Miss Monochrome

leftovercandy Jun 15, 2017

5.5

So I'm not the MOST qualified person to write this review but if you feel the same and this is your first time watching an anime such as "Miss Monochrome" then this might be helpful.  This anime was pretty boring but not a waste of time. I for one did not know anything about idol dolls or Vocaloid beforehand, and I'm still not a 100% sure what all of it is. But based on a general anime review, without having prior knowledge, I would say it is a great watch for something short and cute.  The storyline is entertaining enough and it's one of those shows you don't have to put much thought into.  I personally would watch this with my younger sister if she was a tad bit older. (She's only 4, I doubt she'd have the attention span for something other than dancing American-animated animals) The characters don't have much background to them, which leaves you a little detached. But then again I'm sure people who are really into this show, know the characters based on prior knowledge with Vocaloid. (I don't know what I'm talking about bare with me) But this factor also makes it easy to watch (as I pointed out earlier lol) (I also put 5 for characters because I feel there is a good set up for future personalities to be brought up into light) Thats all I've really got :)  thanks for reading yo

Thrawn Jan 25, 2014

5

I don't know much about idol dolls or "Vocaloids", which I believe are computer idol girls but this is most certainly, nearly positively, 90% sure a tie-in to one of them, quite possibly named Miss Monochrome. Is it the EP with her dancing and singing? Maybe. Is it the dream of becoming an idol? Possibly. Is it the facts that she can plug into stuff, charge up, has a castle and 180 Quadrillion yen? Yes, sure, royal and super. Despite my lack of knowledge and accurate facts, one doesn't need a background to enjoy the bite-sized minisodes. And enjoy I did, I guess. I got nearly a laugh per episode, a chuckle here and there and it did get hilariously depressing a few times. For a three minute per episode series, it bats at least a .400, which is quite good and can be summed up as an amusing diversion from whatever crap you're currently watching. I say give it a go. It's harmless, nice, chuckleworthy and while not consistently laugh out loud hilarious, there is bound to be a laugh here and there and when you add it up in terms of full length episodes, it looks better.

YuiYui Jun 15, 2017

6

Warning this review may contain spoilers -  A light series following a girl who wants to be an idol, the only problem is she is a robot and isn't the smartest. Miss Monochrome is a unique character who is more than oblivious to the world surrounding her. This is a short anime so don't expect much, because this anime is lacking substance other than the animation and the sound.  STORY There is no story, we see this extremely often in these sorts of programmes but causes the series it lack in a serious section. Although I understand that short anime cannot produce a lot of story due to the short episodes, but some story would be good. After a while, the comedy was going dry and this initial comedy in the early episodes are the only reason a gave the story a 4/10. ANIMATION The animation fitted the series, it had enough detail to display the intended material and it was neat. However the character designs were lacking, other than the main characters (excluding the manager), the designs were extremely basic and don't show off anything too creative... because of this these characters fade into the background. SOUND The sound is alright, it was one of the better aspects of the series but it's not surprising being our main is trying to become an idol. The robotic tone though in Miss Monochrome's voice I thought was quite clever, this device makes her stand out more but at the same time pushes other characters into the background. CHARACTERS I have mentioned the characters a lot during this review, but there really isn't much more. Characters like Mana and Manager fade into the background in order to have more of Miss Monochrome, these characters I thought could have been fleshed out more and they really missed some opportunity there. Overall this is a short anime series, again don't expect much because this is a series with a lot of comedy but not a lot of substance. -AngelBeatsYui- PS: This review is for the DAMC June/July 2017