Review Galilei Donna

 

In a nebulous future decade (just far enough into the future to have skyships and a new ice age) live the three Ferrari sisters, Hozuki, Kazuki, and Hazuki. Even though they appear normal they are in fact the decedents of the great scientist Galaleio. One day they are attacked by a mysterious organization who is looking for the inheritance of the Galaleio. They escape on the goldfish skyship that Hozuki built and begin the worldwide search for the six moon sketches which will show the way to the treasure that the organization is looking for.

 

Those things look sharp, Maybe she is a yogi or something.

Galalei Donna is one of the two shows that are in the autumn 2013 Noitamina block and is an original work. The show is something of an adventure show with some soft science fiction elements. Although there are several other characters the bulk of the character focus falls on the three sisters, particularly the youngest sister Hozuki. Several characters and plot threads feel rather underdeveloped.

 

Would explain how she can fall four stories onto a car hood and only get a cold.

In fact underdeveloped is perhaps the best word to describe this show in it's totality. Galilei Donna tries to cram several characters, a worldwide treasure hunt, the development of the antagonists and world building into eleven episodes. The show does this very poorly and leaves the viewer with several two dimensional characters  and dangling plot elements. This is compounded by the show taking a detour in two of the later episodes covering nothing that has come before it.

 

Well you are just non Hozuki characters afterall

This is not to say that this show is without merit but the problem with this show is that the first two episodes are very promising and then the story starts to get bogged down by an overly ambitious story with too little time flesh out it's elements.

 

Overall I found Galilei Donna to be show that had some promise but without enough follow through to be anything other than light entertainment and there are plenty of shows that fit that bill much better than Galilei Donna. 

 

Rating the Tin black rock (black rock shooter) Showing again that being an original work in the Noitamina slot isn't a guarantee of quality.