Moetan

Moetan can best be described from the popular tags on the database. It's a comedy about a group of loli magical girls who behave moe.As in any other loli anime before this, it starts off with a walk to school. Nijihara Ink just happens to act all clumsy and cute as she tries to get to school. Hilarity ensues...





Story (Mediocre)
It's an already been used story line thats been beaten down so many times that you can tell if you'll love it or hate it based on the first episode. Judging from the first episode you'll get an eyeful of purposely cute situations mixed ... in with some gratuitous fanservice. And when i say gratuitous, i mean theres so much fan service that you will either enjoy it because theres so much or hate it because it's too much. It's not for the faint of hart, trust me. Other than that, Ink and her friends get to deal with some monsters and fight bad guys thats pretty much the gist of the story.

Art (Great)
Fortunately, the art is something to be believed. The artists did such an amazing work on this show. It's kind of like an anime version of Candyland, with all the bright vibrant colors, large shapes, and cute things. Everything is crisp and clear in high definition. But you will notice (like the theme) that the style might feel a little borrowed from an anime here and an anime there. When I watched it, for some reason it reminded me of Popotan. For others N-Drop. And maybe even a little Kamichama Karin. Point is, that it'll remind you of another show.

Sound (Very Good)
The sound, like the art quality is very clear and 'magical' as one would expect from a magical girl anime. Complete with their own transformation song/sounds to all the comedy antics one is used to when watching this show. I didn't feel any annoyance toward any sound and I (again) love the OP and ED song of this show. Very happy, catchy little melody with some engrish for some extra kick. The seiyus were all spot on. I can even say that they did a damn good (aka hilarious) job on Moetan Corner. I can watch that segment over and over and its still pretty funny.

Character (Good)
The magical girl characters are all typical moe branded type girls. But they do add a little 'extra' to them to separate themselves from the rest. For instance, Ink's left (sometimes right) sock always falls down. Sumi's ahoge makes little emoticons to show her emotion which was really cute. And Alice's sidekick is just too much its fantastic. There are other characters around but they're a pretty forgettable bunch, except for the animals. You'll see what i mean if you get a chance to watch it.

Enjoyment (Good)
Overall if you're all into the "cute moe loli" thing than this show is a barrel of fun. But if you don't like the slightly ecchi loli thing, then try something else. As an acquaintance in a chartroom told me "Its disgusting." Personally i think what he said was a little overboard.

Moetan is more of a comedy rather than a romance, centered around 4 main characters that have magical powers.

The show was really more of a cute kid show rather than an adult oriented one. There was a lot of ecchiness and near pornographic transformation scenes. Although, the show was comedy oriented, I didn't find myself laughing my ass off (LMAO) or anything like that. Quite frankly it was pretty bland, but there were a few good moments here and there filled with moe.

The story is centered around a girl named Ink. She some how coincidentally found her way to becoming a magical girl who must ... help people. But her sense of helping people is helping a boy she has a crush on with his English studies. And that's mainly it, the plot gets a little thicker a little down the line, but it isn't anything really noting. (That should probably tell you how well thought out this show was).

The characters felt really shallow, as if there wasn't very much character build up. We learn very little about the characters past, which is the reason why I felt so detached to the characters. All of the magical people from another world are very perverted to the point they should practically be in jail. The only really deep thing about Ink's and Sumi's past is about their friendship and why they both like cats. Other than that, it is pretty much something you could've figured out on your own without an entire episode dedicated to that memory.

The music suited the mood and the actions the characters were doing, but I am pretty impressed with the English dialogue. Nao, the main character who is supposed to learn English, never actually speaks it, so I found that kind of ironic.

The art is very MOE. Almost everything about it is supposed to be moe. Little girls with no female features is apparently awesome in Japan... That is a cultural divide for me. Anyway, I was unimpressed with how the artists would repeat the exact same scenes, two, three and sometimes four times. It felt like there was a really big budget cut, so they took short cuts in a few places, and you'll notice them when/if you watch the show. And for some reason, frilly and complex costumes are impressive in Japan... it's no wonder that you need magic in order to put on these extremely complex clothes like that.

Other than a few things, I guess I can say that I enjoyed the show a little bit. It felt more like a waste of time rather than something I had to watch to satisfy my curiosity. There was good moments here and there, but the ecchiness was mainly involved with the little girls with no feminine features. Looking at naked little girls is practically no different from looking at naked little boys.

My second review ever! I tried to keep this short and straight to the point.


This review is spoiler-free!


Alright, I have to admit: this was partially my fault. I knew this was tagged as ecchi, a genre I greatly dislike, but I still gave it a shot anyways. I’m not going to deny that.

However, I don’t think that excuses this anime from being so unbelievably gross. You can try to convince me all you want by saying “but Ink’s 17!” but I think that fact only makes me dislike this anime even more. She looks like a child AND she acts like a child. Lewding her ... like that pervert duck I won’t bother to name by slapping some random age on her doesn’t make it any better.

I guess some people like the comedy aspect of it…? I don’t know. I didn’t find it funny, perhaps because I was too disgusted by the unnecessary angles they wouldn’t stop focusing on to notice anything else.

The only reason I didn’t quit watching it after the first five minutes was because I am a curious person, and I was hoping that at least the plot or the character’s personalities would make up for the sickening parts. Unsurprisingly, they didn’t. That’s why I dropped it so early on.

And it’s a shame, really. The concept seemed cute; it was just very poorly executed.

Honestly, I don’t see anyone enjoying this except for lolicons. So, if you’re into that, go ahead and watch it. Just stay far away from me please.

Anyways, I think I went on a bit of a rant there, and I apologize for that. Thank you so much for reading and bye-bye!