Audience reviews
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faeryghost
As a self-proclaimed fan of the magical girl genre, many of my pals have recommended Tokyo Mew Mew to me over the years. They would frequently note their fond memories of watching the show as kids, and talk about the characters as the main selling point.
Speaking as someone who watched this show without that nostalgic lens, I have to say it was, overall, a waste of time. I would argue that one’s enjoyment of this show depends on two factors:
1. Nostalgia
2. Tolerance for repetition
If you do not have either of these things, I would recommend skipping this show. Below, I’ll explain a bit more about why I didn’t enjoy Tokyo Mew Mew, for those who may be interested.
First of all, the logic of the show is altered depending on the situation. The most overt example of this is Ichigo’s attack…
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This review may be very biased, be warned.
I first watched tokyo mew mew in the summer of 2009. Back then I watched the dubbed version of this anime, and loved it. Looking back I would have to politely disagree with my past self, as the dub was horrible. However, I have come to appreciate the sub, as it is pretty good in comparison. Now on to the review.
Story: 4.
The story isn't as drastic or detailed as madoka magica or sailor moon or any other popular magical girl anime. It suffers from a lot of Ichigo's stupidity and overall lack of common sense, which can bring her into dangerous situations. However I commend it for at least being slightly unique-r than other magical girl anime. It has a theme of saving the environment, in which I haven't seen much in other magical girl anime. How…
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What can I say for this amazing magical girl anime?
Where should I start? The story is being developed on Earth where the peace is distracted by monster attacks and the enviroment is at stake! Two men are trying to bring peace back to the universe, Keichiro and Shirogane are planning to restore the planet but they are no match for these monstrous and evil creations! Their only hope is to find the rest mew mew girls, bring them together and fight the evil to the core. Ichigo is a student bored of studying and living a normal life until she notices that she has special abilities of a cat. She is in love with a boy and her new change is making her life difficult now. Shirogane meets her at last and the story starts when her first mission is to transform to a mew mew and fight an evil mosnter…
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*^* Spoilers ahead! *^*
Everything about this show is so cute. I mean.. it's called TOKYO MEW MEW! And the synopsis is cute girls fighting cute alien boys to save the frickin world! Sounds great, right? The show starts off lightning fast with its character/world introduction and although the mini stories and fights are rather cheesy, I didn't mind because to me it was something new. And did I mention cute?
What I didn't do was check if the show had any fillers. Turns out in 52 episodes, there are at least 20 episodes of fillers! Although I enjoyed the side stories in some of those, I did not enjoy how they all concluded the exact same way without any development whatsoever. These filler episodes dragged out what is already a very repetitive show with its "mew mew use that same attack aga…
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People should not throw Tokyo Mew Mew away at face value. Truly the show is much more complex than it seems at first, and it is honestly one of my most favorite animes. You'd never expect such themes of betrayal, true love, and determination to be in a seemingly small kids show. Please give it a watch and be more accepting!
The reason why I like the show so much is because of how surprisingly dark and addicting the series gets. With 5 girls running around in frilly costumes to save the day, the dark themes and heart breaking scenes are a shocker but are beautifully executed throughout the series. For me it made the show all the more enjoyable to watch. I connected with the characters on a personal level and even shed a few tears here and there. Even if you arent exactly a hardcore shoujo…
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This is actually one of the first anime I ever watched and was the anime that got me started watching anime, so I may be a bit biased here, I apologize. I've seen this anime a grand total of five times pretty much all the way through. I skipped a few filler episodes, though. So I guess you could say this is my favorite animes of all time, I used to know the opening by heart because I thought I wasn't aloud to skip it. I was a weird kid. I should also say that I've read the manga several times as well and this anime is very accurate, some of the names were changed a bit, and there was a lot of filler.
Anyway, the story is rather simple, but can get a bit complicated depending on what your definition of complicated is. It's basically a middle school love story, but gets ran over by a huge t…
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I loved Tokyo Mew Mew since I was probably 10 way before I even knew what anime was. I discovered this show by watching the edited dub version that fans seem to loath known as Mew Mew Power. I don't care what haters say. I really enjoyed the dubbed version more than the subbed and I always hope that one day I'll wake up on a Saturday morning to find that one of my favorite childhood memories will return. This anime is the very reason why Magical girl anime have become my favorite genre.
Story
The story is about a girl who gains powers to transform into a magical cat girl to fight aliens and find other girls who have similar abilities. I really enjoy the story. But there are alot of filler episodes. The story has a lot of comedy, romance, action, and a few weird surprises.
