Bottle Fairy

Kururu, Chiriri, Sarara and Hororo are four little fairies learning about Japan and its culture. They believe doing so will allow them to become human. The fairies live in bottles inside Sensei-san's house.

Bottle Fairy is an episodic series made up of 13 half-length episodes. Each episode is set in a different month of the year and focuses on the important days and events in those months. Topics include Valentines Day, going to the beach, New Years Eve, New Years Day and graduation. The fairies act out the topic, or what they think the topic is about, by doing little plays inside Sensei's house. They will occasionally use their magic to make things go the way they want. The episode topics and adventures that the fairies go on are decent, but nothing special. There were a couple that I thought were somewhat boring.

The fairies all have distinct personalities, but there is no character growth. Meaning the characters are cute and amusing, but they lack depth. Tama-chan, the first grader nextdoor, is always there to tell them the truth about stuff they don't understand. Sensei-san isn't in the show that much, usually only at the beginning or end of the episode.

The artwork is good and the animation isn't too shabby. The show uses multiple colored dots at times during certain scenes and sometimes as a shading technique (I guess). It can be a little distracting because it looks out of place when it's placed over the characters.

Bottle Fairy isn't a bad show, but it isn't necessarily a good one either. It's hard to recommend something like this because it's all cuteness and little substance. Overall, I'd say it's just barely entertaining enough to the point that it is worth watching. If you love cute shows, then it might be worth a purchase. If not, then just skip it, you aren't missing anything.

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Written by Marc Frost on Mar 07, 2014