Puni Puni Poemi

The first time I saw this was at an anime club meeting at my local library. The hosts told us this would be funny... they also said it'd be kind of dirty... I wanted to see just how dirty.

I got my answer days later when I rented this DVD, and believe it or not, the commentary was even sicker than the show itself.

Still I like sick humor, and if you can, watch all three versions. (Commentary, English and Japanese) Be warned, though: those of you that can't handle insanely fast dialog, sexual themes, weird tentacles on human characters or just plain gross humor, don't even pick this one up.

If you can though, this one's for you.

8/10

This show was always intended to be Excel Saga on red cordial and sugar bombs. It makes use of a lead actress who talks so high and fast she can induce tinnitus and scare animals. There's no real plot as such, just the join the dots default of 'moei' cute girl series cut up and thrown at the screen. The send ups are of all the conventions and dodgy sexual allusions found in the genre (such as one of the characters continually complaining about the size of her breasts) but no joke stays past it's welcome. In fact they fly by so fast you need to watch it a few times before you're going to get even half of them. Though a warning, there is a lot of 'adult' content, but it's main impact is absurd not lewd .

It's pointless, it's random, it's rude and crude, and it's a spinoff of Excel Saga. You've got to love it. The jokes are as random as they can possibly be and that's half the fun. The other half is the great fan service and plenty of it. Most of the fan service is even funny to boot.

Being only two episodes though, it doesn't really have time to become anything more than a quick laugh. Don't expect Excel Saga's great story and you'll have a great time and a lot of laughs. Puni Puni is even more random and has far more fan service than Excel Saga. The jokes are pretty much spot on for Excel Saga fans, but non fans will dislike this one even more.

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Now hold on! I'm a HUGE fan of both Excel Saga (I own the imperfect collection) and Puni Puni Poemy (they're both made by Shinichi Watanabe AKA: NABESHIN!). But if I was to make a choice, I think I would have to pick Puni Puni Poemy over Excel Saga. Although I still think that Excel Saga is the funniest anime SERIES (Puni Puni Poemy is an OVA or OAV) there were some episodes that just weren't funny enough (the animal episode especially), and I more preferred the crude humor moments in the show (unsurprisingly Episode 26 was my favorite!). Puni Puni Poemy though (since its an OVA) ups the ante on crudeness, rudeness and (for me) humor! I laughed so loud and so many times while watching the two episodes of Puni Puni Poemy! If you thought Excel Saga was rude, this is at least 10 times worse! There is A LOT of sexual references and sexual humor (the show mostly parodies hentai!) This is quite possibly one of my favorite anime's ever!

10/10

Be warned: this review is coming from someone who had never seen the Excel Saga and someone who only watched this because it came with Crunchyroll's mystery box of animes. I personally didn't like it, but that's not to say other people will. This anime is wacky, random, over the top, and just plain weird. They break the fourth wall a lot, so the creators are aware of what they made is absolutely absurd, which is good to know. I'd be scared if they thought otherwise. So yeah, I didn't like it simply because I don't enjoy those qualities, at least not the amount found in this anime. If any of those qualities sound appealing to you, then I cannot recommend this more. It will not disappoint, as long as you like this kind of anime.