I wouldnt blame you for overlooking Etotama. At first glance it looks like a generic moeblob show with a twist in that all the girls are animal spirits. In truth its doesnt do anything too impressive but Id still say its a great timewaster and a solid all around comedy The story of Etotama is Weird. Written at the last minute aka. rushed/insignificant kind of weird Our main character insert generic ecchi protagonist here just bought a new apartment and in said apartment female animal spirits spawn from a hole in the floor of his living room dont question it. Said animal spirits include but not limited to the animals of the chinese zodiac. You can usually expect an episode to go as following Shenanigans conflict badass fighting scene victory pose end. It is nothing really to write home about. All for pure enjoyment. Its very much a do not think too much about it kind of anime. That being said the show does like to do a complete 180 by having a character stabbed through the head with a sword and ultimately dying In an ecchi mahou shoujo anime Yeah Characters : As mentioned before the main cast consists of Takeru Amato whom is Insert generic ecchi protagonist traits here and a plethera of female animal spirits whom either has a speech impediment related to their race or abuse the top notch comedy known as punology. For example there is a cat character introduced in the first episode whom ends every sentence with nyan japanese perception of the sound a cat would make. There is a saying that a rooster looses its memory after walking three steps and of course there is a girl spirit thingy whom looses her memory every third step though not as obnoxious as she could have turned out gladly. I figured the main antagonist would be a beespirit since fuck bees but I digress. Also the animal spirits possess superpowers fueled by others happiness. After having experienced the euphoria of uttering a god deed the animal spirits after a transformation sequence turn into cgi chibi characters in a fighting game along the lines of Tekken on a tv that magically appears on the spot. As i said earlier dont think too much about it. So in a nutshell the show is a magical girl anime on acid or should i rather say magical chinese zodiac girl anime. As for characterisation there were quite too many characters for the show to go through each and every one but you do get the general idea of them quickly due to everyone being buildt of a stereotype of an animal which also made it quite entertaining. With this being a comedy the characterisation does not need to be perfect as long as the interaction is on point which for the most part it is You could say a lot about the characters themselves but the fact stands that most of them are just tropes to get the story progressing. The art and animation of Etotama is a weird case. On one end it is shortcuts the animation in the sense that there are still frames repeated sequences and other lazy shortcuts everywhere. On the other hand the actual cgi fights themselves look fantastic Cgi done well in an anime The cgi artstyle is done in such a way that it looks quite a bit like it is drawn which is weird Youl get were Im going with this as the entire anime is presented to us within the first few episodes. The rest is mostly rinse and repeat with a few twists and turns here and there for good measure. In the musics department there is absolutely nothing to talk about. Absofuckinglutely nothing. The opening is a typical this is going to be stuck in my head for the shows runtime then become forgotten for good. You know a typical ecchi opening DxD LoveRu HotD SAO etc.. Songs that will ultimately be forgotten however unfortunate. As for the actual soundtrack itself it is the epitome of mediocrity. Neither good nor unfitting. Just mediocre supporting tracks. Ultimately what is the appeal of the show? Jokes puns shenanigans pop cult references and the utter destruction of the 4th wall. This is by all means a this is bad and I know it is bad kind of anime but I still cant help it It is simply very enjoyable. Thank god this anime does not try to take itself seriously. What makes it bearable is how it acknowledges its own stupidity. With the exception of fanservice and comedy there are no redeeming factors whatshowever. If you look for an actually good anime plot character animation and soundwise then I advise you to stay as far away from this as possible unless youre of course looking for a change of pace. If you on the other hand if you want to sit back and enjoy 12 episodes of absolute bullshit then go ahead Etotama is dumb entertainment at its finest which has me giving it a 3/5 which is a great score for your run of the mill 12ep one of ecchi