Audience reviews
19 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
Alchy8
I used to think I didn't care for animes that have a lot of fighting scenes, but after watching etotama I think I might've been wrong. The entire time I was actually really interested in the battles, so thanks to this anime I'll probably start watching more fighting animes. Not to mention, all the characters are so fun and cute in their own way, and in my opinion the male MC is actually likeable! Nya-tan is a great protag, and if you like cute animal girls, zodiacs and battling then this is certainly the anime for you. And I just wanna say it was cute as hell when Mo-tan would randomly speak broken english. I love her.
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It's mixed feelings because the premise of the story is interesting, and the Zodiac Etotama are engaging characters that add freshness and fun moments to the series.
Now, the points I consider weak in the series:
The main character is frustrating. The constant use of "nya" gets tiring, and they fit the typical carefree, clueless protagonist archetype but contribute nothing to the story. When they learn a lesson, it feels forced.
They decided to include a filler episode in a 12-episode anime, which makes no sense.
Good points: As mentioned, all the other characters have a well-developed backstory or play an interesting role in the current storyline.
It has a decent amount of fan service, but it's still watchable even with people around. Plus, it doesn’t go overboard and includes it at…
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Etotama has many unique qualities. The chibi-style 3D fights are genuinely impressive, and the CG and traditionally animated scenes are both fantastic. Paired with a really good OP/ED, and some decently funny meta comedic bits, creates a decent package that won't blow anyone away. However, my mixed feelings come from its laser focus on one or two characters, while neglecting its wonderful cast.
The main characters are decently explored, with enough exposition to drive some motivation to watch from episode to episode. As the theme suggests, this is very much a gag/comedy focused anime. It is incredibly light hearted with no real stakes. There is some semblance of romance, but it is very light.
Mostly, the show revolves around the antics of its mixed bag female protagonist Nya-tan, and her…
Read at the sourceRasly2
Another anime without a plan. Basically its selling point are cute characters.
Writter run out of weak jokes, even while whole anime is basically cute girls run around saying random words acting stupid. Anyway anime turns to be a drama as usual for animes without any real story.
So drawing is okey, characters are boring stereotupes. Its is kind of like a harem anime, just not all the girls love protogonist, some seems to be there just as fanservice. Then there are those 3d scenes that look interesting but getting boring soon. I dont recomend watching this unles you like Lucky Star show.
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What's your zodiac sign? This is basically what this show tackles. Etotama portrayed Chinese zodiacs as anthropomorphised beings and did it without losing the essence of their origin. If that weren't enough, it even included historical background to make it seem like it actually did happen.
The story was pretty funny the first few episodes, the everything gets serious on the following ones. Despite that, the show still retained its humor of breaking the fourth wall and, yes, slapstick humor. And very few shows can provide dramatic scenes while remaining a comedy.
Characters pretty much the personality of their corresponding signs. If you read the traits of each sign and observed the characters, you'll see it's not that different. Of course, Nya-tan is an exception, but she still personif…
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im a fan of full girls anime,but i was dissapoinment,theres no character development in this anime,the girls only stay to fight nyaa tan and gets defeated by her to enter the chinese zodiac,but nyaa tan its incredible annoying,irritanting,makes me to punch her in the face,another problem its the 3d chibi fights,sounds innovative huh? yes,but its sucks,the girls doenst look good in 3d,the girls desing are lovable,specially the cow,the dog girl are ok ( its supposed to represents me) but she its so weak and gets easily deafeated in a 3 vs 1 match,this anime its not good,the protagonist?...haha!..another generic teenager......,nothing more to say,dissapoinment,only i recomend to watch if you like full girls anime.
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This was an interesting anime to watch, it's nothing spectacular, nothing ground breaking, and certainly not the best sounding either, but it does have one quality that shines through the rest. The style and idea, while the story was more interesting by the second half, the style and overall idea was extremely enjoyable. With Chibi Zodiac girls duking it out in a relatively (almost identical) Mega-dimension Neptunia style (mostly during the 3d sections) the show takes on a more of an actiony and interesting story following a weird cat girl and her wish to become part of the zodiac, which, somewhat follows the tale of the actual zodiac.
