Chobits | The Best Forgotten Romance Anime

[@saravelasco5807]

I remember Chobits. I picked it up from the library as a kid not realizing it was for a more mature audience. Or maybe I was a teen? I don’t remember. Still, it was an important manga to me. Along with many other influences in my childhood, Chobits started my thoughts on what true romantic love is to me. It made me yearn for a pure love with my own “Someone Just For Me”...

[@zuri6744]

Same, My sister picked it up from the library, except I was four years old when I watched it 😂😂 It was my whey first anime

[@loreleidreaming4403]

“no male chobits” but there are though........... you even showed some of them 😂

[@BrokenObsessed]

i realized that in post it was a bit too late after that 😂😅

[@huelu982]

They already are because all of them can find their own kinds of gf/wife but chobits is a perfect female that haven’t found her prince

[@freedomgaming9987]

Not only that, the best part about Chobits is it's before Woke. It's before the rainbow vomit. It's before inclusive box checking. And for that it's perfect.

[@KnaYami]

​@@freedomgaming9987 Why are you telling us the things that you dislike? Who gives a fuck💀

[@milanopiano]

@@freedomgaming9987 You do realize Clamp is the studio that put one of the most iconic gay couples on the screen before Chobits was even in the making and made just about every queer coded anime on the planet? Clamp was "woke" before bigots like you started calling it that.

[@bloodseer03]

I rewatched this series so many times over the years. Was one of the first animes I ever watched as a whole. Even now I can't believe the series is about to be 20 years old.

[@BrokenObsessed]

it's been a while since I've rewatched it but at the same time i can't count how many times I've seen it

[@bloodseer03]

@@BrokenObsessed I have the original discs of the series but I heard back in 2011 I think, Funimation got a hold of the series and re released it in blue ray and I'm really tempted to get them.

[@malonee]

God I've seen this a trillion times. I remember early youtube "has anyone seen my underwear"

[@MamaWhit87]

36 years old with three kids now, like what?

[@bloodseer03]

I still have the originals also. Back at the old video store I used to go to when I was younger I had to constantly wait for them to get the next DVD in the series. It was like magic walking in and finally seeing the next volume to complete the series.

[@brycenakagawa2225]

One of the core themes of Chobits is a warning about smartphone addiction, written before the iPhone was ever developed.

[@DianaProudmoore]

Didn't work~ Worst part is WE WANT CHOBITS TO BECOME REAL~ Robotics are advancing part by part like mechanical muscles, vocal cords, strong but soft material that's stronger than kevlar, etc~ Also, those Tifa 1 to 1 scale silicones are really good quality~

[@victorhng]

It's a warning of A.I. partner industry which will soon become a reality 🤔

[@ghoulie11]

I first watched Chobits in the mid 2000s, and started collecting the manga shortly afterwards(unfortunately the bookstore I bought them at went out of business before I got them all). It was one of the few Anime that has really stuck out to me, along with Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin, and .hack//Sign, as being must watch anime series of the time. There aren't only female Persocoms, there are quite a few background male Persocoms (one of which being in the train scene). There were only 2 Chobits, both of which were made to be daughters for their creators because they didn't have their own. (A problem in Japanese society is a lack of having children) There are real world reasons why Hideki may be more likely to interact with female Persocms, him being male meaning he pays more attention to females or his friends being male and being more likely to have female Persocoms. Remember that Japan has been slowly sinking into a more isolated, single lifestyle over the past 20 years. And a major part of the plot of Chobits is that many people choose to own (and have feelings for) their own personal AI companions rather than have human relationships. So having a male protagonist means exploring the story through a male perspective. As for the same-sex and diversity parts of the criticism. We're talking about Japan, a place that still is very selective with who they allow to immigrate into their country 20 years later and doesn't have the over-the-top Pride of western cultures. While it would have been nice to see a sequal/spin-off with a different protagonist to explore other aspects of the themes. I feel like if you were to try and do it with a same-sex relationship, the story would have had to have been different. Maybe a sequel where a human buys a same-sex Persocom to avoid the emotional attachment. And the Persocom has feelings for them after the events of Chobits, and that leads to the human realizing that love doesn't care about gender or human/AI. But that's a different story, and injecting it into Chobits would take away from the simple beauty that makes it special. And it was written and illustrated by an all female team, Chobits wasn't written for a male audience. Chi's transformation over the story is what the viewer/reader was meant to identify. With Chi learning that her feelings are real, and valid, and unlocking that ability for all other Persocoms, having a female Persocom being created to have feelings and emotions makes more sense thematically.

