Product Details

• Actors: Richard Cansino, Bridget Hoffman, Mona Marshall, Ayako Kawasumi, Tony Pope
• Directors: Hiroyuki Yamaga
• Format: Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: Unrated
• Studio: Bandai Entertainment Inc.
• DVD Release Date: August 26, 2003
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00009WNVE
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #112,910 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars awesome mahoro rules, March 6, 2004

By	Samantha (somwhere) - See all my reviews

mahoromatic is a great series if you like dramam and comedy, you sdhould go for it but the bad part is a lottttttt of fanservice and breast shots so beware if you're not at least 13. but it has a good plot and a nice ending; and all in all mahoromatic is very nice. and it has awesome animation too its a sweet plot and suguru is very funny haha and remember... "I think dirty thoughts are bad"

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Add just the right character to keep the story fun, June 21, 2004

By	Thomas Lent "tbug_v8eater" (Hayward, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This season picks up after everyone seems to have gotten over the confrontation from the previous finale. Everything seems to be getting back to "Normal". Suddenly a small, silent girl with multicolored hair is stalking Suguru.

Introducing Minawa. Every moment she's on the screen I'm reminded of old Buster Keaton films. Her somber expression is as solid are a rock no matter what happens. Add to that her clumsiness and apologetic nature and every moment she's on the screen is an invitation to laugh and feel sorry for her at the same time. She is a tragic comedy all in one.

As far as the story is concearned, nothing really happens here that doesn't involve Minawa. If it isn't enough to deal with a secret army called Vesper involved in a hidden war, now we have to deal with a secret society called Management. Minawa is somewhat a creation of this society as their scientits take sick pleasure in tampering with nature.

Beyond that, it's mostly episodal comedy from here on out. Mahoro does a good job of disguising herself badly. Minawa seems to trip over everything, even nothing at all. The perverted teacher is still perverted. And all but two girls in the main cast wage war with their... ahem.... insecurities.

Most of the episodes on this disk are just for fun. Technically, The Opening / Ending themes are not as enjoyable as the first season. I'm still waiting for the story to develop. But, the series has improved a bit. The humor is less sex oriented (which isn't saying much) and the introduction of Minawa and Management give this season a story without re-hashing the conflicts of the first.

Again, Mahoromatic proves to be a fun series with a little bitter aftertaste. With all that's going on with everybody, one could almost not notice the countdown timer.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very enjoyable, but AWFUL, DEPRESSING ENDING, August 8, 2005

By	theskeptic "theskeptic" (Jersey) - See all my reviews

I don't really know how to rate this... I though both seasons were extremely funny and cute, but the ending is SO DEPRESSING, I just can't recommend the series. There should be a law against putting an ending like this on what is essentially an ecchi comedy. I mean, what a DOWNER! I'm going to be depressed for the rest of the month. Who needs it? If I want to be depressed I'll watch PBS.