Astarotte no Omocha!

Serialized in Dengeki Maoh from August 2007 to February 2014.”Lotte no Omocha!”.

A job-hunting man is ordered to join the rear palace (harem) of a man-hating, tsundere princess in the land of demons under unbeatable conditions
The story.

The TV anime was broadcast as “Astarotte no Omocha!” from April to June 2011. It was talked about on the Internet as an anime with many sexy elements that would impress viewers who started watching it for that purpose but ended up watching it.

In this article, we would like to share with you the appeal of the TV animation “Astarotte no Omocha!”.

I started watching anime in the summer of 2011. Since this work falls under the spring anime category, the broadcast had already ended. However, because of the previous season’s animation, I knew and was curious about it through commercials. How much I cared about it was enough to put Lotte in the “wife quota” of the now discontinued service, Wife Collection.

When I learned the title of the work, “Astarotte no Omocha!,” it reminded me of “The Familiar of Zero” for some reason. Why, come to think of it, both title names refer to the male protagonist or hero of the work. The “Astarotte no Omocha!” is “Naoya Tohara” and “The Familiar of Zero” is “Saito Hiraga,” aka “stupid dog,” as will be revealed in the early part of the story.

The words for the main heroines of both works are also in the title. “Astarotte” and “Zero,” Ruiz’s full name. The main heroine is voiced by the same actress, Rie Kugimiya, and the tsundere character is also the same.

And the relationships between “Astarotte” and “Naoya” and “Louise” and “Saito” are similar. Both are hierarchical in the beginning of the story, but gradually become less hierarchical as the story progresses.

Tsundere heroine and insensitive protagonist

The tsundere heroine and the insensitive protagonist gradually get closer as the story progresses. The heroine, Tsundere, plays an active role here. The heroine’s tsundere moderately reduces the speed of approach. The distance between the two is flexible, as they can be tsun in the short term but dere in the long term with subsequent dere, or tsun-tsun and dere apart if they get too close. The viewer is drawn to this change in distance in a muddled way.

Inseparable from the tsundere heroine is the insensitive protagonist. Sustains tsundere by not noticing the reason for the heroine’s tsun and by not noticing when the heroine honestly derelicts. This keeps them at a distance from each other. The great thing about the insensitive protagonist is that he does this unconsciously.In this work, one can feel the exquisite distance between such a tsundere heroine and the insensitive protagonist.

Main character is 23 years old and job hunting.

The main characters are usually middle or high school students, but the hero of this work, Naoya, is unusually 23 years old. In the human world, he lived with Asuha (10). Naoya is calm, perhaps because of his age or his personality, and his first impression with Lotte was also successful, making good use of Lotte’s memories.

Episode 3 brings Asuha to the demon world. This is where it comes as a bit of a shock. (In fact, there is a scene in episode 2 where he hesitates to mention this.) This is where the complex relationships that characterise the anime come into view.It is often said that the third episode is important in anime. The work gives little hints about relationships, so it is interesting to consider them each time.

TV animation “Astarotte no Omocha!” Work info.

Delivery information

Available on d-Anime Store and U-NEXT.
Also available on various other distribution platforms.

Introduction

Naoya is looking for a job when a mysterious woman
What a land of demons we were brought to!
It was ‘Ygvarland’!
Naoya is Princess Lotte’s rear (harem) there.
Ordered to enter.
The selfish but actually lonely Lotte.
When Naoya found out his true face, he did her a favour.
Decide to stay in this world.
Naoya’s daughter Asuha also arrives from the human world.
Parents, children and mistresses live under one roof,
A strange cohabitation began.
However, Naoya and her friends’ days are unique.
By the intrusion of characters.
To a series of happenings !?

Staff

original work：Yui Haga
director：Fumitoshi Oizaki
character design：Mai Otsuka
series structure：Deko Akao
structural cooperation：Akiyuki Shinbou
World Visual Designer：okama
art director：Kenichi Tajiri
cinematographer：Yuki Hama
colour design：Mayu Saito
sound director：Yoshikazu Iwanami
Sound production：dax-pro
Animation production：Diomedéa

Cast

Astarotte：Rie Kugimiya
Naoya：Rina Satō
Asuha：Yukari Tamura
Judit：Hitomi Nabatame
Zelda：Ayumi Fujimura
Effie：Yui Horie
Cú：Misaki Suzuki
Olav：Chō
Mercelída：Yuko Minaguchi
Mist：Miyu Matsuki
Yuna：Ryo Hirohashi
Lucca：Yui Hatano
Eríka：Yuko Goto
Sigurð：Hiroyuki Yoshino
Ísadóra：Kana Asumi
Þorhelga：Ryōko Shiraishi
Úrsúla：Yuko Kaida
Ini：Chiwa Saito