Puni Puni Poemy

This is just about THE funniest series I've seen to date and that says a lot. I've seen the entire series of Excel Saga and that was crazy enough..... Puni Puni Poemi goes way beyond anything you've seen in Excel Saga. It's crazier, the characters are solid and mesh well, it's funnier and it's easily a "must buy" series in my honest opinion. If you think this is just another off the wall anime, you'd be dead wrong.

I do wish that it was longer though, and that's about the only gripe I have about this series. Please, for the love of Pete, if you like good, wacky slapstick and lots of physical humor, pick this one up. Heck, at least rent it, but get this work of art in your head! (^-^ )v

Ahhh Shinichi Watanabe strikes again! Ole Nabeshin, along with his wife, brings to us Puni Puni Poemi! This is another of Watanabe's spoof shows, this time focusing in on Sailor Moon, Lesbians, and tentacles! This show has it all: Action, spastic comedy, drama (As a dear character from Excel Saga perishes) and tentacles! If you liked Excel, or just need some laughs, then Puni Puni Poemi is the choice for you. Look for it to be distributed by ADV Films shortly.

The first time I saw this was at an anime club meeting at my local library. The hosts told us this would be funny... they also said it'd be kind of dirty... I wanted to see just how dirty.

I got my answer days later when I rented this DVD, and believe it or not, the commentary was even sicker than the show itself.

Still I like sick humor, and if you can, watch all three versions. (Commentary, English and Japanese) Be warned, though: those of you that can't handle insanely fast dialog, sexual themes, weird tentacles on human characters or just plain gross humor, don't even pick this one up.

If you can though, this one's for you.

8/10

Now hold on! I'm a HUGE fan of both Excel Saga (I own the imperfect collection) and Puni Puni Poemy (they're both made by Shinichi Watanabe AKA: NABESHIN!). But if I was to make a choice, I think I would have to pick Puni Puni Poemy over Excel Saga. Although I still think that Excel Saga is the funniest anime SERIES (Puni Puni Poemy is an OVA or OAV) there were some episodes that just weren't funny enough (the animal episode especially), and I more preferred the crude humor moments in the show (unsurprisingly Episode 26 was my favorite!). Puni Puni Poemy though (since its an OVA) ups the ante on crudeness, rudeness and (for me) humor! I laughed so loud and so many times while watching the two episodes of Puni Puni Poemy! If you thought Excel Saga was rude, this is at least 10 times worse! There is A LOT of sexual references and sexual humor (the show mostly parodies hentai!) This is quite possibly one of my favorite anime's ever!

10/10

This is a 2 part OAV spin-off from "Excel Saga" and I dare not compare it to that series as it will pale. But if you take PPP on it's own you will find much to enjoy. Don't fault me for not really going into plot with this review as the plot is really secondary to the parody of other anime, manga, and heinti. It's manic energy, zaniness, hyperness, and spot-on parody will most likely win any Anime fan over after a small while, I do take issue with the characters making asides to "fan service" every now and then as it's more "faux" fan service because there's no follow through in that respect. But maybe that's just another joke. And that may be as the jokes and gags come so fast and often that no one will be able to catch on too them all on the first watch.

My Grade: B

Where i saw it: Anime Network on Demand