Mahoromatic: Tadaima Okaeri

Synopsis:

Streaming Platforms:

• HIDIVE

Characters:

• Andou, Mahoro (Main) - Voice Actors: Kawasumi, Ayako, Hoffman, Bridget
• Andou, Minawa (Main) - Voice Actors: Shimizu, Ai, Cabanos, Christine Marie
• Misato, Suguru (Main) - Voice Actors: Prince, Derek Stephen, Takimoto, Fujiko
• Feldrans (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sakamoto, Misato, Marshall, Mona
• Hamaguchi, Toshiya (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogihara, Hideki, Kimerer, Erik
• Kawahara, Kiyomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kisaichi, Atsushi, Silverstein, Keith
• Ooe, Chizuko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sanada, Asami, Fahn, Melissa
• Ryuuga, Tou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Koyasu, Takehito, Silverstein, Keith
• Sakura, Miyuki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ruff, Michelle, Kikuchi, Yumi
• Shikijou, Saori (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Takada, Yumi
• Slash (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Lang, Lex, Noda, Keiichi
• Todoroki, Rin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Elias-Fahn, Dorothy, Mizuno, Manabi

Staff:

• Ogura, Mitsutoshi (Producer)
• Sekido, Yuuichi (Producer)
• Takeda, Yasuhiro (Producer)
• Tanaka, Gou (Producer)
• Wakabayashi, Hiromi (Assistant Producer)
• Saeki, Shouji (Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
• Iwanami, Yoshikazu (Sound Director)
• Nishigori, Atsushi (Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, 2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Sadakata, Kikuko (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Uemura, Yutaka (Episode Director)
• Amemiya, Akira (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Arakaki, Issei (Key Animation)
• Ditama, Bow (Principle Drawing, Original Character Design)
• Ebata, Ryouma (Key Animation)
• Fujii, Tatsumi (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Handa, Shuuhei (In-Between Animation)
• Hashimoto, Maki (Key Animation)
• Hirama, Yuka (Art Director)
• Hiramura, Naoki (2nd Key Animation)
• Hirasawa, Akihiro (Background Art)
• Imaishi, Hiroyuki (Key Animation)
• Ishiyama, Hiroshi (Key Animation)
• Iwasaki, Shouta (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Kawamura, Akihiro (Planning)
• Kawano, Kouichirou (Key Animation)
• Kondou, Genichirou (Key Animation)
• Kondou, Rui (Key Animation)
• Kouno, Megumi (2nd Key Animation, Key Animation)
• Kuwana, Ikuo (Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Manabe, Yoshirou (Publicity)
• Masuda, Toshio (Music)
• Masuyama, Ryouji (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
• Matsubara, Rie (Editing)
• Nakayama, Yoshihisa (Planning)
• Nakayama, Bunjuro (Original Creator)
• Narimatsu, Yoshito (Key Animation)
• Nishigaki, Shouko (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
• Okabe, Jun (Background Art)
• Onoda, Masahito (Key Animation)
• Ookouchi, Shinobu (Key Animation)
• Sakamoto, Masaru (Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation)
• Sasaki, Takahiro (Key Animation)
• Sekiya, Mamiko (2nd Key Animation)
• Seyama, Takeshi (Editing)
• Shundou, Kana (In-Between Animation)
• Takaboshi, Harumi (Color Design)
• Takamura, Kazuhiro (Chief Animation Director, Character Design)
• Tanaka, Masayoshi (Key Animation)
• Tanaka, Haruka (Key Animation)
• Tokuda, Kenrou (Key Animation)
• ... and 2 more staff

Reviews:

