"Maid in Akihabara"

[Sakaki]

I ran across this in another forum and I thought some here might like to see it.

There are 6 120 meg. 15 min. episodes, so it not too large. And while it is a rather low budget appearing show, it is rather amusing and has a fun time with Maid cafes and otakudom.

Move over, Densha Otoko. There's a new goddess in town! "Maid in Akihabara" is a live-action comedy/drama starring Mako-sama, the voice actress for Yurie-sama in Kamichu. She plays Saki, a girl in dire straits that needs to find a new job, fast! As luck would have it, she finds one... in a maid cafe in Akihabara that caters to anime-crazed otaku.

Yurie's voice actress in a French maid outfit... what's not to like? But Saki undergoes culture shock as she adjusts to the moe otaku's world, making mistakes along the way, but also finding friends and discovering her SECRET MOE POWER.

"Maid in Akihabara," a six episode series, from IIchan Translation Group.

http://iitran.secchan.net/

[sorvani]

interesting. i think i'll check that out.

[raphaël]

Currently downloading it.
I guess I'll review it later if I can get pass ep.1. lol

You mean you watched it all already?

[Lord Raiden]

hehe. Sounds kind of like a different twist on the "maid in america" movie from a few years back when a rich girl has to become a maid for several days to learn humility . I'm definately going to download this.

[raphaël]

Well, I downloaded ep.1, watched it and... will stop there.
No comment needed, I guess.
The actresses aren't even cute. I don't mind the high voices in an anime, but in live action, that's unbearable. Then it's cheap, but in the worst meaning. I think that would make laugh ( bitterly) only those guys roaming in Akiba. Not the common people, like us all.
Aren't we???

[Thyrz]

Secret MOE power? F*ck no. f*ck. no.

[raphaël]

Well, now I'm pissed off. Someone gave me bad reputation over my post...
Hey, what's wrong with giving your opinion?

Well, I know I was rather blunt on this one, but hey, that's how I am...
Sigh... First time I get bad rep. It hurts. lol
Sorry to Sakaki if I hurt him too.

[lavielove]

woa! Live/Action release from IIchan ^_^ The last time Emma now "Maid in Akihabara".

[raphaël]

Originally Posted by lavielove

@raphaël If somebody spend time on doing something they wants to show to the others and you just wrote one line.If I were that somebody,I would give you a bad rep too. ^^

Hey, that was more than one line!
I wouldn't say it was constructive, but... Well, ok I was wrong. It's not like I never gave bad rep myself. But I always add comments.

I guess it's like being f..., the first time is always painful.

[Sakaki]

Originally Posted by raphaël

Well, now I'm pissed off. Someone gave me bad reputation over my post...
Hey, what's wrong with giving your opinion?

Well, I know I was rather blunt on this one, but hey, that's how I am...
Sigh... First time I get bad rep. It hurts. lol
Sorry to Sakaki if I hurt him too.

Nope, no problems with it here.

[raphaël]

I don't know why, I feel relieved here.
Thanks Sakaki.

[DingoEnderZOE2]

First 5 minutes into the first episode and going by the main actresses face and look, I would have to agree with Raphael that it DEFINITELY isn't right for her to be speaking in a typical anime-ish high pitched voice. it's so out of place that I have to avert my gaze away from her face whenever she speaks. Still the Akihabara setting is what's drawing me to this so I'm gonna keep watching.

[Sakaki]

Originally Posted by DingoEnderZOE2

First 5 minutes into the first episode and going by the main actresses face and look, I would have to agree with Raphael that it DEFINITELY isn't right for her to be speaking in a typical anime-ish high pitched voice. it's so out of place that I have to avert my gaze away from her face whenever she speaks. Still the Akihabara setting is what's drawing me to this so I'm gonna keep watching.

I think that based on this statement:

Yurie's voice actress in a French maid outfit... what's not to like?

that the main character's actress is a voice actress for a maid anime, and so is probably keeping her anime character's voice. I think the other two are voice actresses as well, probably why they are not as cute as most of the live action actresses. But if they are voice actresses you think the other one would do a better job of the stuck-up rich girl/princess/Naga laugh.

But then again this is the staff of a real maid cafe:

so they are really not that far off on looks.

[kj1980]

Maids in Akiba aren't there for looks. They are there to provide the casual otaku's lust for moe~ness by being called "goshujin-sama" from a girl dressed in a maid outfit.

[Princess_of_Hell]

Let's play dressup:

http://iitran.secchan.net/kisekae/

Gothic Lolita TV series:

http://lolita.netcinema.tv/

[JOJOS'STAR]

Originally Posted by Sakaki

I ran across this in another forum and I thought some here might like to see it.

There are 6 120 meg. 15 min. episodes, so it not too large. And while it is a rather low budget appearing show, it is rather amusing and has a fun time with Maid cafes and otakudom.

Well that might not suit me much but I didn't like that show. (I don'T care getting bad rep over this its worth it lol) Actualy, almost as much as I liked Densha Otoko. Anyway talk about a dorama/Live action without any drama in it.. Also, nothing there close to HMM like out thought this show youd tend to show.

On the other hand I just finished all of the 16 "FULL HOUSE" Dorama episodes and its was a pure blessing. Strangly.. yes its "K" for Korean! Strange in my experience.

Spoiler for JOJO is infatuated:

Ji-eun is the finest women on earth. I'd make tender puni-puni love to her until she totaly consume me and make my life a extacy.

[Gryff]

Could anyone be nice and seed episode three? Got all the rest of it ~_~

[Syaoran]

I think I've one of these girls on a miniDV tape when I went Japan last year. She walked on the street in Akihabara. There's also an arcade hall on one of the intersections near the JR-station with women dressed like maids coming out of a manga.

I'll try to find which digitalized file it was and will upload it somewhere ... It's rather short as I walked by filming ^^'

[Kyuusai]

Let's see:

- The voice itself wasn't so bad, I thought. It sounds like a very natural voice--it just doesn't sound like HER natural voice.
- The acting. is. Horrible. I half-blame the director.
- Trying to create "anime" style moments with effects and slapstick does NOT work. Even when it might, it's ruined by...
- Lousy editing. They hang on to shots for way, WAY too long. Moments which might have been funny if they were cut away from quickly are turned into painful-to-watch scenes just by letting it linger on that shot. Remember: It's usually better to cut too soon than too late.

I cannot stand it. But I will watch it for one reason, and one reason only:
SEXY COMMANDO.

This man belongs on much better shows. His presence is captivating and his performance is tight and enthusiastic. He is absolutely perfect.

[DingoEnderZOE2]

Indeed I need seeds for 3 as well. My torrent goes as far as starting up for me and then it just stops.