4/5 WARNING: You may laugh your head off...
  by peter krug (portland, OR United States)
Mew & Mica are two super powered aliens sent to earth to defend it from ouside invaders, but end up fighting the mutated creations sent by Dr. Zaiclit. In their off time they pose as high school students, and the only one who knows their true identity is their male classmate, Akai. Then there is Akai's old female friend, Shoko, who dosen't know their secret but is beginning to suspect something is strange about the two. As for why she and everyone eles can't tell just by looking at them...well, I guess it's just like Superman and most super hero stories inspired by it, where you just have to suspend your disbelief and accept that everyone is fooled by the hero's rather transparent disquiese.

Also, the dolls don't want anyone eles finding out about their identity, so they make the threat to Akai: "Don't tell anyone, or we'll twist your head off!" I know that probably makes them seem less than heroic, but maybe the author decided he wanted his heroines to have a dark edge to them.

The animation is fair (I've seen much worse-it's better than Poke'mon, at least,) the music score is good, (in the dubbed version, the opening song is also sung in english,) and both the English and Japanese voice actors do a great job of potraying the characters. However, the story kind of drops you off in the middle, and about the only back story you see are some brief imigaes that flash by during the opening song, where we see the hyperdolls coming down to earth. Here is my advise: for anyone who watches this and wants a more complete version of the story, read the manga from Studio Ironcat.

2/5 Its better than Pokemon..
  by H. A Huffman (Mt. Prospect, IL USA)
For every Spriggan, there is Anime like "Hyper Doll", its the law I guess. This cheap, corny series is not the worst Anime that I have seen, but it comes pretty close. Like Sailor Moon, Hyper Dolls has a similar plot line, bad jokes and poor animation quality. The "plot": Two girls get all powered up and beat up monsters threatening the city, *yawn*. Its like "Legend of the Overfiend" without the sex and graphic violence. ZZzzzzzz..

Yes, it is better than Pokemon, but there are some really great Anime series out there (Outlaw Star, Cowboy Beebop) that make Hyperdolls look like the tired animated goop that it is.

4/5 Sweet Angels!
  by Matthew Lafrance (VT USA)
Another of Pioneer's budget DVDs, this one is worth every penny. Somewhat a parody of Dirty Pair, it's the story of Mew and Mica, two delinquent alien agents sent to protect earth, and the unfortunate boy who knows their secret. The writing is just great; Mew and Mica are the pinnacle of apathy and a great comic duo. The dubbing is exceptional and the subtitle good. Only two episodes of such quality material is a shame, but is the complete series as far as I know. My only gripe is the missing music videos and live action skits that graced the LDs and videos. I understand this was a budget DVD but the loss is felt. It's really funny, 4 stars.

4/5 Modern day action girls
  by Joe (USA)
Take a couple of girls who happen to be aliens from outer space and can fly and transform into super-heroines and you get the general plot.

The Hyper Dolls have attitude and get into almost more spats with each other dinging each other than with the bad guys who they are there to defend Earth from. Indeed, they can get so wound up in a face-off that they have to be interrupted to do their job; their boss appears usually in the device of some variety of pizza to rein them in.

Their "victim" who knows who they are and cannot tell is a fairly typical boy with a delivery job who sits reading computer magazines in class and is saving for more memory. He get's angry with them when their machinations get him in trouble.

I liked the modern setting; sky scrapers and water them park. Add to that the fireworks festival, and villians who despite being giant insects, jellyfish or earthworms were in their way too human.

Too bad this is the only DVD of the HyperDolls. It starts after the girls have arrived and then ends, when future episodes could cover both ends.

2/5 Not much here
  by (Revere, Massachusetts United States)
These episodes are obviously not to be taken as a serious plot anime, but rather for their comic value. However, the comedy is pretty bland and there isn't enough of it anyway. This series is like Sailor Moon, only with a brief glimpse of breasts during the costume change phase of the heroines.

The low price is deceptive since the DVD contains only the two episodes, choice of English/Japanese language and English subtitles on/off, and nothing else. NOTHING. The animation itself is fairly mediocre. They could have added something to this DVD worthy of watching more than once, but they didn't. Too bad...