• User nixops (Score: 8/10):
  When I watched the last tragic episode of Mahoromatic so long ago I secretly hoped that one day they would bring her back. This 2 parter, Tadaima◇Okaeri, is hopefully the start of many more new episodes in the life of Mahoro, Miniwa and Suguru. The story takes place between day 270 and day 267 of the remaining days left for Mahoro and involves the old gang coming together to create a maid cafe for the local shopping district festival. The show has a slightly different feel to it than the original series, this one feels glossier, brighter and it affected a lot of more pantyshots and hints of Mahoro's hidden sexuality. However, Miniwa is still falling over, and Chizo is still enjoying her food. The much disliked Miss Shikijo is still overbearing and thoroughly irritating, while Slash and Ryuuga make an appearance too. nUnfortunately Feldrance is also in the show and the extreme dislike I felt for him when I saw him again did ruin the show for me a bit. Those who have seen the original series will understand his significance in the storynnThere are the usual scenes of Mahoro and Suguru trying their best to grab that quiet time together and their affection for each other is blatantly obvious. Mahoro was always a very sweet character when she wasnt tackling giant mecha and I am glad they never took that away from her. They also didnt take away her distaste for ecchi, and Suguru's love of ecchi. nnDo I recommend the show? of course I do. Any chance to see one of my favourite characters is welcome and I hope that many more of these specials are created and slotted into the series. However, I do hope they will relook the ending of the series and one day create an alternate ending. nnLastly, to see Mahoro sing and smile and watch her facial expressions has alway been fun, and she doesnt let me down, and while it's not quite the Mahoro that I really enjoyed from the original, it is still her, and frankly that is good enough for me. Long may she be with us.
• User HybridMedia (Score: 6/10):
  Ahhhh…..Mahoromatic, you are a very charming yet frenzied series when I first watched and reviewed you 2 years ago and I did notice that the show didn’t end there…or at least there’s still some story in the series as the following OVA takes place during season 2 (mainly between episodes 2 and 3). So….yeah, if you remember that ending to the show and thought the OVA was changing things after that, well, you thought wrong. Suguru Misato lives with two maids, Minawa-chan and Mahoro-san, who are combat robots from the war between the alien life form Saint and the Earth. Both were allowed to live onas maids without weapons. While Suguru, Hamaji, Miyuki-chan and three other classmates prepare for a maid cafe to celebrate the Hiryushi town’s 120-years anniversary, Mahoro-san and Minawa-chan are attacked by robots.nnnnSo, the whole two-episode OVA is pretty much like the basic structure of the series as I last saw it but it is more restrained than what its usual plot of the show with Mahoro and Minawa being powerful maid weapons and them being hunted by the Management. I will say compared to their last side-story The Summer Special, it didn’t felt like a throwaway episode that relies on the gags only, although the gags appear in here, too. Some gags happened to be funny while the rest is painfully cringe worthy involving one character who really annoyed me during the series’ run.nnnnAs I said in the Mahoromatic review (this is just a recap of those characters) is that I do find Mahoro to be a charming, interesting and endearing character who, despite being a robotic maid, is the one character in the show I really felt for and also what else I like about Mahoro is that while some embarrassing moments happen to her, she can be very stern about that but she isn’t being a cold bitch about it.. Suguru…..still an okay character; The “Triomatic” (Miyuki, Rin, Chizuko) and his two friends Toshiya and Kiyomi are nothing that interesting to me; Ms. Shikijo is still the most annoying character in the show, especially when trying to seduce Suguru to himself (and how much I wanted Mahoro to end her); Slash is still cool (He’s a partner) and Ryuga, too. Minawa is still fresh in my mind as the newer addition to the group and she’s clumsy while Suguru’s friend Toshiya is crushing on her deep.nnnnYes, there is still some fan service in this show but to be fair, it’s more subtle than most shows of this genre turn out to be (remember “This Ugly yet Beautiful World”/ You shouldn’t.) and the fact that aspect doesn’t take over the show. There is also that it’s just GAINAX is control of the series with SHAFT overall being absent in the production and the animation does perform very well and visually an improvement from the 2002-2003 series (the OVA was released in 2009).nnnnThe musical score is something that has its cutesy thing going for it and…

News:

• Sentai Filmworks Licenses Mahoromatic: Tadaima◇Okaeri (04/04/2012)
• New Special of Mahoromatic Announced (08/22/2009)

Forum Topics:

• Mahoromatic ~Tadaima◇Okaeri~ Episode 2 Discussion
• Mahoromatic ~Tadaima◇Okaeri~ Episode 1 Discussion
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External Links:

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Related Anime/Manga:

• Mahoromatic (manga - Adaptation)
• Mahoromatic: Motto Utsukushii Mono (anime - Parent Story)