Underplayed Gems

Moetan (2008)

Moetan poster
Genre
ecchi, magical girl, school anime and manga, Comedy, Ecchi, Mahou Shoujo
Country
Japan
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A magical girl helps a high school student learn English. She uses anime and game references to teach vocabulary in a silly way.

quirkyplayfullightheartednonsensicalcutecampyfast-pacededucational-flavored

What happens

Moetan (もえたん) is a series of English language study aids published by SansaiBooks in Japan. Targeted at otaku, it attempted to teach English words using examples drawn from computer games and anime. In the reprint of the first Moetan book and the bath towel sold during Comic Market 69, "MOETAN" stands for 'Methodology Of English, The Academic Necessity'. The acronym may have been chosen as a play on combining the words moé and -tan, both terms of cuteness used in relation to girl characters in anime, to create a portmanteauic double meaning. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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