I was so surprised of how popular this anime was because of the fact that almost every available scene in this anime has been utilised in videos in one way or another. And after watching this ONA, I can see why. Being a short 25 min long series, I was not expecting much as most of them don't really end up to my liking. However, Plastic Neesan was vastly different from all that.
In the short amount of time that was available, the pacing was handled absolutely brilliantly. They managed to cramp in so much interesting content and still make them seem complete. It was case of an anime that is so ridiculous that it turned out to be good. I was laughing uncontrollably almost all the way through. And that's both a relief and an upset at the same time because it is sad to think that this short ONA has better comedy that some longer anime that I've seen.
Now, the reason I can't really put this anime any higher is because of the ridiculousness itself. All of the things that happen here are so random and they do not seem to connect to one another in the slightest. Plus, we were introduced with "Plastic Models Are My Life". The plastic models take up literally only 1 of 12 episodes in this anime. What was the point of that? And of course, we hardly know much about the characters, which is technically a result from limited time.
I've never heard of TYO Animations but they actually did a rather good job with the animation. Although, I was not the biggest fan of the character designs but that hardly matters here. The characters still made this anime come to life.
As for the opening and ending themes... Ughh. Let's just forget about them. Moving on.
This ONA really surprised the heck out of me. And even though I only gave it a 7/10, the fact that I would even recommend a series of its length is already an incredible feat. I'm not entirely sure how a full length anime would have done for this series because the comedy seems to be super effective in short burst. But it definitely would have helped in character development and maybe develop a more comprehensive story. But for what it is here, it was a job well done. I can see why this ONA is everywhere.