Art
I don't hav…
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tokyo mew mew is actually a rather enjoyable series, as it carries many redeeming points, and has a lot of sweet simplicity to it. however, there are also a lot of issues, given that despite the enormous potential it presents, most is not expanded upon or properly recognised throughout the course of the series. the main factor for this seems to be the protagonist is given so much of the spotlight, many other characters are often cast to the side. unfortunately, despite how much i did enjoy the anime, that is the case in many areas. that being said, there are really quite a few rather interesting plot twists amid the many cliche magical girl tropes presented.
tokyo mew mew is also particularly appealing and different because you can greatly empathise with the series antagonists, and you're…
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Although this is my favorite anime, I will try to ignore that fact as I review this.
So, here goes:
Story: 10
I think the story is great because of the villains. Mainly, Deep Blue (Diipu Buruu). He was wonderfully kept in the dark for most of the series to avoid spoilers, but when he was revealed he was almost like an X-Men villain (like Apocalypse). The overall plan of the aliens was to destroy the humans on Earth so they could take it for themselves, and, unless you watched the English dub, they had their own morals on the matter. Apparently, they were trying to 'reclaim' the Earth for their species. Their species originated on Earth. The main three aliens, Pai, Kisshu, and Taruto, were enjoyable to watch, and they seemed to care for each other very much, the only thing throwing this…
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So, before I begin I imagine my opinion and review or this might be controversial so be warned.
Firstly, this anime will always have a special in my heart because it was the first ever anime I watched daily as a child (granted, I was not aware of the word 'anime' at the time). I personally believe it to be the better Sailor Moon if I'm honest.
It is just an incredibly cute magical girl anime with so many otps and original ideas that it is easy to watch as well as fun to watch.
I have also come to find that the characters have rather (*cough* *cough* cliche *cough* *cough*) diverse personalities so it is quite easy to pick a favorite.
And for once, in a magical girl anime the villain (in my opinion anyway) is not the most annoying character in the show, in fact he is probably one of my f…
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I loved this anime. It's really beautiful. The emotions, the story line, the character development, it's just all amazingly done. I find it common for anime and manga to feel rushed sometimes, but they really took time in developing the story at a realistic pace. I loved every character, even the bad guys. It's incredible how they manipulate you to feel a certain way about each character and how that changes through out the story. It was sad, funny, heart braking and inspiring. Loved every second of it. I wish I could forget it all just to watch it again for the first time.
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This is oft' suggested with Sailor Moon. So naturally as a die-hard Sailor Moon fan, I had to watch it.
The first 10 episodes I found to be kind of a bore, yet interesting enough to keep me hooked. I was wondering why on earth anyone would suggest this for Sailor Moon fans. Yes, it's magical girl but it's target audience is a little younger than the Sailor Moon crowd...Only from Episodes 11-12 it got good.
It becomes rather more serious than a whimsical kids magical girl anime. My attitude went from 'oh man! there's 52 episodes of this!' to 'Oh my god! there's only 13 episodes left! why?!'
Story: Starts out pretty generic but I feel as it progresses it really starts to hold its own as it introduces some complexities later on, though I'd have liked to seen more time gone into these as…
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**I use TMM to represent Tokyo Mew Mew in this review**
I honestly don't understand why I loved Tokyo Mew Mew so much.
When I was looking for a new series to start, I was craving for something like Sailor Moon. And boy let me tell you, TMM actually felt like it hit the spot.
At first glance I thought TMM was going to be stupid. Lmao I guess you shouldn't judge an anime by its' cover.
TMM's story was good! The art and sound (I thought) was good! TMM's Characters went beyond my expectations. From what I can recall, Ichigo wasn't that one "dumb" main character, she actually made some sense.
I don't know if it is just me but, I would've liked different transformations to the characters, not only a small change to Ichigo's weapon. Besides that, I very much enjoyed TMM.
I definitely will re…
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Let me just say something. It’s hard to find anime legally. It’s even harder to find English dubbed anime legally. And, wouldn’t you know it, I’m one of those people that likes to make it a point to obtain my anime in both of those fashions. Sure, call me a weenie, call me an uncultured couth, but at least I have a guiltless conscience. Of course, there is one English dubbing company which I truly hate and despise. It is truly a force for evil in this universe, and while with other dubbing companies I make sure to buy their stuff (even though I’m saving for college so no I can’t get the latest book of Bakuman or the complete collection of Martian Successor Nadesico even though it hurts even though it makes me grind my teeth even though….but I digress), with this company I specifically make…
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I started watching TMM because I remembered watching it when I was a child. At first, it seemed pretty average, magical girl, cute girls, romance, save the World...etc Cliché right? I continued watching it, and noticed one problem. The girls were all cliché types. It was so frustrating!
