UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie Volume 1: Bedlam, Bathouse and Beyond - TheOtaku.Com
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- Gail Shimura-Brightbill
- 02/16/06
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"...a cute story line with enough comedy to keep you chuckling.
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"...a fun and humorous underlying story with a heavy dose on the jiggle factor."
"I'm very sure the idea of a gun that can transform any girl into a cat girl maid willing to serve her master is going to be a big hit with the fan boys."
Despite his parents? protests, Kazuto Tokino has taken it upon himself to run his late grandfather?s bathhouse. But with no previous management experience, Kazuto must rely on his sunny disposition to keep his new business afloat. And when the alien Princess Valkyrie destroys the bathhouse, mortally wounding Kazuto in the process, dark clouds seem poised to rain on his parade of optimism. With a magical kiss, the princess saves Kazuto?s life, but at a grave cost to her own: transformed into an 8 year old, she is stranded on Earth, unable to fend for herself. Now, with an entire solar system out searching for her shrunken highness, Kazuto must defend the Tokino bathhouse, not only from hordes of alien invaders, but also from his new, hyper-adorable, sugary-sweet little houseguest!
Overview: Take a couple of magical girl aliens, an army of cute cat girl maids with a dash of busty bathhouse scenes and you have the set up for UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie. In this sci-fi version of Earth interplanetary travel is as common place as traveling via airplanes today. The ever optimistic young man by the name of Kazuto Tokino has the goal to keep his family bathhouse in business. Unfortunately that is when Princess Valkyrie from the planet Valhalla crashes her spacecraft into the bathhouse resulting in the untimely death of Kazuto. Feeling guilty for this Valkyrie uses her magical powers to give half of her soul to Kazuto thus bring him back to life. As a side effect of this soul transfer Valkyrie is transformed from her older, incredibly shapely mature female form to that of a hyperactive grade school girl. This is just the beginning of Kazuto's problems. This includes Valkyrie's overprotective cat girl maid using her 'cat girl gun' to convert regular girls into a cat girl maid army to serve Valkyrie, more crash landings and plenty of comedic misunderstandings.
The animation is done well and filled with plenty of bouncy fan service scenes. This is not a suitable series to watch with the entire family. UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie has many well endowed female characters with a bathhouse setting resulting in voyeuristic scenes with lots of exposed skin. Action segments give viewers a chance to see more bouncing and some revealing magical girl transformation scenes.
Overall the underlying story line was interesting and fun. Those looking for the tried and true comedy fan service story line with the average guy surrounded by cute girls will be pleased with this take on the subject. If you are not one who likes lots of skin in your anime this one is probably not your best choice. But if you are able to look past that you will be rewarded with a cute story line with enough comedy to keep you chuckling.
Verdict: Those who love a fan service based comedy series will love UFO Unltramaiden Valkyrie. I thought it was a fun anime to watch but I am sure fan boys will enjoy it far more than I did. Lots of large breasted anime girls, including cute alien girls, fill the bathhouse. I'm very sure the idea of a gun that can transform any girl into a cat girl maid willing to serve her master is going to be a big hit with the fan boys. In the end UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie has a fun and humorous underlying story with a heavy dose on the jiggle factor.
Posted on Thursday, February 16, 2006 (Archive on Thursday, March 16, 2006)