“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is an harem action series. A series with interesting forms of combat and strategy but also a lot of T&A, perverse humor and fan service. It’s an anime series that a niche group of anime fans will enjoy and if you are one of them, then by all means, “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is for you!
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TITLE:Â Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection
TV SERIES AIR DATE: 2011
DURATION: Episodes 1-12 (300 Minutes)
BLU-RAY DISC INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition (1:78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen), Dolby Digital, Audio: English Dolby TrueHD 2.0, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0, Subtitles: English
RATED: TV 14 VSD
COMPANY: Sentai Filmworks
RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012
Directed by Keitaro Motonaga
Series Composition by Katsuhiko Takayama
Music by Ryosuke Nakanishi
Character Design by Mayumi Watanabe
Art Director: Hiroshi Ito
Mechanical Design by Yasuniro Moriki
Anime Production by Lerche
Featuring the voices of:
Hiroshi Kamiya/Josh Grelle as Yamato Naoe
Akane Tomonaga/Cynthia Martinez as Kazuko Kawakami
Hyousei/Brittney Karbowski as Miyako Shiina
Shizuka Itou/Tiffany Grant as Christiane Friedrich
Yuko Goto/Emily Neves as Yukie Mayuzumi
Yuu Asakawa/Carli Mosier as Momoyo Kawakami
In Kawakami City, having a samurai ancestor and enormous fighting spirit isn’t just an interesting historical fact, it’s a huge part of how you end up being ranked on the social totem pole. That, in turn, bleeds over into the school curriculum – sometimes, literally. Fortunately, that’s something the local kids like Yamato Naoe have learned to deal with by forming small bands (of samurai, not the musical type). And while the delicate sexual balance of Yamato’s group seemed fine when there were three girls and four boys, the sudden addition of two more girls starts to send everything spinning out of control! Seven’s a band of samurai and nine is a riot as boys, girls, and naked blades all come together!
The Japanese adult visual novel known as “Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!” has its fair share of fans in Japan.
Created by Minato Soft for the PC back in 2009, a manga adaptation for Comp Ace would follow in 2010 which eventually led to a 12-episode anime series in 2011. And now, “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” will be released on Blu-ray courtesy of Sentai Filmworks in October 2012.
“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls” is a harem anime series which revolves around protagonist Yamato Naoe, the leader and strategist of his group of fighters at Kawakami High School.
As Kawakami City is known for its dedication in honoring its samurai ancestors, for those who attend Kawakami High, clubs must solve their problems through going at war against each other.   And for Yamato, while being the key tactician of his club of four guys and three girls, each that he grew up with. The truth is that he is in love with Momoyo, one of the best fighters.
When both he and Momoyo were young, the two promised they would be together if they were in equal terms, now that they have grown up and Momoyo has become one of the four powerful students at Kawakami High (also the most beautiful and one of the more well-endowed students), Yamato wants to be something big and that is Prime Minister of Japan. And only then will he be able to be on equal footing with Momoyo.
No one knows the true history between both individuals but what they do see is Momoyo constantly trying to hurt Yamato and both have this unusual friendship.
Joining the group is the cheerful dog-like Kazuko Kawakami; the cute but shy Miyako Shiina (who has a big crush on Yamato and has dedicated her love for him since he saved her from being bullied); the swordsman Yukie Mayazumi (who has a tendency to talk to her phone strap that she has named Matsukaze) and also has a crush on Yamato; the German fencer and teddy bear loving Christian Friedrich who has a crush on Yamato; the muscular Gakuto Shimazu; the girl chasing Shoichi Kazama, the otaku computer guy Takuya Morooka; the tough Minamoto Tadakatsu and robot known as Cookie.
While the first episode showcases the battle that the group partakes in and their teamwork, the majority of the episodes features on character relationships. In episode 2, Miyako and Yukie talk about why they love Yamato, Christiane and Kazuko talk about their feelings towards Yamato, Momoyo being jealous as the other girls start to get close with Yamato and literally all girls fighting for their chance to show who is really in love with Yamato.
With these young women wanting to be closer to him, which will Yamato pick?
