Hand Maid May - Volume 2: Product Recall (2001)
Genre Anime
Studio Pioneer
Series Hand Maid May
Movie Release Date 2001
Country USA
Language English
Running Time 75 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 Until Today, I've Really...
Kazuya realizes that he can never afford to pay for May, so he must give her back. So, on their last day together Kazuya and May spend the day at an amusement park so that they can enjoy the time they have left together. After May is gone, "Cyber X", an apparent android shows up at Kazuya's apartment and makes him an offer...
2 More! More!
After May returns, Kei starts work as a lab assistant at the university. Later, everyone goes to the annual fireworks festival, where Nanbara meets the now full-sized May and falls in love with her.
3 I Don't Have Much Time?
Cyberdoll Mami arrives, and soon arranges a "marriage mixer." Later, Mami again tries to make a match by having Kazuya and May go shopping together, alone. But Mami's visit is not just for leisure, she soon reveals that May and Kazuya's time together may be cut short again...
Personal Details
Collection Status In Collection
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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