Title: Girls ブラボー (Girls Bravo) DVD Box 1
Original Creator: まりお金田 (Mario Kaneda)
Volume: 1/2
Catalog No.: BIBA-9105
Release Date: 10/22/04
Rating: 3/4

Girls Bravo was a random anime purchase for me. I had read most of the manga up to the point when I bought this last October, but unlike the other tie-ins that I buy, this wasn't a priority. But the series turned out to be pretty good, meeting my expectations about what it was going to be.

The packaging has a sticker that says "No Smoking." At first I thought it was pretty strange, but I realized that what it meant was that for the bathing scenes, there's no steam to cover up the female body. The series has a lot more nudity compared to the novel. It seemed a little unnecessary at times, but overall, it didn't seem too forced.

While I remember some of the stories from the manga, I'm not going to review the books and try to compare them. The first few episodes seemed familiar, but as the series went on, it became more divergent. Given that the manga didn't have a plot anyway, as long as they were faithful to the characters, it's okay.

I'm really impressed with Mamiko Noto's performance as Yukinari. Given her usual roles as a soft spoken girl, she's quite capable of having a more scruffy male voice (although not as much). yuzuka*'s intro is catchy, but I think I'll just stick with the anime and manga for this series.

The box comes with a Kiyomi figurine, trading card holder, and each of the 4 DVDs comes with a trading card that matches the cover.

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