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My-Otome

My-Otome (舞-乙HiME, Mai-Otome) is an anime series created by Sunrise. Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino, it is a spinoff of My-HiME anime series and as such My-Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters.

My-Otome
舞-乙HiME
(Mai-Otome)
GenreSupernatural[1]
Created byHajime Yatate
Anime television series
Directed byMasakazu Obara
Written byHiroyuki Yoshino
Music byYuki Kajiura
Yuriko Kaida (Vocals)
StudioSunrise
Licensed by
Original networkTV Aichi, TV Osaka, TV Tokyo
Original run October 6, 2005 March 30, 2006
Episodes26 + 10 specials (List of episodes)
Original video animation
My-Otome: The Holy Maiden's Prayer
StudioSunrise
ReleasedMarch 26, 2010
Related works

The series originally premiered on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2005 to March 30, 2006. An OVA sequel to the series, My-Otome Zwei, has been made and released in Japan, and a prequel, My-Otome 0: S.ifr, has been completed. The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment. Zwei leaves the story open for future sequels, and Sifr for future prequels. At Otakon 2013, Funimation Entertainment had announced that they have rescued My-Otome, along with a handful of other former BEI titles.[2] They also announced at the 2017 New York Comic Con that they will release My-HiMe, My-Otome, and a My-Otome Zwei + My-Otome 0: S.ifr pack, all on Blu-Ray + DVD combo packs on January 8, 2018.[3] They will start pre-orders on October 15, 2017.[4]

A new series was announced in June 2008, later announced as the My-HiME EXA manga.[5]

Story

My-Otome's story takes place in the distant future on the planet Earl, colonized by immigrants from Earth centuries ago. "Old technology" has survived in the form of nanomachines that allow female virgins to take the role of Meister Otomes - bodyguards, attendants and warriors that serve the royalty of various kingdoms.

Arika Yumemiya has come to Windbloom Kingdom in search of her mother, whom Arika knows was an Otome. On her arrival she meets the top Coral Otome student, Nina Wáng, and Windbloom's heir to the throne, Mashiro Blan de Windbloom. The series follows Arika's progress as a student at Garderobe Academy and the machinations of those desiring the destructive power of the old technology for themselves.

Characters

  • Arika Yumemiya

Arika is first introduced in the first episode where she travels through the desert to Windbloom to find out more information about her mother, whom she was told was an Otome. After seeing the power of the 3rd Column, Shizuru, she decides to follow her mother and become an Otome. She is sometimes nicknamed Anty (Arinko-chan in Japanese) because her name, Arika, could be "蟻か" in Japanese, which means ant. The way her head turns into an ant's head is a way to show how she feels when someone calls her this nickname (which must have followed her all her life). She is cheerful and optimistic, but lacks the sophistication and "common sense" to deal with the royalty (due to her being a country bumpkin). She quickly gets acquainted with the other Corals and Pearls in Garderobe and becomes good friends with most of them, mainly Nina Wáng and Erstin Ho, her roommates.

  • Nina Wáng

Nina Wáng the top student in the Coral class and also one of Arika's roommates. She hails from Artai, a poorer kingdom than Windbloom with no Otome of its own. She and Nao are intended to fill this void and serve their country after graduating. Her father is Sergay Wáng, Nagi's right-hand man who is also part of the military. Arika found out that Nina was very sensitive to being tickled, which she enjoys exploiting. Nina is serious, determined and hard working because she wants to win the love of her adoptive father Sergay. Nina holds mixed feelings towards Arika. She is jealous of Arika's connections with Sergay and often annoyed with her cluelessness, but she shows friendship towards her on occasion. Nina's friend, Erstin Ho, was also her roommate who was in love with her.

