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After watching I dream of
Mimi a couple of times, to get a good idea of what this whacky
anime is about, I’m left with the feeling that I’ve wasted a
couple of hours of my life watching it. The story to go with the
animation is cheesy at best. Without any real character or story
development. It is simple, Mimi has an enemy, master does a
molecule upgrade, and Mimi beats the enemy. I know this is
supposed to be more of an ecchi or softcore hentai series. Without
sounding like a pervert or anything, I’ve seen more questionable
series with better plot and story development that deserves the
17+ mark.
The “I dream of Mimi” DVD
contains 3 episodes.
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Extreme Access
– Akira’s hope of buying a new computer are crushed in just 5
minutes, instead he purchase a bio-type computer named Mimi.
Whose sole purpose is to please Akira. What adventures await
Akira, and how does he explain Mimi to his friends? Why is Mimi
being attacked?
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Hang up gently –
After Akira’s friends stumble on
Mimi by accident, Akira must act quickly to convince them that
Mimi is a cousin that visited from abroad. Who are the Nacintosh
sisters and what are their plans?
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Graceful Reset –
Can Mimi adapt to the college
life? Will anyone find out her secret, and what of this rivalry
that’s building between Mimi and Shimida. What is wrong with
Mimi, has she crashed and if so can she be rebooted? The
Nacintosh sisters are back and what are their plans for Japanese
bio-types.
This DVD features both
English and Japanese 2.0 Dolby Digital Audio, the sound quality
wasn’t too bad. However the video quality was seriously lacking,
at one point during the viewing there was about 10 seconds worth
of macro blocks where the quality was so poor it was almost
impossible to watch. I’m not sure if this problem is with the
video or with possibly with the disc itself.
What special features from
the disc have to offer? As special features go, this disc is
lacking anything overly special. However an attempt was made to
create a user friendly interface. The main menu features a MAC
style desktop with several folder representing the various
options. Play all, plays all the episodes in their proper
sequence. Extras folder lead to the extra’s included with the disc
is the original US “I Dream of Mimi trailer”, Outtakes, and Art
gallery. Also, trailers from Right stuff which I’ll talk about in
a second. The remaining options in the main menu include the setup
tab and a trash can, that if you access locks your DVD player. The
trash can ploy is nothing serious, it’s just displays a warning
message and in order to make it go away you have to reset your
player.
As for the extra’s, there
is the original US “I dream of Mimi trailer”, an art gallery with
various screen shots of the characters. The Out takes, are from
the English voice actors having a little fun during some of the
scenes that are being dubbed over. The remaining extra are
trailers from upcoming releases from The Right Stuff.
The disc is rated 17+ and
for the most part I would agree with that statement, there aren’t
any scene that depict disgusting or lewd acts of sexuality.
However, there were a few breast shots from out main character
Mimi and suggestive activities between her and Akira. To be
honest, I don’t think this is a great series start with and
probably not one for the collection. Not that I have seen them,
but I know of a few “questionable” anime series
out there that maybe a
little bit more suggestive, show a little more, and have better
story lines that the view would enjoy. If not better story lines
maybe characters that don’t seem quite as annoying and ditzy. For
those that might wish to view this series, see about renting it,
before adding it to your collection. |
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