Koe de Oshigoto! The Animation - Reviews

Foreword

Ummm....Every anime has it's- I mean sometimes we all- *Sigh* You know I'm gong to start this review out with a bible verse: Jesus-30-456- "And the LORD said: Sometimes you just do shit bro." And with that let's get started on this review!

The review has...Begun!

Story

 Did they send me Loli's? When I asked...for Moms!

Ok no more Mulan, or we'd be here all night.

 Alright! Story! For Koe De Oshigoto, which means "Working With Voice" 

 

Plot follows Kanna Aoyagi, a freshman in highschool who gets a job as....An eroge voice actress.

yes I know

 
For those of pure heart, an eroge is a porn visual novel. For those of western hearts, a visual novel is a video game with a lot of reading involving choices. We all know Japan has a lot of things to answer for like Godzilla, the reason pepsi flavored chips are a thing, and last but not least the whole children in the sex industry thing. It's just a little strange a 16 year old is doing the voices for characters doing the horizontal tango and chumming for rach dressing. 

Some things you just have to take with stride, and this is one of those animes where someone asks you "why did you watch the anime?" and you respond like

I-I can explain

 Your mind is racing for the nicest way to say "I wanted to hear japanese actresses voice act diving for splooge without being judged for watching hentai" (not that that happens, but probably should've)

In all honesty I saw this and I thought "Maybe it'll actually provide some insight on the behind the scenes of recording eroge." Not sure if any of this in the show is credible at all but it's enjoyable.

There are only 2 episodes so I won't go into any "detail" as not to spoil anything. Just know un-experianced girl gets kinda roped in to do voice acting work for eroge and is pretty good at it. 

Story: 6.0

 Animation

The animation was decent , it's what you'd expect from an anime made in 2010. This being an OVA series they where able to surprisingly get some pretty lewd scenes in there. I'm willing to bet OVA's can put pretty much whatever they want since this wasn't going to be brodcasted. This anime is the definition of borderline hentai, the verbal part alone could push it over the edge. The show will either look like this

how it always starts

 Or this

both of which sum up the show pretty well

 

 The animation wasn't bad so i'll give it a 6

Animation: 6.0

Sound

I don't remember any music at all from this anime. The score is utterly forgettable. Everything was probably made on a computer using public domain sound bites. 

The voice acting for Working With Voice was good. Decent I guess. given the nature of the lines in this anime I'm going to go ahead and give that to them. I guess it's nothing different from the thousands of hentai out there but it was good. I hope there never will be a dub cause everytime they dub hentai or something this lewd. It turns out to be so bad it's funny. 

Sound:  6.0

Characters

We have the main  

 Kanna Aoyagi  All that I have said about her so far pretty much sums up her character. Although she has a secret power that I have not talked about. That isn't even her final form.

 

 

Yayoi Aoyagi Who's name is too close to Yaoi. She is the older sister of Kanna and isn't what I would call a positive role model. Although I guess you could she she looks out for her #squad?

 

Funika Warasono Fumika is the senior character with the big tits. She's older and more experianced, and also a voice actress. That's pretty much it for her

 

And that's about it, there are some male characters but they don't really matter.All except 

A truly beautiful speech. Brings a tear to my eye

Shigeichi Sakanami  He definately brought the comedy to the table and besides the mains he's the only one that i really gave a shit about.

Characters: 5.0

Overall

All in all this anime is a vocal hentai. It definately has questionable scenes and it has it's share of comedy too. If you are into ecchi/borderline hentai shows then give it a watch it's only two episodes. Everyone else, go ahead and skip this one you won't be missing anything.

Recomendation: Ecchi Fan? Watch It

If not Skip it

Rating: 5.5

 

Animes that get this rating aren’t really worth your time. They don’t bring much to the table and frankly should just be skipped. However some of these shows have certain elements that might be worth the watch. There is SOMETHING that can be taken from this although in the end it’s still probably not worth it 

As always that's your boy wiru-san's take on it. Follow me on my Tumblr and check out my channel onYoutube. And Remember to stay the hell away from woodchippers.

 

 

 

Ok, before you you wander into this fucked up little creation known as Koe de Oshigoto! The Animation, know that this is essentially and by all means of what I've heard is hentai, actually depicting sexual intercourse and the like.

