Weather Report Girl
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| Weather Report Girl | |
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| お天気お姉さん (Otenki Onesan) |
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| Genre | Ecchi |
| OVA: Weather Report Girl | |
| Director | Kunihiko Yuyama |
| Studio |  Toho |
| Licensor |  Nozomi Entertainment |
| Episodes | 2 |
| Released | 1994 2001 |
Weather Report Girl (お天気お姉さん Otenki Onesan?) is a two-episode anime OVA sex comedy series originally released in Japan in 1994 by Toho and released in the U.S. on VHS and DVD by The Right Stuf International. It is based on the manga by Tetsu Adachi. The story revolves around Keiko Nakadai, who in the beginning is an Office Lady working at the perpetually last-place ATV television network. However, she is chosen to fill in for weather reporter Michiko Kawai for one night, and Keiko takes full advantage of her opportunity by blatantly flashing her panties while on live television. The incident causes the evening news ratings to jump, and because of ATV's desperation to escape the ratings cellar, Keiko is subsequently promoted to full-time weather reporter, displacing Michiko in the process. The rest of the series focuses on her rivalries with coworkers jealous of and insulted by the nature of her success.
The humor in Weather Report Girl is sexually oriented and aimed primarily at a heterosexual male audience. The protagonist, Keiko, is depicted as being exhibitionistic, first using her sex appeal to rise to the position of weather girl, and maintaining her position by frequently wearing sexually enticing atire while on the air. She's also very resourceful, always one step ahead of her rivals' various revenge schemes. Keiko is also extraordinarily vengeful, humiliating Michiko on the air by spiking her tea with laxatives after Michiko had attempted a similar tactic against her. Finally, she is sexually domineering, effectively enslaving Michiko, who due to the on-air incident would have otherwise been fired had she not agreed.
The story was remade into a direct-to-video film starring Kei Mizutani in 1995. The video developed a cult following, and it was released theatrically to popular and critical success in 1996.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Weisser, Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser. (1998). Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films. Vital Books : Asian Cult Cinema Publications. Miami. (ISBN 1-88928-852-7), p.492-493
