Yes, yes! Another new show. I just picked it up by accident. I thought that each episode would only about 5 minutes or so, but no, it’s a full 24 minutes.

I was surprised with the opening. It was… from Thailand. I was like… Okay. So is the anime also going to be in Thai, like Winter Sonata? No, it’s just Japanese. Why did they pick a Thai song, I wonder. Probably because of the sponsor. It’s going to be 50 episodes as well. Oh my. Let’s just hope that this will be a fine show.

Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzuu is about an animal-loving family, consisting of father, mother and three daughters. The oldest daughter is obvious Nagisa, her two younger sisters are Rimu (… sure it’s not Reimu?) and Riko (… sure it’s not Rika?). Their dad seems to be fond of plankton or perhaps just water creatures and their mother is a veterinarian who seems to have the ability to talk to animals. Perhaps she’s plainly talking to them, who knows. Riko and Rimu find a secret staircase to the next floor in their home when chasing a cat. Riko is somewhat like a hyper-girl and Rimu wears those typical nerd-glasses. The two find a switch to their grandfather’s secret room and they find Doctor, the turtle, but also some badge-like thingies of animals. They try to open it and they are like some random Tamagotchi. They have to say Kirumin, ordered by a pink guinea pig on their screen. They say Kirumin and a short time their Kiruminphose starts. They are … cosplayed. Riko turned into a cat and Rimu into a rabbit. Their cosplay-like costume is stuck. Usefull for a con. Anyhow, they have to go after the cat. Riko jumps like a cat after Lyla the cat and Rimu notices that she can jump easily. Riko falls of her house, turns into a cat and got partly caught by Ken and returns back to her cosplay-form again. She really got shorter and Rimu got caught by Ken’s friend Tamao. Anyhow, they continue on their way to cat the cat. Err, get the cat. Lyla almost got road-killded by a car, but then Rimu saves Riko and Lyla. Problem is, Rimu is in front of the bus. She almost gets hit, but then turns into a real rabbit, hops away and then returns to her cosplay-mode as well. Seems that their secret spell to transform in a real animal is ‘what if I was a real *insert animal*’. At the end Kanon, who was also in the beginning but who I forgot to mention, shows up again, saying that she found them

Aha, the ending is Thai as well. Okay, I definitely have to get used to it. First Winter Sonata, now Animal Detectives Kiruminzoo as well. I got used to Winter Sonata, though. So, let’s see. Animation… I don’t know, I guess it’s fine. The designs are cute and almost simple, but very likeable. Sound? It’s fine. No really annoying eardrums breaking voices and of course the Thai OP and ED which makes it stand out more. Story… The real story needs to begin yet.

Overall? I’m definitely gong to watch the next  few episodes as well.