Story: (3/10)

This is essentially hentai with story smothered all over it. Not equally smothered either, more smothered like a mother to an unwanted baby or something along those lines.

It's about some girl (didn't care to remember her name, seeing as it hardly matters) who, out of some distorted sense of duty, feels it necessary to assist her older sister in the voice acting for an eroge game. I really don't even think this was meant to "turn on" even the creepers who are into this kind of stuff, seeing as roughly 85% of the time it's just plain awkward. Not in the "you're too young to like it" sense of awkward, more the, "why the hell would she do that?! It'd be so much easier for her to just do it this way" sense of awkward.

Also, apparently she's underaged, and super sensitive to pornographic images(I mean, who better than the pornophobic amateur to do voice acting for an eroge? :D).

All in all, it succeeds in the sense that what it was trying to attain by groping around in the darkness is mediocrity.

Animation: (8/10)

Like the majority of 2010 anime, this is essentially the only decent thing about the show. I mean, why put vibrant colors and brilliant animation to a decent show, we'll just put it on this hell orgy of a sandwich known as Koe de Oshigoto! The Animation :D

Sound: (6/10)

I will admit, they did a damn good job voice acting the unnecessary and admittedly akward slurping and "pleasure" moans, although good singing in a shitty opera doesn't really matter in the end, eh?

As for the OP and ED tracks, to be frank, I don't even remember whether or not this show had 'em. I hope that explains enough.

Characters: (3/10)

These characters both completely lack morals and basic logic. The lack of morals stems from her older sister, who has no qualms about using her underaged little sister to voice act in an eroge, and the lack of logic comes from the little sister, who still thinks she owes something to the hollow shell of a person that is (apparently) her sister.

The support characters essentially stand back and critique the complete awkwardness that is this underaged girl's voice acting, which makes it (guess what? :D) even more awkward.

The only thing that keeps me from giving this section a 0/10 is that the younger sister is reluctant and maintains some sense of logic(which ironically conflicts with my original statement), but nontheless, they still all piss me off.

Overall: (3/10)

Overall? This show shouldn't be watched by anyone unless you're the kind of sick bastard who enjoys watching a 16 year old girl awkwardly stumble through a forced eroge voice acting career. Hell, even to those guys, it's still a hesitant recommendation.

Koe de Oshigoto belongs to the crap I only watched because of forum events (in this case, the Daily Anime Marathon). This was an anime where I was really tempted to throw my laptop out of the window so I wouldn't have to watch it anymore. Allow me to explain what I mean:

The story revolves around Kanna, a high-school girl who has just become 16. Her older sister asks her to become a voice actor in an eroge (a porn game). Kanna refuses because it's too embarassing and because minors shouldn't do that kind of thing, but she gets guilt tripped into doing it anyway. I already felt like stopping there, because making your little sister doing that kind of job is something for pure trash to do and because Kanna's reaction annoyed me here. "I don't want to do it, but my sister cares about me so I'll do it anyway"? NO, screw that, big sister should just get real voice actors.

Anyway, Kanna now has to be a voice actor in an eroge, and she has 1 week to train how to do it. Without any experience as a VA nor when it comes to sexual stuff (she's never even held a boy's hand), so she just has to wing it after playing one eroge herself. This is all completely believable and totally possible of course, as long as she uses "concentration and imagination". Hem... 

Also very convenient for her career as a VA is the fact that she can have an orgasm just by imagination, which makes her orgasm in front of other people while acting.

The first episode ends with her finishing her first eroge. In the second it becomes even clearer how stupid all those people are, because her name is in the credits even though she wants to keep her job a secret. The plot of the first episode is more or less repeated in the second, but now she orgasms in front of a lot more people, one of which is a classmate. And then they call it sexual harassment when one of the guys says her voice acting gave him a hard-on...

There are some attempts to make this OVA funny at times, but those failed miserably. Awkwardness does not equate with humour. Instead, it made watching this trainwreck all the more annoying.

The characters are all completely uninteresting and stupid. They all lack basic morals (don't let little girls do porn stuff), and don't realize that they shouldn't tell people who know her personally about her job. The fact that you shouldn't let your younger sister have an orgasm in public also isn't something the older sister is interested in.

