まほろまてぃっく

MAHOROMATIC

ANIME

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
12
RELEASE
December 29, 2001
LENGTH
24 min

DESCRIPTION

Vesper is a secret agency fighting an army of alien invaders by using super-powerful battle androids. Mahoro is Vesper's most powerful battle android and has won many battles, but she has little operating time left and soon will cease to function. However, if she lays down her arms and conserves her remaining power, the time she has left can be prolonged to just over a year. Mahoro is given an opportunity to live the remaining time she has as a normal human. She chooses to live as a maid for Suguru, a phenomenally messy high school student who lives by himself after his family passed away.

(Source: Anime News Network)

CAST

Mahoro Andou
Ayako Kawasumi
Suguru Misato
Fujiko Takimoto
Saori Shikijou
Yumi Takada
Miyuki Sakura
Yumi Kikuchi
Rin Todoroki
Manabi Mizuno
Chizuko Ooe
Asami Sanada
Slash
Keiichi Noda
Toshiya Hamaguchi
Hideki Ogihara
Minato Hokaze
Shinji Kawada
Toh Ryuuga
Takehito Koyasu
Kiyomi Kawahara
Atsushi Kisaichi

EPISODES

Dubbed

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RELATED TO MAHOROMATIC

Cover Art for Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono

ANIME ComedyMahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono

MANGA ActionMahoromatic

OVA ComedyKoharu Biyori

REVIEWS

AAAAAH
72/100
Pretty fun show with a few more serious elements mixed in.
In my Ebichu review, I mentioned how I was trying to watch every Gainax anime. Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden is another one of the more obscure anime that was produced by Gainax. (yes, Mahoromatic, not MahoROMANTIC like I thought it was) is a 2001 TV anime based on the manga of the same name, which as far as I can tell, probably . This is only a review of the first season, but it also has a second season and some TV specials.

It's about a combat android who was made by a secret organisation called "Vesper" named Mahoro (hence the title "Mahoromatic") who only has around a year of operation time left, and decides that she wants to live her last days as a normal human. She does still want to do work though, and finds a boy named Suguru who wants a maid. Suguru tries to hide this at first, but he doesn't keep it a secret for long and his friends/classmates are in on it almost instantly. The premise isn't really anything super original or anything, but I think it works well enough.

The series is mostly a lighthearted slice of life comedy (with a touch of romance) centered around Mahoro's interactions with Suguru and his friends, and her general lack of knowledge on what it's like to be a normal human (that probably wasn't a good description of it, but oh well). It never forgets about Mahoro's past as a military android or that she doesn't have much time left though. At the end of each episode there's a screen which tells you how much operating time Mahoro has left, with it slowly ticking down and there's an episode that's mostly dedicated to her time at Vesper. In the last few episodes there's a bit of a tone shift in general, and while it does feel very different from the rest of the show, I would say that the last couple of episodes are my favourite. Those last few episodes are also a lot more action focused, but that's definitely my personal preference so I'm not complaining.

The artwork/animation is pretty good. It's not amazing or anything, but it's nice to look at. Mahoromatic was released in 2001, around the time when the anime industry was switching from cel to digital, but the first season of Mahoromatic is actually cel animated (the second season, which was released in 2002 isn't though) and was pretty much one of the last cel animated anime.

I did enjoy this anime, but something I didn't like about it was the teacher character. She seems to be jealous of Mahoro for being around Suguru because she (for some reason) wants to get with him. She has no actual plot relevance or reason to exist (except to annoy every single viewer of the show) despite the fact that she appears in almost every episode.

Overall, even though I had fairly low expectations, Mahoromatic was an enjoyable show and I'm glad I watched it.
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