Kamen no Maid Guy

Title:Kamen no Maid Guy
Maid Guy with the Japanese Mask
仮面のメイドガイ (Japanese)
Overall:Rent
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Notables: Animation - Madhouse
Fujiwara Naeka is a typical 17 year-old high school student. Or so we thought. She`s really one of two surviving heirs of a tycoon who has the right to inherit his mass fortune when she turns 18 in half a year. Fubuki, a young and beautiful maid, and Kogarashi, a big burly maid guy with a mask, have been assigned to keep Naeka and her brother Kousuke safe from those who would plot their demise and steal the fortune that they would inherit.

Based on the shounen manga by Akai Maruborou, serialised in Dragon Age.

(Summary from ANIDB)

12 TV Episodes.
Animation by Madhouse.
Series aired March to June '08.

See OVA sequel: Kamen no Maid Guy OVA
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Watch 7 6 7 5 4 4 Ggultra2764 [series:1734#1552]
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Probably wouldn't have minded the over-the-top humor of a cross-dressing, muscle-bound "maid" creating mishaps for the two unfortunate teens he serves under. But Kamen no Maid Guy is more focused on getting dumb humor off the large boobs of some of its female cast (counting our female lead Naeka) and the perverse antics of male characters and a female stalker lusting for said boobs, and this runs its course rather quickly for me since this is all it largely has to offer up for comedy. Unless the perverse humor gets your interest, I wouldn't waste your time on this since it largely felt like a one-trick pony.

Last updated Saturday, September 17 2022. Created Saturday, September 17 2022.
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Oh my God, this title is freakishly funny! I know i'm going to love this one.

Ep 2 was about nothing but breasts (^_^). 1 + 1 = 3 (?) and a large bust size = bad math skills (?). This title is going to be great! I loved how Kogarashi tried to teach Naeka math and he kept beating her a** with that paper fan. He was slapping the heck out of her and I laughed until my eyes began to water!!

Ep 3 was insane. This title is absolutely hilarious! She gets a love letter and all hell breaks lose in the house as Kogarashi (Koga from now on) and Fubuki try different methods to ease her heart of a twisted past with men. The next ep is labeled "Thong and Big Breasts"! Need I say more... LOL

Ep 4 was great. X-ray vision is the greatest power in existence. Koga was scanning and stealing panties all episode! It was hilarious. I can't go 10 seconds without seeing breasts or panties with this title. The maid guy Koga is a "G" for life and the new girl, Liz, is going to increase the laughs 1000 times over.

Ep 5 is the reason why this show is so funny overall. The whole ep was great to watch as it never tried to out do itself (try to be more than it needs to be) and this is the overall essence of the show. Koga must protect Naeka from her enemies and this episode featured many thieves who would try to steal Naeka's underwear (male and female thieves). Liz's konoichi (female ninja) maids make a valliant attempt at gathering info on Naeka but soon realize that they are no match for Koga, the maid guy! He told them as they fought that he has 37 senses instead of the normal 5 and losing 3 is nothing to him! Brilliant episode and I laughed for the entire 24 minutes and 29 seconds! This is a very "easy-to-watch" show and i'm loving it.

Ep 6 was weight lose time and Naeka is in charge. She controls the house like a boot camp and forces everyone to lose weight with her (if they need it or not). Koga can’t be bothered with this event so he sits this one out though he thinks that if the ladies want to lose weight, they should just shrink some of that "sag of flab" on their chests. Fubuki gets sick and runs a fever during the training. Naeka becomes the maid and tries to cure her while Koga goes to Mount Fuji to get healing herbs. There was a small story about Naeka and her sick mother. Solid laughs through the whole ep again!

Ep 7 was a very laid back episode. We got more fun with Naeka's assets, intense training in the mountains, and a fierce kendo match with a female monster. Not the funniest ep in the world, but it was very entertaining and I never once got bored. I love how simple this show is! Great stuff...

Ep 8 had a power that every male in the world wishes they had. "The power to make females fall in love with them with just one look into their eyes"! Liz's brother has this "charm" and makes the whole school his harem (SCORE) but Naeka puts up a fight and proposes a kendo match to win her freedom. She wins in the end but not without nearly exposing her assets to him (he/we sees them in the end anyway). This ep was HEAVY on the whole "big-breast" theme (actually, I think they're beating on a dead horse at this point but whatever). Great ep as usual...

