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| Super Gals Vol 1 : 3 of 5 | |
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5.20.2005
6:41 PM | Link |
 Sometimes I have no idea how DVDs end up in my Netflix queue. I guess this one was a recommendation, and the reviews seemed pretty positive, so I rented it. This is a pretty good anime - it took a few minutes for me to get into it, since the character design and animation style is a little funky, but I think I like it enough to rent the next volume. Super Gals tells the adventures of three girls who spend all their time in Shibuya, shopping and flirting and so on. The main character, Ran Kotobuki, comes from a police family who want to pressure her into keeping the family tradition, but she just wants to have fun (which seems to be the message here!). However, her sense of justice always gets the best of her, and she ends up beating up bad dudes and giving dramatic speeches. There's some weird stuff in the plots, like "subsidized dating" and "phone hunting", but Ran always sets people straight. They use lots of slang, and the scene stops to show a goofy girl at a chalkboard to explain the slang, so you have to remember your lessons to keep watching the show! The gals' "enemies" are non-Shibuya girls trying to muscle in on their turf, plus three annoying ganguro gals who look really silly. I think it's cool than Ran always sits on the Hachiko (a famous dog) statue to think - I like it when anime has real landmarks and places in it!
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