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Chobits este considerat unul dintre serialele TV anime clasice, de baza pentru toti fanii genului, desi a aparut abia in 2000. Este bazat pe o înșiruire de manga-uri cu acelasi titlu, publicate de CLAMP. Dar merita el cu adevarat titlul de clasic?
Poveste
Serialul urmareste indeaproape povestea din manga-uri, facand doar unele modificari si completari, care, spre deosebire de majoritatea ecranizarilor, cresc, dupa parerea mea, valoarea povestii. Astfel, sunt explicate cateva lucruri si tratate unele subiecte care nu se gaseau in manga.
Setting
Actiunea se desfasoara undeva in viitorul apropiat, insa locul tipicelor computere a fost luat de "persocon"/"persocom" (voi utiliza varianta cu n), computere umanoide extraordinar de avansate si cumplit de populare. Acesti persoconi arata ca fete sau baieti deosebit de foarte kawaii [adica excepțional de draguti si simpatici], ascultatori si utili. Si foarte multa lume are unul (pai si eu mi-as da' pc-ul pe-un persocon!). Exista si variante mini (mobile) dar de altfel similare, care joaca de exemplu si rol de telefon. In rest, seamana bine cu Tokyo-ul zilelor noastre (nu ca l-as sti eu prea bine).
Summary
[spoiler: maxim 3 episoade]
Serialul urmareste povestea lui Hideki, un baiat de la tara ("din popor" cum ar zice proful meu de fizica din liceu) care de la coada vacii (literally) ajunge in Tokyo, ca ronin. [nota: in vremurile vechi, ronin era un samurai fara stapan. In prezent termenul denota un absolvent de liceu care nu a reusit sa intre la facultate, si se pregateste sa dea din nou anul urmator]
Hideki se adapteaza cu chiu cu vai la viata de oras, desi are dificultăți mari cu banii. Si e puternic impresionat de personconi dar realizeaza ca abia are bani sa traiasca, in nici un caz nu poate cumpara unul. Dar, de parca cineva il aude cand tipa "VREAU UN PERSOCON!" gaseste o fata persocon teribil de foarte kawaii aruncata la gunoi, infasurata in niste benzi albe.
Si asta ii schimba viata complet, total, si irevocabil. Hideki e paralel cu tehnologia, iar fata persocon nu are instalat cam nimic software, dar pare foarte capabila sa invete. Desi la inceput nu stie sa zica decat un singur cuvant, Chii (care devine si numele ei), Hideki insista. Desigur, e greu sa inveti pe cineva atat de multe lucruri, si deseori Hideki ajunge in situatii grele, jenante, stupide, si in general enorm de amuzante pentru noi.
Cu ajutorul prietenilor lui ceva mai cunoscatori, Hideki afla ca Chii nu e chiar un persocon obisnuit - ba chiar poate fi un Chobits, un persocon legendar invaluit de mister.
Animatie
Chobits e nespus de bine realizat, pentru un serial TV, desi rareori la nivelul unui film sau unui OVA bun. Acest lucru e normal, deoarece serialele au resurse mult mai mici, si ca bani si ca timp (episoadele trebuiesc produse saptamanal).
Personajele sunt desenate foarte frumos, foarte apropiat de manga si cu trasaturi clare. Toate fetele au o tendinta puternica de kawaii, dar nu e vina serialului - asa e povestea, Hideki (saracul baiat) e inconjurat de fete dragute.
Fundalurile sunt cam putin detaliate uneori, dar îndeajuns de bine confecționate per total. Nimic care sa iasa in evidenta prin frumusete insa, rareori parand ceva mai mult decat functionale. Bine fabricate calitativ, dar pur si rudimentar functionale. In plus, am senzatia ca in camera la Hideki apar si dispar elemente dupa necesitati, dar poate mi s-a parut mie  ).
Sunet
Voci
Vocile personajelor sunt foarte bine alese. (Vorbesc bineinteles de vocile originale, in japoneza). Chii spune "Chii!" întocmai asa de dulce si kawaii cum imi imaginam, cu acel tip de voce de fata care te face sa nu poti refuza nimic. Sumomo are o voce super in concordanta cu personalitatea, ca si Minoru. In general, nu am ce reprosa in acest domeniu.
Muzica
Tema de deschidere este "Let me be with you" (cantata de Round Table feat. Nino) si, sincer, nu mi-a placut in mod deosebit. Linia melodica nu e extraordinara si stilul mi se pare nepotrivit serialului. Inchiderea este asigurata de "Raison d'Être" de Rie Tanaka in întâia jumatate a serialului, o melodie de asemenea slabuta, desi mai buna ca "Let me be with you", iar apoi (cu exceptia ultimului episod) de "Ningyohime", tot de Rie Tanaka, mult superioara celorlalte, si pe care chiar am apreciat-o.
