Hayate no Gotoku!

“A butler is one who serves. A butler is one who dedicates himself. A butler is the formal guardian who supports the days of their master.”Now whats so special about this quote? Well in Hayate no Gotoko (Hayate the Combat Butler) it forms the basis of the anime making it your perfect comedy anime filled with action, romance, laughs, gags, and of course...some fan service(but the fan service if very little). I can tell you that this is a comedy unlike any other. It is full of references to other anime and Japanese culture. If you are familiar to Japanese culture or enjoy watching animea lot, then the references made in this anime will make you giggle with enjoyment. Saying that it doesn’t mean you won’t enjoy this anime if you haven’t seen your fair share of anime it just means you might miss quite a few things. PLOT Plotwise Hayate no Gotoko specifically doesn’t have a plot. It’s not an anime you watch to view a steady progression of events nor does it follow through consistently with a main story line. Yet this can be seen as one of the strengths of Hayate no Gotoko. Since it doesn’t strictly follow a story line the comedic elements of the anime are strictly reinforced, ensuring that anything can happen so the audience doesn’t need to sit there waiting or trying to predict what could happen in the next scene. CHARACTER The character archetypes are very cliché so you won’t expect much development here. We have your typical airhead Hayate, your small tsundere Nagi etc etc. But that’s not the point of the anime. Character development doesn’t need to play a major role in the development of this anime. The sole basis for these set archetypes are to poke fun and create hilarious situations using these characters. The strength of this anime is to utilise a particular archetype eg the tsundere and turn it into hilarious figure to laugh at by manipulating its very flaws and set mindset. It plays on typical character archetypes and creates the ultimate gags by placing them in awkward situations. ART The art in this anime is easy on your eyes and could be described as very colourful and relaxing. They do use a few neon based colours, but that isn’t a reason why you shouldn’t watch this anime. Basically it is a very well drawn like any other standard anime. MUSIC The music in this anime is very relaxing and comfortable to listen to. It either adds to the comedic elements of the anime or adds to the calm, steady pace of it. They may at times reuse the same melody with a different tune each time. Either way the music adds to the relaxing nature of this anime. CONCLUSION This anime is for you sort of anime if you want to relax and take a break from life. This is your perfect procrastination pill. The thrilling thing about this anime is that in each episode you just don’t know what’s to come. The main strength of Hayate no Gotoko is not the fan service...or the action....nor is it the romance (although it is fun to watch the character relationships develop); its the ability of the anime to parody other animes, movies and Japanese and Western culture without feeling “damp” (ie overused, dull, boring), giving it a fresh new feel to the genre. (Thank you it would be nice if you could rate this review and maybe provide feedback)

Here is an anime that's not like many others. Hayate the Combat Butler is a colaberation of all kinds of Anime thrown into one, in order to make fun of it of course. What I mean is that Hayate is one of those Animes that make fun of Anime in general. I first herd of this series when it came out as a manga and so I got the manga and read a few books. Now even more intrigued, I began my search of the animated version. To my surprise there it was and began to watch it with my good friend from campus, Edge.Both of us fell in love with the series and it's comedic view on Anime. Like I mentioned before, Hayate is a comedy anime, so it doesn't have a strong storyline. But what it's missing in story line makes up with many vibrant characters. Each character has their own interesting persona which gives a feel and equal balance between characters. It is obvious to say that the little storyline is really nothing to complain about. Another interesting thing to point out is how they transition many aspects of the Manga into the Anime. Though the Anime doesn't follow along the original chapters of the Manga, the characters still have the same aspects and don't astray from their original concept. The comedy in this Anime is truely halarious, but not many will understand it if they haven't seen many mainstream Animes like; Dragon Ball Z, Mobile Suit Gundam, Saint Seiya and the Knights of the Zodiac, etc.. This Anime heavily uses other anime quotes, actions, and scences as references. They also use alot of Japanese television cullture in this as well. References to famous idols, Soap Opera, and other TV shows. Most of the anime's they bleep out during discusions are purposely done because of how it was like in the Manga. Originally the manga would bleep out certain words so they wouldn't get sued by other companies by using certain names, example; Gundam would be changed to Gu--am or ---dam on the TV show or Manga. But that in itself is halarious. The art in the anime is pretty good. Though the characters are all flashy with serveral Neon color overtones, they don't look all too bad. There is no serious fan service in this anime so if you are looking for enourmous Boobs, you won't find any here. Many other characters are of proper proportions and aren't really saturated. Though in certain scenes they make tease pictures of certain characters in the end of the episodes for Fan Service, which are really more funny then sexy. Also they have certain episodes where they change the animation stylings as well. In one episode they hire the designers of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann to do the episode. In the end I wrote nothing but good about this anime, that's because I favor humor against many popular animes. Indeed not many of you will enjoy this Anime, it's all about preferences and interests. I, however, will encourage you to watch a few episodes and see what I mean. This Anime is one for my record books. I've got my laughs and can't wait till the next season comes out, oh wait...kinda spoiled it for you guys, lol.

