Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san

一撃殺虫!!ホイホイさん

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episodes

Type

OVA

Status

Finished Airing

Aired

Sep 30, 2004

Studios:Daume

ComedySci-Fi

Synopsis

The time is the near future. Cockroaches and other household pests have become immune to all forms of insecticides. In response to this crisis, a Japanese company has created small, doll-like, insect exterminating robots called Hoi Hoi-san. A competing company has also released their own version, Combat-san. Because of their adorable appearance, these little robots have become somewhat of a phenomenon and have gained many fans. Late at night, in the home of one such fan, Hoi Hoi-san and Combat-san search for insects to exterminate... but Combat-san is not above trying to exterminate Hoi Hoi-san while she's at it.

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Just like how short the OVA is, i would like to keep this review short and simple yet concise. Ichigeki Sacchuu!! Hoihoi-san is another great comedy sketch by the kings of loli comedy: Domu. The story is simple yet very intriguing and all keeping under the veil of cuteness only Domu can make. The Story evolves a popular pest control doll called Hoihoi-san. Whose sole purpose in life is to destroy household pests like cockroaches. The problem with Hoihoi-san, is that she's so cute people just buy her not knowing what she really does. As for the case of the main character... The art compared toDomu's later works are of slightly lower quality but you can tell its done by the same people who made Ichigo Mashimaro and the likes. The sound is standard cute girl loli fare. I especially love how they gave Robo-voice to hoihoi-san and everytime she takes a step you'll go &quot;OMFG thats sooo cute&quot; no matter how straight or masculine you are. The characters are very limited to a few lines but they all have a unique personality from each other and for the most part play their role very well in the story. Overall, Domu fans are obligated to watch this 1-shot OVA. But people who are oblivious to how great Domu really is, this is a perfect start for that certain someone. I recommend this to anyone who enjoys a comedy. Besides, one 20 minute episode won't kill you. I have seen this 8 times, and I'm not dead yet ^_^

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Imagine a world where bug sprays don't work, so you'd get a tiny palm-sized gun-welding doll to do the job. Well, it's hard to imagine, but someone made manga with that idea, and someone read and thought "hey, let's animate this!" so here we are. It's hard to say anything about story without spoiling it since this OVA is just 11 minutes, proof of concept and proof of art work. Is it fun? Yes. It's funny, old school-ish short with enjoyable character design, good voice acting, deep enough presentation to get a bit invested in the story. Production values were rather high here. Good, fluent animation. Well presentedscale of bug-killing dolls. Humor was absurd from the get go. Like watching "over produced" Itchy and Scratchy short from the Simpsons, but better (since it's not related to Simpsons). Would I recommend it? Not really. It's fun and absurd short, but you need to be fond of figma, dolls or gun mecha to appreciate it imo. "Robotization" is also kinda eh. Typical voice stylization and speech pattern done too many times. And ending is weird, or maybe copy I've seen just had very rough translation. Still, nice artifact show from certain era of animation. And again, it's 11 minutes with 2 being end credits iirc, so yeah. If you liked Chobits or any other "robo-girl" themed show like Kei the metal idol, or bobbly and bubbly chara design style from the late 90's early 00's, you'd probably enjoy this. I'm not real fan of those and still had fun ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ so take that. I'd rate it in in between 6-7 keeping in mind good production values and length, but also few tired tropes.