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Cute but too short
This one is a long ways from the TV and OVA specials. At 20 episodes, this little series shows more fanservice than anything else but it makes up for that with comedy. This little gem will keep you laughing to the end. During the TV series, which is 52 episodes long it makes you laugh and cry at times. This series will have you laughing hard and getting an eyeful of pure Your Under Arrest! comedy. Dont think just because its funny doesnt mean its just a comedy, it is more than that. The developing relationship between Ken Nakajima and Miyuki Kobayakawa, which is really slow since both are afraid to admit their feelings. Yet Natsumi Tsujimoto and Shouji Toukairin's relationship shoots off quicker than Miyuki and Ken's romance. One of the most tender scenes of the whole series was Natsumi kissing Shouji Toukairin. If you loved the TV and OVA then you will love this little gem.

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Mini is Better than Movie, but Still Lacking
Well, the Mini-Specials are far better than the movie with its dark tone, but there's still something missing in the series. It's like the magic the OAV's had has never quite been recaptured in the TV series, movie, or mini-specials. To be sure, You're Under Arrest works much better in small doses. However, towards the end, the Mini-Specials grow redundant (how many times can they crack jokes about people seeing the cross dressing officer's "thingie"?) and the plots never vary much from their formulas of panty thieves and/or teaching egotistical citizens a lesson (although the designers come up with good ideas to change the settings and scenarios slightly). Although it has good animation and voice acting, I think I had already seen everything that Miyuki and Natsumi would see in their daily lives before I watched this.

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YUA 5-minute Shorts
This DVD has the 5-minute shorts (20 episodes) that comprise the "You're Under Arrest Specials" series. The final episode in this series was a full-length episode which is included in the AnimEigo collection (last DVD of box-set four). For those of you who enjoyed the AnimEigo English dub of the series, you are in luck. ADV used the same company, so the dub cast is the same.

As to the shorts, there's really not a lot one can do with five minutes. So instead, we get a lot of stuff with Miyuki and Natsumi solving petty crimes, primarily involving panty thieves, peekers, and the like. This is due to the increased fanservice in the series. If you want to see Miyuki, Natsumi, or the others in states of undress, well here's your chance. Personally I don't like fanservice so I whack the series for that. But in addition, the series weakens Miyuki by making her a screamer. Yeah, she's afraid of ghost stories, but in "You're Under Arrest" (AnimEigo) and "You're Under Arrest 2" (unlicensed a/o this review), she doesn't scream like this. Miyuki also becomes very sadistic in this series. She electrocutes people on three occassions.

On the plus side, there are laughs to be had in this DVD. Even though it was the sadistic Miyuki at work, the idea of her booby-trapping her purse was pretty funny. But the laughs aside, this series doesn't really have any part in the main "You're Under Arrest" series (the initial OAV, first TV series, movie, and 2nd TV series).

Bottom line: worth a few laughs. People who want to own every YUA DVD will want it in their collection. Kudos to ADV for looking out for dub fans and keeping the same dub cast as AnimEigo used.