Lotte no Omocha AKA Astarotte's Toy is an ecchi fantasy anime about a 10YO tsundere succubus that hates men. Instant fail. But wait there's decent backstory to explain it. Seinen? Nope, aimed at adolescent boys and has no complexity to the story. Romantic comedy? Nope. Father doesn't love the mother of his daughter and I didn't laugh once. This anime is absolutely shocking, in a bad way and takes nothing seriously. Who is it aimed at? I said adolescent boys a second ago, but they'd find porn much more interesting than this. I had to drink for this one, especially as ecchi is my most hated genre along with harem. Long story short, 10YO Tsundere succubus must commit fellatio and drink man-juice to live, once she becomes of age. Absurd? Absolutely.
Animation
Once you get past 2010, animation quality must be perfect as standard. And it is, so it doesn't stand out. But what about the style? With all the colours and the big kid-friendly style along with silly facial expressions (+1 for a good use of those), you'd think this was aimed at kids? Wrong. Don't let your kids watch this. It's not that unique a style, seeming very similar to Baka and Test, which is the only ecchi anime that has made me laugh. Of course, being ecchi and all, there are many panty shots and perverted things. Especially references. To fellatio and sex. I'd forgive the fan-service if any of it actually occurred, which it kinda does, but not really. It's not as bad as other ecchi since there's no nudity.
Sound
Don't watch the anime, but do get the soundtrack. The music in this is actually pretty damn good. Such a shame that it came on a terrible anime. Of course I got the soundtrack immediately. The intro and outro sequence animations arent' that bad, especially the outro, but the music is great. The rest of the sound is debatable, there is a lot of comedic music as they try to make the viewer laugh. The sound design in the anime itself isn't too amazing, hence it won't get a perfect sound score. The anime is only in Japanese, no sane English VAs would do any voices for this. If the voice actor for the main character Lotte sounds familiar, its because its Rie Kugimiya who's major in the Japanese voice acting industry. She's done major voices like Al from FMA, Shana from Shakugan no Shana and a lot of tsundere characters like Louise from Zero no Tsukaima. I'll behonest, I recoil at merely hearing this voice, ZnT left a very sour taste in my mouth and I hated Louise. As such, I have developed an unreasonable hate for Rie's voice.
Characters
Lotte (Astarotte) is an elementary school, flat-chested, ten year old, tsundere, succubus princess, who hates men. The explanation is that she walked in on her mother committing fellatio. Which by the way, she is required to do herself when she becomes of age just to live. She doesn't want to do such a thing, which makes sense. She's a bit introverted and doesn't easily make friends. Just a kid really, though she isn't that bad for a tsundere character since she isn't hot-headed, thus she doesn't beat up her supposed-to-be first man, Naoya. Nothing to great or interesting really.
Naoya Touhara is a 23 year old man slave of Lotte, who looks like a girly teenager and is also a father. Legitimately. At first I thought he was a big brother, but it turns out he is a legit father to a 10 year old daughter. At the age of 13 he was seduced by a certain succubus and his kid was dropped off with him when he was 16. HOW FUCKING MESSED UP?!?! For some reason he seems to be okay with it and when he confronts the mother of his child, he actually thanks her for giving him his daughter and doesn't give a fuck about her. You'd think he'd be in love with the mother of his child or hate her for seducing him and ruining his life? WHAT THE FUCK?!?! And he's supposed to be the source of man milk for Lotte, who is SPOILER< his step-daughter technically speaking >SPOILER. WHAT A LOAD OF BOLLOCKS!
Asuha (Asuhariet) Touhara is Naoya's daughter and is a ten year old elementary school student who is Lotte's best friend. Of course, neither of them know SPOILER< that they are half-sisters and therefore there is a plothole, since she is supposed to inherit succubus genes from her mother >SPOILER. She is an extrovert, unlike her sister and is very adventurous in the wrong kind of way, as she lacks modesty and decency. How? She doesn't like to wear panties. Shit parenting IMO, so it's Naoya's fault. She makes friends quickly and likes to doodle in her diary.
The big bitch herself, the succubus queen Mercelida Ygvar and the mother to Lotte and SPOILER< Asuha >SPOILER. The thing about succubi in this anime, is that their offspring are always succubi, no matter what creature they mate with. This makes for a plothole. Of course, SPOILER< she seduced and fucked Naoya when he was just 13, had his kid and dropped her off with him when he was just 16 >SPOILER. She rarely appears and doesn't appear to give much care to her kids or her 'lover'. She also has a harem of over 1000 guys, apparently had massive tits when she was 10 and was also giving BJs at that age too.
Other characters are equally messed up. There is a cow-girl, complete with horns, cow ears, a tail and big breasts. And if you're thinkning certain things because your mind is in the gutter, you're right. Cow-girl is actually the dairy in this anime and she makes milk for the other characters, especially Lotte, to drink.
Story
There is no story here. All that you need to know is that Lotta hates men cos she walked in on her mother giving a guy a BJ. And that succubi need to suck d*** and drink c** to survive. And that Mercelida is the mother of both Lotte and Asuha. Er... it think that's all that really happens. No need to watch the anime now. It doesn't take anything seriously, heck a friggin 23 year old is the father of a ten year old kid. It's just predictable and terrible. It's obvious from the start that Mercelida is Asuha's mother and it's obvious that there would be no dodgyness in this anime. But the shit implied... come on. The romance is bullshit too, how the fuck can a 23YO man love a 10 year old child? This anime is pretty much about pedophilia.
Conclusion
This isn't the worst anime I've seen, honestly the fan service isn't as bad as other anime. This is just a pedophiles dream, featuring panty shots of mere children. I wouldn't recommend this for anyone, unless you do what I did and drunk marathon through this one.
Family-friendliness Rating: 5/5 This would be a 3, but there is a lot of reference to fucked up shit, like children giving BJs (lower is better)
Overall Rating: 2.5/10 (higher is better)