Anime: Petite Pri Yuushi

Don't expect too much.

Puchi Puri Yuushi is a nice series, but with a name of Gainax behind it, you would expect a lot more from it. Unfortunately, it is just a mediocre series, nowhere worth enough to mention it to anyone - except when the other has kids. After all, PPY is more a series for the younger among us.

The animation is pretty nice. Fluent, fantasy-like and smooth. The characters look really nice, happy all around and are really easy to place; the exact characters you would create to make an anime for a young audience. The world itself is taking place in a sort of middle-age, so there is plenty of excuses to give out a bit more magic than usual. But somehow that just fits in this series, just like the colorful magic looks like it has always been there. You already get used to it after a little while, even before the first episode has finished, so I can't say anything bad about the animation, except that it's not my style ^^;
I have to add that it's nothing like great CG, but it really fits the mood of the series, so I'm giving it a slight bit more than usual.

The voices are done really nicely, especially the ones from Grenda and Erumina. Yuushi's voice is chosen well, the overgenki kid in the neighbourhood :) Grenda is just the brat which can't stand it to be not the best out there, and does a great job on the voice. Erumina, although not really noticeable, is also great for her lack of emotion-voice. Kokoru and Beth are a bit less impressive though, and Gaga is mainly annoying to hear, but that's his role. But overall, the seiyuu of this series are really wellsuited.
The OP-song is nice, genki and pretty fun to listen to as well. The ED is more slower, but I didn't like it enough to keep listening to it, but some others might like it more than I do.

The story is pretty standard for a children's show, but that's also the strength of the series. The story is simple enough, but also has a few twists which are predictable but not really transparent to see through it all. So yes, it still feels fun enough to keep you interested :) But it's just not enough to gain the bit higher status.

The characters are what makes this series lively. Especially the bickering between Yuushi and Grenda is really fun to watch (if you can stand little kids argue) :)
All of them are really well done characters and most of them get a bit of depth as well. Although only Beth and Yuushi get more background information, you'll gradually see Erumina and Grenda evolving as well. Unfortunately, Kokoru gets very few development and feels like a leftover character every now and then. This is intended, but still doesn't feel right.

Rewatch value? Probably some, but I didn't think it was worth keeping. Perhaps for your kids, but I don't think it would be worth rewatching for more than a few times. But since the series isn't meant to be exciting or tense, I guess it's always for the few people who just like to watch it for the cuteness or the fun :)
The series itself was good, funny and enjoyable. Although I expected way more of Gainax and was utterly disappointed by this series, I do think it's a pretty nice series in the children-section. So if you don't have any expectations and can enjoy a bit less mature series/comedy, then go for it :) It's worth it :)