Anna-san no Omame

アンナさんのおまめ · The Best Friend of Beautiful Anna

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  • Autumn 2006
NetworkTV Asahi
Broadcast13 Oct 2006 – 15 Dec 2006
Episodes10 Episodes
ViewershipAverage 7.18%
Fan score 8.0 from 3 reviews

Synopsis

What happens when a female best friend fantasizes that she is breaking the relationship of a couple by her beauty and charm?

Anna (Anzu Sayuri) is everyonefs dream; beautiful, intelligent, kind and elegant. But in this drama, she is not the heroinec it is her best friend Riri (Becky). Riri is a girl who fantasizes that the whole world is in love with her through her bizarre misunderstandings. She even feels sorry for Anna who is always chased by the boysc as she believes that they are using Anna to become acquainted with her own self.

Anna, her best friend, knows that Riri's misconceptions are caused by Riri's misunderstandings, and as dedicated herself in protecting her hopeless friends. What happens, then, when Anna is suddenly in a relationship?

Synopsis: TV Asahi

Cast & characters 19 credited

Theme song

  • “VERY LOVE -0.5Ž” — MAO/d

Fan reviews 3 reviews

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Solid 8

8 / 10

jdoramadotcom · 2010

This is the kind of gag that always manages to be amusing. The drama starts off with a story of a stunning, eligible girl - but the plot is deliberately hijacked by her best friend, a temp who thinks that every guy is interested in her. The comedy is buoyant and frequently LOL funny.

Becky has the lead role as Riri, a heroine who's so positive-minded that nearly everything she says (or thinks) is wildly distorted. This drama's concept catches fire at around episide 6, and, at its best, continues as a meta-parody of Japanese dramas. True, the writing is rather blunt as opposed to razor sharp, but the unique concept makes this a nice diversion.

Good job, Becky!

8 / 10

Wynter · 2007

Another drama I went in to with no expectations, and another drama Ifve completed feeling wholly satisfied. For her first role as the lead protagonist, Becky does an amazing job. Shefs everything her character needed to be: irritating, frustrating, annoying, pathetic, and downright unnerving. At first it was hard to watch the episodes because her character made the experience so exasperating. Yet, the more I watched, the more I realized that the drama itself was getting frustrated with her as well. The other characters expressed what I, the viewer, felt, and it dawned upon me that this was the point. As a viewer, I was SUPPOSED to feel frustrated and annoyed, the narrator constantly reminds me that I should.

This drama is a light comedy that makes fun of itself. The animation is reallyc wellc animated, and some scenes are downright hilarious because of its lame antics (characters being replaced by dummies comes to mind). Kyoutaro (Kashiwabara Shuji) and Anna (Anzu Sayuri) make perfect secondary characters, and without either (especially Kyoutaro, for which Kasiwabara did an excellent and hilarious job in portraying), the drama simply wouldnft exist.

I tip my hat to the creators. The concept of this drama was really interesting and kept me hooked, Riri withstanding. ;)

Mitai naaaaaaaaaa

8 / 10

tabana · 2007

A light romantic comedy. This is Becky's first lead role and she doesn't disappoint. They're not taking themselves seriously, like when someone is replace with a dummy.

Becky's really annoying, yet, you can't really hate her. Great cast and tongue-in-cheek humor. Recommended. ^_^