Hale is a 10 year
old boy with a lot of problems. His
irresponsible lush of a mom doesn’t let him play all the video games he
wants. His teacher is narcoleptic. His classmates are a rag tag cast of weirdo’s
and the chief of his jungle village is in love with his own chest hair. If he thought his live was hard previously,
when his mom adopts a mysterious girl named Guu his world gets turned upside
down. The fact that Guu can swallow
things whole and has them live inside of her is only the start of what’s wrong
with her. Her appearance in the village
is only the start of real trouble in Hale’s life. Soon more weirdo’s arrive, causing him to
live on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Can he figure out what Guu is and why she showed up? Can he also figure out why all these people
that are somehow connected with he and his mothers past keep showing up in the
once peaceful village?
This is a pretty funny
and off the wall series. It’s unfortunately
from a really bad period in anime production so the animation is sub-par. The comedy is spot on though, with plenty of
sight gags and insane monologues.
Though, about half way through it starts to lag quite a bit and I was
starting to lose interest. I knew there
was some sort of over arching plot and it just seemed to flounder around
uselessly for a while not really going anywhere plot wise. That got taken care of in the last 7 episodes
and the series ends on a cliff. So that
can be a bit annoying as well. They did however
make up for that by releasing two OAV series to continue the story of these
crazy jungle dwellers. This is a good
comedy though, even with its faults. If
you are a fan of break neck speed comedies like Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei this
one will be right up your alley.
The series and the
first OAV set are licensed in North America and are available on DVD from
Funimation. There must have been little
interest as the second and final OAV set does not appear to have been licensed…shame.
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