Hand Maid May

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Japanese: HAND MAID メイ

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Type: TV

Episodes: 10

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 26, 2000 to Sep 27, 2000

Premiered: Summer 2000

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 18:30 (JST)

Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment, Pioneer LDC, Cosmic Ray

Licensors: Geneon Entertainment USA

Studios: TNK, Production Reed

Source: Original

Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Harem, Romance, Sci-Fi

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 6.81¹ (scored by 10,831 users)

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Ranked: #4408²

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Popularity: #2790

Members: 22,204

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Summer 2000TVTNK, Production Reed

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Saotome Kazuya is a computer whiz. One day his friend Nanbara, threatens him with a computer virus. Trying to stop the virus, Kazuya ends up making a special order. May is a cyberdoll that arrives at his door a few minutes later and she is 1/6th the size of a normal person, which makes for many awkward situations. Not to mention the fact Kazuya can't even afford to keep May. Cyberdyne is not satisfied with Kazuya's non-payments and will do anything to retrieve CBD May.

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Alternative setting:	Hand Maid Mai
Sequel:	Hand Maid May: Akiramemasen

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May

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Yamamoto, Maria
Japanese

Saotome, Kazuya

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Yamaguchi, Takayuki
Japanese

Kotaro, Nambara

Supporting

Ueda, Yuji
Japanese

Mami

Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

Kei

Supporting

Minami, Omi
Japanese

Rena

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Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Sara

Supporting

Hikami, Kyouko
Japanese

Ikariya

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Yasuda, Miwa
Japanese

Tani, Kasumi

Supporting

Takahashi, Mikako
Japanese

Nabara, Totaro

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Canna, Nobutoshi
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Maseba, Yutaka

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Matsuda, Akio

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Kimura, Shinichiro

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Tanaka, Kazuya

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"Jump: Mayppai Dakishimete (JUMP~メイっぱい抱きしめて)" by P-Chicks, Takigami Yuka, Toyooka Masumi, Kobayashi Mika

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#1: "JUMP~MAYppai Dakishimete" by P-Chicks (eps 1,10)
#2: "Honto no Kimochi (ほんとの気持ち; True Feeling)" by Mikako Takahashi (eps 2-9)

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Jun 9, 2008

10 of 10 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

kawaiimisato (All reviews)

20 people found this review helpful

This show is all about moe.

The story is nothing special by any means, its mostly just one of the "day to day life" of the characters with random things happening here and there. Most of the enjoyment in this show comes from the relational battles and character interactions, and of course everything being uber moe.

The art is done pretty good, all the characters look well done. There aren't a whole lot of scene changes so there isn't a whole lot of backgrounds or moving animation sequences but for what there is, it all looks good. Lots of bright and happy colors to read more

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Sep 29, 2010

10 of 10 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Romie-chan (All reviews)

18 people found this review helpful

For being such an old anime I surely did enjoy it. It's pretty much your typical harem anime, except it's with Cyber Dolls. The synopsis did a pretty good job explaining the first episode. One of Kazuya's enemies (who is pretending to be his friend) gives him a CD with a virus on it. But the virus unintentionally leads him to a cyber-doll website where he accidentally orders a cyber doll called May. May turns out to be a tiny little maid that has limited battery power. After a day or so, the delivery person comes back and requests Kazuya to pay 1.45 million Yen as payment for receiving the Cyber Doll. And that's where it all begins.

Story: The story was pretty good. It's definitely not your ordinary harem plot for all the women to fight over one guy, but inevitably it had drama in it and it did make a guy like me cry a couple times. Romance was definitely a part of this series and I applaud the creators of this great series.

Art: Well, the art is a bit older, but I was amazed to see the clouds in the Typhoon episode had colors that not even my modern graphics card could display. Otherwise the art was typical of the time it was made. It wasn't child like chibi stuff and it wasn't too realistic, it had it's own flow that sat really well with the series.

Sound: As a musician I tend to hear the music more than other people do. The OST does have a few romantic songs in them that I wouldn't mind getting, but overall the music matched perfectly with the moods throughout the entire series. Sound Effects were not bad and didn't lag in any way.

Character: Each character is something you would see in animes in the current day. A shy maid, a teasing researcher, a gluten, an energetic mom, a violent childhood friend, a constantly complaining friend, a shy guy who can't choose between anyone and a daring little girl. All typical if you look at modern anime's. This series to me was one of the first to have done this and was likely the one to shape most harem anime's proceeding it. All the characters felt unique in their own way and had lots of their own purposes.

Enjoyment: This was definitely an enjoyable anime. At times it made me laugh to the point I couldn't breath or to the point I was going to throw up and it also made me cry a few times. It definitely had the romance that I was looking for and the harem fighting didn't go overboard at any time.

Overall: I give this anime a 9/10. It was very romantic with some drama, it was a heavenly slice of life with beautiful Cyber Dolls and charming nerds.

However, the only thing I do not like about this series, is that one of the characters constantly yells. It reminded me of Girls Bravo where one of the male characters not only fondles all the women, but constantly screams his head off, which is why I probably gave Girls Bravo a lower rating.

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Nov 15, 2009

10 of 10 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Mimerio (All reviews)

14 people found this review helpful

I personally loved this anime + the OVA (For some reason it counts as episode 11)
The only reason i'm giving the story a 6 is because it didn't get too dramatic until the second half of the series.

the sound was just phenominal (sorry can't spell that) The Opening theme and Ending theme really gave it that extra push!

A Recommendation for all Harem / Ecchi Fans out there!

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Jul 24, 2012

10 of 10 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 6

angelsreview (All reviews)

5 people found this review helpful

It’s rather cute in a way, though full of fan service. They do a lot of panty shots along with dressing scenes. Because of this, I wasn’t able to get fully into the story line like I wanted but it also didn’t seem to know exactly what it wanted to do. I felt the story went all over the place until they finally figured out something to do at the end. The poor guy ends up getting a cute girl that will help him with everything he needs. I have never actually been fond of the story line but at least I could stand this read more

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