Reviews for Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!

This is best slice of life anime this season beside little miss vampire. Its a very short one as well, with only 11 episodes it does not overstay it's welcome. It's nice anime to watch for a weekend to just enjoy something wholesome for a change. Animation and music: it's pretty standard. Animation is overall good, I didn't noticed any badly animated scenes or copy pasted environments. The music is solid, but no noteworthy tracks. Overall: industry standard, nothing too good and nothing too bad. Characters: Main character is Alma, she is highly sophisticated robot built by two genius scientists. Being a robot her personality is quite blandat the start, but as episodes go on she develops more and more. Following her is her father Enji and her mother Suzume, both of them genius scientist in their own way. But as one would expect, they are very bad with social interactions. These trio makes the main cast of this show, it is trough their development that this show truly shines. Other cast includes Mahima-chan, Alma's little sister. Then we have Tokoyo, Neon, Toki and Hana to name a few. Each of them fit certain trope and holding to it (little sister, big sister, school friend, jealous former colleague, rich friend etc...) but I didn't mind that one bit even if by the end none of them except Machina change a bit.

Overall: Three core characters are what show is about, the rest are just there to serve as extras for the story. Still enjoyable but it sure leaves empty place around main trio.

Story: story is rather simple - Alma wants to act like she is a real child and her creators decide to indulge in her wish. And that's it, what follows afterwards is numerous situations in which Alma does something and then slowly learns what that something means. In some she herself starts off something and that slowly grows into a situation. Overall, this is slice of life story trough and trough. There are no epic fights, ancient mysteries, deep romance or amazing character developments. And this show knows it, never doing something that is too much over the top. Ok, there are a few scenes but nothing on the level of other shows.

Overall: story is quite basic, if you go into this show with moderate expectations judging on the premise you are good to enjoy it.

Overall grade: 8. I personally gave this show a 10 as that is how much I enjoy it. But realistically, this show deserves a hard 8. In terms of slice of life shows it perfectly catches that spirit. But it does it way too safe, there is not a single crisis or emergency or sudden development. It is just a nice and calm show to enjoy for the weekend.

It is an easy recommendation from me. If you want to watch something that will make you feel relaxed and happy than this show is for you.

If you enjoy slice of life and CGDCT, this is your go. The anime focused on daily life of a humanoid robot named Alma, of course it's also have some scenes that focused on other characters as well, but mainly it's focused on her. How her life going from day to day, meeting new friend, playing around, learning new things, basically everything a child do every single day. And since she is robot, she can do what normal human cannot The art style in my own opinion is fit well with the story. Each character have their own uniqueness, typically what you encounter in slice oflife anime

The anime really delivered what it promised — I genuinely enjoyed the mix of family dynamics and romantic comedy. It’s a calm, lighthearted, and fun show to watch, exactly what I was hoping for. The main characters are quite interesting to follow, even though it’s always funny to see adults acting like teenagers (which actually makes sense considering their jobs). Alma-chan is absolutely adorable, and she brings a lot of cute and funny moments that help push the main couple closer together. I also liked Hanna, Alma’s first friend — and I’m guessing more characters will show up later to fill out the story even more. Since thereare only three episodes out so far, it’s still too early to give a full judgment. I’ll probably update my score once I finish watching it!

Are you in the mood for something on the lighter side? That can be wholesome, mixed with a bit of goof? Ever wondered if those two smart eggs from that scientific researching love show would be like if they were more Tsundere with each other, but also raised a CHILD together, as if it was part of the experimental research? Then you're in the right place. Story and characters: 7 As explained above, it really comes off as such. Imagine two smart people, who prob are in love, but their strong pride won't full admit to it. Created such a sweet robotic child, that is justjoyful to watch. Along with very silly to boot. Yeah, there isn't massive to talk about regarding the shows story, but does there need to be? You're more here for the cute, wholesomeness, and silliness that the show can offer. That is enough in general, and with characters like these? You'll find it in droves. A pleasant experience all round. I honestly cannot wait to see more of it, as we go week to week.

If to touch more on Alma herself, she's a treat. Might be a robot, so you'd think she'd lack emotion, or kid like features. But she honestly reminds me of Kamui from Dragon Maid. It's just cute and fun watching her, as she goes about. Such a sweet character.

Art and sound: 7

I'd view the art as fun, and simplistic. It doesn't need to be pretty, for the product that it is. While it does look good and pretty, and really matches the show. But simple can also be looked at as a good thing. It won't ruin your eyes with what you are seeing at all. But more add to the comfy experience that this show gives. As you can have your action shows, your horror, your drama. But sometimes we just want sweet goodness. Follow that up with stella VA work, making it the perfect cute show on both ends of watching, and looking to relax, and enjoy too.

Alma won't be anime of the season, it doesn't need to be. What it is, is a sweet product that anyone can enjoy. I'd give it a shot.

Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! - Hey, it's RikeKoi all over again...plus an autonomous android for a kid figure? Even as adults, I can't help but feel like there is the kid figure within us trying to concoct something that reminds us of our childhood days, and for one of those "make-believe" dreams that "the future belongs to the past," reality is ever not so keen on reminding us that it takes pangs of torture to create things that are wholly our own. In an alternate world, that's certainly the fantasy of mangaka Nanateru and his/her rather short series of Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritaia.k.a. Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family!, a sci-fi rom-com about an eccentric pair of scientists developing quite the AI robot of their own, unbeknownst to how the robot would treat them as its parents.

The power to make anything one desires—that's the life of a long-lasting scientist to grow both brains and brawn. This is the story of the genius scientists Enji Kamisato and Suzume Yobane creating their autonomous android named Alma, who resembles the look of an elementary school girl with Amazon Alexa Echo Dots for ears (since she's built to be an AI learning machine). And almost overnight, from their "rise to fame" from being "professionally" mocked by their peers to downright making their AI project work despite their being at loggerheads with each other, one android's learning curve to put both Enji and Suzume together as her "parents," seemingly so to bond all 3 entities together as a pseudo-family, truly is a heartwarming feature.

The reason why I even mentioned that this sounds strikingly similar to Rikei ga Koi ni Ochita no de Shoumei shitemita a.k.a. Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove It, is more than just the explanation of the concept of love through scientific means; it's also because of its adult-casted rom-com themes in general. Scientists have too much time on their hands doing what they want to do, all except contemplate about love and romance, which is what Nanateru hopes to combine its sci-fi themes with a hinge of rom-com, which I feel is actually kind of simple but ingenious. Enji and Suzume being very similar to Shinya Yukimura and Ayame Himuro, respectively, they're go-getter scientists proud of their research and what they do, just only at an individual level and not exactly on a group consensus.

Alas, the two being bonded together thanks to Alma treating them both as her parent figures, the romantic "allegations" between Enji and Suzume are not likely to go away anytime soon, not with the other characters around them that are being influenced by them. One of them is Tokoyo Omoikane, one of Suzume's juniors being in the same autonomous research field as her, alongside yet another android of Makina that serves as one of the former's leftover projects that the junior contends with developing in her time. Even in school, as Alma's AI learning gets better over time, the loner student of Hana Yashiki, whom the android befriends after a chance encounter, finds it's better to have friends than to be alone, and the fact that the kids become friends instantly, too, is a relief for the better. Just about everything in the show is light-hearted and absolutely heartwarming to watch, which makes for good value.

The simple production is proven from the talents at the rather small Studio Flad, of which this is only the 4th show in close to 8 years since the studio's beginnings with Winter 2018's Dame x Prince Anime Caravan. I'm actually OK with a low-risk, decent-reward feature expected from the studio, even if the series adapted are either not high-profile or just discovering anime form for the very first time. A decent production on a low budget, that's for certain.

The OST is nothing to write home about, as it's composed on a relatively simple scale, just like the show itself. What surprises me is after much of the rock fest that ZAQ has delivered, having a rather decent cutesy OP that's composed together with Technoboys Pulcraft Green-Fund, this side of ZAQ is one I'm just beginning to know for the first time, and it's such a weird feeling that I just don't know how to put it into words. But while it's strange on one side, it's not for the other, as KAF songs tend to range from decent to good, with her ED here being serviceable and fine.

If you desire weird themes coming from a relatively sweet product that's easily enjoyable as it comes, Alma-chan wa Kazoku ni Naritai a.k.a. Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! is a solid choice that, while it will not win any awards, simplicity is best presented on a small scale that doesn't warrant it being bad, especially one that has both a childcare and a love status quotation theme to it in the first place. Give this one a try, it might surprise you.

Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family is a wholesome comedy/romance anime about two scientists developing an AI powered robot with insane capabilities that takes the form of a young child. We follow Alma as she does normal kid stuff like go to school and make friends all the while being in the body of a robot. This naturally creates a divide between her and her school-mates as Alma doesn’t always understand them which paves way for some funny shenanigans to ensue. Additionally, Alma is designed and raised by her father Kamisato Enji and her mother Yobane Suzume to be helpful to society. It’s Alma’s altruismand good-nature that get her into funny situations that the humor builds itself around. Finally, interactions with side characters (who I’ll get into later) and her parents and their relationship is another key focus of the humor in the anime. If I compared it to another anime, I’d say that Alma’s family resembles Anya’s family in Spy x Family (hey they even have similar names). Both have cute daughter characters inside of a fake family that slowly takes shape into feeling natural (hell Suzume even looks like Yor if you squint hard enough). And like in Spy x Family, there’s a lot of humor surrounding a potential romance between the fake father and fake mother.

