they took their pants off and farted in the girls faces was a big no, I thought it was an adaption for the PPG not Teen Titans Go! With those fart jokes and just behaving in an obnoxious manner led to the comedy feeling extremly forced at times. Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup had the same personalities and styles but their interests changed, honestly not much of a bother it was pretty fun with some interesting character development especially from Buttercup.

Music 8/10:
All the openings and endings were absolutely amazing. Reason behind losing 2 points was mainly caused by the fact that those are the only songs that stood out and their battle song, the rest of the songs were either forgettable or just down right basic.

Voice acting 10/10:
They did what needed to be done. There's no debate, the voice actors just delivered in the original japanese and english dub. (I watched the anime more than once in English and Japanese)

Overall 10/10:
Is what it deserves, watch the show because apparently unlike Powerpuff Girls (US), Powerpuff Girls Z doesn't appeal to everyone as much.

The animation had a rushed quality to it as if the episodes needed to be pushed out as soon as possible. A few scenes were reused a bit too much, excluding the transformations of course. While the story was tedious, overly goofy, and some episodes felt like barefaced copies of previous ones, it did manage to keep me amused. If it weren't for those more entertaining moments, though, it would have been a very "meh" series. The main attraction here is the immature playful comedy. I would suggest staying away from Powerpuff Girls Z if you are particularly critical with plot. (80% of the awesome ... is in the last three episodes. That's a bit taxing in a fifty-two episode long series, no?)

So, me and my little sister (Me 13, she 5) watched this. After the first few episodes, my sister pretty much summed up the flaws. The ppg powers are greatly reduced, ("I don't like how they can ONLY use yo-yo's and stuff)...also, the voices are horrible. This anime is ALOT like Sailor Moon, but with the ppg storyline. In Sailor Moon, I was forced to watch the subbed version, due to the fact that I couldn't STAND the voices. Same with this. My sister can't read, so she was forced to watch the dub, she also hated the voices.

The characters a rewritten a bit;

... Blossom is still the self appointed leader, but she's a bit boy crazy. She also doesn't enjoy doing homework as much, and moral stand's have dropped from the original Blossom.

Buttercup is the most athletic girl in school, and is barely even a girl. She hates wearing skirts (Unfortunately, when they transform, they transform, short skirt is a big part of the costume...*cough* Sailor Moon *Cough*) But she's not THAT much different.

Bubbles is the cute one. She is CONSTANTLY getting love letters and date requests, but she's also the dumb one. Go Figure.

If you hated Sailor Moon (Like me) then you MIGHT hate this...I recommend watching the first 3 episodes, then judging for yourself. If your a ppg fan, this is definitely a step down, but it is most certainly a step up from Sailor Moon.

Wish you the best, In your Anime Quest ^.^
-Drumming1997

TL;DR: Powerpuff Girls Z is a blast of nostalgia from my personal childhood and a fun show to watch when you have nothing else.

L;DR
First and foremost, I've given this show the rating I did out of pure nostalgia. I never watched the original Powerpuff girls as a kid the way that my friends did, and instead I grew up on... this. It's what probably introduced me to anime and what bonded my older sister and I- hours in front of the phone watching this show. I also remember watching it dubbed, and from my vague childhood memory it wasn't that bad.

In this review I can't ... exactly comment on comparisons to the original Powerpuff Girls, as I have no experience with it. However, several years and about a thousand anime episodes later, I have more experience with the field of anime in general.

It's pretty much a magical girl show. Three girls are hit with a chemical that suddenly give them... new outfits and superpowers, I guess. They have to hide their secret double life while attending school and saving the world. There's even transformation sequences to boot. The best word to describe it is fun. It's really, really, fun. If you can suspend your disbelief for a while to watch this zany magical girl anime rendition of a classic, you won't regret it. Powerpuff Girls Z is objectively and technically not amazing, but absolutely positively a good time.

Most people mocking this anime with Sailor Moon for a reason, but unlike all the mahou-shoujo genre, it comes from the already popular much more brutal and regular non-anime Powerpuff Girls from Cartoon Network. However the story itself is nicely done however not faithful to the original story at all, but has many potential to continue the story in manga, even if the anime itself gained far from enough popularity than expected from the English and other asian Cartoon Network channels from the 2000s. The artstyle tastes simple and touches Scott Pilgrim in many ways. The transformation of the girls were pretty much unnecessary and ... Mojo's height is disturbing. The rest of the villains look okay and still faithful to the original CN version. The story is enjoyable and tries to remain as family friendly as possible which deserves to be watched by kids unlike the CN version which has really brutal and disgusting episodes. I actually managed to have a different type of Powerpuff girls I really wished for even if I cannot highlight most things about it as it's as average as possible. Glad PPGZ eventually happened to customize the anime arsenal even more for it's release and the lenght of the series is healthy on top of that. I recommend the series to people who likes the CN version and really into mahou-shoujo as this PPG is really made to become a mahou-shoujo.

now this may seem to be just a knock off of power-puff girls but the story is completely different than the one that appeared on CN the story line is different and the show is more of a magical girl anime it even has a transform sequence and the girls have secret identities and everything.
the character design is really nice as well and the animation for the transform sequence is by far one of my favorite things in the show. the sound was ok when i first watched it but thats because i watched it on YouTube sadly so i ... don't recommend you watching it there id find a better place.
over all i enjoyed the show a lot its one i would recommend to newer watchers of anime sense its simple and a quick watch i enjoyed it a lot and so did my friends who have watched it.