AffiliatesIt was back 10th January 2002, ten
years ago, when Bandai Visual on TV WOWOW aired the first episode of
a short anime serie entitled Onegai Teacher. It was a sentimental
school comedy backgrounded by some element of Science Fiction. The
main characters Kei and Mizuho entertained the audience with the love
story between a young boy suffering from the mysterious disease
called "teitai" and the girl from another planet. Then a
year passed and Bandai produced a sequel, Onegai Twins, where
a boy named Maiku meets two girls in front of his house with a
picture in her hands. They are Miina and Karen, both convinced of
being sisters separated at birth who want to reunite with her
brother.
In this new comedy we will see the two girls both fall in
love with Maiku until find out who is the sister of the two and who
will be the girlfriend of that lucky young boy.
In Twins we see reappearing in some
scenes the characters of Teacher and a final OVA will link the two
series. The success of the second was so full that all people
wondered if there would be another sequel. That ended in Onegai
Friends, a CD drama centering on a love story between two girls which
never saw the animated transposition.
After 10 years of long silence and a
stop from Bandai in merchandise on both Onegai Series, the J.C.
Staff at last put together chara designers and authors of the two
successful series to create a new story. On 7th January 2012 TV
Aichi and KDS broadcasted Ano Natsu de Matteru (literally "Waiting
that summer") which brings us back to the magical world
abandoned a decade earlier.
The story this time centers on Kai and
Ichiko, an alien from the planet Plei performing an emergency landing
overwhelming the poor guy, passionate about film, that was testing
his new camera. After saving his life they meets by chance the next
day at school and from that moment their lives are inextricably
intertwined, creating a love triangle with Kanna, the childhood
friend of the boy.
For those who have already seen the
successful series of Onegai and has appreciated for its features they
must follow entirely this title that brings the strengths of
previous episodes. An engaging and emotionally compelling story
with characters based on classic stereotypes that do not fail to make
a melancoly leap into the past. The achievements of chara design
and backdrops are great, well made and shoot well from Onegai series.
Unfortunately we not see any of old
characters, maybe for copyrights reasons, which would be curious
to see them ten years older, but this does not diminish the value of
history, which in effect is a real spin-off rather than a sequel to
the old merchandise.
We must cheer to the Studio J.C. Staff for
having the courage to propose again after so long a history and a
subject, perhaps trivial, but always appreciated by those
who love romantic comedies.
You can also retrieve the italian
fansubs of the series made by me on the site of Neo-Tokyo
Anime. It was the series of Onegai Twins to be the first made by
the group in June 2003 and after nine years I have decided not to
miss in order to make a small amarcord.
So give a try and have fun with the
new Onegai!
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