Lovely Complex Mini Review (anime/manga/live-action movie)
November 25th, 2007 by Lianne
PG-13 for romantic hijinks; official series website (manga) and info website for everything else (ah, all right…it’s just Wikipedia)
Like most good shoujo love stories, this series has an incredibly stupid premise: a really short boy and a really tall girl fall in love despite the odds. The odds of…I don’t know what, exactly, but since boys like short girls and girls like tall boys, a high school romance between our heroes is JUST SO DAMN EDGY.
Anyway, it doesn’t matter–this series is great. The characters are all flawed but likable, like those really great, free-spirited friends you had in high school (before they became stoners). The whole thing is super Kansai, so crazy references and dialect will come hurtling at you at top speed, but it’s not much of a problem if you get good subtitles. The English script for the manga is done by the amazingly talented Pookie Rolf, so it sounds slangy without being hard to read, and I guess that’s the least offensive way to translate Kansai. The manga art is also lovely, and the show animation slick and pretty. The movie is the weakest version, in my opinion, just because it’s EXTREMELY strange. It’s entertaining and definitely funny, but the strange factor is just really, really high. There’s also a Japanese PS2 game for Lovely Complex…but although I have a Japanese PS2 and love buying crazy games for it, I’ll have to pass on this one. KANSAI. I understand precious little Japanese in my games as it is.
Educated impression: Worth a try for everyone. (Lianne)
I LOVE this series! Its just so funny! well, the Japanese in the anime does fly at you fast- thank god for manga
Considering how retarded this premise sounds whenever I try to describe it… It really is the BEST EVER.
The series is about ABSOLUTELY NOTHING and yet is so much more compelling and entertaining than tons of other anime/manga that attempt to ask big questions or get you to cry over some orphaned angsty bishounen.
I really think one of the best parts of this series is the fact that Risa and Otani like each other for a REASON. Otani isn’t super attractive, mysterious, brooding, etc. etc. He’s just a really sweet guy with a great personality and it MAKES SENSE FOR ONCE.
Geez. I really love LoveCom.
does somebody knows where i can buy the dvd of this anime? please let me know!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!
I LOOOOVEEE THIS ANIME xDDD!!!
Lovely Complex forever
me and my friends should be cosplaying it soon toooo! ^^
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