Have you asked the obvious questions like "Why doesn't anyone recognize them?" while watching Sailor moon?
If you have then THIS is the best possible anime you could watch!
(Something went wrong when I posted this and it cut off midway, this is the edited and completed version ^^)
Story:
5 fairly bored guys go to Binan high school and have club together called the "Earth defense club "lol"" where they do practically nothing. One day when two of the guys are taking a bath at a local bath house they regularly visit, when a pink fluffy animal that looks like a wombat drops down and ask them to help him protect the earth against monsters!
Together with the other guys in the club they become "Battle lovers" heirs to the throne of love! With frilly outfits and everything!
Yes! Everything you just read is just as silly as it sounds, and that's what makes it great! It rips off a typical magical girls scenario and uses it to ask all the questions you've always wanted answers for, while making fun of it to the extremes! Not only that but it makes fun of typical bishounen show fanbases, and since I belong to many I laughed and shipped to my hearts content! As many magical girls shows it's mostly fillers with a lot of fan service, but it doesn't feel like filler since they focus a lot on the relationships between the boys in multiple forms!
The final episode has the most unexpected plot twist since Mirai Nikki or even Death note if I may say so by the way.
Characters:
The main 5 are Yumoto, En, Atsushi, Io and Ryuu. They are accompanied by their trustworthy(That was sarcasm) side-kick wombat, whom you'll get to know incredibly little about. The 5 MCs are all pretty basic and stereotypical, but they are on purpose. What really makes them is the relationships between them and the whole parody thing. They are sorta paired up in Ryuu & Io, Atsushi & En, and Yumoto & Wombat, the first 2 pairs are best friends with each other. Putting the fact that I ship them both very hard they work off each other so very well! They aren't your everyday best friends who are perfect, no they bicker, and disagree with trust for the other just like normal best friends. This makes them all the more amusing and comfortable to watch as they learn more about each other.
We also have three villains who I won't go into any detail on since that might spoil some small details that I think everyone should experience first-hand on their own. I will say this tough: They are voiced by Kamiya, Fukuyama and Terashima, in other words: It's pure perfection.
Art & Sound:
If you are looking for something that is very fresh and unique in it's style and animation then look elsewhere. This show doesn't have all that good animation, and the soundtrack doesn't stand out at all. HOWEVER! Focusing on good animation and a fantastic and memorable soundtrack would have done nothing in this show's favor. The simple style and bright colors is just what this show needs for the comedy to shine, and I am so very happy that they went in that direction. It looks fantastic in the transformation sequences, and that's all I could ask for. I really can't remember anything from the soundtrack. That said you will have the opening theme in your head for at least a week! The op and ed songs get a lot of focus and are perfect for the show. That alone is more than enough for me.
Overall:
If you are bored, If you love shipping, If you are looking for a plate of brilliance, If you are looking for a good laugh, If you watched Sailor moon and Pretty cure when you were little, If you watched them just recently, THIS is the show for you!
This show takes the parody in the world of anime to another level of spot on and funny!
The writers of this show have obviously been the ones asking the questions while watching magical girls anime. They wrote this to give us their speculations on how the kingdom of girls fighting in mini skirts is ruled.
This has a lot of fan service and hints at ships which makes the fujoshis jump with joy, but anyone can watch this show, shipper or not and find it absolutely hilarious!
Judging this show for what it is and is trying to be I give it a strong 9.3/10!
I would recommend this for ANYONE.
Thanks for reading, and I will now go watch the last Nanatsu and then try to get this assignment done! Have a good one!