I won't go into too much detail because if I explained it to in deeply, it'd be ruining the show greatly, but all I can say in general is if you've got no…
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The description of this anime makes.it sound like a romance comedy, but it is not. Sure there are some cute moments and heart touchy feelings but id say this is more action than romance.
For anyone familiar with the tale of the zodiac and the cat/rat fiasco you will be pleasantly suprised how they did it in this anime
Nyaa-tan strives to be admited into the zodiac but its not that easy, she needs all twelve sol-lull (i know i am spelling that wrong) symbols from the other zofiac members in order to become admitted. That means fighting, trickery, and even a bit of fan service!
The art style is cutesy and prone to chibism. When the girls fight its in chibi form, this may get you thinking "what..why? I dont want this!" but trust me, its Bad Ass. The fights are a nice length and left me sat…
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Etotama is a lot of fun to watch and very cute, I'd highly recommend it to someone looking for a cute high spirited show, half of the show is also done in a different style using CGI which I've found to be a turn off for a lot of people based on the fact that in the past CGI has had a pretty rough run but this show pulls it off nicely and the animation quality is great in the fighting scenes and it's super colourful.
The characters are pretty great for the most part, they all get a pretty good spread of time and they are all relevant at some point or another if not the whole way through, one of the two main characters is pretty irrelevant unfortunately and his interactions with the other characters are far less entertaining then the interactions between the Zodiacs which ranges greatly dep…
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I'll kick this review off by saying my final verdict of this show, if you happen to be intrigued as to why I wrote what I did, you can read further below to see my first, short analysis of an anime.
Etotama can be judged and brushed off as a regular harem series with very few intellectually advanced points, and to be honest, that is not very far from the truth. However, it is not often that we see a harem with such drive for its story (instead of dismissing it for fan service), as well as original elements like the 3D battles given in this anime.
Story (7/10):
The story was good, nothing ground-breaking or even great, but just satisfying. Each episode was certainly somewhat entertaining, even for a battle-of-the-day type of anime. Those types can get boring, but Etotama does it by spri…
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(This has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
Have you ever, intentionally or not, compared yourself or another person to an animal? “He is as free spirited as a bird” or “she swims like a fish” are easy to understand because the animals themselves are, too. Indeed, you would be hard pressed to find someone who does not know some of the most prevalent creatures in the animal kingdom. It also makes more sense to relate to an animal than their equivalent, manmade devices. For instance, calling someone an airplane or a boat is not as becoming because those vehicles are autonomous; they do not choose to act the way they do. Thus, “he is as ferocious as an alligator” or “she is as harmless as a butterfly” are quick and simple approaches to describe people and the way in w…
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Etotama is fun, then its gets cool and it left me speechless of how good it is.
The only reason i'm placing such a high rating on what looks like some
shallow fanservice like anime is that... for me - its not like that at all.
Most people complicate things on how anime must have "this or that" level of animation, sound, blah blah blah for it to be good.
My only basis is solely
"did this anime teach me something important and did it well?" For me, Etotama delivered - it taught me how to have fun.
Story wise, its simple and easy to comprehend,
I actually appreciate how the show just keep pulling jabs left and right, especially with the moments that just makes you go WTF.
Animation is good, it just fits well especially when they do those "fun and stupid" things.
Although, the battle an…
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First of all this is how I honestly felt about the series. It could be seen as a rant however I back up the claims that I could be seen as ranting with events and why I didn't like it in the series.
Story overview:
Etotama's story is about a cat character Nyaa that wants to join the Chinese Zodiac such as the synopsis states.
Sounds like a good idea right? That's what I thought but the comedy so far just ruins the episodes. The comedy is really the same thing with them breaking down the 3rd wall with saying "between episode 1 and 2" as well as fan service every now and then. I don't mind them breaking down the 3rd wall if it done in a fresh comical way such as Blood Lad when he was bringing up examples of the events being something found in a shounen manga and reference to Dragon Ball Z.…
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Just over 3 months ago when I was searching for new titles to watch, I chanced upon this one and went like "What in the world is this?" 12 weeks on, I am a pretty satisfied viewer of this relatively unique series, because I'm quite confident that we will never see anything like it again.
