Hand Maid May

Hand Maid May - Volume 1: Maid To Order (2001)

Genre	Anime
Studio	Pioneer
Series	Hand Maid May
Movie Release Date	2001
Country	USA
Language	English
Running Time	100 mins
Format	DVD
Color	Color
IMDb Rating	6.1

Cast
Kyôko Hikami
Omi Minami
Lia Sargent
Steve Staley
Yûji Ueda
Maria Yamamoto
Takayuki Yamaguchi
Mikako Takahashi
Rie Kugimiya
Miwa Yasuda

Crew
Director	Shinichiro Kimura

Plot

Kazuya Saotome is a nerdy second-year engineering student at Ochanomizu Industrial University (???????? Ochanomizu Kogyo Daigaku?). His lifelong dream is to build a Doraemon (robot), and is trying to develop an artificial intelligence robot that happens to look like a toy squid. The story begins when Kazuya's wealthy rival, Kotaro Nanbara, gives him a computer program that supposedly will provide valuable information to help with Kazuya’s research and development. Actually, the program is a virus that Nanbara created in order to infect Kazuya’s computer and destroy his work. While attempting to fix his infected computer, Kazuya accidentally orders a "Cyberdoll" from the Cyberdyne Corporation website. A woman appears at Kazuya's door with a small package containing a cyberdoll named Hand Maid May. May is a palm-sized robotic doll who is very sensitive and sympathetic to Kazuya's feelings, likes, and needs. The early part of the storyline focuses on Nanbara trying to get May taken away from Kazuya due to his inability to pay for her. Nanbara enlists the help of several other cyberdolls to attempt to take May away from Kazuya, but all of them end up falling for Kazuya and failing to retrieve May.

Episodes
1	How Do You Do? After Kazuya Saotome's computer is infected with a virus, by his self-proclaimed rival Kotaro Nanbara, a package is delivered to his doorstep the next day. The package contains a 12" tall Cyberdoll named May.
2	Am I Any Use At All? After telling May to stay in the apartment, Kazuya goes off to school. Later, Nanbara calls Kazuya's apartment only to hear a woman's voice on the other end, and soon tries to sabotage the relationship he believes Kazuya is having with a secret woman. Also, another Cyberdoll named Sara has come to collect the bill for May. [1,450,000 Yen]
3	What Should I Do? Sara, after having trouble collecting the payment for May, sends for another Cyberdoll (Rena) to get the payment, or get May back.
4	Please Don't Look! Cyberdoll Kei, a genius Cyberdoll sent by Sara, pretends to be a fellow AI researcher in order to meet with Kazuya. After they meet, she is amazed by the emotions Cyberdoll May displays towards him.

Personal Details
Collection Status	In Collection
Links	Amazon.com Movie Collector Connect IMDB

Edition Details
Format	DVD
Region	Region 1; Region 4
Release Country	USA
TV System	NTSC
No. of Disks/Tapes	1
Packaging	Keep Case
Screen Ratio	Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks	ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Stereo
Layers	Single Side, Single Layer