Muzica din timpul serialului este bine realizata, desi nu spectaculoasa, cu exceptia a cateva momente in care reuseste sa accentueze un moment sau un sentiment intr-un mod foarte bun.
Analiza povestii
[ok, spoilers oarecum, dar nimic grav]
Chobits are o poveste vesela si amuzanta in general, plina de momente haioase, dar trateaza un subiect mult mai serios: dragostea dintre om si masina. Si reuseste sa o faca intr-un mod suficient de autentic si suprinzator. Hideki este foarte nesigur pe sentimentele sale, mai ales ca Yumi si chiar profesoara lui, Shimizu-sensei, par in anumite clipe interesate de el. Pe masura ce timpul trece, afla ca exista mai multe povesti de dragoste, independente, in jurul lui, si incepe sa isi puna problema daca nu cumva este orb la povestea lui. In acelasi timp, Chii ne incanta prin modul copilaresc in care abordeaza numeroase probleme banale ale vietii cotidiene, dar serialul iti da multe indicatii ca Chii este mai mult decat pare.
Sfarsitul vine foarte abrupt, in decurs de cateva episoade. Pe la inceputul episoadelor 22-24 ai senzatia ca e foarte mult neinteles, si ca ar mai trebui trei sezoane ca acest serial sa se clarifice. Dar povestea se accelereaza brusc, si inainte sa iti dai seama, serialul se termina. Sfarsitul e in parte previzibil (cel putin in ceea ce priveste programul ascuns al lui Chii) dar va rezerva si cateva surprize si suspans. Si desi finalul e bine realizat, veti avea senzatia ca serialul trebuia sa fie putin mai lung. Bine, asta e discutabil, poate ca senzatia de acceleratie din ultimele episoade a fost in parte intentionata, dar eu unul preferam sa nu aflu raspunsul la atatea intrebari care te bantuie pe parcurs dintr-o data.
Concluzie
Fara indoiala, Chobits isi merita titlul de clasic. Este o incantare sa-l vezi, trecand peste mici neajunsuri, si un model bun pentru multe seriale. Te tine in scaun prin umor, prin profilul kawaii dar si prin poveste si, mai ales in a doua parte, si prin cateva intrebari serioase. Daca nota pare mica, ei bine asta este pentru ca eu sunt pretentios, si foarte putine anime-uri (si deocamdata nici un serial) reusesc sa ia 9 sau 10. Tineti cont va rog, inainte de a interpreta nota, ca il consider cel mai bun serial anime pe care l-am vazut pana acum.
Nota:8.5/10
Recomandat: oricui ii plac anime-urile
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Chobits (ちょびっツ, Chobittsu?) is a Japanese manga and anime series created by CLAMP. Unlike most CLAMP stories, Chobits is a seinen series, specifically of the magical girlfriend variety. The manga is set in the same universe as Perfect Layer and takes place a few years after Angelic Layer.
The story centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a repeat student (rōnin) attempting to qualify for university by studying at the Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, the other thing he dreams of having is a Persocom. A Persocom is an android used as a personal computer; however, they are expensive, and Hideki has no money.
On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a Persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with long blonde hair lying against a pile of trash bags. He first thinks this to be a murder but, realizing she was a Persocom, he carries her home. Upon turning it on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word she seems capable of saying is "chi", and thus he names her Chi. Although Chi does not appear to have any programs installed in her, Hideki's friends surmise that she must have some sort of learning program installed, judging from her behaviour.
A major part of the plot involves Hideki attempting to teach teach Chi words, concepts, and appropriate behaviours, in between cram school and work. At the same time, Chi seems to be developing feelings for Hideki, at an emotional depth, which Persocoms are not supposed to possess, and Hideki struggles with his feelings for her. The series explores the nature of Persocoms, human interactions with them, and the nature of love. All sorts of characters and their Persocoms are introduced, some of them loving Persocoms, and some of them considering them only as tools, and some of them hating them altogether.
In the later part of the story, the characters start to explore Chi's mysterious past. Chi discovers a series of picture books of mysterious origin, that seem to awaken something deep inside of her. The book inspires her to find the "person just for me", a euphemism used in the series to refer to one's true love. Chi is also a very unic Persocom, and towards the end of the story, together with Hideki, discovers her true identity, as well as what lies within her.
Themes
Despite the comedic and ecchi moments, Chobits itself deals with several dualities concerning subject matter it shows. The most explored issue throughout the series is relationships shared between humans and persocoms. "Watashi", or "Atashi" (Japanese for I or me), a character drawn by the character "Hibiya", is a comic book used in the series to hint at the definition of reciprocated love to Chi, and is used to highlight issues with human-persocom relationships; drawing upon the fact that because persocoms can be programmed to imitate desirable human behavior, humans would opt-out of human relationships, resulting in obvious problems, such as the inability to further produce offspring.
