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skysenshi (10.21.2001 ed. 10.10.2003)
Sweet...
Pianist is a sweet and touching love story between
a man and an, err, android. Yuna and her master Seiji live
far off into the future where underpopulation has become a
serious problem. For some reason, nature caused humanity to
devolve and sperm count has lowered drastically. As a result,
human-like robots were built to answer the labor shortage
problem as well as fill other baser human needs. Must be a
depressing era.
Despite all this, Seiji's relationship with Yuna is something
pretty rare for a hentai feature. While other humans abuse
their androids and use them only for their own selfish purposes,
he treats her like a true girlfriend. She is officially his
maid, yet he teaches her so many things and enjoys spending
his time with her. Finally, he teaches her how to play his
favorite musical instrument. Since Seiji could no longer play
the piano due to a wrist injury, he projects his dreams onto
Yuna. Conflict arises when Seiji tries to sign Yuna up for
auditions and recording contracts. Producers wouldn't hear
of it, as they claim it is no better than hearing a mechanical
piano play. (And I agree with them, though Seiji doesn't quite
see it the same way.) Yuna becomes depressed and runs away,
making Seiji panic and fall into depression as well. How these
two lovebirds resolve their issues is something that is worth
watching—a tale of love against all odds. I just wish
Yuna could've been a real woman, though. That would have been
more romantic.
The artwork is pretty although the animation would seem very
primitive now, in the age of the Great Digital. The music
is beautiful, as various classical pieces are used as background.
English voice acting is okay, definitely more bearable than
Dream Hazard. Pianist,
by the way, originally came with Dream Hazard and packaged as part of
the Secret Anima Series. They've been separated when NuTech got the license to publish the DVD version.
Just a little note: This is the first of the android maid
themed anime I have ever seen—long long before Pianist and Buttobi
CPU.
Writer's Apology: (Yare yare...forgive
me for sounding like I haven't slept and hadn't eaten breakfast
and lunch...Ragnarok
Online got in the way of my real life...)
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