Hand Maid May

Another installment in the ocean of maid anime series that's flooding the market these days. You got your Hand Maid May, your Hanaukyo Maids, your Mahoromatic maid, and so on. The storyline is a bit messy and the characters a bit noisy at times, but it gets a chuckle out of you. And it has the required fanservice, such as pantyshots and such, of course.

And it has 11 out of 10 episodes too, in case you just wondered. :) (episode 11 is one of them so-called specials)

The story begins when Kazuya Saotome tries to create a Artificial Intelligence. His 'rival' can`t stand this and sends him a virus. Because of the virus Kazuya is sent a package and when he opens it, there`s a living doll in it ! The doll May isn`t bigger than his hand (that`s why it`s 'Hand Maid May', the title) and they become friends. He connects May with his computer, because she`s an A.I.-doll at all. But then there appears someone who tells him to pay .. or they`ll want May back. And Kazuya doesn`t has any money ..

It`s really very lighthearted and I laughed a lot of times because of Kazuya (who`s very shy and a little afraid of girls) and all the girls in it. But after a while (and after a couple of romances; May is really cute and naive and Kazuya too ;) )it`s getting a little more serious. Very good how they created such a tense sphere in the end.

The music is really good, too !

I really wanted to like this series, and for the first few episodes I did. Saotome, Kasumi and May make for an enjoyable show. But once Kei, Mami, Rena, Sara, and the annoying Nambara get added to the mix, the show is just diluted beyond hope. It's a Tenchi / Hina formula that just doesn't work and too many characters are just plain annoying.

Not to give anything away, but later in the show things come together and wrap up rather well, if quite a bit stretched. The ending is quite nice. This series had a chance of being great, but it ends up simply sub par. If you really like Robo Girl series and Tenchi / Hina series, give it a shot. The first few and last few episodes are quite worth watching. Sadly, the middle is rather filler.

• Rirath_com

Hand Maid May is a great anime series. I havent had this much fun watching anime sense Ranma 1/2.

Hand Maid May has everything: Hilarious moments, Heart wrenching moments, Tension thats very thick, and an ending that might leave you in tears (but I won't say if that's good or bad)

The overused and implausible scenario where the male in the harem anime is inhumanly detached from natural emotion only when it serves the continuation of the indecisive heart of the male member of the harem? That's here.

The lack of earning the woman's loyalty but getting it anyway? This anime has it in spades, and does an over the top job each time.

That being said, it's cute, silly, and fun. I beg of you: don't use your time on this anime. You won't grow much from watching it. I was a fool not to check the reviews on IMDb before watching. But I'm glad it was only 10 episodes.

Artistry is fairly simplistic, but colors are fairly vibrant. Perhaps it has something to do with being produced in 2001.

I'd write a longer review, but I simply don't want to think about Hand Maid May any longer.