I’m not sure what kind of review this is going to be because I haven’t decided yet what I think of this show. I hated it at first, and then it grew on me.
Under discussion here is Fancy Nancy, a show on Disney Junior. I need to give a little background in case you’re wondering why I’m talking about a CGI Disney Junior show on a blog largely dedicated to magical girls and other weebery.
To put this in terms that my fellow weeaboos can appreciate, it goes like this: Have you read Yotsuba&!? And did you like it? Well, there are a whole bunch of books just like it in the kid lit section at your public library.
In fact, I would recommend that serious anime fans explore some of the chapter books and junior novels at the library, mostly just to find out what they’re missing. American writers of children’s literature give the impression of being people who’ve actually observed children closely before attempting to impersonate them on paper, whereas Japanese creators of manga and anime give the impression of being people who’ve heard rumors of children but have never actually seen any. The next time somebody asks me to justify why I think Cardcaptor Sakura or Lyrical Nanoha is poorly written, I think I’ll just wave a Judy Moody under his nose and say, “Here! Read this! Then you’ll understand!”