Elf Princess Rane

[Gypsy]

Thanks for taking the time to write this one up, Rogie-san!

http://www.christiananime.net/reviews.php?display=224

[rocklobster]

UGH! Where's my barf bag! This is disgusting! Thanks for preventing me from wasting my money.

[Arnobius]

Personally I liked it... but a lot of the humor does not translate well to the dub. Yes I would have preferred less nudity but the parody aspects were good.

[Edit]However, given the review of the anime I imagine I should clarify why my opinion is different.

Personally I think the key points of the anime involved when the people were clothed and not mentioned in the review such as the Raiders of the Lost Ark parodies, the parodies of anime hair, the fact that the entire plot is based on two people who think the other is here to help them, and are completely clueless to the carnage they cause, the aphasic dialogue brought on because they do not understand each other, the hapless rival with anime hair. The dialogue is spoken faster than Kotono Mitsuishi on the "Next Episode" segements of Excel Saga.

Nudity, yes and gratuitous and because of it should be considered "R" rated, but about par for your typical 1990's OVA. Personally I wouldn't call it "soft hentai" Compared to other stuff out there, I think it is less gratuitous than say the original Tenchi Muyo, or Knights of Ramune (which was truly offensive), or Mahoromatic. Certainly less erotic than the fanservice of Love Hina manga.

This anime was meant to be watched subtitled. Media Blasters handled this poorly, giving Backwards subtitles when the whole point in some scenes was that nobody was supposed to understand what they were saying. The problem with the dub is that Media Blasters missed the point and could not adapt the original concept to the dub.

That's my POV on Rane anyway.

[CDLviking]

I have to agree with animeheretic. The nudity was pervasive but not overly offensive. Certainly not on par with Daichi's other works, but good for some quick laughs.

[Rogie]

I respect your opinions. I do want to clarify that I did actually watch the sub for the most part and switched to the dub only for comparison's sake, so the review mostly concerns the sub.

[AnubisWerewolf]

Thanks again for the review. I took this anime off my "to watch" list. I hate nudity in anime!

[ilikegir33]

I hate nudity in anime!

Me too! Especially if it's detailed. I was thinking Elf Princess Rane was clean, but then I read the review. Thank you Rogie-san for not making me waste ten bucks on near-hentai!

[Shao Feng-Li]

Crud, I think this is at Hollywood. Good thing I haven't rented it... By mom is skeptical about anime enough as it is XD