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Mar 31, 2011 12:19 PM
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Apr 5, 2011 2:35 PM
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I really liked this. It was funny when they saved the dog.
Apr 5, 2011 6:25 PM
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Haha, it was definitely a little childish, but I enjoyed it. The visuals reminded me of those old computer games like Putt-Putt that I used to play when I was younger.
Apr 5, 2011 10:21 PM
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it was... enjoyable. I thought the little girl's emotions were way better portrayed both visually and otherwise and way more interesting than the wacky cartoon stuff which was just... okay. there anime shows that do wacky and cartoony gags really well but this wasn't really one of those.
Apr 6, 2011 10:59 AM
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Pretty cute and pretty well put together. I liked how the typical scene where the protagonist realizes they're the only ones who can see the strange creature was put to another purpose; Mari's dialogue with Momo is a coherent conversation. It also did a good job of getting Mari's emotions across when she decided to summon the "ghosts" to save the dog. I also like how she didn't solve her problem with crossing the bridge (or even explain it) which would have been a bit pat, I think.

I don't know if this one would like to be a pilot for a series, but I think it could work. "Young girl learns life lessons with fantastical companion(s)" is already a trope, but if the whole thing were as well-executed as this, I'm sure it'd be great.
Apr 6, 2011 5:22 PM
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Actually this was pretty good.

Now that I have seen all 4, it seems that 4 of them tried achieve 4 different goal. The first one went with high quality image with less animation, the second one went with low quality image with a lot animation, the third one wen with low background image but everything else good enough, the fourth and last one wen with a little less decent art but has alot different kind of angle image and animation.


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Apr 14, 2011 1:21 PM
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Awesome characters and an almost flawless direction made it by far the best of the four shorts. Ninninman > Kizuna > Oji-san > Tansu Warashi.

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Apr 16, 2011 10:45 PM
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Though I liked the background art, animation, and music quite a lot, the characters were just too annoying.

Oji-san (9) > Tansu Warashi. (7) > Kizuna (7) > Ninninman (6)
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Jun 22, 2011 7:49 PM
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i liked this so much ^^ some hours ago a friend shared a video which contained the 4 Janica's new animations, and i saw that little vegetable lol tought it was a chewing gum or something hahaha and i liked it so much, i tried to find the name of it >_> and hopefuly i found it, and even found the episode... after seeing it i liked it so much XD

its too funny... i really liked the ninninman hahah

i hope they make more of these *--*
Feb 4, 2012 10:24 PM

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vastly underrated. clearly it's aimed at a younger audience, so throwing around 'childish' in a negative way makes no sense. i can understand finding the veggie trio annoying but i thought they were mostly funny. their animation was really creative too
Apr 6, 2012 2:28 AM

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Thank the gods I'm no longer a kid who needs to be forced to eat greens. I still enjoyed the story though. 7/10
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Jul 28, 2012 12:21 PM

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its like im watching Looney Toons... :D like it
Sep 23, 2012 1:18 PM

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The carrot scared me. o.o
Sep 30, 2012 2:33 PM

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The vegetables reminded me of Western cartoons. A bit of Looney Tunes for some reason (although, they are vastly different).

I hear a lot of people call this childish, but really, I simply found it heartwarming. Really liked it.
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May 24, 2013 4:21 PM

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This was actually pretty good story and animation/art wise! I also found the voice actors used for these characters pretty perfect!
Jun 30, 2014 1:52 AM

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That girl´s doing some pretty weird drugs.
You all need to watch Nami.

Feb 3, 2015 11:09 PM

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It feels SO refreshing to see to see Western style art in anime. Don't get to see that shit often.

It's meant for children, but that quote by Clint REALLY made my day HAHAHA
Ninninman IS HILARIOUS. Though who the fucked subbed this shit? What the fuck is a Torrac?????? Why did they change the name from Boku to Me???? The FUCK
THEY'RE FUCKING NAMES. YOU DON'T TRANSLATE THEN IN ANY WAY.
Apr 20, 2015 11:01 AM

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Carrot spirit was bit annoying at first but this was actually quite good, the story was closed pretty well and I can easily imagine this as starting episode of the new show.
Jun 16, 2015 12:50 PM

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I thought she was hallucinating, so them saving the dog was a bit shit. I guess it was more enjoyable than the more edgy Anime Mirai shorts, but it was just average.

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Dec 26, 2016 9:06 AM

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Watched it for Kikuko Inoue's voice.
I don't get it. But 6/10 for Kikuko and good art.
Apr 24, 2017 11:42 AM

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That was rather boring and felt pretty pointless. I rather this OVA exclude all that supernatural/fantasy stuff about materializing the vegetables into living being that's not part of her own delusion.

The ending solved nothing.
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Dec 24, 2018 2:40 PM

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I guess this anime preached the importance of veggies to kids.

Funny how Mari looked at those three at the end, I guess she's changed after they saved momo's dog. Those three (Carrot, Milk and Pepper) were amazing especially Milk who was more useful than the two.

I felt the fear of crossing the bridge by Mari wasn't addressed enough, oh well who cares?! I loved it nonetheless. 7/10.
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Jun 20, 2020 1:07 PM

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Here it is:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtrX-2Ljj9Q


Pretty interesting short movie. I loved the animation and the story was quite good for a movie of this length.
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Milkgirl for the win! Although in reality the puppy would've probably died :(

English-borrowed phrases were very cute! And nice animation overall.

P.S. The implication for why the veggies disappear scares me
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