Title: Puni Puni Poemy (ぷにぷに☆ぽえみぃ Puni Puni ☆ Poemii)
Type: Mahô Shôjo, Ecchi, Shôjo-ai, Bishôjo, Sentai, Seinen
Studio: J.C. Staff
Director: Shinichi Watanabe (渡邊 慎一, Watanabe Shin'ichi)
Format Rating: 2 stars (5 stars is 16:9, DTS japanese audio, 4 stars is pro-logic and 16:9, 3 stars is 16:9 and stero sound, 2 stars is 4:3 with stereo sound, 1 star is improper format flag and less than stereo sound)
4:3 format with stereo sound. Nothing impressive here. The extras claimed to be in 5.1 though I think this was a joke.
Art Rating: 3 stars (5 stars is completely smooth with no rough transition between any CG limited use of money saving techniques, 1 is extremely shoddy)
When am I going to give someone a 2 or 1 in art? Maybe I'll have to go back and revise some things. Basic art here.
Music Rating: 2 stars
There was music?
Story Rating: 3 stars (5 stars is reading material, no plot holes, 1 star is unintelligible)
Puni Puni Poemi is a parody of magical girl anime like Sailor Moon. I enjoyed the fact that it was only two episodes and the super fast dialog keeps things entertaining. I even went back and watched the dub version just to see what it was like in English at ludicrous speed. I enjoyed this story more than Excel Saga because I was able to follow the simple plot. Poemy wants to be a voice acress, gains magical super powers and attempts to save the world.
Commendation: ma ma まぁまぁ
Overall Rating: 2.5 stars (rounded to the nearest half star)
You could call Puni Puni Poemi the son of Excel Saga. Though this is a comedy, it doesn't make me laugh. In this sense I am consistent in all my viewings of Watanabe Shin'ichi works, I am awe struck, I am entertained, but I don't find it humorous. Parodies don't generally age as well as original content because they require knowledge of what they are making fun of. However magical girl anime is still prevalent so this anime is still relevant.
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