The Essentials
Name: Midori Days, Midori no Hibi
Genre:: Comedy, Romance
Episodes: 13
Released: April 3, 2004 - June 26, 2004
Based On: Midori Days manga by Kazurou Inoue
Director: Tsuneo Kobayashi
Produced By: Bandai Visual, Studio Pierrot, TOHO
US Distribution By: AnimeWorks
Major Japanese Cast
Seiji Sawamura: Kishô Taniyama
Midori Kasugano: Mai Nakahara
Takako Ayase: Reiko Takagi
Rin Sawamura: Atsuko Yuya
Kouta Shingyouji: Rie Kugimiya
Osamu Miyahara: Hirofumi Nojima
Shuichi Takamizawa: Yuji Ueda
Shiori Tsukishima Yukari Tamura
Haruka Kasugano: Sayaka Ohara
Major English Cast
Seiji Sawamura: Drew Aaron
Midori Kasugano: Kether Fernandez
Takako Ayase: Mollie Weaver
Rin Sawamura: Zoe Martin
Kouta Shingyouji: Sebastian Arcelus
Osamu Miyahara: Sean Elias-Reyes
Shuichi Takamizawa: Joshua Popence
Shiori Tsukishima Michelle Medlin
Haruka Kasugano: Rachael Lillis
Scores
Animation: 9/10 (x 4 = 36 pts)
Story: 7/10 (x 4 = 28 pts)
Music: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Coherency/Story Arc:8/10 (x 2 = 16 pts)
English Dubs: 8/10 (x 1 = 8 pts)
Gut Score: 8/10 (x 5 = 40 pts)
Total: 160/200 (80%)
Review
Midori Days is about Seiji and his “devil’s right hand” that he uses to easily beat up gangs of thugs, even when it appears that he’s outnumbered. However, one day he wakes up to find a girl where his right hand should be. We find that the girl’s name is Midori and that she’s had a crush on Seiji for quite a while. Also, Midori appearing on Seiji’s right arm appears to have caused her real body to fall into a Coma.
What follows is a series of mostly laughts as Seiji has to live with Midori on his right arm, trying to hide from people at school, but being found out by both his eccentric sister as well as a doll-loving classmate (who initially thought Seiji secrety had the same fetish after seeing Midori). There isn’t necessarily that much of a story other than Seiji’s and Midori’s day-to-day adventures, however.
The animation looks pretty crisp and the music and dubs are about average. Overall, this isn’t necessarily a particularly good anime, but it isn’t a particularly bad anime either. It’s basically an average anime comedy that anime fans may enjoy. them.
First Watched: August 2006
Do I Own: No
Do I Recommend: Indifferent
I had three “in Japan” series that I’ve been keeping an eye on for licensing information (Haruhi Suzumiya and I”s Pure being the other two) and, to be frank, I was expecting Kasimasi to be the last one of the three licenced.
November 7, 2006
November 7, 2006