[@eduardoparissi5117]

Now I need to see Chobits, you should talk about Nana next, one of the best mature anime discussing young adult life with a realistic point of veiw. The protagonists do not allways take the best decisions, displaying self-destructive behaviors, parasitic attitudes, codependant relationships, with a constant quest for significance and realization, in a neverending pursuit of happiness, a crude portrait of life

[@BrokenObsessed]

I'll have to give it a re-watch since it's been a while 🙂

[@nintendozilla9843]

I love Chobits so much. It holds a special place in my heart. It wasn't the first anime I watched nor was it the first anime I liked, but it definitely changed how I looked at anime. Chobits got me into anime after so many years of not caring about it.

[@rjatom2772]

I owned the whole series on dvd for almost 20 years now and it's about time to watch it again...

[@BrokenObsessed]

that's the way to do it!

[@Nominaze]

I used to love watching thisss. My cousin showed me this when i was abt 6 years old😭 10 years later and im still watching itt

[@MamaWhit87]

I'm a 36 year old mom, and this was my ish back in the day lol.

[@klear19634]

Chii: "what is life? What is love? Can it work between humans and persacoms?" Hideki for the 50th time: "BWAHH BOOBS?!?!"

[@FilamentBulb]

I literally found this anime from a fb pfp. My friend's older sister opened her fb almost 10 yrs from now and choose a random pfp from google i wasnt into anime that time but later when i opened my own fb i saw that pfp again and was curious bout and thats how i found this anime

[@Looneko]

I watched it twice when I was little, it makes me feel so nostalgic. This anime is really one of a kind and nothing could replace it in my heart.

[@ashpyre1671]

Guys, if you want more like this, I recommend the anime My Wife Has No Emotion.

[@IdOnThAvEaUsE69]

Yeah, I was gonna watch Chobits for like a month now. Then I saw one episode of the anime you've recommended, and binged Chobits so hard! The ending was 🔥🔥

[@mediumChungus69]

Discovered the show on Time Warner Cable's on demand channels, along with Azumanga Diaoh and a few others. Pretty much my first exposure to anime outside Adult Swim.

[@walnoemispoyt5604]

Chobits came out when I was in elementary school. Watching the series again as an adult is strange but in a good way. Chobits was way ahead of its time just like Robbin William's Bicentennial Man. I bring up Bicentennial man because they are related in that now in the Age of (Ultron :P) AI these shows are extremely relevant. This is a show I wouldn't show to teenagers but I suppose since teenagers are having access to AI's that perhaps it is something important to talk about because of the ChatGPT and eventually the talk about human to machine relationship. For those who do not know Bicentennial man it is about an android. I really don't want to say anymore because saying anything about it gives too much away about the underlying themes. I can say that this movie is important that implicitly relates to the Turing test.

[@inkoinfinity2]

I didn't know Chobits was forgotten but yeah it's a classic anime.Also I just realized this is probably one of the few clamp works that doesn't have the extremely long limbs (I know that's something people usually say about clamp but I never cared about that, I like their style).

[@Chris20xx]

I love this show so much! Did buy the DVD from a Anime Convention a good few years ago and still have it to this day

[@GoodFebruarian]

Ah yes, my beloved iPhone waifu ❤

[@henrikharbin5521]

I'm 58, so watched it on DVD in college, and I still love it. The only thing that weirds me out is Hideki's tendency to crumble completely when the smallest thing goes wrong. I also have to wonder if Hideki actually passed in cram school after his teacher and his best friend bailed on him.

[@IdOnThAvEaUsE69]

He did. He got into the college in the 24.5 recap episode in between the recaps!

[@kyungsparkle]

i'm glad u made the point that the persocoms are subservient. chobits is so good and its themes are so rich and interesting, but the contradiction of persocoms falling in love but being programmed to obey doesn't really get commented on a lot. the anime explores so many facets of the relationship between humans and machines but leaves the fact that machines are not really able to say no to humans, which is a bit disappointing.

[@clau_sing_]

I still think about this anime a lot, and still love the 2nd ending so much

[@inkoinfinity2]

Goodness I didn't expect to see you here

[@lagseeing8341]

second? where do I find this second ending

[@natch0]

Is it the 6 minute vid?

[@lagseeing8341]

@Checuke oh lol she meant the ending theme song

[@nafiskhan8801]

I really miss this show 😢 love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩 ❤ thanks for making this

[@FantasyYeet]

I read this back in the day. Oh my goodness how time flies.

[@AshiyaDylanSean]

i never watched chobits but ofc i am well aware if it because i am s 90's kid ahaha nahhhh because most clamps manga are connected to each other... as long as it's clamp, all the characters they made in diff manga will surely meet!