[STORY: 9/10]
Without much hesitation, I'm easily giving this a high score. The very instant I knew it was about members of the Chinese Zodiac battling out with one another in cute chibi forms, the decision was made. Because I am absolutely fascinated with this idea. Coming from a Chinese background, I am pretty much familiar with the stories regarding the Chinese Zodiac, especially the conflict between the Rat and the Cat. So what made this even more special was that the Cat actually tries to battle he…
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Getting this out of the way:
Treatment of shounen lead. = 6 (out of 10)
Upskirt panty shots. = 0
I guess in the end, a show that aims to actually be "good" doesn't have to rely on a small dose of sexualization. (Because unfortunately, animu with upskirt panty shots tend to go too far and would evidently become a major turn-off.)
That being said: Etotama's a pretty fun anime. The characters herein aren't too predictable and trope-based. If they are trope-based, then there were efforts to break said tropes and have them become more solid characters. "Efforts," mind you.
And while the amount of cartoony violence (outside of the fighting violence) is abundant; atleast it's not focused upon the shounen lead.
This show is too good to be left in "low-Wapan-sales" limbo. I'm hoping either Sen…
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Now I Am Out Of Ideas For The "I Don't Usally Do This But When I Do" Meme. Damn
Anyway Back To Reviewing And For Today It's Etotama
Story: 7.5/10 I would have rated this higher but the story got serious near it's last episode. Anyway the story of each episode was pretty good anyway. As this is a light hearted comedy anime without much story to it. I am not going to write more on it.
Sound: 8/10 The sound was pretty good and it kinda matched all the scenes in one way or another. The fighting scenes had a nice set of music too also the transformation music was really good as you could hear nice tones.
Characters: 7/10 Cause I didn't likes some characters. The characters didn't have anything special in them. It's like they do this and they become this = I Didn't like it. Takeru was an int…
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Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, Pig. The Chinese Zodiac is a figure that has long since been used to identify one's characteristics and personalities, since there's a saying that people are like a certain way on account of their perspective zodiac animal. So, with an anime about this particular zodiac that is NOT Fruits Baskets, what are we to expect with Etotama?
Story (6.34/10): Etotama's story is based around the life of one particular individual named Amato Takeru, a high school student who moves into a rather large house by himself in Akiba. There, he notices a strange hole in a corner of his house, a hole that for some reason leads to the world of gods (probably). Here, he meets a girl who comes out of the hole, a cat-girl by the name of "N…
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Since when is the last time you watched an anime that is so much wacky and nuts that you pretty much gave up your soul to Satan? Well, if you have not seen this anime yet, you are going to miss the experience of getting sucked into Satan’s chamber. At the same time, no spoilers in this review.
So, Etotama popped up this season. I did not know what to expect when I first heard about it, since I came to put in on my watchlist because of the voice actresses involved. But upon watching the first episode, I just find out how insane it is. Produced by Encourage Films, it revolves about Nyaa-tan, a cat who has an amnesia, and she aims to be a member of the Chinese zodiac through her silly methods. She meets Takeru, a high-schooler who lives in Akihabara, and decides to become a freeloader in his…
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My review on Etotama im unsure about the series to be perfectly honest i have gripes but overall i enjoyed it more than disliked it but it definitely wasn't great.
Story- You can read the synopsis that's on the site already but in short its about a girl who wants to become member of the Chinese zodiac her memory is hazy and her journey is basically to find out how to become a member and having to do silly things in order to become a member as while living off a high school student she meets.
I thought the story was good in many ways it was funny alot with the "breaking the fourth wall" scenes and so on but the ecchi seeming fanservice was kind of a turnoff for me throughout the span of the anime the path to trying to obtain a position within the zodiacs was also enjoyable through great l…
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