Product Details

• Actors: Greg Ayres, Luci Christian, Tiffany Grant, Matt Greenfield, Hilary Haag
• Directors: Shinichi Watanabe
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Adv Films
• DVD Release Date: April 6, 2004
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001I5646
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #42,175 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The two-part OVA Puni Puni Poemy retains the tone but not the plot of the 2000 series Excel Saga. The only returning character is Nabeshin, the caricature of director Shinichi Watanabe. Poemi Watanabe has two missions: to become a voice actress and to save the Earth. When evil aliens who have tether balls dangling from their crotches kill her parents, she moves in with the nutty Aasu sisters, who command useless superpowers. As in Excel Saga, there are some funny parodies: an old fish becomes the bejeweled sword Poemi uses when she transforms into her super-guise of Puni Puni Poemi, and adoring Futaba Aasu spoofs Tomoyo in Cardcaptor Sakura. Unfortunately everything is pitched at a breakneck pace, with the actors hysterically screaming their lines over "fan service" nudie shots. The results are more exhausting than amusing. (Rated 17 and older: nudity, violence, gross humor, profanity) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Hilarious!!, June 24, 2004

By	"tuliwuli" (Ottawa, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

This is one DAMN good 2 episode anime. I really liked the twisted humor. Although it is sexualy oriented, I do not believe it is "meant" for boys only.
I am a girl and I loved this anime more than most anime out there...
If you do not appreciate twisted humor, then why bother watching anime in the first place?

I think this anime is worth buying!! If you like crazy anime and you are over a certain age! I'd say 16 or so... You should definately get it!!! ^_^

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking the Weirdness Barrier, April 8, 2004

By	Kevin Salzer (California) - See all my reviews

For those avid fans of excel saga, this is the anime for you! Puni Puni is all based on a gag found in episode 17 (i think) of excel saga, a short parody of magical girl shows common in japan, especially amongst young girls. But make no mistake, this is NOT for children (its strongly suggests age 17+), for it is about the closest thing you can get to an actual hentai program. It is very like Excel Saga in that it stars a super hyper chick with a modest dream that never really comes true, and along the way (the whole 2 episodes) encounters wacky incidents. However, unlike Excel Saga, you do not need a thorough understanding of japanese culture. Just a sense of humor, thats all. You might even notice some familiar characters, especially Nabeshin, the director's alter ego, and his wife Kumi-Kumi (soup girl, remember?). Plus, you might be able to catch Koshi Rikdo and Menchi. And one character, Shii, bares a strong resemblence to Hyatt (blue hair, soft-speaker, well endowned). And for those who enjoy listenin to the dubbed version (if you're goin sub, i'd be best if you're a fast reader!) its fun to identify the voices of your favorite Excel characters!

Well you could have skipped all that, because i'll just sum it up here: If you enjoy the antics of Excel Saga (or fan service *blush*) these two episodes are definitely worth your money! But be prepared for obscene jokes, uncomfortable situations (like the aliens and their... packages hangin down the whole show...), and questionable physical comedy. I thoroughly enjoyed this program, and i would buy anything else they dish out!

Favorite Part: When Futaba and Poemi are sleeping head to head and they turn their heads to face each other.... the cracking noise made it priceless.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They learned nothing from Excel., February 25, 2004

By A Customer

Puni Puni Poemi is one of the most insane things I have ever seen in my entire life. It's also one of the funniest. Whereas a lot of Excel Saga's humour came from bizarre puns and obscure cultural references that didn't carry over too well into English, Poemi is focused mostly on sight gags, and the occasional one-liner that would be impossible to mess up. And, since the DVD will be a release from the fine folks at ADV, you can count on a pretty good dub - although the Japanese version is much funnier, if only for the hysterics of Poemi's seiyuu, Yumika Kobayashi.

There's no plot, no character development and no real point to Poemi, and the only people who can say that it suffers because of this shouldn't be watching anime anyway. Poemi has no pretentions; it's not art or a great story. It's bizarre fun at its best. But keep it away from anyone under seventeen. They'll lock you up otherwise.