Customer Reviews

Kodocha - School Girl Super Star (Vol. 1)

5 star:		(12)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

This anime series is great. I'm glad Funimation dubs Kodocha. They do a great job, and honestly if it was someone else, this series would get cut up pretty bad. The only major change is in the opening sequence... They could not acquire the rights to the 1st season opening, so the 2nd was used in it's place. The Kodocha DVDs are dubbed & uncut, and feature lots of laughs, some serious drama, and a nice art style.

The only disappointment is there's only 4(!) episodes per Volume. Don't you think they could fit more on a DVD than that?? Keep in mind, this is a show 102 episodes long. That comes to 26 volumes at the rate they are going. -_-;; Well, be prepared to part with your money -- you're going to love this show.

Kodocha is just so funny and fantastic and wonderful. It's one of the few shows where I laugh out loud during almost every episode, yet it also maintains an air of poignancy that sometimes moves me to tears.

A lot of people are complaining about Funimation's release of the series. I am not. I never even thought there ever would be an English language release of such an ecletic series. This is a nice starter box for your collection, and it comes with a Babbit purse which I must admit I find terribly adorable. The sub stays true to the original series, and the only place it deviates is with an early scene in the first episode where a guest appearance is made by a member of the band Tokio. Tokio did the opening song for the original Japanese version, which has been cut out of the Funimation version. This is because Tokio wanted an excessive amount of money for Funimation to be able to license the song for the use of the English release and they apparently weren't willing to bargain. Funimation chose to remove the song entirely from the series rather than continue negotiations with Tokio. I think the removal of the song takes away from the series, but it's still better to have Kodocha without the song than to not have it at all.

This is one of my favorite series. I enjoyed fruits basket of course (didnt everyone) though this is different (much more humorous) it has the same humor that gets me crying Im laughing so hard. I never saw it in Japanese so like the other reviews I dont know what Im missing but I don't care because I love this anime. I just got done watching the 6th DVD and pre-ordered the 2nd box set and I cant wait to get it. Take the time to watch the first DVD Im sure you will love this one. Sana is adorably whacky. The characters are all a riot this is one of the funniest animes ever! My friends and I who don't always see eye to eye on anime all love this one!!!

I came across this series several years ago and have watched the whole thing since. The first half especially is charming, wacky and new. the second half of the series or Junior High school, is not very good at all, not because the Author of the seires loses her touch (in the manga) but because this long TV series neglects to follow the original story line in the second half. This means a whole lot of filler and no content. What miho obanna did wonderfuly in a `10 volume manga is done teribly owning to the second half in a `102 episode series. It is not alltogether the fault of the japanese producers of this tv series. originaly Miho Obanna was planing to make the series go on for 8 volumes instead of ten. that is what the TV producers were counting on. The change of plan led them to change parts of the plot and screw up the wonderful ending to the manga. It is because of the bad ending as well as the large amount of completly taseless and juvanile filler that this series is disapointing. Although the first half is much better, the firs half of the actual plot of the manga is completly exausted by episode 30 or 35. the first half is more true to the original plot and the filler is much better.

I predict that by the time the second half of the series gets out, loyal fans will flock to buy it. they will soon realize however that after a while they are watching dvd after dvd of filler. It is prety aparent where the plot diverges and becomes tastless.

I know anime is expensive and that is why I recomend buying the ten volume manga at a good price. It is SUPERIOR in quality. you don't want to spend hundreds of dollars to buy a long series that will disapoint you and your wallet in the end.

I came across this series as a fansub of the OAV about 7 years ago and quickly fell in love with it and found the fansub for the whole series. Marmalade Boy on crack is the best way to describe this series.

Kodocha consists of total of 102 episodes and is divided into 3 seasons

I highly recommend this show if you havent seen it before, the show and book is similar in some way and differ in some way

In my opion i like the manga better than the anime, the anime was a bit dissapointing, espically the ending (sorry about the bad spelling)

you should give the anime a try, but i also sugest reading the manga if you planning on watching the anime

i seen the anime in japanese but i'll probuly plan on getting it in english also

you might like the show if you like funny movies, i also recomend marmalade boy, ultramaniac, super gals, kaleido star, and fruits basket if you like kodocha, hope this review help

If I could give 0 stars, I would. Seriously.