Character: 5/10
Ichigo - Typical hyperactive-ish girl who falls in love and is the heroine. Extremely cliché.
Mint - Typical rich and snobby girl. The only good thing is that she changes into someone nice towards the end and obsessed over someone.
Zakuro - Too 'cold'. Its hard to explain, but there is just too much of a barrier. She is too mysterious, no one can understand her. Sure, she's hot and smart, but other than that, she's nothing.
Lettuce - What's with the name? And the typical nerd girl that gets…
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Some people dislike this anime because they say it's a rip off of Sailor Moon. I will admit that it kind of is (with the addition of animals), but it's really not too bad of a show if you give it a chance.
Story - Ditzy teenage girl Ichigo Momomiya (I will most certainly not call her by her dub name, good lord) is the main character of this anime. She and a few other girls collaborate and make a team to stop aliens from taking over the earth. While protecting the earth, she tries to get a boy named Aoyama to fall in love with her. All girls in the team have an animal that their transformation is based on, Ichigo's being a cat. An alien named Kisshu falls in love with her, so there is a love triangle between her crush, her, and the alien.
Art - The art is cute, girly, glittery, and is all…
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At first glance Tokyo Mew Mew basically looks and feels like a rip-off of Sailor Moon with maids and catgirls, and for the first 15-20 episodes that’s pretty much what it is. But a funny thing happened on my way through this series; it got surprisingly good and wonderfully addictive. It should also be noted that my three year old daughter thinks this is the best thing in the history of television. While I certainly wouldn’t say that’s the case, watching her sing and dance to the opening "My Sweetheart" is almost too adorably cute for me to bear.
The plot is standard Mahou Shoujo fair. Our heroine Ichigo finds herself in the possession of unwanted, embarrassing, and often uncontrollable magical powers. These powers involve her growing cat ears and a tail and having many feline abilities an…
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Tokyo Mew Mew tells the story of Ichigo Momomiya, a clumsy but kind girl who loves protecting the environment and who has a huge cruch on Aoyama-kun, the coolest and hottest guy in school. However, on thier first date together, Ichigo is hit with a mysterious beam of light which changes and mixes her DNA with that of a rare wild cat. Now by she is half school girl, half super hero with some embarassing feline tendancies. It's up to her to find her super hero team mates, save the world from interdimensional aliens AND keep her new boyfriend from discovering her secret!
When I first had this anime reccomended to me online I thought I'd hate it, it sounded so cheesy and girly. But actually I was instantly hooked! The jokes are funny, the tension is well excecuted and it's just fun and exciti…
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((This is for the subbed or raw Japanese version, not the dubbed version.))
Tokyo Mew Mew was, basically, my first anime. It was, overall, actually a pretty good place to begin.
Right then, story wise it's interesting but more in a new-spin on an old idea way; the concept of adding the environmental and animal focus to the magical girl idea was neat and I liked that some of the animals were less typical. The basic collect-the-pieces-and-destroy-the-monster plot is nice enough and pretty entertaining, and comes across as less repetitive as some could. There are some decent twists and turns, and I like one early on where we get a total 180 for Lettuce. The romance is... generic, but oh well.
Art wise, it's nice. I like the style, it's very much modern girly anime and it's wonderfully brig…
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Tokyo Mew Mew is a really awsome anime to watch.........everything about it*in my opinion* is SO awsome!i mean its story, art, sound, characters, and everything else is awsome ^^.
Story:the story is about a girl who, when on a date with her crush, is zaped by a light and her DNA is merged with the DNA of a Iriomote Wildcat. Ichigo*that girl* and 4 others, Mint, Lettuce, Pudding, and Zakuro, must save the world from being takin over by the aleins, Kisshu, Taruto, and Pia. So that is pretty much the plot to it all.
Art/Animation:Again its very good. How they drew everything was awsome. The animation behind this show is pretty much like other anime like this one but its still one of a kind.
Sound:The sound is *again*awsome. Its begining "My Sweet Heart" is so cool. Ihavent really heard the…
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