mayoi neko overrun ! : first impression

MAYOI NEKO OVERRUN !
studio : AIC
director : Tomohiro Matsu
serial run : April 6, 2010 - ongoing
total episode : 12
hime's priority rank : 07

NOMNOMNOM I CAN HAS DELICIOUS CAEKS TSUNDERE NAO PLZ ?

i am always a fan of kentaro yabuki-sensei works [ even if he wasn't the original artist for this series ] and so i definitely won't allow myself to miss the chance of giving this one a watch, despite all the harsh criticism it has gotten itself from the anti-moe faction of the anime fan community. well yes i certainly understand that too much of moe would eventually kill the industry but still there are those who find stuff such as this to be highly appealing to their interest, much like those who had taken bottomless liking to dark, psychologically-intriguing series [ for example ], no ? besides, all these moe shows aren't often without substance, and i greatly believe that it is much too early for us to pin them down unless they had [ obviously ] been proven to fail right off the first episode :3

anyway, tsunderes with extremely violent behavior excellent kicks and punches were my [ ultimate ] weakest spot, and thus to have an existence such as fumina within the series definitely is a divine blessing for me ever since the armlock-freak minami of the baka-test fame. not to mention the near-similarity in design between fumina and teana lanster [ of whom is listed in my top 5 fave ] were among the main driving force which has gotten me all interested into the series. that, and the character design + art direction + graphic execution combo were simply magnificent, with exact fluid animation that has kept me well anticipated ever since the promotional trailer aired prior to the coming of spring.

the series promises some pretty good LOLs [ aside from the great cast of seiyuus ] and incoming dramatic-progression based on the first episode so far, and i am greatly approval of that. +of course being of the harem genre this one series here may obviously lack on freshness etc but the genre has been somewhat [ extremely ] saturated lately so any slight hint of originality on the story / plot would definitely be a great blessing. still however i personally find mayoi neko overrun ! to be much entertaining [ for me, at least ] especially in its comedy sector, although the impact may not be as strong as its predecessors nyan koi ! and sora no otoshimono was; well we still got around 11 more episodes to go so let's hopefully wish for mayoi neko overrun ! to catch up with the brilliance and the magnificence of its [ aforementioned ] predecessors anytime soon :3

[ your number one 'most irresistible tsundere' for spring 2010 ]

p/s : i just happened to notice that peco - the original artist / character designer for the series - is the same artist who've worked on the lovely art of sono hanabira ni kuchizuke wo, the yurilicious visual novel series of which i've been a fan of. well this certainly has taught me something; next time do pay much attention on details such as this, especially in regard to stuff that i am greatly fond of x3