Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san

Introduction

The time is the near future. Cockroaches and other household pests have become immune to all forms of insecticides. In response to this crisis, a Japanese company has created small, doll-like, insect exterminating robots called Hoi Hoi-san. A competing company has also released their own version, Combat-san. Because of their adorable appearance, these little robots have become somewhat of a phenomenon and have gained many fans. Late at night, in the home of one such fan, Hoi Hoi-san and Combat-san search for insects to exterminate... but Combat-san is not above trying to exterminate Hoi Hoi-san while she's at it.

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MisterK

Imagine a world where bug sprays don't work, so you'd get a tiny palm-sized gun-welding doll to do the job. Well, it's hard to imagine, but someone made manga with that idea, and someone read and thought "hey, let's animate this!" so here we are. It's hard to say anything about story without spoiling it since this OVA is just 11 minutes, proof of concept and proof of art work. Is it fun? Yes. It's funny, old school-ish short with enjoyable character design, good voice acting, deep enough presentation to get a bit invested in the story. Production values were rather high here. Good, fluent animation. Well presented scale of bug-killing dolls. Humor was absurd from the get go. Like watching "over produced" Itchy and Scratchy short from the Simpsons, but better (since it's not related to…

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Ranivus

Just like how short the OVA is, i would like to keep this review short and simple yet concise. Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san is another great comedy sketch by the kings of loli comedy: Domu. The story is simple yet very intriguing and all keeping under the veil of cuteness only Domu can make. The Story evolves a popular pest control doll called Hoihoi-san. Whose sole purpose in life is to destroy household pests like cockroaches. The problem with Hoihoi-san, is that she's so cute people just buy her not knowing what she really does. As for the case of the main character... The art compared to Domu's later works are of slightly lower quality but you can tell its done by the same people who made Ichigo Mashimaro and the likes. The sound is standard cute girl loli fare. I especially love…