Introduction
Beautiful sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, their android maid Mea and slippery pet ferret Unagi make an amazing journey together through time and space without ever leaving their beloved mansion behind! Following the clues of the strange dandelion-like "Popotan," the girls are theoretically seeking the person who has the answers to their most personal questions, but they seem to have more than enough time to take side trips, meet new friends, visit hot springs and occasionally operate the X-mas shop they keep in the house along the way!
Yet, the girls' ultimate destiny holds more than a few surprises of its own, and not every moment is filled with hilarity, as moving through time means having to leave friends behind as well.
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Audience reviews
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Karasu994
Popotan is an early 2000s anime which exists, it’s a strong contender for the most “literally made for me” anime I’ve ever seen, it’s a clusterfuck of early 2000s camp/aesthetics with a story about 3 girls finding a place in the world they live in at its core. I should acknowledge first that it’s an adaptation of a Visual Novel, although it heavily deviates from the source, essentially becoming its own original story, I have not touched the VN myself and doing so is not a top priority.
For 9 episodes, this series follows an episodic narrative and each one feels like a different self contained campy early 2000s anime. The production isn’t anything glamorous in the slightest, but I still really adore the type of aesthetic it’s going for, the show is set in a bright, colourful, surreal early…
Read at the sourceMaiGalaxy
This review will have a spoiler free section with the ratings and a spoiler section after the ratings which you can avoid reading if you prefer to remain spoiler free but it is necessary for me to include the spoiler section in order to properly review Popotan. Rest assured I'll warn you when we come to the spoiler section and the spoiler section won't be before the ratings.
If you didn't see the genres/themes and didn't read the Synopsis for what this anime is about, then it won't be until episode 6 or around there that it's confirmed what genre this is, this in and of itself adds a nice little mystery of what's going on in the story and i suspect this was done intentionally back in the day. This review assumes you already know what the genre/theme is however there is one that is not on…
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Is there anything worse than bad-looking fanservice? If you said bad-looking fanservice padded with 12 episodes of inexplicable story, you'd be right, and this brings us to Popotan, an early 00's vehicle for breasts and panty shots very loosely inspired by an erotic visual novel by the same name.
I had very low expectations and ample warning for this show, expecting only said breasts and panty shots with a modicum of light storytelling to carry them. Unfortunately I was to be disappointed even in these very qualified expectations.
What Popotan is about doesn't matter - the show makes this very clear early on. Yes, there's a larger story about connecting with others which is given undue seriousness for such a light piece of entertainment, but what underpins it is a plot so half-baked you'…
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Overview:
It's nearing midnight on Halloween, and I just finished watching one of the most terrifying horror anime ever made! An anime that will make grown men shit their pants in terror! This is an anime that only REAL men can stomach sitting through! This is the Eldritch Abomination that is...Popo -tan!
Background:
Firstly, the word Popo-tan is not a reference to Mr. Popo and his politically incorrect tan. Popo-tan is a nonsense word that in this series means dandelion, although the actual Japanese word for dandelion is "tanpopo". Basically, it is named that because Popo-tan hates you!
Popo-tan was based on an explicit hentai game of the same name. The game had virtually no plot whatsoever and just involved guiding a guy through various romances to unlock heavily pixelated sex scene…
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Let me just say this: The things I do for you people. SMH, reader, SMH.
Popotan is a 2003 anime series about three magical sisters and their maid, who travel through time and space in their mysterious, enchanted house. Every time their house phases out of the physical realm, it jumps into the future by about five years, finding a new location with an ample supply of dandelions for the girls to extract more magic from. They can communicate with these dandelions, but they also make time to communicate with the people... They live in whatever area the house landed in, carrying on normal lives in society until they need to leave again.
