Reflecting Lights

This week, I had the unfortunate opportunity to check out Di Gi Charat.  I was under the impression it was a short, kooky little show, perhaps falling somwhere between Strawberry Marshmallow and Galaxy Angel.  Random but funny, cute but not totally cloying.

I was wrong.  Oh how wrong I was.  It was random, but humor was lacking.  It wasn’t cute (beyond the character design for Rabi~en~Rose), it was fun, and it certainly wasn’t enjoyable to watch.  Of the 16 four minute long episodes, I liked just one.  That would be episode 15, “Party Time,” which was a music video.  The seiyuu were pretty good singers, at least.

There really is nothing redeemable in the entire series.  Looking into a bit more, I found that it was a series of ads for a store in Akibahara.  So that leads to one burning question: Why would SynchPoint even bother licensing them?  Seriously, what is the point?  They aren’t enjoyable, and they’re commercials.  Why would they put them on a DVD?  It’s little wonder they’ve never made anything of themselves in the licensing world, if this is what they’ve spent their money on.  I can only hope they got it cheap.

What surprises me most is that it’s not that badly rated at ANN.  I can’t see what anyone could find appealing in this one.  I mean, in other shows that I’ve liked, I could at least chalk it up to fanboyism and the like.  But this…can’t even fathom it.

Needless to say, I don’t recommend this one to anyone.  At all.