Product Details

• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai
• DVD Release Date: March 2, 2004
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001BMMH2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #261,812 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Kei Kusanagi has a mysterious illness that causes him to enter a comatose state whenever he gets upset. One "standstill" lasted three years, so Kei looks like he's only 15, although he's actually 18. One night, he sees a UFO land and encounters a beautiful alien; the next day he discovers she's Mizuho Kazami, his new Japanese teacher. (She's really a half-alien/half-human agent sent to observe Earth by the Galaxy Federation while posing as a teacher.) When the principal finds Kei and Mizuho locked in an equipment room, they claim they're secretly married to avoid a scandal. Kei's lecherous uncle insists they get married, and predictable complications ensue. The idea of a teacher-student romance apparently plays better in Japan than does in the U.S., where images of a boy who looks barely pubescent and a voluptuous older woman smack of child molestation. (Rated 16 and older: risqué humor, brief nudity) --Charles Solomon

Product Description

Studio: Infinity Resources Inc Release Date: 04/27/2004

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Onegai Teacher, October 11, 2003

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Jelani Ellington (Farmington Hills, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Please Teacher - Hot for Teacher (Vol. 1) - With Series Box (DVD)

Please Teacher is, without a doubt, one of the best anime series I have ever seen. At first I thought that this was going to be reminiscent of Love Hina or maybe even Tenchi Muyo, but it was not. The anime has its own flavor, a nice set of supporting cast and a good developing story line.

In standard anime theme, a voluptuous twenty-one year old alien falls from the sky and a geeky fifteen year old boy (who was in a coma for three years so he is actually eighteen) sees her. The alien is actually on a mission to spy on the earth and watch the primitive planet develop. Said alien goes to the local school and becomes a teacher. There she finds Kei, the geeky guy, and confronts him to make sure that he won't tell she is an alien. They accidentally get locked in the room together and the principal finds them together. To prevent the alien (Mizuho) from getting fired and starting a scandal, they say that they are married. The series then develops around the two trying to start a relationship at home while keeping everything secret from the class and faculty.

This anime has a more mature theme then other animes. If you are looking for martial arts, alien invasions, and cosmic battles, you'll have to go elsewhere. The artwork and music is excellent. I would highly recommend this anime.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Pleasant Surprise, November 24, 2003

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"asu-san" (Cartersville, GA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Please Teacher - Hot for Teacher (Vol. 1) - With Series Box (DVD)

Please Teacher was a series that I'd seen selling at Japanese online stores, like Amazon Japan. Based on it's popularity there, I decided it would be worth the investment ($100 for all four DVDs), and immediately bought the first DVD when it became available. I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was definitely pleasantly surprised. I found the story to be emotionally charged but with enough fun to keep things in control.
Though it can be viewed as a bit predictable and cliche, Please Teacher's story deals with a simple question. Why must there be both happiness and sadness? Kei, the male lead, faces the dilema head on and finds the answer with the help Mizuho, the female lead, and his friends. They learn that life is NOT all laughs; a person must deal with the highs and lows of life. That you can't be happy 100% of the time unless you come to a complete stand still. That you can't force someone else to be happy nor should you sacrifice your happiness in order to create happiness in someone else's life.
This series is not for someone who is looking for a whimsical story, but, if you're an emotional person who empathizes with movie characters, I recommend Please Teacher.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "This is a priority one.", July 2, 2003

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Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)   

This review is from: Please Teacher: Hot for Teacher - Volume 1 (DVD)

You'll hear Mizuho Kazami, the main character - the alien teacher, say that a lot. First off, this DVD has nothing but art in it. The lovely backgrounds, the animated characters and everything seems perfect. The characters seem like real people, at least they're not too flat, and the stories are about relationships with a lot of humor and fan service tossed in. The voices were well selected and even the sci-fi elements seem both interesting and cool. Even the trailer and the promo clip which are on the DVD extras, along with a design gallery, are nice.
Well drawn, well written and well done. I plan to get them all!
Oh, no sex. Sorry guys/gals.