My first clue that this DVD release was botched should've been the company that released it: FUNimation. You know, that same company that butchered Dragonball in its various forms. So I expected a few edits, especially that Sana-chan would likely not refer to her manager as her pimp. Sadly, that seems to be one of the few things they got right.

First thing I noticed was the ommission of the original S1 opening, "Juu-kuji no News." Supposedly this is due to licensing issues. However, a scene was omitted as a result of this, and the opening they used contains minor spoilers for much later episodes. Also, the Jp audio cuts out in multiple places, which is jarring and slightly painful given the show's frenetic pace.

I was unable to get beyond the first few minutes of ep 2, as the sound cut out for the third time and I just gave up. Thankfully I still have my fansubs.

I've been a fan of Kodomo no Omocha through fansubs for years, and am happy to actually be able to buy it on DVD. It's a great show, tons of fun.

However, the DVD release is horrid.

The first thing I noticed was - that's not the first season opening sequence and song. It's from a later season. And that's the attention to detail that carries on.

There was a short sequence in the japanese track on the first episode (where Sana meets the singer of the theme song (that no longer exists)) where the audio no longer exists, and there's no subtitles. That's a problem.

They put a lot of effort into trying to americanize it for the dub, but messed up on the basics. I'll still buy the rest of the series - but watch it on my fansub versions.

I bought Kodocha vol. 1 cause I used to watch it when I was younger and I loved it when I was younger and I still do. Kodocha is pure humor. You don't know what's gonna happen. Sana is a surprise though out the whole thing. Her songs that she sings is so hilarious. Akito Is this trouble one that you seem to hate but find yourself loving his character. The dubbing is awesome. I love the actors in it and this series Is a fresh of breathe air.

I saw these episodes online (first) and absolutely loved them! It's even better on my T.V. now.

This DVD features Sana as she deals with classroom troubles (namely Akito and his cronies.) It introduces the characters very nicely, and after watching later episodes (which you will want to see,) you can see the growth. Character development is done so naturally and believably (???) that it keeps your interest. You see her back at school from missing it due to work and trying to get her studies straight. She gets sick of the chaos in her classroom from the boys and starts obsessing over how to get them to stop (yes... all 4 episodes feature this plot in different ways.) Sana finds herself getting involved deeper and deeper into the personal life of her classroom rival (Akito.)

The classroom plotline quickly takes a back seat after these episodes.

Now for my favorite part... the comedy! This is a very funny show if you're into family-type sitcoms. The humor is relatively clean (This DVD has less content/language issues than future episodes, but if you can tolerate language and content in the show Friends, this is nothing far from that in that respect.) Sana is hilarious! She has such a unique way of thinking, so even though something may start to look predictable, she turns it in unexpected directions. Her rapping is always fun to watch. In this DVD, she's the main source of the humor. (although Akito continues getting funnier as the show progresses.) Her energy is refreshing and can make even the dramatic parts fun to watch. The voice acting was done perfectly for her!

Rei can be funny too. He's Sana's "manager, boyfriend, and pimp!" as she puts it (not knowing what a pimp really means at her young age.) He tries to be there for her, and lets you know that he won't let anything drastic happen to her.

As far as the individual episodes go, episodes 1 and 3 were my favorite on this DVD (14 and 15 are my favorites that I've seen.) Episode 1 made me really like the characters, so if it dropped into some drama in other episodes, I knew humor was on the way because of how the characters were presented. Episode 3 had Sana getting way too cocky (figuring she had a way to beat Akito) which was fun to see how she handled getting knocked down a notch. It also had a very funny ending. Episodes 2 and 4 were still very funny (2 had one of my favorite parts, as well as my 5-year-old son's favorites.)

All the episodes kept me wanting to see what happened next though, and seeing the characters finally interacting a little differently in episode 4 than episode 1 let me know that character development was taken very seriously (in a funny way.)

It plays out like a sitcom with a good growing story.

Some people may not like the hyperness of this DVD, but it adds to the fun carefree attitude Sana tries to carry with her. This is a character trait that matures in her, so if that's the reason for not watching it, then know that it becomes more selective at all the right moments.

This DVD is good for kids and adults. I love it as well as my 8-year-old daughter and my 5-year-old son loves when Sana is crazy or singing.