Ep 9 was again, all about the assets. This is the one weakness in this title it seems. They play on this topic way too much if I do say so myself. The good (flat-chested) cafe is being out done by the bad (large-chested) cafe! The good cafe employs the help of Koga and you can tell how the ep went from there. We get the maid guy voice to "persuade" customers, breast techniques to attract customers, and the revealing of "fake breasts" to end the ep. I'm getting tired of all the breasts everywhere to tell you the truth (I thought I could never say such a ridiculous thing but this show has done it). This title is starting to lose it for me. I haven't had a good laugh since ep 6! Great ep anyway...

Ep 10 was a huge blasphemy. Even God wants to see a little fanservice now and then and Fubuki is his target. Naeke needs more math help so they all go to a shrine with a preistess who can transfer the will of God into writing. They have a tennis match to see who (Liz and the monster from the kendo match are there) will get their wish granted and God has tings go his way during the whole game (for bad and ecchi reasons). Fubuki has a wish of her own but the price to pay is too great and she throws the whole idea away. (when the monster girl stripped naked, I thought I was going to puke). This was the first ep to tone down on the breast issue but the next ep is going to turn it back on (of course). Great ep (if you disregard the blasphemy that is)...

Ep 11 had more laughs and more focus on Naeka's assets. Rinse and repeat episode style but that's okay every now and then I guess. The leader of the "Boob fan-club" loses his memory and only recalls his ever-lasting desire for breasts and remembers Naeka (by her chest) as soon as he lays eyes on her. It's time for the festival and to make it up to him, she grants him a date! They spend time together and she realizes that he only cares for her chest and nobody elses. The others (Koga and company) try to get them closer than they need to be and the usual laughs and fan-service pursues. Great ep...

Ep 12 had the first attempt (in the entire series) to what this story was supposed to be about in the first place. An enemy makes his move with a maid army of his own and give Naeka and her team a run for their money (LOL, that was a good one. Money as in inheritance). Koga took a pretty bad hit for a second thier but he is too much of a "G" to be taken out like that. I wish their were a few more eps of this nature instead of always focusing on Naeka and her "blessings" to this title. Another thing to mention is that they left the story wide open for a sequel (!)(can you imagine the new possibilities for laughs with Naeka and the gang?) and this notion of a continuation attempt, gives this title the extra points it needed to get the Buy.

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Last updated Saturday, November 29 2008. Created Thursday, October 23 2008.
Watch Stretch [series:1734#628]
(Watch+ or Rent-)

(All episodes watched):

Sort of like Full Metal Panic ~Fumoffu~ meets Hayate no Gotoku!. Butlers are often expected to double as bodyguards apparently, so why not maids, too? And why not give this role priority and assign an incredible muscle man to it? Unfortunately, like Souseke this guy is rather naive about everyday life for a teenage girl. At least that's the impression I got from episode one; it took me awhile to "get" this premise. I had high hopes for this show, which seemed one of the likely stars of the season, and for the most part was satisfied with the results. Still, it wasn't all I had hoped for. It seems kind of rough around the edges, though; the plot bounces back and forth and I often don't know whether to be amused or confused. Episode two seemed to be an improvement as all of the jokes contributed to the episodic plot and as a result it made a good deal more sense. This series as a whole is a lot of fun although the episodes are a blurr in my memory before long. There doesn't seem to be much of a longterm plot other than the countdown to Naeka reaching inheritance age.

Kamen no Maid Guy seems to be considered a massive disappointment by many critics. However, while it wasn't everything I'd been expecting, I still find it a credibly amusing show which I would look forward to new episodes of. Jougarashi himself is by far the most fun character, as he should be; I wish more emphasis was placed on him than the others. Now, if only the comedy were a little less borderline ecchi; there are far, far too many breast jokes, which aren't particularly funny to begin with yet return time after time. As a result, I think it has just a slight touch of sleaziness to it which taints the overall taste. Go see how ecchi should be handled in Zettai Karen Children. I can't help feeling that although KnMG is modestly entertaining, an unusual and clever premise wasn't exploited to it's full potential here.

Catch Naeka's montage at Kendo Girl Scrapbook!

Last updated Thursday, October 23 2008. Created Sunday, April 13 2008.
Rent Forbin [series:1734#1573]
Analysis : 10 Fansubs Watched

  • Drama : Low
  • Comedy : High
  • Action : Med / High
  • SciFi : Low
  • Ecchi : Med / High
    • One frontal shot in episode 1 and 4.
Episode 2 was pretty funny. 1 + 1 = 3 or Breast Size + Math Skills = 100. HAHAHAHA

So far this is a great little series. It doesn't try to make itself any more than it is, a dude who likes to wear a skirt and has tons of super powers!

This series is subbed very slowly, but is absolutely funny! And in Episode 10 it wasn't the Maid Guy's fault but he still gets pummeled.

Last updated Friday, August 15 2008. Created Saturday, April 12 2008.

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