In this pleasantly silly sitcom, five teens at Himaraya High—an all-male Japanese technical school—have formed the Meganebu (or "Glasses Club") to uplift and glorify the art of wearing eyeglasses. "No glasses, no life!" goes the show's refrain. When the "Glassians" aren't occupied in explosive experiments in a quest to perfect X-ray glasses (the stated aim is to see through women's clothing, but the risqué element is mild), they are busy tangling with their nemesis, the Student Council, who consider the existence of a Glasses Club to be basically ridiculous. Attenuated as the monomaniacal one-joke/two-lens gimmick becomes, this is a lively series that consistently amuses, with one episode parodying the film Jumanji (with some Men in Black and Harry Potter references tossed in), while in another the perpetually off-kilter X-ray experiment results in the creation of glasses that are able to see the ghost of a former student, who cannot rest because of a pair of broken glasses (naturally). Compiling all 12 episodes from 2013 in separate DVD and Blu-ray editions, rated TV-14, presented in Japanese with English subtitles, this is recommended. (C. Cassady)
Meganebu! Complete Collection
(2013) 300 min. In Japanese w/English subtitles. DVD: 2 discs, $49.98; Blu-ray: $59.98. Sentai Filmworks (avail. from most distributors). Volume 30, Issue 2
Meganebu! Complete Collection
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