The characters are all basic and reused archetypes. For example Enji’s sister Toki is the caring sister, Makina is the competitive little sister, Tokoyo is the senpai obsessed kouhai, and there are many more. If you know me personally, you know I’m a big sucker for good character writing so usually these archetype characters would lower my score, however, I’m generally very permissive when it comes to character depth in a comedy since the focus is more so on the jokes and character interactions rather than actual depth of character. That’s why despite all the characters being basically rehashed characters from other anime I still hold high esteem for this anime. Alma and her parents hold slightly more depth with us actually knowing about their dreams to be accepted as scientists and because of the romantic tension going on between them. Now that I think about it, Makina does slightly change, maybe a tiny bit. I won’t spoil that though.

I’m not a huge connoisseur of either animation or music so my opinions on them might be skewed. First and foremost, the art style is very cute and fitting for a comedy anime. I don’t notice any animation errors in it either, so for me it checks all boxes. The music is pretty chill I guess. It’s somewhat forgettable since I’m squinting my brain and the only thing coming out is the OP and ED, which speaking of them, they were bangers. The ED gives me this feeling of belonging that warms my heart up.

Overall, I really liked the premise, I found it very interesting. The characters weren’t super fleshed out or really that unique but it worked for a comedy anime and I enjoyed them regardless of their lack of depth. The humor is pretty funny, Alma’s helpful nature gets her involved in a lot of situations and with a lot of people she otherwise wouldn’t interact with. This is a good thing because it broadens the world the anime is in and we aren’t confined to just Alma’s family which would get boring eventually. I really liked this one 10 Makina heads out of 10.

Welp, this is my first review I’m posting. I really hope I did it right and I hope you enjoyed reading it too. Thanks for stopping by :D

Over the course of the last several years, we've seen more childcare-themed anime. In this anime called "Alma-chan wants to be a family". The title essentially shows what the show is about. But who is Alma? Alma is an AI who has the body of an elementary school-aged kid. Where Enji designed Alma's software and Suzume designed her hardware/body. The focus is on these 3 individuals; we get to see how Alma grows by interacting with those around her. At the same time, Alma's creators also go through a change as well in their interactions with Alma. If you are looking for a feel-good SoL comedywith themes surrounding family, this is the perfect show for you.

On the technical side of the anime, it's decent enough. Nothing notable, but there is nothing that would put you off from watching it. This show has a lot of charm to it that makes it very enjoyable in the SoL comedy genre.

Alma-chan Wants to Be a Family! An illogical, dumb and wierdly wholesome anime ! Well the words I used above might seem to be not in favour of the anime but do read the last word i mentioned above again " wholesome " the anime had the first few 2-3 episodes which made me feel like ' Ok so this is a mecha/sci-fi anime but then the human emotions thing and parents daughter thing somewhere gave me " Plastic memories " vibe for some part as I thought of the fact about what will happen after the parents ( scientists ) will die but soon enough Irealised nope the anime won't be going to that path, well after that the anime went kinda *BERSERK* with the wildest illogical plots " an elementry school girl who's incharge of millions of dollars worth businesses of her parents and can spend infinite amout of cash " " going to space and getting stuck with your so called imouto( little sister ) " and so on.

But the way the story wraps up could be said a good closure for an anime which might not get a sequel in the near future any time soon atleast that is !

Welp the show was good we don't get anime of this genre alot these days so its fun to have an anime like " Alma chan wants to be a family " once in a while .

I think I've seen enough of this anime to review it fairly. If my opinion changes at the end, I will rewrite. If I had to sum up this anime in one sentence, it's "the ecchiest absolutely non-ecchi anime I've ever seen". There is not even one hint of ecchi in this anime, and yet they managed to shove at least three different kinks in, and in such a way that it's absolutely innocent. It's almost artful how they pulled that one off, and I'm rather amazed at how well they pulled it off. But, nonetheless, there it is. This is kind ofa CGDCT anime, but it's absolutely unique in the genre - I've never seen anything quite like it. It's pretty much exactly as described - an AI construct named "Alma" wants to be a family. So, she gets a family. It's patterned as a 3 story line per episode anime - think "Love is war". And it's kind of absurd. Some of the storylines are absolutely predictable, some are absolutely unpredictable, most are hilarious. Several times I saw something coming and was going to myself "Oh no. Oh no, I see what's coming.. OH NO." And... it was exactly as I thought. It was a combination of laughing because it was funny and a "did they REALLY go there? Well, I guess that's a thing that happened".

In short, I think this is what happens when someone who wants to write hentai ends up writing a family friendly anime. Because it is family friendly. Absolutely family friendly. And... well, you'll see.

So, do I think you'll like it? Well, yeah, probably. Is it cringe? Just a bit. Is it funny? Yeah. It's the only anime of the season it looks like I'm going to finish. So... Recommend from me. But don't say I didn't warn you.