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Ai Yori Aoshi - Faithfully Yours
Anime DVD Review
East meets West in a culture clash comedy! An excellent romantic-comedy that explores the clash between Japan's modern and traditional values. An arranged marriage gone wrong, as the groom-to-be doesn't want to return to the clan that caused him emotional and physical pain, yet his bride-to-be is completely devoted to him.
 The series is so skillfully directed and executed that at the end of each episode, we found ourselves scanning through the closing and opening credits so we could see what happens next! Even the dialog is handled appropriately — she speaks in complete, ultra-polite sentences, he uses contractions and slang. When she moves in with him, despite his objections, can he remain a gentleman?
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, March 2003
Ai Yori Aoshi
Anime Soundtrack Review
If you remember our review of this series, you'll know we're nuts about this show. It's the smartest, sweetest, most satisfying romantic comedy since Love Hina. In this soundtrack cd (BGM), the juxtaposition of modern, bouncy j-pop tunes are set against more traditional sounding Japanese music that complements and highlights the culture-clash that is the focal point of the series.
 Ai Yori Aoshi explores something most anime have dared not touch — that while Japan screams headlong into embracing Western values, it continues to stubbornly hold on to it's traditional culture, to preserve what makes Japan so 'Japanese'. We were impressed that the music alone could communicate that.
Reviewed by Brian Cirulnick, January 2004
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