Katsugeki Shoujo Tanteidan

Name: Katsugeki Shoujo Tanteidan
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1986-11-25T00:00:00+00:00
Rating: 4.55

活劇少女探偵団

4.55(1,684)

Rank#14561

#10560

OVA1 ep.Finished Airing26 min

Our heroine has been kidnapped and her two somewhat ditzy friends decided to save her in a war machine they found in her house. Unfortunately they have little idea of how it works so let the random destruction begin. (Source: AniDB)

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Thedude3445

May 6, 2020

Not Recommended

Horrible title. There is almost no detectiving going on here, and they are hardly a club. They are girls, though. This OVA sucks, kind of like a store brand version of Project A-ko, complete with an obsessive lesbian (literally attaching herself to the main girl at nearly all times) and overly goofy action. Really, it's got its moments, but the animation is terrible, and it's simultaneously too long for how thin the story and characters are, and too short for how its silly mystery action plot needed to be. Kind of the case for a lot of these 80s/90s anime OVAs.

Alpharon

March 14, 2013

Esta review también está en español. Katsugeki Shoujo Tanteidan (KST from now on) is a veeeeery long 30 min OVA, created in the mid eighties by TMS. In this OVA they didn't aim for greatness, that's for sure. Just to begin with, KST can be translated as "Girl Detective Club"... and I can think of two things wrong with that title: there is no club, nor detectives. But don't worry, there are girls... The... hmmm... story, I suppose, shows us Yuriko, Midori and Shizuka, three friends that study (and live) in Katrina, one of those typical ginormous and rich academies... But the wealth wasn't enough forthe chairman, so he sends three members of the student council (all female, by the way, since this is a girls only school... see? the title was very precise in that regard) to kidnap Midori! What is the dark secret behind this exaggerated crime? That's what Yuriko and Shizuka have to find out. So, there is some kind of mystery, right? Balls, no. Maybe since her surname was Edogawa, Yuriko though she was Conan... Anyways, the battle between these girls has almost nothing intellectual and lots of awful action. The fights between the school staff and the duo include various types of conventional firearms, tactic gear in the same line of SWAT, and advanced war vehicles (well, advanced for 1986). All of this would augur a confrontation that will made Battle Royal looks like Heidi, but sadly, the result is the same as those in old American shows: lots of shots, explosion and destruction, but not a single casualty... ... and that's because this is a comedy. That would change everything, if only remotely funny. But no. The characters try to be cute and happy go lucky, but they're closer from stupidity than being comic. Everything in this OVA is stupid, insufferable and boring. But who needs something as argument, humor or grace when you have one yuri scene? *facepalm* The animation is mediocre at best. A bit primitive, and the character designs is pretty standard... but its bearable in general. The sound is not bad, even if the dialogues are bland, the intonation is good. There are three main seiyus, being Yuriko Yamamoto Yuriko (also, Yuria in Hokuto no Ken and Marin in Saint Seiya), Isono Tarako is Midori (Senritsu in the original Hunter x Hunter) and Masako Miura is Shizuka (no relevant roles besides this one... and that's kind of sad). The three girls sing the opening song, and even if it's extremely corny, cheesy and everything, is pretty... ok. So, summing up: project with no ambition or originality, stupid characters, shoddy action, zero humor, poor fan service and visually mediocre. I can't think of any redeemable thing of this project, is just one of those terrible OVA lost in the past. I'm not saying that this is the worst thing ever, but at least Mars of Destruction was amusing (for all the wrong reasons, but amusing). I can only recommend this to... I don't know, curious people? Oh, and also for those who like to see short OVAS to verify if they are as bad as people says (you know who you are). -------- Katsugeki Shoujo Tanteidan (KST) es una OVA de extensos 30 minutos, creada a mediados de los 80 por TMS. En este OVA no se apunto a la grandeza, y eso se nota a kilómetros. De movida, KST se puede traducir como “Club de chicas detectives”… y, por lo menos, hay dos grandes mentiras en ese título (cortesía de Nelson): no hay ni club, ni detectives. Pero no se preocupen, hay chicas… La… “historia” seria decir mucho… la puesta de escena de esta cosa nos muestra a Yuriko, Midori y a Shizuka, tres amigas que estudian (y viven) juntas en la academia Katrina, una de esas típicas secundarias monstruosamente gigantes y ricas… Pero como parece que no tenía suficiente, el director de la escuela envía a tres miembros del consejo estudiantil (todas chicas, porque, después de todo, es una secundaria femenina… bueno, en esto el titulo es exacto) a que secuestre a Midori! Cuál es el oscuro secreto que esconde este exagerado delito? Es lo que Shizuka y Yuri deberán averiguar. Muy bien, pero entonces sí que hay algo así como un misterio, verdad? Por Dios, no. Capaz que como su apellido es Edogawa, Yuriko se pensaba que era Conan… Como sea, la batalla entre estas chicas tiene poco de intelectual y mucho de acción de pésima calidad. Los enfrentamientos entre personal escolar y el dúo de protagonistas incluyen varios tipos de armas de fuego convencionales, equipo táctico onda SWAT y vehículos de guerra avanzadísimos (al menos, para 1986). Todo esto auguraría un enfrentamiento que haría a Battle Royal parecer Heidi, pero tristemente, el resultado es el mismo que el de las sitcoms americanas de los años 80: un montón de tiros, explosiones y destrucción, pero ni un herido… … y eso es porque estos es una comedia. Eso lo cambiaria todo, si al menos causara un mínimo de gracia. Pero no. Los personajes le meten onda, pero en el espectro de la estupidez, están más del lado molesto que el de afables. Absolutamente todo en esta OVA es estúpido, insufrible, aburrido. Pero quien necesita algo como argumento o gracia cuando tenemos una escena yuri, verdad? *facepalm* El apartado técnico es mediocre en el mejor de los casos. La animación es un poco primitiva, y el diseño de personajes es bastante estándar, pero no son terribles (creo que es el más grande halago que escribí e esta review). El sonido no está mal, aunque los diálogos son sosos, están bien entonados. Las tres seiyus principales son Yuriko Yamamoto, como Yuriko (también Yuria en Hokuno no Ken y Marin en Saint Seiya), Isono Tarako es Midori (Senritsu en Hunter x Hunter) y Masako Miura es Shizuka (ningún otro rol que merezca la pena mencionar…). Las tres protagonistas cantan el opening, que si bien es inimaginablemente cursi, esta... correcto. Entonces, resumiendo: proyecto sin ninguna ambición aparente, personajes estúpidos, acción de pésima calidad, cero humor, fan-service deficiente, técnicamente mediocre. No se me ocurre nada redimible de este proyecto… haber, esto no es el peor anime que hay dando vueltas… Pero al menos Mars of Destruction era divertido por lo malo que era. Acá ni siquiera eso. Solo recomendable para curiosos, y gente a la que le gusta ver OVAS a las que califican con notas bajas (vamos, sé que hay mucha gente así).

