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Anime Review: Wagaya no Oinari-sama
Posted by John on June 21, 2009
Wagaya no Oinari-sama
我が家のお稲荷さま
Our Home’s Fox Deity
Plot Summary:
Noboru and Touru are two brothers that have grown away from their family’s secret. The fact that their family can use the Water ki and can ward off demons. But when a demon is after Tourus’ life, in order for the family to keep him safe they need to awaken the fox-spirit Kuugen. Kuugen will not help for the sake of the family but only for the sake of the children late mother.
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Supernatural
Age Rating: Everyone
No. of Episodes: 24 episodes
Story
The story is pretty straight forward and easy understanding. The first time I heard of this title, I have no idea what is the story about this anime. A fox deity in our house? sounds interesting. As the title promised, it is a slice of life type of fantasy anime.
The whole plot is simple, without any super boss to fight as other fantasy anime have. I found that its quite relaxing watching this anime. However, still not as good as other slice of life anime such as ARIA and etc… By the way, the major drawback of this series is the rushing ending… I hope they could elaborate the ending more.
This anime might not suit everyone’s taste as it lacks of intense actions scenes and a laid back storyline. Still an interesting anime to watch with if you’re a fans of fantasy, fox girl, shrine maiden.
I’ll have it rated: 28.5/40
Animation
Studio: ZEXCS
Year: 2008
Type: Series
The animation is consider average, since it was produced in year 2008 and yet I didn’t discover much astonishing animation technique. Back to the basic, artwork and illustrations are good enough and the quality is quite consistent.
There are some flaws in the animation especially the actions scenes which sometimes the animation is not smooth enough. Undeniable, this anime is not greatly animated, still it reached the required level.
I’ll have it rated: 22.5/30
Audio
Opening Theme(s):
- “KI-ZU-NA ~Haruka Naru Mono e~ 「KI-ZU-NA 〜遥かなる者へ〜」” by Yoshida Hitomi
Ending Theme(s):
- “Kaze ga Nanika wo Iou to Shiteiru 「風がなにかを言おうとしている」” by Hayami Saori (eps 1-18)
- “Shiawase no Kotodama 「シアワセの言霊」” by Yukana, Hayami Saori, Takahashi Mikako (eps 19-)
Insert Theme(s):
- n/a
The opening theme is not good, it sounds very strange for me. While the ending themes were pretty good, especially the second ending theme. The song has joyful mood and the animation is very cute.
The soundtracks or bgm used throughout the show is average. Most of the bgms were fairly suit the atmosphere of the story. Occasionally, the music used is not suitable for the scene.
I’ll have it rated: 13.5/20
Personal Rating
An average anime, with a simple plot and decent animation. I enjoyed.
7.5/10
OVERALL POINTS
28.5 + 22.5 + 13.5 + 7.5 = 72points
72points, GREAT anime [21/06/2009]
