Kaseifu ga Ita.

Before I begin this review, it's worth noting that I am the first to review this title on MAL, and even the first to give it a score at all. It is my belief that every anime deserves at least one proper review, deserves to have its content engaged and reckoned with. No matter how obscure it is, and no matter how long ago it was made, an anime still represents the creative passion of its creators, the hopes and dreams of the team that made it, and as such, I will give this one a fair and honest accounting here. Kaseifu ga Ita wasrough to find with English subs, but with the help of certain translation tools, I was able to supplement the native subs enough to make this title watchable for my purposes. The story revolves around this young girl and her father who receive a kind of magical shapeshifting maid to help take care of the house. The issue is that the girl doesn't want her around because she wants to prove that she can take care of the house herself, and the magical chibi maid is lazy, taking shortcuts at every opportunity. Hijinks ensue. It's a fun enough concept, but it, as well as the anime as a whole, fails to rise above the level of passingly entertaining. The art is fine, if quite simple, with static backgrounds and foreground characters that look like cutouts, snapping between expressions without very much animation at all. It's not great, but for such a fast-paced and simple situational comedy, it works just fine. The sound is, as expected, unremarkable, meeting the basic standards of quality for this type of show. The characters are similarly serviceable, with everybody filling their assigned roles without issue. Overall, Kaseifu ga ita is a silly, lighthearted little OVA, produced to promote the shoujo manga it's based on. As such, there's not much there to really engage with, but that's not what it's here for, and in the end, that's ok.