Having just finished the three episode Boku No Marie OVA, I figured "My Dear Anime Blog" would be a perfect title for this little journal, and a short little opening entry.
My introduction to the series was actually through a YouTube clip of the fight between Hibiki and Marie. The art on Marie - in particular her cute, satellite ears - and learned she was an android, and the video was from an OVA based on a long- running manga that delt with the issues of artificial intelligence.
Passionately fond of the topic, I shortly ordered the DVD for a few bucks from Amazon.
I wasn't disappointed. Marie is terribly more likeable than I had expected. The character designs are a little cliche outside of Marie (and the character she was modeled after in terms of storyline), but not without appeal. The story managed to be genuinely romantic, besides being quirky and awfully humorous.
The biggest downer is the simple fact that the OVA is a mere three episodes, while the manga lasted ten volumes, leaving many questions unanswered.
So now My Dear Marie joins Berserk and Pet Shop of Horrors as an anime I'm terribly fond of that unfortunately cuts short while the manga continues on. Maybe someday the manga will get it's English translation, or maybe I'll just have to go to the source material.
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