Audience reviews
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AyTeeKay
It's alright I guess. It suffers from an inability to reconcile its emotional ambitions with its baser instincts though. It tries to pivot toward sentimentality, but this weight is consistently dismantled with the type of fanservice that serves as a distraction rather than a punchline. Consequently, the emotional beats are rendered pretty ineffective to me; buried under some stuff that feels completely at odds with the narrative.
I liked Plug enough as a character. She did an okay job at anchoring the absurdity with enough charm to keep me interested. It is an okay viewing experience, provided you can tolerate a show that constantly interrupts its own emotional momentum.
Read at the sourceIkitikitaki
The Charger Girls anime will not be for everyone, but if you don't mind borderline hentai (e.g. uncensored nipples, gals pissing themselves,
and... tentacles?) if it has an adorable main character (that's Plug!), an actual story, character development, and actually does something then you'll enjoy this one!
First off, I watched the uncensored dubbed version (yes there's a censored version, also CR sucks) which is in my honest opinion the best version to watch.
With that in mind, how good is the dub?
This dub has to be one of the best dubs and arguably better than the Japanese version (oi! Don't pick up the pitch forks yet!). For example, Plug Cryostat sounds a lot more energetic and youthful than the sub, whereas in the sub, she honestly sounds about as mature as Arrester (who is suppo…
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I have this anime on DVD- which was the only way to get it at the time- and have watched it a few times and it's very funny, entertaining, an all around great time but easily misunderstood by western audiences because of its off-color humor. Anime often has humor that wouldn't fly in the west, one of the reasons I love Japan for making it- so if you're sensitive and likely to be triggered by such things- please run to your safe space now.
Charger Girl is about these really unique magical girls who are invisible- they fly around wearing red latex suits and they can see how happy or sad you are- and if you have a low score- below C I think- they extract this huge plug from a nearby transformer and zap you to 'recharge' you and make you happy. Their job is to fly around and find depressed p…
Read at the sourceAnimaniac2020
I am very hesitant to criticize an anime like this despite the fact there are a lot of things about it that I don't really like. The reason is because a show like this could never even be contemplated in the United States. It would be self-censored out of existence. So I commend the Japanese people for fostering a culture of tolerance that would allow such an insane, crazy, gross and masochistic show to exist.
As with all good light anime, there is a nice, universal message running throughout. In this anime, Charger Girls use huge plugs to charge up depressed humans before their hearts give out. The organization they work for is run for profit and strives for efficiency and volume. But Plug, seemingly the worst employee of the bunch, has a different approach. Simply "charging" someone stu…
Read at the sourceOokam1Matt
The truth is that I ended up watching this anime because a scene with a loli appeared in an advertisement on animeflv.net and I said "I HAVE TO SEE IT".
I honestly thought that it was a random scene but it ended up being the whole series like that, ecchi, gags and laughter interspersed in the story that sometimes gets dramatic and other times almost incomprehensible.
The characters are exquisitely drawn, all thanks to Ditama Bow (KissxSis, Mahoromatic) and they develop well.
A mix of a MagicalGirls style and go to know what else each chapter makes you want to see the other and the other, and so on until it ends and you see that it does not have a second season (why so much evil ?? !!)
Important note: watch it with headphones and in your room. Nothing strange happens, but enough happens…
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I’ve reviewed a LOT of bad anime for this site, but today I’m doing something I don’t normally do. I’m writing a request review for a friend’s birthday. This will be a tough one to get through, but I happen to really, REALLY like this person. So why not? This is Juden Chan, the worst magical girl anime you’ve never heard of.
So what is Juden chan about? It’s about a magical race from another dimension called Juden, who cure depression by shoving magical AC cords into people and giving them electroconvulsive therapy. I’m just a few sentences into this review and it’s already awkward! In Japanese, Juden or 充電 is a word for “Re-charge”. In German it means “Jews”, which entirely changes the context of the series. It would actually be a better series if it was about magical Jewish psychologis…
Read at the sourceSidewinder51
Seen via english dubbed
10 in rating
Curious as to why? well... you will have to stay tuned next week--just kidding!
Alas, life is worth living people say. Is that true always? i have heard good arguments for both situations. Well, the creator of this anime provides an answer and not only that provides an additional one. His or her line of thinking is that no matter how strong you are to be strong you must be weak at some point. If one has ever been negatively impacted strongly before it can take a while to recover emotionally even then it still won't go all away. cue in the charger girls. Rising to the feat is their job to speed your path into possible greatness. Sure, by law they boost you but it takes a human to find a flaw. Which causes an unexpected greater benefit. What is that fl…
Read at the sourceHectotane
And here, ladies and gentlemen, is the anime I would like to call "Double Standards."
When a shounen (supporting) lead in anime gets physically hurt by a chick, nobody pays any mind to it. It's "played for lulz," considered "ha-ha funny," and "you should shut up about it, you troll."
But when a shounen physically hurts a chick or more, and it's played for the lulz and "ha-ha funny;" then "it's not really funny at all." Because, you know. The Japanese animu industry makes more of the former and rarely focuses on the latter.
Which is sad. Juuden-chan is one of the more original anime I've saw in two decades. And that's saying a lot. Also, the upskirt panty-shots just make the show go down a bit smoother; despite how ridiculous it can get. I'm surprised that nobody had licensed and dubbed…
Read at the sourceHitsoriyumi
At first, from the first part of it, It was so confusing. The whole concept of 'charger girls.' which made me a little iffy to continue, but by episode 2 you quite learn to understand what it is.
I found my self...CAPTURED... by the flow, and movement they did. Even the little 'mini' series inside the one that one of the characters comes to adore. I found the drama kept me on the edge of my seat a bit that made me angry when the next one wasn't up on the place I watch it at.
Over all I was VERY pleased with this anime, which, in all honesty, is hard for me to say, because I'm very picky about anime.
This is not for children or people who don't like depressing moments, or anime that sucks you in. Because, believe me, it did to me.
Over all, go watch it. It's fantastic.
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