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| The ] ], '''''Puni Puni Poemy''''', known in ] as '''''Puni Puni Poemi''''' (ぷにぷに☆ぽえみぃ) is a spin-off from the popular ''']''' animated series, featuring some of it's secondary characters and many of it's staff, primarily director ]. | |||
| {spoiler} | |||
| ==Episodes== | |||
| '''Puni Puni Poemy''' comprises only two episodes, each around 26 minutes in length. | |||
| The staff of both series are almost identical, among them the director ]. Since ''Puni Puni Poemy'' is an ] spinoff of ''Excel Saga'', some characters also return, most notoriously Nabeshin, Watanabe's ]. The last episode of ''Excel Saga'' had Nabeshin marrying Kumi-Kumi; Poemi Watanabe, the main character of ''Puni Puni Poemy'', is their daughter. | |||
| *'''Part 1 - Poemy is in a Bad Mood''' | |||
| ''Puni Puni Poemi'' 's ridicule focuses on OVA ]s, mostly ] series, but also (in a surprisingly graphical way) ]. | |||
| It's the start of a new school year for Poemy Watanabe, and things are off to a typically energetic start as she strives to do her best and become a voice actress. But things go from bad to worse when an alien kills her parents, Nabeshin and Kumi-Kumi, in order to pave the way for an impending invasion. Her home destroyed, Poemy moves in with her best friend, Fubata Aasu, and her six sisters, but there's no chance for peace when a massive alien mechanoid attacks the city, and it turns out that Fubata and her sisters are actually a team of super-powered heroines dedicated to defending the Earth. Unfortunately, they're no mach for the alien robot - but perhaps Poemy, freshly gifted with a magic fish that transforms her into Puni Puni Poemy, is! | |||
| '''Part 2 - With a Dream Greater Than Earth''' | |||
| There are two episodes, each having a length of about 26 minutes. | |||
| Now embodying the will of Earth itself, Poemy uses her new powers to defeat the alien mech and right wrongs across the Earth - except that being so wastefully energetic and quick-tempered, she's causing a lot of trouble as well. And of course, the Aasu sisters don't take too kindly to a new magical girl horning in on their family business! A confrontation between Poemy and the sisters leads to them to discover her identity, which takes the strain off, but when the alien invasion suddenly begins the next morning and the sisters are captured, it's up to Poemy to rescue them from the clutches of the very boy she's got a crush on! | |||
| The English translation is called ''Puni Puni Poemy'', and is available on ] and ] in ] by ]. | |||
| == Characters == | == Characters == | ||
| *'''Poemi Watanabe''' | |||
| *'''Poemi Watanabe:''' A hyperactive 10-year-old girl - even more hyperactive than ]. She wants to be a voice actress (and keeps calling herself Kobayashi - the name of her ], ]). | |||
| The star of the show! Poemy Watabane is ten years old, and hyperactive beyond compare. Described as "wastefully energetic" by most, she's actually otherwise quite normal - she's an eager student, she's got a crush on the popular boy in her class, and she really wants to be a voice actress. Or rather, she ''would'' be quite normal, if she wasn't so unable to stay in character that she shatters the ] by constantly referring to herself by the name of her own voice actress, ]. She's the daughter of Nabeshin (who she refers to as "the director," since that's who plays him), and his wife, Kumi-Kumi, but when they perish in an alien attack, she moves in with her best friend, Fubata Aasu. | |||
| When an alien mecha attacks the city, Poemy follows Fubata into action, when she abruptly encounters a mysterious man that the script might refer to as her father, who gives her a magic talking fish. By gutting the fish, it turns into a wand, and Poemy is transformed into Puni Puni Poemy, a magical girl embodying the will of Earth itself, with lots of traditional superpowers that prove sufficient to blow the mech up and wright wrongs across the Earth. | |||
| *'''Nabeshin''' | |||
| *'''Puni Puni Poemi:''' Poemi finds a fish, stabs it with a kitchen knife and it becomes a magic item which transforms Poemi into the typical magical girl. | |||
| Nabeshin is the animated alter-ego of director Shinichi Watanabe, who previously appeared in ''Puni Puni Poemy'''s forerunner, ''Excel Saga.'' At the conclusion of that series, he married Kumi-Kumi, and at the beginning of this show, they now have a ten-year-old daughter, Poemy (who, in her inability to properly recognise the fiction of the show, refers to her father as "the director"). But life is still business as usual for Nabeshin, as he finds himself hunted down by an alien assassin, who kills both him and Kumi Kumi to remove the threat of his opposition to the impending invasion. | |||
| *'''Kumi-Kumi''' | |||
| Introduced in ''Excel Saga'', Kumi-Kumi was a simple mountain girl who rescued Nabeshin from an avalanche, and attempted to feed him soup. But Nabeshin isn't too good with hot foods, so he refused, only to have her pursue him across the rest of the series, until he relented, and married her at the conclusion of the final episode. At the start of ''Puni Puni Poemy,'' she and Nabeshin now have Poemy as their daughter. Despite being killed by the alien along with Nabeshin, Kumi Kumi saves her husband with acupuncture. | |||
| *'''Futaba Aasu:''' Poemi's classmate and best friend, who is in love with her. Many fans comment her appearance and fawning behavior towards Poemi. Futaba is an obvious parody of Tomoyo Daidouji from ], who was also in love with her best friend, a magical girl. | *'''Futaba Aasu:''' Poemi's classmate and best friend, who is in love with her. Many fans comment her appearance and fawning behavior towards Poemi. Futaba is an obvious parody of Tomoyo Daidouji from ], who was also in love with her best friend, a magical girl. | ||
| *'''Kumi-kumi-san:''' The girl from the mountains in Excel Saga and she's Poemi's mother. | |||
| *'''Director (Nabeshin):''' He's happily married to Kumi-kumi-san and is Poemi's father. Poemi often called him director, for much the same reason as she keeps calling herself Kobayashi - because he is the director of the anime. | |||
| *'''The Aasu (Earth) family:''' The girls' names are all related to numbers: | *'''The Aasu (Earth) family:''' The girls' names are all related to numbers: | ||
Revision as of 12:05, 25 June 2005
The Anime OVA, Puni Puni Poemy, known in Japan as Puni Puni Poemi (ぷにぷに☆ぽえみぃ) is a spin-off from the popular Excel Saga animated series, featuring some of it's secondary characters and many of it's staff, primarily director Shinichi Watanabe. {spoiler}
Episodes
Puni Puni Poemy comprises only two episodes, each around 26 minutes in length.
