Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department

We have all seen shows where heroes battle evil villains but few where the protagonists work behind the scenes... in this case those who make the monsters the heroes are destined to defeat. Of course as they work they constantly hope that they will have finally come up with the monster that will win. Our protagonists work for Agastia, one of these evil corporations, to make something to defeat the hero 'Divine Swordsman Blader'. The heroes are the least of their problems; they come up with great ideas but penny pinching and corporate thinking spoil them. This means many of their creations are more likable than evil.

I thought this series was a lot of fun. Our protagonists may work for an 'evil' corporation but nobody involved appears to be genuinely evil... or even particularly unpleasant. There are plenty of battles but these don't take up too much time and are fun rather than intense. These fights scenes are definitely outnumbered by more humorous character led scenes. These characters are entertaining; most obviously the eponymous Miss Toka Kuroitsu. Other leads include Wolf Bete, a wolf man who due to a change of plans ends up in a cute wolf-girl body; and Cannon Thunderbird, a robotic bird-monster that is overdesigned and underperforming. The animation and characters designs are all pretty good. Overall I'd certainly recommend this series to anime fans wanting some light-hearted fun.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.