Chobits Review

   For many of you that know a little about anime, you've atleast heard the name Chobits. It took me awhile to finish the show. It wasn't long. It wasn't boring. I just had a lot of different shows to watch. So here it is. My review on Chobits.

   Chobits is a show set in modern Japan. It's a parallel universe in which humans have finally discovered how to make real AIs. These AIs are called persocoms. Persocoms are walking computers that can do just about anything. You like your Iphone? Well does your Iphone do the dishes? Does it find you a good restaurant while it walks your dog for you? I think not.

   The story revolves around a young man named Hideki and his persocom Chi. Hideki has to move to Tokyo from his small town to attend a college prep-school for adults. Hideki for the most part is a kind and genuinely honest guy. He has a tad bit of a perverted side to him, but how many 18-20 year old guys don't. While in Tokyo he sees persocoms for the first time and wishes he had one. On his walk home he finds one in the trash, in perfect shape, and decides to take it home. Chi is adorable and clueless. Most persocoms come pre-programmed, but Chi for some reason needs to be taught everything. So shes very child like and innocent. How shes not child like is her full womanly form. Which produces some wonderfully awkward moments for poor Hideki, who tries his damnedest to be a polite gentlemen. I had some friends complain about the ending being half-assed, but I think those friends missed the point of the show. I thought the ending closed off all the important loose ends and left you feeling a sense of closure.

   The artwork can be pretty lazy. Not really top shelf animation. The faces look pretty bad. And yet they do a great job at drawing the female form. Go figure.

    The voice acting isn't really top shelf either. It's not Negima! bad, but it can get very reading off a script I'v never read before bad. As you get to know the characters more you start to ignore any bad acting, because the story is very captivating.

   Chobits has a lot of sexual content. Fan service galore. It deals with sex trade, the porn industry, adultery, humans and robots having sexual relationships. There isn't any nudity or sex scenes, though. So in that way its clean. I wouldn't let a child younger than 14 watch this show still. So parents watch out.

  Overall, Chobits is a very cute love story, filled with hilarity and awkward sexual tension. If you enjoy romantic comedies you'll most likely enjoy this show. I give Chobits 7 chibi lolitas out of 10.