Onegai My Melody 1

  
  
  
  

Continuing with the 子供向け shows here with Onegai My Melody, just for completeness' sake, I suppose, but it was an enjoyable watch ;)

The My Melody (CV: Sakuma Rei) of the title is our main doll character, having been banished to the human world after being accused of helping a rather not-so-nice looking doll (the skull kinda gives it away), Kuromi, make an escape. My Melody seems to be a rather ditzy girl.. Kuromi ends up causing trouble for our main human character, a chou-genki middle school girl named Uta. She's taken up violin because her crush, bishounen Hiragi-kun (CV: Okiayu Ryoutarou), also plays violin. But she's not that great and wishes she could get better. Kuromi rides up, saying he'll grant her wish...

Well, not exactly, since it turns into more of a nightmare for Uta as her violin goes off on its own at the recital, completely ruining things for her. But My Melody arrives, and after Uta mistakes her for Kuromi for a second and about shakes her to death (Uta's a rather violent girl, isn't she?), and after being admired by Uta's friends, My Melody finally helps Uta out and stops the violin with her magical baton, bringing a crab backpack that Uta's little sister has to life and making it snip the violin strings (isn't there a better way to do it than that, though?) with her charm powers -- the "onegai" ("Please") of the title. Powerful stuff there ;)

Uta still feels down, though, and thinks of quitting playing the violin... but after being praised by Hiragi-kun she's back to her usual chou-genki self, full of confidence to start practicing violin even more than before... Hiragi-kun says the same thing to the other girls, though, so I dunno if she should be that happy about it :P She thanks My Melody and ends up taking her home.. meanwhile, Kuromi plots the next veeeery evil plan, I'm sure ;)

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Back when I was younger in the 80s, "Hello Kitty" (the main Sanrio character, Kitty-chan) was quite the thing in the US, and there was even a Sanrio store at the local mall in Athens. With two younger sisters you bet I ended up having to go there quite often.. and to be honest, I did like going there since I usually was able to get something... so watching My Melody kinda gave me a bit of a natsukashii feeling ;) And actually, My Melody's not too bad for a kids' show with an obvious marketing tie-in. Studio Comet (handling School Rumble and Peach Girl most recently) did the animation and did a nice job with things, and kawaii chou-genki Uta-chan (the whole spiral ponytails thing is popular now, isn't it?) made it all that much easier to watch for me (my weakness for kawaii things shows itself once again...). I didn't really mention Uta's friends, but they seem to be a fun group. And one of them's got a Kansai accent so that's a plus ;)

I don't think I'll watch it every week as I will Futago Hime since it wasn't quite as fun, but an episode every now and then wouldn't be out of the question if I feel a need for even more cute in my anime diet :)

Updated: The official site is actually up with stuff now so look there for a promo movie and other stuff. And check 夜鯖の無職な日々 for more screencaps.