- Part 1 - Poemy is in a Bad Mood
It's the start of a new school year for Poemy Watanabe, and things are off to a typically energetic start as she strives to do her best and become a voice actress. But things go from bad to worse when an alien kills her parents, Nabeshin and Kumi-Kumi, in order to pave the way for an impending invasion. Her home destroyed, Poemy moves in with her best friend, Fubata Aasu, and her six sisters, but there's no chance for peace when a massive alien mechanoid attacks the city, and it turns out that Fubata and her sisters are actually a team of super-powered heroines dedicated to defending the Earth. Unfortunately, they're no mach for the alien robot - but perhaps Poemy, freshly gifted with a magic fish that transforms her into Puni Puni Poemy, is!
Part 2 - With a Dream Greater Than Earth Now embodying the will of Earth itself, Poemy uses her new powers to defeat the alien mech and right wrongs across the Earth - except that being so wastefully energetic and quick-tempered, she's causing a lot of trouble as well. And of course, the Aasu sisters don't take too kindly to a new magical girl horning in on their family business! A confrontation between Poemy and the sisters leads to them to discover her identity, which takes the strain off, but when the alien invasion suddenly begins the next morning and the sisters are captured, it's up to Poemy to rescue them from the clutches of the very boy she's got a crush on!
Characters
- Poemi Watanabe
The star of the show! Poemy Watabane is ten years old, and hyperactive beyond compare. Described as "wastefully energetic" by most, she's actually otherwise quite normal - she's an eager student, she's got a crush on the popular boy in her class, and she really wants to be a voice actress. Or rather, she would be quite normal, if she wasn't so unable to stay in character that she shatters the fourth wall by constantly referring to herself by the name of her own voice actress, Yumiko Kobayashi. She's the daughter of Nabeshin (who she refers to as "the director," since that's who plays him), and his wife, Kumi-Kumi, but when they perish in an alien attack, she moves in with her best friend, Fubata Aasu. When an alien mecha attacks the city, Poemy follows Fubata into action, when she abruptly encounters a mysterious man that the script might refer to as her father, who gives her a magic talking fish. By gutting the fish, it turns into a wand, and Poemy is transformed into Puni Puni Poemy, a magical girl embodying the will of Earth itself, with lots of traditional superpowers that prove sufficient to blow the mech up and wright wrongs across the Earth.
- Nabeshin
Nabeshin is the animated alter-ego of director Shinichi Watanabe, who previously appeared in Puni Puni Poemy's forerunner, Excel Saga. At the conclusion of that series, he married Kumi-Kumi, and at the beginning of this show, they now have a ten-year-old daughter, Poemy (who, in her inability to properly recognise the fiction of the show, refers to her father as "the director"). But life is still business as usual for Nabeshin, as he finds himself hunted down by an alien assassin, who kills both him and Kumi Kumi to remove the threat of his opposition to the impending invasion.
- Kumi-Kumi
Introduced in Excel Saga, Kumi-Kumi was a simple mountain girl who rescued Nabeshin from an avalanche, and attempted to feed him soup. But Nabeshin isn't too good with hot foods, so he refused, only to have her pursue him across the rest of the series, until he relented, and married her at the conclusion of the final episode. At the start of Puni Puni Poemy, she and Nabeshin now have Poemy as their daughter. Despite being killed by the alien along with Nabeshin, Kumi Kumi saves her husband with acupuncture.
- Futaba Aasu: Poemi's classmate and best friend, who is in love with her. Many fans comment her appearance and fawning behavior towards Poemi. Futaba is an obvious parody of Tomoyo Daidouji from Cardcaptor Sakura, who was also in love with her best friend, a magical girl.
- The Aasu (Earth) family: The girls' names are all related to numbers:
- Nanase (nana = 7) is the oldest
- Mutsumi (muttsu = 6),
- Itsue (itsu = 5), A dominatrix
- Shii (shi = 4),
- Mitsuki (mittsu = 3),
- Futaba (futa = 2) and finally
- Hitomi (hito = 1).
Shii looks like Hyatt, just that she has enormous breasts and loves to let them rest on top of Poemi's head. Also, she resembles Misato from Evangelion, since both characters are often described as busty in anime.
All of them have somewhat impressive but functionally useless magical powers. (all they have is defensive powers)
- K-kun: The boy Poemi likes, although the feeling isn't mutual.
External Links
- ADV Films' Puni Puni Poemy Page Official page of the American distributor.