The Essentials
Name: Please Twins, Onegai Twins
Genre:: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Episodes: 12 TV, 1 OVA
Released: July 15, 2003 - October 14, 2003 (TV), April 23, 2004 (OVA)
Based On: Please Teacher anime
Director: Yasunori Ide
Produced By: Bandai Visual
US Distribution By: Bandai
Major Japanese Cast
Maiku Kamishiro: Daisuke Namikawa
Miina Miyafuji: Mai Nakahara
Karen Onodera: Ai Shimizu
Kousei Shimazaki: Kenichi Suzumura
Tsubaki Oribe: Michiko Neya
Ichigo Morino: Yukari Tamura
Mizuho Kazami: Kikuko Inoue
Marie: Tomoko Kaneda
Haruko Shidou: Ryoko Shintani
Matagu Shidou: Hiroaki Miura
Major English Cast
Maiku Kamishiro: Johnny Yong Bosch
Miina Miyafuji: Kari Wahlgren
Karen Onodera: Lara Jill Miller
Kousei Shimazaki: Crispin Freeman
Tsubaki Oribe: Jessica Straus
Ichigo Morino: Julie Anne Taylor
Mizuho Kazami: Bridget Hoffman
Marie: Sandy Fox
Haruko Shidou: Therese Nguyen
Matagu Shidou: Tony Schnur
Scores
Animation: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Story: 8/10 (x 4 = 32 pts)
Music: 9/10 (x 4 = 36 pts)
Coherency/Story Arc: 9/10 (x 2 = 18 pts)
English Dubs: 9/10 (x 1 = 9 pts)
Gut Score: 9/10 (x 5 = 45 pts)
Total: 172/200 (86%)
Review
This is a series that is a sequal to, though mostly independent of, the series Please Teacher. This series is about a boy, Maiku, who rents a house that he saw on TV and that he has a picture of with himself and an unknown girl when he they were small. Soon after he moves there, two girls arrive at the house saying that they are his sister. The problem is that all three of them have a copy of a photograph with only two people in it.
One of the girls is Maiku’s sister and the other is not. But which? The three living together creates doubt and tension in all three of them that results in both drama and laughs. To add to it, Maiku’s sempai seems to have the hots for him, as well as his seemingly-gay classmate, leading to the two girls trying to stave of possible rivals to Maiku in the case that they aren’t his sister, while being fully aware that they could be his sister.
There is fanservice, but I wouldn’t call it blatant (as in, not consisting of huge bouncing boobs), though it does include “nippleness” nudity.
This is a pretty good anime with above average, though not great, animation, story, story, and music. This ranks among those anime thare are unique enough to be very enjoyable.
First Watched: April 2006
Do I Own: Yes
Do I Recommend: Yes