The animation was good, without much else to say about it. The soap-bubble censorship was hilarious (although that was about the only entertaining thing)

The sound? Well, it's an anime about voice acting, so having good voice acting should be a given. And yes, in this case it's on point. The music on the other hand... not so much. I liked the OP, but the ED was bad and in the episode there isn't much background music.

Overall: you really should look for a different anime, regardless of whether you're looking for a good story or good fapmaterial. This one is a huge waste of time, and often extremely annoying.

1.8/10, it's not even a good titty show.

As always I try to do a review of an anime which lacks one here on AP or the ones with a crappy review like 5 lines long etc. AND as always my review will be spoiler free with describing only the bare minimum that you will get from the first episodes or something irrelevant. And feel free to comment even if you wanna write something negative:) I love to argue:P

STORY
I found this anime during one of my hentai investigations, I was just looking for some hentai with interesting and engulfing story and this happen to show up. I watched about 3-5 minutes of the first episode and closed the video. Why you ask? Because it’s not a hentai, no matter how hard someone can try to convince you that it is.
Story is about a 16 years old Kanna whose sister works in a company making eroge, or how we westerners call them – erotic games. For those of you which not know how eroge looks like I will describe a little. It’s a type of adventure game similar to old point’n’click games but usually the game limits to only choosing a dialogue and a place where you want to go or what you want to do (like really old DOS adventure games). Newer games have animations and voice acting. And here is where it gets better. Kanna’s sister wants her to voice act in those erogames. Shy and ‘not very erotic’ Kanna finds it hard to say nasty things and so the comedy begins. As I believe the anime is only 2 episodes long (haven’t seen any new ones for a LONG time) I won’t say much cause I don’t want to spoil the whole two episodes. Lets just say that the story is genuinely funny, some may find it disturbing (having your younger sister act in erotic games) but hey.. it’s a matter of taste. I laughed loud many times even though it’s only 2 episodes, sure it’s ecchi but still funny. All the “erotic” stuff is covered and censored. Some people like ecchi/hentai anime, others prefer sailor moon and pokemon.

ANIMATION
My God it’s really nice! Animation, overall art style is the first thing that struck me when I played the first episode on the hentai site. “This couldn’t be right.. no hentai is looking THAT pretty” is what I thought. And I’m still holding to it, it’s very pretty. The style is original, it got its own way of dealing with characters and backgrounds. I won’t say it is super amazing detailed beautiful and all because it’s not. It’s just pretty and unique, much like Crayon Shin Chan, it’s pretty and unique but you won’t compare it to Totoro, Evangelion or Clannad. All the characters got a weird sort of a border and it gives a nice touch to them, backgrounds on the other hand is where the anime lacks a lot. They are pale, unattractive and static, even the background characters are static and we don’t see them a lot (just a couple of people in Kanna’s class). It could be done better but how it is know is acceptable (hey it’s only an R-rated ecchi). Animation itself (movement of the characters) is also nice, especially the “recording scenes” where Kanna “moves” a lot (you will get what I mean after watching it) is done very nicely as usually these kind of scenes are more static and unattractive. To emphasize it I will once again say that the art style of characters is just adorable, they are clean and colorful and just kawaii:)

SOUND
Music sucks, I don’t think there is much music to it, only the opening and ending themes are somewhat interesting but everything else.. It’s not even a background music it’s that bad, those are just some weird noises in the background that got stuck on this nice looking anime.
But how is the voice acting in this anime about voice acting (oh irony?)? Much like the art style it’s adorable. Nothing important to mention here, none of the characters made a huge impact on me (neither their voice nor the characters themselves). And as of that I got nothing to say about any of them. I know I’m asking for too much but maybe some funny voice acting jokes would be nice in this kind of anime, for example some voice acting characters could ‘voice act’ some others. That would be at least an interesting approach on this anime and making it that much interesting and something worth to remember. One thing that I remember is the censorship ‘beep’ sound. Instead of a classic BEEEEP we get some erotic voice that interrupts the character, for example when someone is saying DICK we hear “DAME” (Japanese for “NO, DON’T”). That was funny also:) Music sucks, seuiyus are great.