[@BrokenObsessed]

I agree and you should definitely check it out (:

[@AshiyaDylanSean]

@@BrokenObsessed i am actually rewatching classics anime these days coz i dun really like mainstream anime.. and the other new ones i followed are very few.. such a pain waiting for one ep a week right.. i will give it a try.. I am actually done rewatching tsubasa chronicle few months ago.. it's my fav clamp anime..

[@BrokenObsessed]

I love tsubasa chronical! And I've been trying to catch up on seasons right now I'm keeping up with jujutsu kaisen, higurashi and yashahime but i understand its a pain every week

[@AshiyaDylanSean]

@@BrokenObsessed highfive! those are the ones i followed aswell with black clover ofc and a shojou ai Adachi&shimamura and dont forget tonikawa !!! P:S i'm such an idiot for forgetting about NOBLESSE!

[@BrokenObsessed]

I haven't started tonikawa yet but i need too!

[@ILik3PH0T0]

Just bought this on bluray and cant wait to binge. I wathced this show was a young teen and have held a nostalgia for it for so long.

[@vlweb3d]

I watched it back in the day... and I STILL LOVE IT.

[@96PLAID]

I finally read the manga on a Sunday after years of putting it off and this series is iconic. It has aged pretty well except for some aspect like fanservice. Other than that a 10/10. I wish I watched/read it when I was younger so I could appreciate it for a longer amount of time. I did start watching it when I was younger but the whole start up scene made me uncomfy back then. I'll just treasure the time I have with it now.

[@mohddaniel8156]

The first anime i found when im still kid and forgot it and found this anime again. I love this anime. lol

[@taonmi]

I'll never forget, it was my first ever manga not to mention the artstyle is literally the most beautiful ever

[@afrodrift2]

I fell so in love with this anime but it makes me so sad that it ended the way it did, I wish they would have made at least one more episode after he admitted to loving her. Amazing anime just watched it again

[@IdOnThAvEaUsE69]

Did you watch the recap episode after that? It basically contains bits and pieces of what happens when Hideki finally gets into college.

[@StotterChannel]

Honestly, when I watched chobits ages ago, I came across it by accident, and for whatever reason I loved it despite me being in the "I watch manly anime" phase of my young life at the time. I'm 31 now

[@dreamwarpmmcc8073]

I think I still have the old CDs of Chobits if I can find the other like one I think it was episode one I’m missing that’s it I think I may actually stream the whole entire series of Chobits

[@x9417m]

i dont know what to watch anymore having seen this for probably the 5th time recently, nothing else compares

[@prestow]

For me Chobits is a classic like Magic Knight Rayearth. CLAMP's the excellent group that made some beautiful pure love stories finding the essence in us.

[@RogersJimmy-n4q]

Well I would not call myself an O-G anime fan, but it was my favorite anime when I was younger. Hideki is 19 in the anime, and found a job, along with balancing school, work, and life. I was 19 when I watched this anime, and I could relate to hideki a lot, so this become one of my favorite anime’s.

[@lungefv]

i remember this show, it was on netflix and it was great.

[@nintendozilla9843]

Yeah, I remember first watching this show on Netflix. Good times.

[@chanceharmanson6164]

Same,that’s where I seen it.

[@Nitzah]

Never watched the anime (this actually popped up on my feed and gonna correct that error) but read the manga - the library had the whole set and man I remember loving it both for a good take on romance in an interesting way (at least according to 14yr old me) as well as how it was a fresh take on AI tech in spite it coming out a decade prior to me ever picking it up.

[@dreamwarpmmcc8073]

Chobits was my childhood I loved chobits but since there was never a comeback.

[@Mustihaft.]

sadly... i feel you

[@themissingpeace7956]

This show was released 22 years ago but the concept of personal AI robot companions isn't too far off from our reality now.

[@Ayelet.M]

I remember trying to be into the story, but I was 15 so maybe I was too young. But the only cosplay attempt I ever made was the Chobits ears ❤

[@wavemystic5543]

This is in my top 5 anime list

[@rileyjay7283]

I want a Chobits reboot from the artists that do Demon Slayer. I

[@juliog5206]

Yeah, I was a fan back when it first came out! I bought all the manga too which was better overall

[@wiredkhan]

Great video! I love Chobits, it's definitely an underrated anime

[@masbeetleboy9169]

I liked the anime, but loved the manga. I read the manga first and it lead me to the anime. The manga did a much better job at exploring the topics discussed in this video and didn't drop the ball. The anime tried to live up to the manga but didn't do a good job. The manga was more adult in it's tone while the anime was geared towards a younger audience, replacing potential adult themes with humor. The manga did a great job fully exploring the emotional and physical aspects of a potential romance between a human and a persicom. The anime toughed on these topics but was geared more for a younger audience, so left much to be desired. Much of the musical score was forgettable, but there were a few great songs that stuck with me.