  • Mashiro Blan de Windbloom

In My-Otome, Mashiro Blan de Windbloom is the princess (and later Queen) of Windbloom. Her personality is completely opposite to her My-HiME incarnation. Rather than the polite, selfless and reserved attitude of the former, Mashiro Blan de Windbloom is boisterous, selfish, and arrogant. There are doubts on whether she is the true ruler - doubts which prove correct when the true ruler of Windbloom is discovered by Sergay Wáng. Mikoto the cat is her pet. She has a love-hate relationship with Nagi, leaning more towards the 'hate' end of the spectrum. It was never made clear in My-HiME what her true age was but in My-Otome it is explicitly said that she is 14 years old and later turns 15.

She first met Nina and Arika when she was evading her palace guards by attempting to jump to the next building's roof. When she fell the two rushed to her aid. Believing the guards to be kidnappers, they then helped her escape. Arika, who was raised in the country, was completely clueless as to Mashiro's arrogant attitude toward her, even when she showed them that she was the princess in which Nina apologized for their ignorance.

As time passed, Mashiro pushed the people around her harder and harder. She would repeatedly shirk her responsibilities as queen in order to visit Garderobe and laugh at Arika's clumsy attempts at Otome training. When the date of her birthday drew near, she increased the taxes to raise more money for the rebuilding of her castle and her own birthday celebration. As Sergay Wáng noted, the city was suffering from increasing unemployment. Small glimpses of her past revealed that when Mashiro was young, she was completely spoiled as a child, being given virtually anything she wanted on demand. When she overheard some of the rumors that she was not the true princess, Mashiro's behavior worsened due to her highly increased feelings of insecurity and inadequacy.

During an emergency, she formed a contract with Arika to save their lives. Unfortunately for the two, the search for ways to break the contract yielded no answers. While Mashiro and Arika were initially very opposed to their contract, its life-binding conditions actually created a break in the tension between them, and they slowly began to bond.

  • Miyu

A mysterious traveler who watches over Arika. Her uniform is similar to her Searrs "Mithril Dress" from My-HiME except it has long pants instead of shorts. Overtime, she would stay with Mai Tokiha and the Crystal Princess, Mikoto, in the Black Valley.

Related works

The My-Otome manga follows an alternate storyline; in it, Mashiro Blanc de Windbloom is actually a male imposter attending classes at Garderobe as a replacement for the real Mashiro after she was "killed" but later it is revealed that he is Mashiro's twin brother and the true heir. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Champion.

A spin-off manga titled My-Otome Saga: Ryū to Otome no Namida (舞-乙HiME列伝(マイオトメ・サガ) 竜と乙女の涙, Mai-Otome Retsuden: Ryū to Otome no Namida, lit. "My-Otome Saga: The Dragon and the Maiden's Tear"), set 100 years into the past of the My-Otome anime, was serialized in MediaWorks' Dengeki G's Magazine between February 2007 and July 30, 2007, containing five chapters. The manga is accompanied by a novel based on the same premise and characters but with a different title, My-Otome Saga: Ayane Kōrin♥Hen (舞-乙HiME列伝(マイオトメ・サガ) アヤネ降臨♥篇, Mai-Otome Retsuden: Ayane Kōrin♥Hen, lit. "My-Otome Saga: Ayane's Descent♥Chapter"), which is being published by Tokuma Shoten under their Tokuma Dual Bunko label. This novel and manga are part of the My-HiME Big Bang Project, a plan to release a large amount of products related to My-HiME and My-Otome in Japan in the year 2007. As of now, only six products within this project have been revealed so far.[6]

There is also a spin-off manga called My-Otome Arashi (舞‐乙HiME嵐, Mai-Otome Arashi), which takes place immediately after the events of My-Otome.

In addition, there's also a PlayStation 2 Game called My-Otome: Otome Butōshi!! (舞-乙HiME 乙女舞闘史!!, Mai-Otome: Otome Butōshi, lit. "My-Otome: Otome Dance Fight Chronicles!!")), which narrates all the main story outline of My-Otome, and highlights all the Dance Fights between Otomes.