The series deals with issues and ideals of virginity, and sexual intercourse in that Chi is effectively incapable of sexual intercourse (in the manga) and must therefore only entrust her body to someone who cares for her well-being. The series also hints that Chi's particular placement of her "on switch" is added after Freya's death, since her father gave her "special abilities". Along with his goal to ensure all persocoms found happiness, the placement of Chi's on switch ensures that her personality will thrive only in a relationship in which she is loved without the pressure of sex. Persocoms, like women before the women's liberation, are viewed as objects that meet needs rather than to be loved. This is shown in the series, particularly when several males attempt to "interfere" with Chi. The idea of "love", as a concept is addressed for the denominator of the series, in several installments of "A City With No People"; this deals with issues particularly relating to searching, and subsequently waiting for someone who is what would be referred to as a "soul mate". This is in parallel to the story of Freya, who fell in love with her father and creator, and ultimately wished death due to heartache, and is used as a means of "aiding" Chi in her quest for "A Person Just For Me", or "My One and Only". Both Chi and her sister, Freya; Atashi being linked to Chi, and the companion, linked to Freya.
Etymology
The name "Chobits" comes from the fact that their father, Ichiro Mihara, used the word "Chobi" to describe anything he thought was "small and hopelessly adorable". Two Chobi become "Chobits". The word "Chobits" is an anagram of "Chitose Hibiya."[4], and is also the password given to Elda, Freya, Plum, and eventually Chi. The spelling of the title uses a mixture of hiragana ちょびっ Chobi[t] and katakana ツ tsu. The mixed letters were chosen because a persocom's password requires a mixture of hiragana, katakana and/or Latin alphanumeric characters for increased security. Similarly, the password チょびっつ Chobittsu for Plum (also known as "Sumomo"; "Sumomo" is Japanese for "plum"), set by Hideki in episode 19 of the TV series (entitled "Chi Helps Out"), mixes katakana (チ, Ch[i]?) and hiragana (ょびっつ, [y]obittsu?), although in TOKYOPOP's English translation of the manga, the password is "Chobits" (with a capital "C").
The word persocom (パソコン, pasocon?) is a Japanese contraction of personal computer (パーソナルコンピュータ, pāsonaru conpyūta?). In Japan, it is used to refer to personal computers in the same way as the initials PC are in English. In Chobits, it is used with no distinction between modern and humanoid computers. This may be in reference to the fact that "computer" used to mean a person who performed calculations.
Manga
The original Chobits manga was written by Clamp, a famous group of four Japanese mangaka (manga artists) and was serialized in Kodansha's Young Magazine in Japan from February 2001 until the manga's completion in November 2002. Clamp often reuses (or parallels) various characters among their manga. Chobits is one of their first attempts at the seinen genre.
The manga is 88 chapters long and was collected into 8 volumes, which are published in English by TOKYOPOP. TOKYOPOP's translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment. The Traditional Chinese manga is published by COMICSWORLD.COM (天下出版有限公司) under official authorization for Hong Kong only. In Singapore, the Simplified Chinese version is published by Chuangyi.
Anime
Further information: Chobits media information
The anime consists of 26 episodes and was broadcast across Japan, East Asia and Southeast Asia by the anime satellite television network, Animax and the terrestrial Tokyo Broadcasting System network. Episodes 9, 18, and an extra 27th OVA episode are used as "recap" episodes, looking back on the events that happened previously. The episodes were re-numbered for the DVD release; the original recap episodes were not included in sequence, instead being published together on the final DVD and re-numbered as 8.5, 16.5 and 24.5 making the series itself only 24 episodes.
There is a 6-minute singular episode: "Sumomo and Kotoko on a Quest", or "Chibits", concerning Sumomo and Kotoko.
The series was directed by Morio Asaka and animated by Madhouse while Hisashi Abe acted as character designer and chief animation director. The ending to the anime series is different from the manga on many levels; perhaps the most notable being removal of all true allusion to Hideki never having Chi because of her switch location, and of Freya taking over Chi's body and asking her mother Chitose to shut them down, saying the Chobits series is a failure, and the activation of the program after all, although the effect on Persocoms is not the same as described in the manga.
Games
In 2002 Marvellous Entertainment Inc. released a Chobits game for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. This game has not been released outside of Japan. The game was available bundled with a clear blue Game Boy Advance with a decal of Chi above the A+B buttons and a Chobits logo above the D-pad. [1] There is also a PlayStation 2 game that was released exclusively in Japan.
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