Oruchuban Ebichu

Oruchuban Ebichu
Ebichu Minds the House
EbichuDVD.jpg
Ebichu DVD Cover by Gainax
おるちゅばんエビちゅ
(Oruchuban Ebichu)
Genre Comedy, Erotic
Manga
Written by Risa Itō
Published by Futabasha
Magazine Manga Action Pizazz
Original run 1991 – ongoing
Volumes 15
TV anime
Directed by Makoto Moriwaki
Studio Group TAC
Original run August 1, 1999October 1, 1999
Episodes 24
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Oruchuban Ebichu (おるちゅばんエビちゅ lit. Ebichu Minds the House?) is a manga series by Risa Itō that was published by Futabasha Publishers. It later became an anime produced by Gainax, but animated by Group TAC. It first aired as six eight-minute episodes in 1999 as one third of the show Modern Love's Silliness. Ebichu is very adult in nature, and its explicit violence, innuendo, and sex scenes could only be shown on DirecTV Japan. The uncut version of the series is only found on DVD. The show is done in a simplistic art style, and its sexual content is played for laughs rather than for fanservice.

Contents

Plot

Most episodes follow Ebichu, a talking hamster devoted to her oft-indifferent owner, who is only identified as OL ("Office Lady"), a single 28-year-old (this is her age in the original manga series while she is 25-year-old in the anime series) who doles out cynical commentary and the occasional beating on the rodent. Ebichu tends to take this in stride with endless praise and compliments. Such abuse is usually caused by Ebichu's almost disturbing lack of tact or propriety, which often embarrasses her master in front of other people. Ebichu often attempts to correct OL's bad decisions, such as her berating of OL's obnoxious and untrustworthy boyfriend Ebichu nicknamed Kaishounachi (worthless man).

Characters

Ebichu (エビちゅ?) Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi
A hamster who looks after her owner's house. She often lacks tact and embarrasses her owner, often getting punished as a result. During nighttime, she leads the secret alter-ego Ebichuman who goes around giving people sex advice.
OL (Office Lady) (ご主人ちゃま Goshujin-chama?) Voiced by: Michie Tomizawa
Ebichu's owner who smokes, drinks, and constantly beats on Ebichu.
Kaishounachi (かいしょなち lit. Worthless man?) Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki
OL's boyfriend who is constantly cheating on her, but is easily forgiven.
Maa-kun (マァくん?) Voiced by: Mitsuo Iwata
A soft spoken man who seems to have garnered a sexual attraction towards Ebichu, often trying to get his girlfriend to partake in his fetish.

Development

The origin of the anime came about during voice recording sessions for Neon Genesis Evangelion. Kotono Mitsuishi, the seiyū for the character of Misato Katsuragi would read the Ebichu manga in between takes and laugh at the humor. She would show others what she was reading and eventually it was decided that the series was worth animating. As a result, Kotono was selected to voice the title character of housekeeping hamster Ebichu. Also, in Neon Genesis Evangelion, the character Misato drinks cans of Ebisu-brand beer. In one episode, though, the beer cans are labeled "Ebichu Ichiban" across the top with a small picture of a hamster with one white ear and one brown ear (as Ebichu), although the colorations are the wrong way around. (The brown ear is on the left on the beer, but Ebichu's brown ear is on the right.)

Ebichu is sometimes joked by fans to be the complete polar opposite of Hamtaro, a popular children's anime featuring a hamster in more wholesome adventures.

An Ebichu plush toy was available in UFO catchers and can be found on eBay.

The opening theme of the series is "Wondering" (なんでかな Nande Kana?) performed by Kotono Mitsuishi. The ending theme, shared with the other shows in the Modern Love's Silliness block is "Kumokumo Gake ni Komma Takeyahu" (くもくもがけにこんまたけやふ?) by Minami Karasuyama 6th Street Production.

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