"I find it quite amusing that the mermaids only have to sing to have their opponents writhe in pain."
Genre: Majou Shoujo (Magical Girl), School Life, Supernatural
Summary: Every mermaid princess has a pearl. Except Luchia. She lost hers years ago when she saved a human boy from drowning. Now, she must go and find it. To do so, she takes on the appearance of a human and lives in the human world.
Soon, she finds it in the hands of Kaitou, the boy from before, which she uses to transform into a magical girl and once again saves him. He sees her in her mermaid form and falls in love with her. However, he does not recognize her as a human. Luchia falls in love with him too, but cannot tell him she is the mermaid or she risks turning into bubbles.
Characters: Luchia, your typical main character majou shoujo. Dense... whiny... clumsy...
Rina, the green mermaid princess. She is a mature character who can be quite the tomboy. In school, she wears the male uniform.
Hanon, the aqua mermaid, is a very girly girl who is bold, but yet sensitive. (There is another mermaid who is the "blue" mermaid. Hanon is the "Aqua pearl voice")
Kaitou is the tsundere of this show around Luchia as a human, but a tender lover around Luchia as a mermaid.
Art: Everything is pink and orange and whatnot. "Fuzzy" is the word that comes to mind when I think of the color scheme of this show. Naturally, there are a lot of beach scenes as Luchia and many of the characters are sea-dwellers and Kaitou is a surfer.
The art itself is ok. The characters don't end up appearing distorted or anything.
My review: I would say this is a kids show, but there are a few things that separate it from magical girl anime like Tokyo Mew Mew and put it a bit closer to Pretear. For example, the girls are quite well-endowed for your typical girls show. In addition, there are some scenes in here, specifically between the perverted Kaitou and Luchia that may also make you question who the audience is meant to be. Then again, there are some pretty insinuative shoujo manga out there...
I can't say I didn't enjoy the series. The art was good, Luchia was whiny, but her sort of mystical mermaid side made her interesting enough and Kaitou's double treatment of Luchia in her different forms was interesting. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any anime like this (with the half exception of Kampfer, I suppose... well, to a certain extent). There are quite a few arcs between Pitch and the sequel, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure that were really adorable.
The whole series isn't subbed. The first season is, but the second season still hasn't been subbed or dubbed completely even though I know this series has been around for at least 5 years. But the episodes are easy enough to track down.
Targeted Audiences: Girls
Who will love it: Girls, young women, females new to anime
Who will hate it: Practically everyone else
Disclaimer: There are some "questionable" situations... so probably not for young kids...
Overall: This series also has special meaning for me since this is the second anime I ever watched. Back when I first started watching anime, I thought that Tokyo Mew Mew was the only anime I would like, and I spent hours tracking down episodes, amvs, and information about it. Then, I found a music video to the song, "Never had a dream come true." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Z00LaDJBw) I got so obsessed with Mermaid Melody because of that very music video. Good memories. :)
I liked it so much I didn't even notice Luchia can't carry a tune... -.-
Genre: Majou Shoujo (Magical Girl), School Life, Supernatural
Summary: Every mermaid princess has a pearl. Except Luchia. She lost hers years ago when she saved a human boy from drowning. Now, she must go and find it. To do so, she takes on the appearance of a human and lives in the human world.
Soon, she finds it in the hands of Kaitou, the boy from before, which she uses to transform into a magical girl and once again saves him. He sees her in her mermaid form and falls in love with her. However, he does not recognize her as a human. Luchia falls in love with him too, but cannot tell him she is the mermaid or she risks turning into bubbles.
Characters: Luchia, your typical main character majou shoujo. Dense... whiny... clumsy...
Rina, the green mermaid princess. She is a mature character who can be quite the tomboy. In school, she wears the male uniform.
Hanon, the aqua mermaid, is a very girly girl who is bold, but yet sensitive. (There is another mermaid who is the "blue" mermaid. Hanon is the "Aqua pearl voice")
Kaitou is the tsundere of this show around Luchia as a human, but a tender lover around Luchia as a mermaid.
Art: Everything is pink and orange and whatnot. "Fuzzy" is the word that comes to mind when I think of the color scheme of this show. Naturally, there are a lot of beach scenes as Luchia and many of the characters are sea-dwellers and Kaitou is a surfer.
The art itself is ok. The characters don't end up appearing distorted or anything.
My review: I would say this is a kids show, but there are a few things that separate it from magical girl anime like Tokyo Mew Mew and put it a bit closer to Pretear. For example, the girls are quite well-endowed for your typical girls show. In addition, there are some scenes in here, specifically between the perverted Kaitou and Luchia that may also make you question who the audience is meant to be. Then again, there are some pretty insinuative shoujo manga out there...
I can't say I didn't enjoy the series. The art was good, Luchia was whiny, but her sort of mystical mermaid side made her interesting enough and Kaitou's double treatment of Luchia in her different forms was interesting. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any anime like this (with the half exception of Kampfer, I suppose... well, to a certain extent). There are quite a few arcs between Pitch and the sequel, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure that were really adorable.
The whole series isn't subbed. The first season is, but the second season still hasn't been subbed or dubbed completely even though I know this series has been around for at least 5 years. But the episodes are easy enough to track down.
Targeted Audiences: Girls
Who will love it: Girls, young women, females new to anime
Who will hate it: Practically everyone else
Disclaimer: There are some "questionable" situations... so probably not for young kids...
Overall: This series also has special meaning for me since this is the second anime I ever watched. Back when I first started watching anime, I thought that Tokyo Mew Mew was the only anime I would like, and I spent hours tracking down episodes, amvs, and information about it. Then, I found a music video to the song, "Never had a dream come true." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_Z00LaDJBw) I got so obsessed with Mermaid Melody because of that very music video. Good memories. :)
I liked it so much I didn't even notice Luchia can't carry a tune... -.-
you know I never thought I would have to see the anime again since the day u showed it to me lol. and then you had to go and review it on your blog lol. your obsession with this anime brings back so many memories hehe :-P
ReplyDeleteLol. Yep ^.^
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