52 episodes? Yes. Don't get me wrong now. There were some entertaining scenes and sometimes even episodes in Hayate the Combat Butler! It's just that, you know, there aren't enough. I can also say with a certainty I rarely feel regarding any anime that this was too long, way too long, for its own good. There are reasons of course. First of all; this anime is episodic, 52 episodes of episodic plots is too much. It will never be good, in any anime. I don't really have anything against episodic animes, but this genre, or these genres are perhaps not suitable as a base for a52 (!) episode anime where each and every episode has its own plot. At some point it gets tedious. In Hayate the Combat Butler! I can honestly say I don't even remember at what point it got tedious. All I can say is that the three episodes that Nabeshin was contributing to with storyboard and directing were the best, especially the one where he appears in person with his 'fro. I did laugh at other scenes aswell, but as I said before, the laughs came too sparsely for it to be worth living through 52 episodes. There are other, better animes with denser, in want for a better word, comedy (laugh) value. There were some references to other anime and populat culture in general in this anime. For the people who have seen this; did you notice them? Yea. They were hard to miss. I don't mind it once or twice or maybe even ten times, but when we're talking like 100 times it, as the entire anime, gets tedious. Did you know that when you're 20 you're basically ready for retirement in Japan? Throughout the entire series I was contemplating if the subtle (not) hints you got that this was the case were serious or if they were just yanking my chain, so to speak. I'm more inclined to say they were serious though. Maybe this entire anime was made for those kids in middle school that form anti grown up clubs and enter depressions and states of emo-ness due to the fact that they'll soon enter highschool in which case they will be "old". Perhaps I was never meant to watch this anime at all, I honestly don't know. Did you know that there was no character development of any of the characters, whatsoever, in the entirety of Hayate the Combat Butler! It's true, if anyone should disagree with me I ask of them to show me proof by pointing out character and episode and I will take the time to rewatch the entire episode just to see if it's true. That is how certain I am that character development does not exist in Hayate the Combat Butler! If anyone should be interested I will go after Wikipedia's definition of character development which is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Character_development 52 episodes? Yes.

“Hayate No Gotoku!” was an enjoyable romantic comedy, with most of the emphasis on comedy, rife with hilarious situations, absurd humor, filled with references to other anime and culture elements. Most episodes were a great laugh and I enjoyed following the series, even though most of it is based on tried and proved humor and events. I do like the fact that the series did not take itself too seriously and often not only made fun of other anime and manga, but also made fun of itself and its own absurdities as well, which showed in elements such as characters interacting with the narrator or seeminglyreaching out to the audience to question what is happening on-screen. The cast of characters is large enough to provide ample variation, however many are more stereotypical characters or are comprised out of stereotypical character traits, luckily they're quite effectively or humoristically used at times, which helps greatly. Then again, Nagi, Hayate, Maria, Hinagiku, and the many more of the large cast present in the series were always good for a laugh or a surprise. Some characters barely appeared tough, such as Himegami, Chiharu and Aika, they were added to the second opening sequence as if their characters would have quite a bit of screen time and importance but they ended up appearing only a few times. This could give the impression the creator/writers aren't sure yet where they want to go with the series. The ending of “Hayate No Gotoku!” 52 episode run was somewhat unexpected though, it was a nice episode with some evolution of the main plot but offers no closure since they announced a second season is in the works, so be prepared for that if you intend to watch the series. I'm unsure how well another series run will do for “Hayate No Gotoku!”, I'm unfamiliar with the manga so I do not know how much material is left for them to use. While I did enjoy the show a great deal, the question is will it be able to carry itself for another run of 52 episodes? However, now that “Hayate No Gotoku!” has finished airing, I notice how I do miss it, seeing the antics of Nagi, Hayate, Maria, Hinagiku, for such a long time made them grown on me, I was used to seeing them around every week. The animation on “Hayate No Gotoku!” was always good to decent, while the obvious fanservice scenes got better animation and finish compared to other scenes that were more simply animated or illustrated, I didn't find this bothersome. The series looked like it also tried to keep some of the character design style of the manga, most characters looked good, albeit generic at times. With the many homages, easter eggs, many links and references to other anime series, the style sometimes did change during several scenes which would often lead to hilarious scenes. The soundtrack was allright, clearly made to accompany what happens on-screen without truly standing out. In contrast I am fond of the opening songs done by Kotoko, I generally enjoy her music a lot and found her contributions here were energetic and lively tracks that fit the pace of the series perfectly. If you're looking for a good romantic comedy that does not only have the themes we're used to but is also rife with absurd humor and links to other series then you most likely will love “Hayate No Gotoku!”. At 52 episodes it is a long series so I'm not sure how viewing it in a batch will come over, I do think watching it weekly or with some pause between episodes may make it more enjoyable.

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