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Plucky Girl Cops versus Tokyo

[loader-47950 · 6/10 · 30 May 2022]

This is an adaptation of a long running Anime. The lead characters are two "chalk and cheese" policewomen in Tokyo. Natsumi is the tearaway Tomboy while Miyuki is calm and efficient. Of course, they clash at first then become friends. The anime was a combination of action with a lot of knockabout fun.

It is a bit of fun and about as gritty as Tom and Jerry. One of the male leads is played by a former Basketball star and a villain is played by a WWE wrestler from the US. That is about the level of acting.

The action is limited by the budget and some of Natsumi's anime abilities are not used ( such as using her feet to slow the car! ). On this point it must be pointed out that the fighting is truly unconvincing. Our two tiny policewomen do unconvincing air kicks in the vicinity of villains, who then go down like Jurgen Klinsmann.

One for the fans of the anime only.

Great Series! Too bad it only ran 9 episodes!

[vapor-4 · 10 April 2005]

This is one of my all time favorite Japanese series. The live action ran 9 episodes, but in the short run you actually start to care about the characters. The partnership between the two leads feels real and tangible.

It has it all, humor, romance, crime, and drama. Ito Misaki and Hara Sachie are outstanding in the leads of Officer Natsumi Tsujimoto and Officer Kobayakawa Miyuki from the traffic division. In the opening episode these two traffic officers break up what they think is an armed robbery. After they total trash the perps in a cheesy fight sequence that involves radishes they find that they have beaten up their superior from the Detective branch who were conducting an exercise. The fun goes on from there, but they also explore some social issues about bullying as well.

Not to be over looked this is a great series.