Sora no Otoshimono (Heaven's Lost Property)

Synopsis:

Tomoki Sakurai wants nothing more than to lead a peaceful, quiet, life without interruption. One evening he comes across a large gaping hole in the sky one night, a large ball of light shoots out of it and it almost hits Tomoki. As he inspects the large crater that it left behind Tomoki notices an unconcious girl with wings at the bottom. As debris also starts falling from the large void in the sky Tomoki decides that he doesn't want to get involved and runs for cover but doesn't get far before he realizes that he can't just leave her there. Tomoki rushes back and tries to carry the strage winged girl as best he can but he doesn't get far before he sees a large pillar coming right down on him. But just as Tomoki is about to meet his demise he suddenly notices he is high above the ground being flown saved by the strange girl he tried to rescue moments ago. As they land, she imprints a chain onto Tomiki and claims him as her master. Well, so much to Tomoki's quiet and peaceful life.


Reviewer: Endosanity
Number of episodes watched: 13


Review:

Soro no Otoshimono or, Heaven's Lost Property, is a perfect example how to completely waste the potential that a series has. You've got a great story that could have been used with an angel coming down to earth and swearing loyalty to the guy that tried to save her. Followed by other angels who are out to bring her back to the heavens above. The thing is, you don't learn much about "the heavens" but all you really get is a sneak-peak at the travesty that takes place above and the humiliation that these angels endure. No, what they've done is take the intersting part out and laced the show with ecchiness. Now, I like ecchi stuff as much as the next guy but here it feels like a tacked on after-thought that was used to try and make the show appeal a larger core group of fans but instead it ends up ruining the shows presentation. What you get in return is an annoying main character, big boobs, a loli, and lots of flying panties which makes for very low-brow humor that doesn't fit well at all. But, as I was watching I couldn't help but hope that things would change and the gutter humor was only an introductory way to relax the audience and I would eventually learn more of Icarus or Nymph. But no, that hope was dashed as the show kept going down the same road that completely overshadowed the real story that could have been so much more had a little more thought had been put into it because the story was there but this anime was afraid to actually use it.

Sora no Otoshimono is probably also the first anime that I can actually say that I despised the main character to no end. Tomoki is beyond annoying and has practically zero redeeming factors to keep you from wanting to hurl a brick at the guy. He's lewd, perverted, and just plain stupid with a voice that makes you wanna smack the shit out of the guy every time he opens his mouth making him horribly out of place amongst the shows characters. Another thing is that the animation puts too much emphasis on using chibi style (or migitizing) imaging to try and accent the humor which is just not needed and looks downright pathetically emphasized most of the time.

All in all, as a whole, Sora no Otoshimono was still an "okay" show but there is nothing here to make you watch it more than once or even make it a memorable viewing experience.

Sora No Otoshimono (opening)

Recommendation: |Average|

Online viewing: No longer available, Cruchyroll lost the license 30 days after the show ended.

Media type: Free internet streaming
From: Crunchyroll
Spoken languages: Japanese
Subtitles: English


*Note - Cruchyroll has lost the license to this show and it has now been picked up by FUNimation. Really? This? Who was the brainiac that decided to license this turd? I mean, I can see maybe offering it as a free stream but if the show goes gold, that would be downright stupid. But after they dub it and give it the shiny treatment, about 1 or 2 years from now, the show will flop and they'll dump the idea of picking up the second season that's already been announced. But this has been the fate of many of FAILimation's other shows.