CHARACTERS
Unfortunately we get only 2 episodes of the anime so the character development is a bit cheap. But still if we consider that it’s only 2 eps I feel satisfied with what I got. Only 2 episodes and we got somewhat the full spectrum of main character’s life, what helps is that other characters are very close to Kanna (we got the sister – so they share the same past and we can see two developments in one run; and we get childhood friend – also gives a lot to her psyche). As I said, even though it’s only 2 episodes I feel like I get to know a lot about Kanna. Anime offers some other characters, 2 girls and 1 cup..I MEAN 1 BOY from Kanna’s class and the rest of the game design crew. Every character is unique and ‘looks’ like have its own personality and style unfortunately we only get 3-4 characters showcased somehow and not in full light. Nevertheless from this two episodes I find all the other characters funny and interesting and I wish for more. THAT IS what anime should do, show you something in way that you will ask for more. Much like in shounen manga when every chapter ends in some kind of a cliffhanger that makes you nervous and itching about the next chapter.

OVERALL
Anyone saying that it’s an obscure and sick hentai is an unattractive virgin who doesn’t even know how to fuck and sucks at life. If you don’t like hentai and ecchi don’t watch it and FOR FUCKS SAKE don’t review it! Why the fuck you do this all the time people? If you can’t be objective and act as a real critic and reviewer don’t ever review anything, I can watch a real porn with a story and still review every aspect of camera handling, lighting, story writing or anything of it cause for me it’s just another type of movie.
About the anime.. I wish for more! 2 eps is not enough, it’s an OVA so I believe we may see a new episode in about 1 year or something (or 2 years if the Hellsing team is on it). Story is interesting it would make great success as a comedy if the potential would be used wisely. All the characters were very interesting and also make you wish for more, you just want to know them all. So is the story, but on the other hand if they would start a regular series it could turn into crap. Story is the most important part in movie/anime for me so if they won’t be able to keep it funny or interesting after 10-15 eps I won’t be surprised. This anime needs some main story arc, for example a huge game that must be done in 15 episodes. And the story ends when the game is finished or we get a flashforward to Kanna’s future as a voice actress. Not a must see, not highly recommended but recommended:)

If you want an anime that induces a nosebleed once every ten minutes, Koe de Oshigoto! maybe that show you're looking for (even if it's only an OVA). Just make sure you're watching either: 1) alone 2) with people with the same tastes or 3) knowing how to mute the show in less than one second. Because believe me, if there are people "around" you who doesn't know what you're watching, you might as well be watching hentai (in their mind, at least).

Story: 8/10

The story's very straight-forward; Kanna just turned 16 and is asked by her older sister to work as a Voice Actress in her company. Sounds fun, right? I mean, who wouldn't like to voice their own character in an anime or visual novel? Unfortunately, it turns out that her sister's company produces eroge, meaning she'll be an erotic voice actress... And for a virgin (I use the term loosely) like Kanna, hilarity ensures. I found the story fresh and funny, though with some reused elements (common schoolgirl who's life changes once she comes of age; can't be helped).

Art: 9/10

The art is what you'd expect in a 2010 anime, nothing looked old or outdated. The movement of the characters and the scenes are smooth and crisp, so you can tell the quality of the production value. They also applied censoring in a humorous way, think Seitokai Yakuindomo-style (the mose recent anime with this style that I can remember).

Sound: 10/10

The sole reason why I rated the sound value of this OVA a 10 is because it will induce nosebleeds, trust me on this. Or it may lower blood pressure for some people. The Voice Actresses voicing these Voice Actresses (try saying that 10 times over) delivered what I consider an experience rather than a performance (tell me when I'm exaggerating...). If you're careful, or have a really good ear, you'll also detect a little censoring on some ero-words.

Character: 8/10

Kanna is/was your typical schoolgirl with her life changed once she turned 16, with a sister that's so composed it's almost a crime. And since it is just a one episode OVA, for now, character introduction and development was kept at a minimum. As far as I can remember only the main lead (Kanna) got any substantial introduction followed by her sister and Fumika (another VA working for the same company). Which, again for a single episode OVA, isn't really a bad thing.

Overall: 9/10