Theme songs

Opening themes

Ending themes

Insert songs

  • "Kaze to Hoshi ni Dakarete..." (風と星に抱かれて...) by Minami Kuribayashi (Ep. 24)
  • "Hoshi ga Kanaderu Monogatari" (星が奏でるものがたり) (4th Stanza) by Ami Koshimizu (Ep. 22)

Reception

Erica Friedman extensively reviewed the series on her blog, Okazu. She called it a "total gyroscope of a story," noting various lesbian characters, and asked what writer had the girls "trek cross-country in the woods wearing bloomers and boots," saying that is absurd.[7] In reviews of other episodes, Friedman praised the story for "fast and furious" action and noted that there are some yuri moments.[8] She says that later episodes offer a "mixed bag" of such moments, saying that the series remains a "silly, action comedy-drama with loads of service frosting."[9]

References

  1. ^ "New My-Hime Project Begun in Japan". Anime News Network. June 2, 2008.
  2. ^ "Funimation Adds Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Outlaw Star, More". Anime News Network. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Funimation's My-Hime, My-Otome Home Video Releases Slated for January". Anime News Network. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Funimation on Facebook". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2022-02-26. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
  5. ^ "My-Hime EXA Manga to Launch in January". Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. ^ "My-HiME Big Bang Project" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2006-12-29.
  7. ^ Friedman, Erica (February 10, 2008). "My Zhime (My Otome) Anime, Volume 3". Okazu. from the original on January 1, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  8. ^ Friedman, Erica (September 24, 2008). "My Zhime (My Otome) Anime, Volume 6 (English)". Okazu. from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  9. ^ Friedman, Erica (October 17, 2008). "My Zhime (My Otome) Anime, Volume 7 (English)". Okazu. Archived from the original on July 20, 2020. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

