"Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi" (2004) TV series 2004-????

Creator:

Sam Register

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3

Release Date:

19 November 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Music

Tagline:

Happy fun rock band cartoon invasion!

Plot:

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi follows the adventures of two very cool, but very different, pop stars as they travel...

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Anime | Friend | Pre Teen | Girl Power

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Ami Onuki	...	Herself (39 episodes, 2004-2006)
Yumi Yoshimura	...	Herself (39 episodes, 2004-2006)
Grey DeLisle	...	Yumi Yoshimura / ... (39 episodes, 2004-2006)
Janice Kawaye	...	Ami Onuki / ... (39 episodes, 2004-2006)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7 | Australia:G | New Zealand:G

Company:

Cartoon Network

Trivia:

Teasers for the show, seen on some Cartoon Network videos and DVDs, reveal that it was originally going to have a very different look and feel. They show very jerky animation and no shading. Ami has ponytails instead of buns, and Yumi has a fang sticking out of her mouth.

Quotes:

Yumi Yoshimura: Don't used record stores rock, Ami? All of our idols under one roof.
Ami Onuki: [cries loudly] Waaah!
Yumi Yoshimura: What's the matter?
Ami Onuki: Someone didn't want these CDs anymore. So now they're just sitting around in a used music store. Will our music be here someday? Forgotten and gathering dust?
[Ami cries]
Yumi Yoshimura: [sarcastically] Boy, are you fun to shop with.
[the time portal opens up and deposits them in the year 3000]
Yumi Yoshimura: I take that back; you are fun to shop with!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Nancy Drew (2007)

Soundtrack:

Planet Tokyo

Just Another Make-Money-Fast Scheme by Cartoon Network.

When I started watching this, I was tricked into thinking it was decent by its adorableness, but when it got to the episodes about making your own decisions and not being selfish, I snapped out of it and found out that the show was just another ploy by Cartoon Network to turn its viewers into mindless drones and to make money. Anyways, on to the review. Like I said, the show lures you in with its adorable characters (which, by the way, sound like cats with asthma), but later, it bombards you with lessons and overpreachiness, like telling the truth, or sharing. The animation is mediocre, which tries to copy anime, but fails miserably. This show was created by the guy who made the vastly superior Teen Titans, and I must say, due to this fact, I would've expected more of him. Ah well. At least this is better than that crap-fest Krypto the Superdog.

Overall, 2/10