[spoilers for the first episode only] "CG Anime! Oh noes!!" (lol i'm not that good at sarcasm) Okay, sure, we still prefer our good 'ol 2D beauties but let's not judge here, alright? And besides, at least it's a full-on CG anime... and not a crappy-2D-that-suddenly-gets-a-crappy-out-of-place-CG Also, I'm a girl that watches RWBY (speaking, it has a new season *cries* so many anime, so little timeeee), therefore I'm more open-handed and accepting when it comes to this style of animation.So yeah, Himote House... it's about the lives of 5 girls (and a talking cat) living within the same dormitory which Tae-chan, a newcomer in the household, straight-out named it Himote House, because why not?
I watched the first episode and in the early first half of the episode I was like "Oh, just another girl that arrives in a dorm where she meets new friends" then the latter half of the episode happened and my face went "WTF am I watching?! Why did you show each other's panties? You just met today!!" "Powers, what? WTF, ENERGY BEAM! Oh, a talking cat! How nice! WTF you just did a KAGEBUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!"
And then I went ahead and watched all available episodes...
...aand yah know, despite all its weirdness (which is exemplified by the animation style and a sprinkle of magical influence), it's a pretty chill show that shows the daily lives of 5 people and their interactions and antics.
To be honest, it's very refreshing and I'm glad of the decision of making it full CG because it fits the chill, nonchalant 'i-don't-give-a-crap' atmosphere that Himote House has (heck, the opening song fits this anime so well <3)
They have an episodic format where they:
- talk about a certain topic during the day
- they apply/test out whatever the heck they learned 'till sun goes down
- night comes, and they do a "queen of the *insert random thing*" and they each take turns of doing the thing. (ex. queen of metal voice, each character holds out their phone and sing as raspy as possible, then the most hilarious one wins, i guess, since they don't really announce the winner because we only see them laugh and the animation fades out into their house and into the night sky, then cue the ED song... which is only instrumental but still nice to listen to.)
And by following this format, Himote House created a chill, yet amusing, show that is easily watchable (its only 12 minutes long per episode).
So yeah! Give this show some slack and enjoy what it offers! At least watch the first two episodes and you'll see what I mean by "chill, yet amusing".
8/10