matthigh

December 25, 2018

Not Recommended

What can I say? This has to be one of the worst one-shot stories I have seen in a long, long time. Not even "so bad it's good", but rather "so bad it really is bad" bad. Not sure where to start with this one. First of all, the title has nothing to do with the story (well, it does have girls in it...that's about it). But then again, I'm not even sure there's a "story" here - three girls at a private school, one goes missing, and the other two head out to rescue her.Massive, massive plot holes, completely irrelevant plot devices, actually forget the whole "plot" bit. Thoroughly unlikable characters, including one clueless brat that is even more annoying than C-ko. Rapidly increasing levels of violence, as we go from machine-guns to tanks to a high-tech flying fortress that is able to level several urban city blocks, cause a few billion dollars in damage and probably kill hundreds of people in the process. But it's all for laugh...right? Really sub-standard artwork throughout to boot. There were a ton of OVAs produced in the eighties of varying quality, but few of them were as gut-wrenchingly awful as this one. Don't even check it out as a "challenge".

moonstne

February 4, 2022

Mixed Feelings

Personally I don't get the hate this OVA gets. Imagine you have to make a stand alone anime with a 30ish min runtime and you DON'T have some super amazing story written by some genius. What do you do? You cannot have some drawn out character development or amazing world building. So why not just have some fun and go for the easy wins. Go cute girls with ecchi moments, guns, and simple humor. And tada, you have Katsugeki Shoujo Tanteidan. This is a mid show that is very light. Play it for some background noise while you do dishes or something. Good for a fewcheap laughs and ecchi moments.

NacchaA

August 1, 2023

Recommended

I thought the anime was very fun and polished. I get that the plot was a little all over the place, but if they had actually made a show rather than this tiny pilot, I think it could've been something iconic. The writing was well put together, the animation wasn't horrible, and the music was very charming. The only flaw seemed to be the story, but there's only so much you can shove into a pilot. I thought the art style was good, compared to most 80s anime. The only character that really annoyed me was Shizuka, but that mostly stemmed from the fact Idon't really like high pitched anime characters all too much.