Ah My Buddha V04 DVD

Episodes 14-17.

There's a new priestess in town named Kazuki Kazusano who's formidable, aggressive, and fearless all wrapped up in one cute little package. She's a girl who knows what she wants, and for some reason, what she wants is Ikkou. The gang is a bit shaken at first by her appearance. Their new school year is then turned totally upside-down by a ghost's skirt-blowing antics, a sports competition where Ikkou's buddy tries to impress the new hottie, and a disastrous field trip for earthenware dolls called haniwa. And Saienji Temple's trainees may have bitten off more than they can chew when Hinata's spiritual power erupts.

"Ah My Buddha is a fun little show... Chris Beveridge, Mania.com
"...the girls are very cute, and the art is quite well-executed. ThemAnime.com

Editor's Note

Teenage Ikkou studies at a Buddhist temple where he strives for the priesthood. If he wasn't a teenager with the usual horny proclivities, the presence of hot young priesteses-in-training wouldn't be such a challenge to his self-control. He possesses finely tuned sensitivities which aid in the performance of exorcisms, a specialty at the temple. Being turned on by the girls all the time keeps his powers on a knife edge, and he needs to maintain a grip on himself in order to become a priest. In this volume, a new priestess has arrived, and she has set Ikkou in her sacred sights. But that?s not the only action at the temple: a ghost likes blowing up the girls? skirts, things don?t go as planned on a fieldtrip, and Hinata?s enormous power is more than anyone can handle.

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DVD

Technical Info

Release Information
	Studio: Media Blasters Inc.
	Release Date: 8/18/2009
	Running Time: 100 minutes
	Original Release Date: 2005
	Catalog ID: 0921
	UPC: 00631595092172
	Number of Discs: 1
Audio & Video
	Available Audio Tracks:
	Video: Color
Aspect Ratio
	Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78:1

Cast & Crew

	Cindy Robinson - Voice
	Jane Alan - Voice
	Karen Strassman - Voice
	Studio DEEN - Animation Producer
	Keitaro Motonaga - Director

Professional Reviews

AnimeNewsNetwork.com 7 of 10
Few things in anime viewing are more satisfying than seeing an anime series live up to high expectations or exceed modest ones. Conversely, few things in anime viewing are more depressing than seeing a series sink into the depths of its bargain-basement expectations. Such is the case with the series known in Japanese as Amaenaideyo!!, a series which clearly wants to be an silly ecchi romp in the style of Ninja Nonsense but instead ends up being dull, lame, and brainless, with not even a sufficient quantity or quality of fan service to justify that as an excuse to watch it.

The corny premise is actually the least of the first volume's problems. The notion of a male character whose power increases with his arousal, and that he can be aroused by merely looking at the stripped-down forms of the girls around him, is an amusingly naughty one that sounds like it belongs in a hentai series instead. (Indeed, reverse the genders and the premise somewhat resembles that of the actual hentai title Beat Angel Escalayer.) It also allows a convenient excuse to work in lots of fan service and certainly seems abusable for all kinds of ribald jokes. With just a modicum of cleverness, such a concept could easily work.

Studio DEEN gives the teenage female character designs a rounded look not unlike that of Ninja Nonsense and very distinctively different appearances, allowing viewers to pick their own favorite depending on preferred style. (Do you like bigger or smaller breasts? Pigtails or short hair? Tanned or pale skin? The harem has all of the options covered.) By contrast, most one-shot and supporting characters have a very generic look. A vibrant coloring job and solid animation give the series an appealing look, albeit one decidedly different from most of the studio's other efforts. If only they had put equal effort into the boring and unimaginative soundtrack, which has a decent opening number and better country-themed closer but in between fails to generate much excitement or enthusiasm.

Extras are limited to only a clean opener. Media Blasters does continue their recent trend of printing cover art lengthwise, however.

Not everything in the first four episodes is a total failure. The artistry looks respectable, they do offer an occasional funny moment, the references to one of the longest-running American horror movie series in episode 4 actually get a little creative, and at least some of the fan service is sexy. Those plusses fall far short of balancing out all of the minuses stacked against them, however. Doubtless some will find this to their tastes, as the series was successful enough to warrant a second season, but for most this first volume, at least, is not worth the cost of the DVD. - Theron Martin

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Ah My Buddha V04 (2005)

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