While you would never want most animals that show up in anime series, Poyo is the one that breaks that trend.
What They Say:
A sudden phone call causes Moe to run out of the house leaving her Papa worried. And Yuka-san provides great story material for Hide.
The Review:
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers)
While a lot of the show focuses on Poyo and what he gets into, it’s definitely an ensemble cast overall and the humans are just as interesting as the animals. Being a dad myself, I love watching Papa here and seeing how he reacts to events here, especially when it comes to his daughter. She gets into a bit of an odd situation here that makes you laugh at the potential of breeding Poyo and the kinds of offspring that could come from it, which is just beyond adorable. Bit Hude is kind of all over the map here with emotions and she even gets all up in things when it comes to what Poyo can get into over at Yuka’s yard because Yuka is having a hard time thinking that Poyo is even a cat. There’s a bit of wordplay weirdness going on with this part, which has its moments as we see different versions of how Poyo can be interpreted and viewed, leading to some utterly adorable imagery.
In Summary:
While Poyopoyo has had a good run of episodes recently, this one is a bit weaker and largely because of the Yuka bit which doesn’t really go anywhere or connect well with the first part of it. I really liked the idea of exploring what kind of kittens Poyo could help bring into the world and you know that Moe would never be able to give up any of them. The visuals are just too adorable! Yuka’s bit in the second half is decent as we get different interpretations of Poyo that helps with Hide’s writing but it’s not something that feels like it flows well, rather that it was jumped into with both feet and you feel a bit dizzy in understanding what it’s all about. There are cute moments to be had though and with Poyopoyo, that’s half the battle right there that you want to win every week.
Grade: B-
Streamed By: Crunchyroll
Review Equipment:
Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70″ LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.
