I first known about Himouto! Umaru-chan after searching what anime I should watch after finishing spring season. Honestly, I consider this as my main priority to watch for Summer 2015, but after watching Gakkou Gurashi! (Considered as my highest priority for SM 2015) I still make Himouto! Umaru chan as my second highest priority to watch in 2015, so no hard feelings for Himouto lovers. :D
And I’m really glad I watch Himouto Umaru-chan, one of the best combination of comedy and slice of life anime in my life, I don’t know for others but it may depends on their perspectives but for me I totally enjoy it. Down below is my full review about this series. Other than that, I’ve learn so much from this anime that I completely forgotten to do my homeworks. And yet, most of the scenes in this series I can almost relate to my everyday life where my sister is struggling to control me when it comes to anime related staffs. Anyway, back to the review.
I really like how they scripted the story from the manga, well except some of the scenes may be cut-out but overall it was well adapted and I like how they make the story simple and not too complex, (my perspective). Other than that, the pacing of the story is not too rushed or too slow, just right, (I haven’t read the manga so excuse if I’m wrong). Most of the story focuses on Umaru who has a two-faced side being one a perfect sister with strong intelligence on the outside and seconds after stepping into the house, turning into annoying yet cute otaku Umaru-chan and Taihei whom he has to deal all kinds of problems that his sister cause or make a big tantrum and this is where comedy played a big role in this series. Not much of bikini scenes except for the ED song video and the final episode if you don’t drop the series. Nonetheless, this is a good 2015 summer anime for those who loves comedy and slice of life show. Not much of romance content, but still have those ship moments. Don’t forget, this show has a lot of references from other anime.
The work is done by Doga Kobo, a studio which make good anime for example Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Yuru Yuri and recent anime Plastic Memories. Their animations are really decent, not bad for 2015 animations. The background is not too saturated as it follows the mood of the character and character designs are not too bland, in fact Umaru is quite cheerful when she is in cola mode. I love how the original character, Sankakuhead design all the characters of the series, it’s pretty cute especially Ebina. Overall, not much of weird animations made by Doga Kobo.
Most of the seiyuu which I haven’t heard before are pretty new to the anime industries, yet they did an amazing job voice acting on all the characters in this series, especially the seiyuus of Umaru, Ebina, Kirie and Sylphynford. Not bad for first starters. The OP song is very catchy and perfectly match the personality of Umaru since she loves to play video games so much and the ED song well quite enjoyable to listen. OST or background music are lovely too. And the sound effects when Umaru transforms is almost related to Yuru Yuri’s “Akari disappearance effect” because the director is from Yuru Yuri!
I love all the characters of this series, they all have unique appearances and personality. I love how Umaru being an otaku at home and loves to talk all about games and anime to his brother because that’s what I did in real life, but I do prefer her on the outside personality though and well the good thing about her is she cares for her onii-chan since he work really hard to financially support her. Sylphynford is Umaru’s not really kinda rival and she loves to challenge umaru just because she is below her but nonetheless they do spent together as TSF and UMR. Kirie, is more like Tomoko from Watamote except that she is cute and shy, well Tomoko is cute too so yeah. She’s having a hard time to talk with other people because of her shy personality but hopefully she would make more friends in the future, well at least Umaru help her. Ebina, ahh my favorite character of the series even though she is just a supporting character. What is so special about Ebina? Boobs? Nope, her air-headness and her kawainess throughout the series, I just wanna pet her head so much. Since she came from Akita, she is trying to improve her standard Japanese language so she can speak without making any Akita dialect, well except if she is in a good mood after tasting Tokyo’s food. Other than that i completely enjoy seeing her in each episodes, makes me happy.
With most of the episodes has completely finished airing, I feel sad that the show had ended but at the same time, I’m happy that they adapted this from the manga, I would say this is the best 2015 anime summer from my perspective and I enjoyed much watching on this, it helps me to cool down my stress after heavy load of school hours and help to cheer me up when I’m feeling moody. The good thing is that, this has no incest relationship because if it does, well that’s up to your imagination. Overall, this has easily made to be one of the recommendations for anyone who wanted to watch slice of life and comedy for 2015.
So to sum it all up, it has been an amazing ride with the Umaru and her friends and of course onii-chan throughout the whole series. Also thank you Oota Masahiko for directing Himouto Umaru Chan, he did well on directing this and making it a fun series to watch, he is the director who directs Yuru Yuri S1 and S2, hopefully there would be a season 2 for this, because it was freaking funny and cute to watch. Eventhough it is long and may be completely nonsense but I hope this review is helpful as I went a lot of process of thinking and rewriting the review again for the past few days. Thanks! And have a nice Umaru day!~
