Compared to a lot of animation, the drawing style of the show is somewhat less detailed and simplistic. The backgrounds are simple, the skin tones are fairly flat, and the light reflections are just white circles on the characters' cheeks, but it really doesn't detract from the show at all. In fact, the lack of detail seems to enhance the silly feel of the show. It also makes it easier to handle when characters completely overreact, as Haré is known to do. Also, I have to admit, the first few times I saw the pokute; I thought they were a little creepy, but they've grown on me as the series progressed.

The story is an interesting juxtaposition between the silliness that surrounds Haré's life since Guu arrived, and the fact that Haré is being raised by a single (and arguably alcoholic) mother who got pregnant with him in her early teens. Those are some fairly touchy subjects to be bringing up in a comedy. The show seems to handle it without letting it drag down the craziness.

Generally, I prefer to watch my anime subtitled, but I usually give the dubbing a shot at first. If I had to pick one thing about this show that sold the English dub for me, it was Jennifer Sekiguchi's voice acting. Her ability to portray the monotone Guu was perfect; I don't know if there was anything to change about her performance. Liam O'Brien also did a great job as Dr. Clive. Wendee Lee and Alex Simon were also good in their roles of Weda and Haré, respectively, but Jennifer Sekiguchi stole the show with this one.

"Love Tropicana" is a great intro song for the show; it's full of energy, and provides the right feel leading into the program. It's definitely catchy and I find myself walking around singing or humming it after watching a few episodes. The ending song is a little repetitive and empty after a few episodes, possibly due to a lack of vocals. During the show, there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of background music that stands out, but the ambient noises of birds, frogs and insects helps convey the feel of the jungle.

I really don't like the animation for Haré+Guu. It's a disappointment to all those who like anime. The cell shading isn't even good enough to be considered cell shading. And what's with Guu's eyes?? They could have had a better idea then what was shown. It was most annoying. The Characters annoyed me as well. They were all short and whiny, and really annoying. Haré may be darker skinned, but he shouldn't only have a spot of white on his cheek as shine unless he has some sort of skin allergen there, or dropped bleach on that one spot of his cheek.

To literally have a girl with a bottomless pit for a stomach. What type of story is that? It's lacking, that's what it was. The escapades of the alien girl with a black hole stomach... I really didn't want to watch any more of this after the first episode... but my friends told me it was good, so I watched more. Bad mistake. I wouldn't recommend this to anyone. The only one redeeming quality of Haré+Guu is Haré's mom, because of her cool sarcastic nature. Congratulations for the one good thing there...

Can you say annoying?? The voicing wasn't done well at all!! If the acting in Haré+Guu wasn't forced, then I'm not sure what is. It made me feel horrible inside... I knew that there were bad voice actors, but was it really possible to get so many of them into one show? Amazing! That in it's self must take more skill then getting all the best in the business together.

The songs in Haré+Guu scare me. The background music is strange, the opening song is awkward and the ending songs... are what really scare me. Not only did the music not fit the show, it didn't match moods either.

Oh! Look! Finally we have some character design that aren't purely consisting of caucasian people. As sad (and I'll probably offend someone with this) as it is, you don't see a lot of race mixing in anime, and this show stands out in that respect. This show absolutely oozes satire, and it stretches to animation. Energetic switches between styles and expressions do a fantastic job in making fun of almost every anime convention. Now, in terms of quality, Haré+Guu is not great; it's technically barely above average. However, any other kind of animation wouldn't fit the show's mood, so it's not a problem.

Wait, Haré+Guu has a plot? ... Well, not really, but I'm going to just say that it does because it doesn't need one. I'll make this very clear: this show is unbelievably, laugh-out-loud, piss-your-pants funny. It makes you wonder who it was that wrote this show because it's so random, bizarre, and sarcastic that watching episodes only once isn't enough to catch all the hilarity. Who comes up with a cannibalistic alien girl with an alternate world (complete with million legged cat and shoujo-style high school kids) in her stomach? One thing this show does lack is consistency, a couple episodes leaving me a little on the bored side. However, with the amount of awesome comedy Haré+Guu has, it's completely forgivable.

In terms of Sound track, Haré+Guu extends not very far into actual scores, but instead relies on an occasional burst of mood music (like random smooth jazz, salsa, or cartoonish-sounding). The beginning theme song is enough to express the true energy of the show, but overall much of the tracks are neither memorable, nor terrible; just average. Voice acting (Japanese) in the show is good, but also ordinary, no voices other than Guu's standing out as amazing over others (and naturally a monotone is going to stand out amidst absolute chaos). And finally, I need to mention Guu's laugh... amazing.

Definitely a show worth seeing, it makes for a good break from the story-based anime. If you want funny, this show is certainly for you.

The character designs in Haré+Guu are very simplistic, and very cute. It's very entertaining to watch the characters interact with the environments, no matter how normal or crazy they may be.

I will try to be unbiased, as I've not seen very much of the series. But from what I've seen, it seems that when trying to understand the story, you must follow it from the beginning, otherwise, you'll sit in front of your television wondering exactly what you just experienced.

The characters of Haré+Guu are quite loveable, my personal favorite being Haré. I believe that the cast of Haré+Guu displays the personality of each character very well, bringing out the shyness, confusion, or just zaniness of each situation characters are put through. Very nice, indeed.

I would very much like to see more of Haré+Guu, as I'm quite curious as to why Guu eats everything...As soon as I am able to, I am going to delve deeper into this world of odd Islanders.

Now this anime really has it's own design. Basically the first thing I noticed was how the background was..........different. Although very entertaining! XD I hate to say it, but Guu's "not so happy" face scares me......... This story confused me a lot when I first saw it, but after awhile, I pretty much got used to it. Good job on personalities going with the characters voices; especially Guu, from happy little girl, to very freaky person. Jekyll and Hide effect! ^^ Not the best in the world, but does go with the anime. One of a kind, that's all I go to say! XD