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----WARNING: SPOILERS ARE AHEAD----

I picked this anime out of the list of recommend anime on the Chobits page, as Chobits is one of my favourite romances. I love the lightness of it, Chii's innocence and purity, and just the overall romantic interactions. I got none of those same feelings from I"s Pure.

I"s Pure stars Ichitaka Seto, a very indecisive teenage boy. While indecisive Male Leads is normal for this kind of anime, Ichitaka is almost unbearable in this sense. There were parts where even I was saying "Just get on with it", and I've seen a decent amount of this character archetype. I get that ... we are supposed to identify with him and maybe "understand" his worries, but it just comes off as annoying. In the episode where they were in the karaoke bar and there were those long pauses between what Seto and Iori were saying I honestly started laughing, because I thought the translators had been pranking me. It failed to create any sort of dramatic tension whatsoever.

One of the marks of a good romance, or even a good anime in general is getting attached to the characters, and actually caring about their strife. Referring back to Chobits, I got very attached to Chii (Heck, I even named my computer it!) and wanted to see her succeed. In I"s Pure, I did not care for Itsuki OR Iori in the least. None of them had any kind of qualities that made them memorable or made me want to care about them. I get that Chobits was 26 episodes and I"s Pure only 6 OVAs, but that shouldn't stop me from caring about the characters any less. If you're going to make a short series, you have to make your characters likeable in a shorter time, which the people here failed to do.

I don't recall it ever been explained WHY Seto likes Iori in the first place. There's no romantic build up, it's just "I like this woman", and this results in her seeming really kinda boring and bland. Itsuki is a little bit better of a character, but not much is said about her either. I felt like Seto should have just dated Itsuki and ended the OVA in 2 episodes. Sure, the childhood friend thing Itsuki's got going on is pretty overdone, but it definitely would have resulted in a better ending.

One thing I can say is, I really did like Teratani. He was an AMAZING friend to Ichitaka. The bro-levels were high in this one. I would kill to have a buddy like him.

The final episode when Seto is in a come and Iori's "I love you" waking him up and all of that just fell so unnecessary. Why was this big catalyst needed to get them back together? It just felt so cheesy, like I was reading an over-exaggeration of a shoujo manga.

Maybe if this had even been a 13 episode series, they could have planned out the character development a little better, but unfortunately my love of this anime was not to be. I really wanted to find a nice romance series, but this just left a bad taste in my mouth.

By the way, what was with that Samejima guy (Marionette King) not recognizing Seto? It had only been like a year since they were done high school. You'd think he'd remember him from their interactions in high school (unless he ACTUALLY was doing drugs and his memory is shot, then I'm just dumb).

Sorry to any of you who liked this. I just had to do this for myself.

Why do people like the anime? It baffles me. I picked up this anime because it was on the recommendations page for an anime I liked, so I had high hopes. Those high hopes were destroyed pretty swiftly.

---Character---
I am talking about character first because it is the biggest thing that bugged me about this series. Right away, I felt something wrong with this anime. At first I couldn't put my finger on it, but then I realized it was because the characters are flat as paper. Sure, they were animated pretty decently, but that doesn't matter when there is nothing memorable about any ... of them. They all seemed fairly genetic. Not to mention that their sister (Shi-chan) was kind of annoying.

---Story---
I know that this was a fairly short series, so it didn't have time to develop a whole lot, but there was no trace of an actual story. Now, this normally wouldn't bug me, since I love pointless animes (Azumanga Daioh, etc), but the happenings of this anime were just awful. It says that the twins are in love, but are they? It seems like a fairly normal sister relationship, except for a few aspects. Their so called relationship doesn't go anywhere. I'm pretty sure normal sisters tell each other they love one another, so that's not anything special. Don't misunderstand me, though. It's not like I was in it just for yuri action and am upset because I didn't get to see any; I generally wanted their relationship to advance.

---Art---
This was the only thing about this anime that I enjoyed. The animation was done well. As I mentioned before, the characters were designed well, plus the scenery and background images were decent too. Not much else to comment on.

---Sound---
Same as art, not much to comment about. It wasn't awful though, that is for sure.

---Enjoyment---
This anime left a bad taste in my mouth. I'm not sure if I don't appreciate it because I've never watched a shoujo-ai anime before, but either way I didn't like it. Maybe if I rewatched this anime at a later date I would appreciate it for what it is, but as of right now I stand by my overall score. I really wanted to like this anime too, but no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get myself to enjoy it.

---Overall---
Overall I give this anime a 4/10. I'm probably just being a prude, so the majority of you reading this will probably enjoy this anime.

This is my first review, so please don't take it too seriously. This is the first Dragonball animation in 11 years. I don't know about you, but I was really looking forward to this when I first heard about it.

-Story-
Nothing too revolutionary, But not as boring as the older Dragonball Z movies. Its kept the Dragon ball Z fighting and humour style.

-Art-
I thought this was going to be just like the old Dragonball Z series, but I was wrong. They re-did it, it now looks new and clean. The animation is great and the fights are good also.

-Sound-
At the beginning you get introduced with the ... classic music, but with a new opening. It still has the same good punching, kicking and energy blast firing sound effects. The Japanese cast (this isn't dubbed in english...yet) did a very good job, although I wasn't too fond of Goku or Gohan's voice.

-Characters-
It has the original cast. Goku is still funny and always hungry, Piccolo is a loner, and Vegeta is still really angry at something. Master Roshi is still the same old pervert too. There's a particularly funny scene where he pulls up a lewdly shaped turnip. Goten and Trunks also fuse into Gotenks to fight the invaders.

-Enjoyment-
I got a kick out of this. It was good to see Goku and friends in another adventure, even though it probably will be their last (unfortunately).

-Overall-
I recommend this to any Dragonball Z fan. If you are new to the series, you might want to watch the Episodes before going into this movie to know all the characters and their personalities. I give it an 8/10