Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch

I like this anime ^^ It's about a girl's life, Luchia. When she was young she saved a boy's life by her pearl.They fall in love with each others. However this pearl was the key of her voice to sing. Later she has to change into human and get her pearl back from that boy because sea is in danger and her voice is needed too. Not so long later there will be friends who fight on her side. They are Hanon and Lina. Hanon is a happy girl who always smiles. Lina is the totally opposite of Hanon. She rare smiles andtakes everything serious. At the rate of this she falls in love with Kaito the guy who Luchia likes. They fight again the enemies by uniting their force. Story: 10/10 This story is ingenious. Mermaids who protect their sea by singing. Rare to find animes with same genre. Art: 10/10 It was great. Sound: The anime is full with music what are singing by the characters. Songs are various. I mean there are sad/slow and happy/adorable songs. :) Overall i gave 10/10 for this anime :D

This has is easily one of the best animes! It is an anime about a group of princess mermaids that come to earth and fight an evil tyrant. While this alone may not sound appealing, the story is actually not banal at all, as it is filled with numerous twists and deep messages. It was marketed as an anime mainly for children, but adults can enjoy it and find a more profound meaning. A very unique thing about this anime is the fact that the mermaids do not involve themselves in physical fights, rather they sing to defeat their enemies, the songs are pleasant to hearand they contain motivational and positive lyrics. The show is filled with very funny jokes here and there and each character has unique fun traits. The main character, Lucia Nanami is really the coolest female character I have ever seen, she is all cute and clumsy, but very serious and tough when it is needed. This anime got me into the mahou shoujo genre, which I never expected to appreciate. Recommended 10/10

Okay, so MMPPP is a great anime, if you like magical girl shoujo romance. You would like it if you watched Sailor Moon or Wedding Peach, but the romance isn't as pleasing. It's very easy to get angry with Kaito, who in my opinion treats Lucia (the main character, who is the Pink Pearl Princess and is Lucia the human) kind of meanly and gets mad if Lucia doesn't bring him a bento or bread that she made or whatever. After awhile, you grow to love him though, because you can see him and Lucia becoming more romantically involved. The songs get boring after awhile.The best song, Legend of the Mermaid, isn't used for a long time, but it's great when they start singing it again. Caren has an AWFUL voice. The best voice is Lina/Rina, who is also a great character. She provides a lot of the comedic relief to the anime. Hanon can get very annoying: Her infatuation with Mitzsuki is very shallow, she seems to only like him because of his looks, and it's nothing like the romance between Katio and Lucia. What I really liked about this anime is how the villains aren't like the Sailor Moon-type "Villain of the Day." It's always the same ones, the Dark Lovers, except when the very annoying, very lesbian Black Beauty Sisters appear (but the BBS actually have a pretty decent song). The forbidden romance between Yuri, a Dark Lover, and Hippo, Lucia's sort-of sidekick/protector, is really sweet. And actually, the Dark Lovers are funny most of the time. You don't just get the good guy's story, but also the bad guy's story in a way. All in all, Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch is a great anime, and I was very happy with it. I look forward to watching MMPPP Pure!

Started: 3/2/17 Finished: 7/30/17 I first discovered this show 10 years ago (back in 2007 I was 13 and in the 8th grade, I was preoccupied with other anime) and I saw fan AMVs of Mermaid Melody and I passed it off as another typical MGA (Magical Girl Anime). During that time I'd only ever believed Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura and Mew Mew Power-the 4Kids dub- to be the only MGA that mattered. Now, I’m 23 with a small child and I want child appropriate anime for him to watch. This is perfect. Story: the story was nice to follow, even with a slow start, it eventually leftme wanting more after each episode. It has a nice and not too complex set up for a young viewer to follow. Also, I have not read the manga yet (I’m planning to so I can give an honest review) but this show has a manga series to match, making it a perfect first series for a young viewer to follow. Character: I don’t care what anyone else has to say about the characters in this show, I liked how they differed and kind of mimicked the stereotype of character tropes in anime. You had the airhead, the mature one and the cool silent type as well as the cute boy and the mysterious character(s) AND the expected love interests among the characters. Art: The artwork wasn’t bad but it didn’t make my toes curl; it’s pretty basic, but it’s reminiscent of the shows I use to watch as a kid in the early 2000s on FoxKids and WBKids and Cartoon Network. Sound: I didn’t mind the voice actors and their acting at all, I felt they all fit the characters quite well. The music was catchy and memorable, it was definitely one of the best things about this show. Entertainment: As I mentioned previously, the music was by far the most entertaining thing about this anime. The story lines each episode were decent with a few standing out and sticking with me (examples: episodes 19, 25, 27,28, 30, 35, 38, 42, 44, 45, 46 and 50). Overall: This was a very good anime (score: 8) I recommend it to a viewer who is a fan of the MGA genre, a music lover, and to small children who are beginning their life long journey of anime -girl OR boy- let’s not gender discriminate, people! I started the second season which is titled “Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pure” on 8/4/17 and from what I can tell you after viewing the first two episodes, it looks like it’s darker and more mature than that of its predecessor. I’ll definitely give my review on it. Thanks for reading! Sayonara!