"Onegai Twins" (2003) TV series

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

14 July 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Three's Company

Plot:

A boy named Maiku gets the surprise of his life when two girls show up on his doorstep and demand to live with him. Only problem is, one of them is his twin sister.

Plot Keywords:

Twin | Eye Color | Orphan Girl | Computer | Explosive Personality

Cast

Daisuke Namikawa	...	Mike Kamishiro (13 episodes, 2003-2004)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Mike Kamishiro (13 episodes, 2003-2004)

Also Known As:

Please Twins! (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

Japan:25 min (12 episodes) | Japan:30 min (1 special)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:M

Company:

Bandai Visual Company

Trivia:

When Karen and Miina go for the interview at the school, the names they come up with are Kikuko Inoue and Yayoi Inoue. Kikuko Inoue is the Japanese voice for Miss Kazami in Teacher/Twins (also Belldandy in A!MG and many more series). Yayoi Inoue is the name of Kikuko's sister

Quotes:

[Marie dives for the Prech after he could not take it anymore from seeing Maiku and Tsubaki having a conversation and Maiku and Tsubaki fell to the floor as well as their canned drink which fell to the floor and spills. Marie successfully gets the Prech]
Maiku Kamishiro: Senpai, are you alright? Huh?
[Maiku unexpectedly placed his hand on Tsubaki's breast as he unexpectedly presses her breast twice as the background with the hiragana shows "Ohh!" Tsubaki looks freaked and uncomfortable with her cheeks red]
Tsubaki Oribe: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!
[...]

Movie Connections:

Follows "Onegai Teacher" (2002)

Skip Onegai Teacher and go straight to this spin-off

It took a load of convincing for me to watch Onegai Twins, being it the spin-off of one of my most loathed anime shows, Onegai Teacher. But to my surprise and pleasure Twins has almost nothing to do with the original, and was a refreshing experience.

Twins is a balanced mix of romance and comedy. Most often there will be too much of one or the other - especially romance - and the sappiness will ruin the show. But in this case I was very pleased with the way it was presented.

You won't find the usual action/peril overkill that reside in most series, this one is for those times when you're not thirsting for violence and want to see something a little bit more sensible. I'm glad I put aside my presumptions about Twins and gave it a try. 8/10