[@Shaylovespopeye]

I love it I want a live action I’m obsessed with this and this my favorite but also Elfin lied they are both brilliant and amazing I love you thank you for video

[@Bom.3d]

I’m not an anime person whatsoever and I found out about this anime on Netflix like years and years ago when I was little and I love it even though it’s so problematic lmaoo

[@Mustihaft.]

i am a kid 15yo i watched it 3 months ago it was one of the best animes i watched... :c i need more

[@djay00009]

I watched this like 20 years ago and this year an indian movie came out with a similar topic and I was reminded of chobits suddenly. Didn't that anime discuss the same thing 20+ years ago ?

[@archangelio]

my first ever anime miss it so much

[@LTDLimiTeD1995]

IMO this series is actually increasingly relevant as we continue to enter the era of AI in the midst of an increasingly degenerate and oversexualized culture. In some ways almost prophetic. Honestly though, the Manga is better.

[@Xxsorafan]

What makes the manga better?

[@LTDLimiTeD1995]

@@Xxsorafan it is better paced, and the ending is executed way better.

[@shaneroche7655]

My first romance anime that i fell in love with 😊

[@mrseacoore]

This review is very informal. Love it.

[@annapandalee4915]

I loved Chobits so much ❤

[@yuni-lf6kk]

Chobits was my very first anime and it just makes me happy to see that I'm not the onlyone remembering it. ☆*:.｡.o(≧▽≦)o.｡.:*☆

[@01Gshadow]

Can machine and human fall in love with each other? Meh, why not? It doesn't hurt anyone. Love is love, do whatever really.

[@laylaminrir]

i dont remember the plot but i really liked their drip back then

[@Myp0tat0head]

I LOVE chobits

[@nyaromeneko4455]

An introduction to AI, 20 years before its time

[@williambergmann641]

Pretty sure I bought that series at Suncoast Video. Damn I'm old.

[@SleepyRulu]

Chobits better than toradora

[@hihosh1]

I disagree about the only female persocom statements in this. For the relevance of the plot and because a lot of this is about Hideki, his male friends have female persocoms, but in a lot of the panning shots when setting mood you see male persocoms. Now the Chobits themselves were both female, but that's because Hibiya created them like that as her husband and her daughters.

[@ranusingh2522]

Well I am watching this now and it is very good

[@10bhakim58]

Have you watched till the end?

[@ranusingh2522]

@@10bhakim58 yes

[@bric8619]

My buddy told me about this but now I gotta watch it

[@amandaoakhart8081]

Is this channel related to “Hiding in public” KZbin channel? I just watched their video “what was chobits” and then saw this one shared the same clip of the title card so I was wondering if this is a sister channel or something.

[@chuforeichi]

It's also the prequel for angelic layer

[@sportstacker56]

Looking at it this feels like her (movie) but if the ai had physical bodies

[@lentrax2991]

Chobits has also taught us the importance of needing underpants.

[@renotv3860]

There actually are a few male persocoms who appear in the background.

[@DesireeJaneDaga]

Where can I watch this again?🥺

[@Dark-Wolf-066]

I know this is kinda out of the content, but i was really had a hard time to find the song that played in the background when Hideki was like preparing stuff when about to open the Yorokonde store in eps 3, can somebody help me please?

[@JonesNate]

Wait, there were two CHOBITS games?

[@marw9541]

There are only female persocons *camera pans to reveal male persocon with a woman holding onto him*

[@GLVSCOW]

Were almost there with current AI tech.

[@lylytv6293]

This look like sora no otoshimono i may give it a try

[@plsbanhackers9031]

Chi is short for CHat gpt IX

[@myszahihi]

Moje ulubione anime

[@nelliel4409]

There are male persocoms in background scenes just not characters with dialogues

[@sylvia36]

❤ chobits tg crunchyroll has it now

[@AsunieKue-r5g]

❤❤

[@lilleenelson7357]

My favorite anime

[@ClulssCrs3310]

I liked this anime, don't care that women were the robots. I loved it. I'm not some stupid woke feminist.

[@Nextliar]

no body remembers what happen in chobits because nothing happens

[@britniemonet_3693]

So growing up as a Jehovah’s Witness girl I knew dating for me would be a lot like chi, I felt I knew nothing about the world around me I knew nothing about men all I knew was that I was Britnie and I wanted more, I was taught to be robotic for my savior. It made dating very hard because obviously there are not many men that want ab obedient woman today.. they want the bitchy sassy type… I’ve found a man to be patient and wait for me to understand I can’t lie it’s frustrating at times because I’d love to just know but I am chi haha I loved this anime. Tbh this show the drawings and her outfits have saved my life and gave me hope. A true classic… I started watching in 2010-2011ish!