Puni puni poemi (2001) (V)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

Shinichi Watanabe

Writers:

Hideyuki Kurata (writer)
Yôsuke Kuroda (story)
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Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Short

Plot:

This is a 2-part OAV spin off of the Japanese anime series "Excel Saga". Shinichi Watanabe returns to deliver some of the most outrageous...

Plot Keywords:

Alien Spoof | Naive Girl | Japanese Humor | Sisters | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Greg Ayres	...	Scooter Thief, Ball Person 1 (voice: English version) (as Greg Ayers)
Jessica Boone	...	Mitsuki Aasu (voice: English version)
Luci Christian	...	Futaba Aasu (voice: English version)
Mandy Clark	...	Beautiful Teacher (voice: English version)
Tiffany Grant	...	Kumi Kumi, Mage Queen (voice: English version)
Matt Greenfield	...	Mr. Masuda (voice: English version) (as Brian Granveldt)
John Gremillion	...	Mr. Kitayama (voice: English version)
Hilary Haag	...	Magic Fish (voice: English version)
Yu Haul	...	Mutsumi Aasu (voice: English version)
Aya Hisakawa	...	Nanase
Yuka Imai	...	Futaba (voice)
Allison Keith	...	Newcaster (voice: English version)
Yumiko Kobayashi	...	Poemi
Mark Laskowski	...	K (voice: English version)
Mike MacRae	...	News Chief (voice: English version) (as Mike McCrae)
Kelly Manison	...	Nanase Aasu (voice: English version)
George Manley	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Cynthia Martinez	...	Poemi Watanabe / Puni Puni Poemi (voice: English version)
Andy McAvin	...	Alien 1 (voice: English version)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Itsue
Rob Mungle	...	Nanase's Boss, Alien 2 (voice: English version)
Chris Patton	...	Kuroda, Guy who said 'Spooge' (voice: English version)
Sasha Paysinger	...	Ms. Ishii (voice: English version)
Monica Rial	...	Shii Aasu (voice: English version)
Paul Sidello	...	Newscaster, Ball Person 2 (voice: English version)
Sheri Sims	...	Mikako Takahashi (voice: English version)
Randy Sparks	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Spike Spencer	...	Ball Person 3 (voice: English version)
Kurt Stoll	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
John Swasey	...	Narrator (voice: English version)
Mike Vance	...	Kurata (voice: English version)
Kira Vincent-Davis	...	Hitomi Aasu (voice: English version) (as Kira Vincent Davis)
Shinichi Watanabe	...	Nabeshin
Brett Weaver	...	Nabeshin (voice: English version)
Larissa Wolcott	...	Itsue Aasu, Kotono Mitsuishi (voice: English version)

Directed by
Shinichi Watanabe

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hideyuki Kurata		writer
Yôsuke Kuroda		story
Shinichi Watanabe		idea

Produced by
John Ledford	....	executive producer (english version)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (english version)

Distributors

• ADV Films (USA)

Runtime:

Japan:30 min (2 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:MA | UK:18 | New Zealand:(Banned)

Trivia:

Many of the characters are references to characters in Excel Saga, which was done by the same staff and cast.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: Many of the Poemi's fast lines don't match with her lip movements. In the first part, while she's downing from a rainbow, Poemi says a line but her lips don't move.

Quotes:

Beautiful Teacher: Poemi, if you don't stay there quietly, I will remove your ovaries.
Nabeshin: [he appears as a vision in the sky] This story is very weak
Poemi: No, please, miss. Kobayashi is a voice actress! My ovaries are very important!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs "Dragon Ball: Doragon bôru" (1986)

Solid if short comedy

It's pointless, it's random, it's rude and crude, and it's a spinoff of Excel Saga. You've got to love it. The jokes are as random as they can possibly be and that's half the fun. The other half is the great fan service and plenty of it. Most of the fan service is even funny to boot.

Being only two episodes though, it doesn't really have time to become anything more than a quick laugh. Don't expect Excel Saga's great story and you'll have a great time and a lot of laughs. Puni Puni is even more random and has far more fan service than Excel Saga. The jokes are pretty much spot on for Excel Saga fans, but non fans will dislike this one even more.

- Rirath_com