VIDEO:
“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is presented in 1080p High Definition (1:78:1 aspect ratio). While the series is vibrant and colorful, backgrounds are well-detailed and for the most part, the anime series looks good. As a TV series, there is some softness but overall, the series compliments the visual novel counterpart when it comes to close-ups of the characters. There is nothing groundbreaking when it comes to the animation but overall, it does look good on Blu-ray and I didn’t notice any artifacts or any major problems while watching the anime series.
AUDIO:
“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is presented in English DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 and Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0. Although I would have preferred to have a more immersive 5.1 lossless soundtrack, “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” and its two soundtracks are crystal clear coming through the front channel and there is no difference between the overall mix of both lossless soundtracks.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” comes with the following special features:
- 12 Shorts – The omake shorts (12 total) that typically appear at the end of an episode are featured as a special feature.
- Clean Opening and Closing Animation
“Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls” is another anime series that exemplifies what a harem anime series can be. With its cover featuring one of the lead protagonist grabbing the antagonist’s breast with one hand and her hands on her rival’s rear, already, anime fans know that this anime series is going to be perverted.
For fans of the ecchi anime series genre, it’s all about how far the anime series will go with its all-out perverseness.
Comparable to series such as “Sekirei” and also other harem anime series which features a protagonist with many female friends who want to be with him and also a series that is based on a adult visual novel, “Majikoi! -Oh! Samurai Girls” starts out being a different type of anime series by showcasing a group using strategy to defeat another fighting club, something we see similar to another series “Tenjo Tenge”.
But while that first episode was trying to establish the characters who are a group of friends now having certain power at their high school because they beat a stellar and wealthy team, the series then changes.
What we end up getting is how the protagonist Yamato becomes the man that each female character desires.
Momoyo is the woman that Yamato grew up with liking, but because he made a promise to her that he won’t be with her unless he can be of equal footing, both try to have this brother and sister relationship.
So, the other ladies look at Yamato as open season. Momoi’s adoptive younger sister Kazuyo always knew that Momoyo liked Yamato, but because she doesn’t show her feelings of love, she decides to go for Yamato.
Miyako on the other hand is the most aggressive of the young women. She was saved by Yamato when picked on by bullies and she desperately wants Yamato to have her body and will do anything sexual for him, but he resists.
Yukie is the shy type that likes Yamato but is not good at expressing her emotions, while the German Christian Friedrich doesn’t know too much about Japanese culture and but the fact that Yamato is a great strategist and he was good at nearly getting her to expose herself nude to him, makes her appreciate him more.
And of course, there are Yamato’s male buddies who had a major part in the beginning of the series but not so much throughout. The series pretty much plays out of how these young women start to follow for Yamato and each wanting to vouch for their love for him, but jealousy developing within each member of who can win Yamato’s love.
And for the anime series, the perversion level for “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls” is quite high! Momoyo loves to squeeze Yamato, but because she is so well-endowed, you are not sure if he’s loving it or if he’s really hurting. Miyako is the ultimate in perversion as she has dreams of Yamato having sex with her and even so far as being blunt to Yamato of what she wants him to do with her body.
And as one can expect from a perverted harem anime series, you get your T&A and other forms of fan service. It’s important to note that this anime series is rated TV 14 VSD, which is quite surprising as I was expecting a rated TV M because of the nudity and sexual themes in certain episodes, especially the ending credits.
But with the characters being fighters who specialize in one-on-one combat and utilization of weaponry, the series has its fair share of action as well. Actually, a lot of action and while there are antagonists, it may seem that most of the action take place within the core group as each woman fights for Yamato’s affection.
As for the Blu-ray release, the animation is quite vibrant. For the most part, animation is vibrant as greens and Earth colors really are quite vibrant and certain areas are well-detailed. Character animation are also good but as one expects from a TV series, some areas do look soft. Audio is presented in lossless 2.0 but you get an English and Japanese soundtrack and dialogue is crystal clear and there isn’t too much of a big difference between the Japanese and English soundtrack in dynamic range. And you also get several special features, which are the omake portion at the end of an episode.
Overall, “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is an anime series that doesn’t really break any new ground. It has a banality of other harem action anime series but it’s strength lies within its fan service and because there is a niche of anime fandom that just adores perverted anime, it all comes down if you want more of it on Blu-ray. So, if you are into perverted anime series with nudity, fan service and mature jokes, then “Majikoi – Oh! Samurai Girls: Complete Collection” is for you!