Why don’t they wait for Dandelions to die and be replaced by new ones, which should happen in fairly quick succession considering the short life span of a dan…
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In the grand rules of anime, most eechi/fan service shows are considering to either being the bottom of the barrel and likely the target when it comes to ridiculing anime as a whole, but can an eechi series can be light on the fan service but actually, have some dramatic story elements? Can this one turn the tide for me and be a show that can be taken seriously….or at least, not suck so bad? Then again, I’m a guy that gave Sekirei a decent grade despite most of it being all fan service and that’s where Popotan comes in at.
Sisters Ai, Mai, Mii, and their housekeeper android Mea inhabit in a mysterious house that transports them through time and space. Following leads obtained from dandelions (or "popotan"), the sisters attempt to locate a certain someone believed to hold the answers to th…
Read at the sourceBrinkley
This is an anime worth watching if you havent got anythign better to do for sure. That said, most aspects of the anime are just ordinary- Im not too shocked by the negative reviews.
For example, the art is nothing special- not very detailed or special. But I really like the colors and the cleaness of it.
The music and sound isnt anything to rave about, but I really love the unforgetable begining and ending theme songs.
The characters are typical, ordinary anime characters- the shy, big-boobs girl, the cute and naive little girl, the average but somewhat troubled girl, the curious protagonist boy.
The plot in itself of this story is the anime's saving grace because it is unique; however, it leaves a lot of questions unanswered. There werent too many annoying underlying romances like I ha…
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Ai, Ai, Ai... Ai love you!
Mai, Mai, Mai... Mai darling!
Mii, Mii, Mii... help Mii!
Sorry, but i just had to start this review with that song. It's just so catchy, not to mention fitting for this review.
Popotan is an anime adaptation of the visual novel of the same name. If you're familiar with visual novels, you might have heard about the Popotan visual novel. Well, I'm not exactly knowledgeable about visual novels (the only ones I've ever played were the Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games, but that's beside the point), but I have done my homework on Popotan.
From what I've heard, the anime I'm reviewing here doesn't follow the visual novel's story. Instead, it takes place in an alternate reality (kinda reminds me of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, if you ask me) with a comp…
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I seen this horrible series and I hate it for everything.One the animation is not great on the characters all the the characters seem like they want to kill.The second voice acting is terrible it's like they took people off the street.The characters are awlful one who is ai no i'm not kidding that is her name.She can talk to flowers and doesn't care if she is naked or sexually assault.She say's flowers can talk anyone that says that should be in a insane asylum.The other girl is mii.now I hate hakufu from ikki tousen.But this girl is so god damned annoying I basically.want to hit her with a hammer cause she won't shut up.maii is the smart girl but at least she is smart unlike the other two.The only thing is she is a lesiben.The last one is the maid mea.honestlly I don't who did her but she…
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I have to say that this is certainly one of the most inconsistent anime series I have ever seen. Its almost like it isnt sure where it wants to go and keeps switching between all sorts of anime types, its almost like Excel Saga only the changes are not done tongue in cheek and they are not as drastic. Ok maybe thats a bit of an exaggeration but I am not kidding you when I say that there are a few fight scenes in this anime...yeah ill try not to spoil anything but its gonna be hard.
Story: 7
Although inconsistent the story is interesting, in fact it is so interesting that I spent the entire series asking what the heck is going on. Seriously, so so many questions are left unanswered. We never even find out how the whole time traveling thing with the three sisters (who incidentally look not…
Read at the sourceRanivus
Popotan is an ecchi drama with some light comedy added for some extra kick to this melancholy show. When someone says ecchi, some people close their eyes and ears because they assume its going to be another tasteless fanservice show. Indeed ecchi is intended mainly for fanservice, but when done right might even enhance a story into the adult world. Thats the case with this show.
Story (Great)
I couldn't understand if the story of the show was aimed toward children or adults considering how much boobs and service are in every episode. Even though theres fanservice in every episode its done pretty tastefully and don't really hinder the story at all. As far as the story goes, its about 3 friends who happen to embark on a journey in a teleporting house. The plot indeed sounds strange but the…
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