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A 'smart' anime series that is a must get!
Reincarnation is the central theme behind the anime series 'Please Save My Earth.' Based on a popular Japanese manga series of the same title by Saki Hiwatari, 'Please Save My Earth' is a love story between sixteen-year-old Alice and her rowdy neighbor, seven-year-old Rin. The differences between their ages set the stage for the complex events that take place during the course of the story.

Alice and Rin are two of seven reincarnates of alien scientists sent from their homeworld to study the Earth in every aspect - its natural history and the history of its inhabitants.

Without revealing too much of the plot - for it will be too complicated to explain in under 1000 words, this OAV series is considered by many to be one of the greatest shoujo anime series ever. The animation is top-notch - fluid, consistent with beautiful and expressive character designs. The music soundtrack is the mastermind of Hajime Mizoguchi, with subtle synthetics and chamber strings, creates an ethereal environment that compliments the series rather instinctively. Yoko Kanno, composer genius, composed the hauntingly beautiful ending theme of the series. No other pair of composers is recognized more than Mizoguchi and Kanno.

Even with the somewhat disappointing rushed ending of the series, 'Please Save My Earth' manages to transcend any cliche that plague many anime series. This anime series belongs on everyone's DVD collection. Don't hesitate to buy this DVD!

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Reincarnation and then...
I bought PSME because I was young and idiotic and I heard there was light shounen-ai (homosexuality) content. Can you tell I'm an bishounen fan girl? Well anyway, PSME is much more than what I imagined it to be. The plot is intriguing and very original and the characters are complex and real. There Japanese voice actors are all pretty well known and their voices are just beautiful. The music is gorgeous with the composing team of Hajime Mizoguchi (Jin-roh) and Yoko Kanno (Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop). I suggest for anyone who wants to sit down for three hours and be completely ensnared with what may happen next.

Unfortunately, PSME has several draw backs. First, and most notable, this is taken off a 21 volume manga. So A LOT has been extracted. The ending is rushed, confusing, and not very conclusionary and various event are just left hanging. Despite that it really is a wonderful story and does extremely well in telling the story despite its very limited time. Many mangas made into OAVs of movies suffer from butchered scripts - Earthian, X, and Tokyo Babylon both where cut up into virtually unrecoginizable storylines - so PSME actually is one of the best compared to some other mangas made OAV.

The other disappointment is that the translations are used rather liberablly. I am no expert on Japanese, I know very, very, little, but I could tell times where they just made up their own meanings. Example: one time in Japanese Rin says "Yokatta." The literal translation is "I'm glad." The subtitles said "Thank you" which is completely inaccurate. And in the dub he says "All right." It is rather annoying, but still nothing really bad happens to the story or characters by the messed dialogue.

Overall, I love this series. I own nearly half of the manga - though it is in Japanese and I cannot read a bit of it (yet). It is one of my favorite series and will remain so. It has so much depth to it and is really quite stunning! I highly recommend Please Save My Earth - Boku Chikyuu wa Mamotte!!!

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An Emotional Rollercoaster!
As a devout fan of PSME, I was disappointed to know that there were only six episodes. The series is far too complex to be consensed so much! But, nevertheless, I bought it and I loved it. I fell in love with the bratty Rin, the gender-confused Issei, the nitpicky Sakura (who resembles me in more ways than one), and even the hard-headed Jinpachi. Haruhiko/Shukaido was very well done! His heavy heart was transferred to screen seamlessly (for what the short series allowed). I laughed, I cried, I did that thing where you laugh and cry at the same time! I was touched very deeply. For any reader of shoujo manga (female-based/emotion-based comics) this is a MUST HAVE!

This is about the DVD version.