External links

  • Official My-Otome website (in Japanese)
  • My-Otome (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources My Otome news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2010 Learn how and when to remove this template message My Otome 舞 乙HiME Mai Otome is an anime series created by Sunrise Directed by Masakazu Obara and written by Hiroyuki Yoshino it is a spinoff of My HiME anime series and as such My Otome takes place in a new setting with new main characters My Otome舞 乙HiME Mai Otome GenreSupernatural 1 Created byHajime YatateAnime television seriesDirected byMasakazu ObaraWritten byHiroyuki YoshinoMusic byYuki KajiuraYuriko Kaida Vocals StudioSunriseLicensed byAUS Madman EntertainmentNA FunimationOriginal networkTV Aichi TV Osaka TV TokyoOriginal runOctober 6 2005 March 30 2006Episodes26 10 specials List of episodes Original video animationMy Otome The Holy Maiden s PrayerStudioSunriseReleasedMarch 26 2010Related worksMy HiME My Otome Zwei My Otome 0 S ifr My Otome manga The series originally premiered on TV Tokyo from October 6 2005 to March 30 2006 An OVA sequel to the series My Otome Zwei has been made and released in Japan and a prequel My Otome 0 S ifr has been completed The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment Zwei leaves the story open for future sequels and Sifr for future prequels At Otakon 2013 Funimation Entertainment had announced that they have rescued My Otome along with a handful of other former BEI titles 2 They also announced at the 2017 New York Comic Con that they will release My HiMe My Otome and a My Otome Zwei My Otome 0 S ifr pack all on Blu Ray DVD combo packs on January 8 2018 3 They will start pre orders on October 15 2017 4 A new series was announced in June 2008 later announced as the My HiME EXA manga 5 Contents 1 Story 2 Characters 3 Related works 4 Theme songs 5 Reception 6 References 7 External linksStory EditMain article List of My Otome episodes My Otome s story takes place in the distant future on the planet Earl colonized by immigrants from Earth centuries ago Old technology has survived in the form of nanomachines that allow female virgins to take the role of Meister Otomes bodyguards attendants and warriors that serve the royalty of various kingdoms Arika Yumemiya has come to Windbloom Kingdom in search of her mother whom Arika knows was an Otome On her arrival she meets the top Coral Otome student Nina Wang and Windbloom s heir to the throne Mashiro Blan de Windbloom The series follows Arika s progress as a student at Garderobe Academy and the machinations of those desiring the destructive power of the old technology for themselves Characters EditMain article List of My Otome characters Arika YumemiyaArika is first introduced in the first episode where she travels through the desert to Windbloom to find out more information about her mother whom she was told was an Otome After seeing the power of the 3rd Column Shizuru she decides to follow her mother and become an Otome She is sometimes nicknamed Anty Arinko chan in Japanese because her name Arika could be 蟻か in Japanese which means ant The way her head turns into an ant s head is a way to show how she feels when someone calls her this nickname which must have followed her all her life She is cheerful and optimistic but lacks the sophistication and common sense to deal with the royalty due to her being a country bumpkin She quickly gets acquainted with the other Corals and Pearls in Garderobe and becomes good friends with most of them mainly Nina Wang and Erstin Ho her roommates Nina WangNina Wang the top student in the Coral class and also one of Arika s roommates She hails from Artai a poorer kingdom than Windbloom with no Otome of its own She and Nao are intended to fill this void and serve their country after graduating Her father is Sergay Wang Nagi s right hand man who is also part of the military Arika found out that Nina was very sensitive to being tickled which she enjoys exploiting Nina is serious determined and hard working because she wants to win the love of her adoptive father Sergay Nina holds mixed feelings towards Arika She is jealous of Arika s connections with Sergay and often annoyed with her cluelessness but she shows friendship towards her on occasion Nina s friend Erstin Ho was also her roommate who was in love with her Mashiro Blan de WindbloomIn My Otome Mashiro Blan de Windbloom is the princess and later Queen of Windbloom Her personality is completely opposite to her My HiME incarnation Rather than the polite selfless and reserved attitude of the former Mashiro Blan de Windbloom is boisterous selfish and arrogant There are doubts on whether she is the true ruler doubts which prove correct when the true ruler of Windbloom is discovered by Sergay Wang Mikoto the cat is her pet She has a love hate relationship with Nagi leaning more towards the hate end of the spectrum It was never made clear in My HiME what her true age was but in My Otome it is explicitly said that she is 14 years old and later turns 15 She first met Nina and Arika when she was evading her palace guards by attempting to jump to the next building s roof When she fell the two rushed to her aid Believing the guards to be kidnappers they then helped her escape Arika who was raised in the country was completely clueless as to Mashiro s arrogant attitude toward her even when she showed them that she was the