Jungle de Ikou is definitely my guilty pleasure series. It's obscene, problematic, completely nonsensical, and yet... it manages to be extremely fun for me. Seriously, this is one of those anime that best captures the essence of the 90s thanks to its wonderful aesthetics, incredible soundtrack, and top-quality animation. Yeah, it's a silly ecchi OVA focused on girls with huge breasts and panty shots here and there (which's the only part I don't like that much, because most of the time these moments are focuses on Natsumi), and if you came here only looking for that, congratulations, you're about to watch one of the best-madeecchi of its time, and you'll never see anything of the same level again. Despite loving the scenes with Mii and Rongo, the real highlight for me is the nonsensical humor. These are three episodes of pure, unbridled madness; there were several moments where I genuinely laughed out loud, and that's what wins me over here.

I discovered Jungle de Ikou when I was VERY young, around 10 or 11 years old, when I was starting to use the internet for the first time. I even believe this might have been the first anime I ever watched online and subbed, and I also remember that what caught my attention (besides Mii's incredible design) was its wacky style, which for some reason resembled games I used to play a lot at the time, like Ape Escape, Tomba, and Umihara Kawase.

From time to time I find myself rewatching this gem, and after thinking about it a lot, I've come to the conclusion that it's indeed one of my favorite shows, despite any problems it may have. Jungle de Ikou was a project made with love, where its creators were clearly having fun while exploring the most ridiculous and stupid ideas possible. What? Do you think I'm exaggerating? Then I recommend you listen to the wonderful ending theme and tell me if they needed to go that far with such a beautiful melody in a show like this.

Besides the OVA, we also have three drama CDs that continue the story, a light novel that offers a retelling of the OVA adding more content to the plot, and apparently, a one-shot manga that can be considered lost media. It seems like it had everything it needed to become a franchise back then, but in the end it didn't get the green light, which is a shame. Again, Jungle de Ikou isn't an anime for everyone, and it's not something I would recommend to anyone either. But if you came here knowing what you're going to watch, then just go for it. It's a wild ride.