Originally released in 2010 with a second season in 2013, Oreimo returns to anime shelves on Blu-Ray in North America thanks to Aniplex. After finding out that his prodigious sister has a secret love of anime & eroge Kyousuke Kousaka is dealt with the challenges of keeping his promise to keep her double life secret while aiding his sister in maintaining her popularity.

Oreimo is a 2011 seinen anime series, it is produced by AIC Build and licensed by Aniplex of America, it is currently available on DVD & Blu-Ray in English subs.

Editor’s Note: A review copy of Oreimo was provided by Aniplex of America in support of this review.

Aniplex brings back classic anime series Oreimo to Blu-Ray.

Eight years after it’s initial release, Oreimo is finally out on Blu-Ray for America. Based on the 2008 light novel of the same name aka “My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute”, the anime follows Kyousuke Kousaka a young man living in the shadows of his prodigy younger sister. She’s smart, popular, pretty, and just so happens to love anime and eroge games. When Kyousuke finds out her secret he works with her in keeping it along with her social status.

Oreimo is an anime series about a popular girl’s secret love of anime.

THE GOOD: Oreimo is a funny seinen series about incest, a recurring plot point in Japanese anime. Kirino & Kyousuke slowly rebuilding their relationship after an incident involving both caused friction between them is a sweet moment that climbs overtime as the series goes on. Something I noticed when watching Oreimo is that the animators were able to balance the budget and only exaggerated animation when the need was felt necessary, such as character movements and the like. Despite the heavy incest theme, the anime tries to downplay it as a simple brother-sister relationship repairing, and that’s fine, it definitely makes watching it a bit easier.

Kirino as she appears in the anime.

THE BAD: There’s still no English dub audio track for non-sub watchers. Feels a little crazy considering how long people have requested it, but given the age of the series it may be why Aniplex chose not to hire a dub cast. If you’re not into incest then this isn’t for you, obviously.

The incest vibes are present, but the writers are careful with how they work around them.

OVERALL THOUGHTS: If you’re not a fan of incest themes then you may want to avoid Oreimo, but if you enjoy slice of life comedies of all shapes and sizes, then you can find some enjoyment here. The relationship of Kyousuke & Kirino going through a rebuilding process holds the series together and the careful planning of it’s budget is something that really aides to the overall quality of the series’ production. Otaku Dome gives Oreimo on Blu-Ray a 70 out of 100.