princess in which Nina apologized for their ignorance As time passed Mashiro pushed the people around her harder and harder She would repeatedly shirk her responsibilities as queen in order to visit Garderobe and laugh at Arika s clumsy attempts at Otome training When the date of her birthday drew near she increased the taxes to raise more money for the rebuilding of her castle and her own birthday celebration As Sergay Wang noted the city was suffering from increasing unemployment Small glimpses of her past revealed that when Mashiro was young she was completely spoiled as a child being given virtually anything she wanted on demand When she overheard some of the rumors that she was not the true princess Mashiro s behavior worsened due to her highly increased feelings of insecurity and inadequacy During an emergency she formed a contract with Arika to save their lives Unfortunately for the two the search for ways to break the contract yielded no answers While Mashiro and Arika were initially very opposed to their contract its life binding conditions actually created a break in the tension between them and they slowly began to bond MiyuA mysterious traveler who watches over Arika Her uniform is similar to her Searrs Mithril Dress from My HiME except it has long pants instead of shorts Overtime she would stay with Mai Tokiha and the Crystal Princess Mikoto in the Black Valley Related works EditThe My Otome manga follows an alternate storyline in it Mashiro Blanc de Windbloom is actually a male imposter attending classes at Garderobe as a replacement for the real Mashiro after she was killed but later it is revealed that he is Mashiro s twin brother and the true heir The manga was serialized in Shōnen Champion A spin off manga titled My Otome Saga Ryu to Otome no Namida 舞 乙HiME列伝 マイオトメ サガ 竜と乙女の涙 Mai Otome Retsuden Ryu to Otome no Namida lit My Otome Saga The Dragon and the Maiden s Tear set 100 years into the past of the My Otome anime was serialized in MediaWorks Dengeki G s Magazine between February 2007 and July 30 2007 containing five chapters The manga is accompanied by a novel based on the same premise and characters but with a different title My Otome Saga Ayane Kōrin Hen 舞 乙HiME列伝 マイオトメ サガ アヤネ降臨 篇 Mai Otome Retsuden Ayane Kōrin Hen lit My Otome Saga Ayane s Descent Chapter which is being published by Tokuma Shoten under their Tokuma Dual Bunko label This novel and manga are part of the My HiME Big Bang Project a plan to release a large amount of products related to My HiME and My Otome in Japan in the year 2007 As of now only six products within this project have been revealed so far 6 There is also a spin off manga called My Otome Arashi 舞 乙HiME嵐 Mai Otome Arashi which takes place immediately after the events of My Otome In addition there s also a PlayStation 2 Game called My Otome Otome Butōshi 舞 乙HiME 乙女舞闘史 Mai Otome Otome Butōshi lit My Otome Otome Dance Fight Chronicles which narrates all the main story outline of My Otome and highlights all the Dance Fights between Otomes Theme songs EditThis section is in list format but may read better as prose You can help by converting this section if appropriate Editing help is available May 2015 Opening themes Dream Wing by Minami Kuribayashi Ep 1 15 Crystal Energy by Minami Kuribayashi Ep 16 25 Fierce Sky Raging Earth 猛る空 揺らぐ大地 Takeru Sora Yuragu Daichi by Yuki Kajiura Ep 26 Ending themes Otome wa DO MY BEST desho 乙女はDO MY BESTでしょ by Mika Kikuchi and Ami Koshimizu Ep 1 26 Insert songs Kaze to Hoshi ni Dakarete 風と星に抱かれて by Minami Kuribayashi Ep 24 Hoshi ga Kanaderu Monogatari 星が奏でるものがたり 4th Stanza by Ami Koshimizu Ep 22 Reception EditErica Friedman extensively reviewed the series on her blog Okazu She called it a total gyroscope of a story noting various lesbian characters and asked what writer had the girls trek cross country in the woods wearing bloomers and boots saying that is absurd 7 In reviews of other episodes Friedman praised the story for fast and furious action and noted that there are some yuri moments 8 She says that later episodes offer a mixed bag of such moments saying that the series remains a silly action comedy drama with loads of service frosting 9 References Edit New My Hime Project Begun in Japan Anime News Network June 2 2008 Funimation Adds Cowboy Bebop Escaflowne Outlaw Star More Anime News Network Retrieved 10 August 2013 Funimation s My Hime My Otome Home Video Releases Slated for January Anime News Network Retrieved 5 October 2017 Funimation on Facebook Facebook Archived from the original on 2022 02 26 Retrieved 5 October 2017 My Hime EXA Manga to Launch in January Retrieved 23 October 2019 My HiME Big Bang Project in Japanese Retrieved 2006 12 29 Friedman Erica February 10 2008 My Zhime My Otome Anime Volume 3 Okazu Archived from the original on January 1 2020 Retrieved July 20 2020 Friedman Erica September 24 2008 My Zhime My Otome Anime Volume 6 English Okazu Archived from the original on September 11 2018 Retrieved July 20 2020 Friedman Erica October 17 2008 My Zhime My Otome Anime Volume 7 English Okazu Archived from the original on July 20 2020 Retrieved July 20 2020 External links EditOfficial My Otome website in Japanese My Otome anime at Anime News Network s encyclopedia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Otome amp oldid 1140896488, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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