Oreimo is a 2010 anime that aired from October 3rd to December 19th. It's based on the light novel series by Tsukasa Fushimi and has twelve episodes for this season. It's from the studio AIC Build and is romantic-comedy/harem.
It revolves around Kyosuke Kosaka, a normal 17-year-old high school student living in Chiba and has not gotten along with his younger sister Kirino in years. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyōsuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day however, Kyosuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime which had fallen in his house's entrance way. To Kyosuke's surprise, he finds a hidden eroge inside the case and he soon learns that both the DVD and the game belong to Kirino. That night, Kirino brings Kyosuke to her room and reveals herself to be an otaku with an extensive collection of moe anime and younger sister-themed eroge she has been collecting in secret.
The storyline I thought was very interesting. It revolved around Kirino and Kyosuke's relationship as brother and sister while seeing the everyday life of Kirino's otaku side. It was a different type of romantic-comedy/harem and I got a few good laughs out of it.
There were some characters I didn't like, like Kyosuke for he was just pretty bland to me. Kirino was very annoying at times but other times she made me laugh, and I thought she was a pretty good main character. The one character I truly liked out of this was Kuroneko/Ruri. She was most defiantly my favourite character and possibly one of my favourite female anime characters of all time. She was entertaining to watch, for when we met her she came off as this gothic otaku who didn't really talk much to this girl that was adorable in every single way possible. Saori was another good character, for the episode about her backstory didn't leave me feeling bored.
The animation was your average anime style but sometimes there were ways the camera was angled that caught my attention. How it showed Kirino the first time in the series, along with the last. It was most definalty beautiful animation in of itself.
The sound was nice to hear. The opening theme was catchy and I thought that ClariS was the perfect ones for the job. The song was upbeat and got you ready for what was in this show. The voice actors did an amazing job portraying their characters, most definalty Ayana Taketatsu as Kirino, Hitomi Nabatame as Saori and Saori Hayami as Ayase, Kirino's best friend.
Overall Oreimo was really fun to watch. I had lots of laughs and lots of surprised moments, for the show did take serious turns once in a while, which I was shocked about. I recommend it, at least the first season, to anyone who's interested.
I rate Oreimo 8/10 and give it 4/5 stars.
