Himouto! Umaru-chan OVA

Name: Himouto! Umaru-chan OVA
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2015-10-19

干物妹！うまるちゃん OVA

7.2(45,016)

MAL Score

Ranked #3500

Popularity #2635

Comedy
Otaku Culture
School

Episodes: 2
Duration: 23 min per ep
Aired: Oct 19, 2015 to Apr 19, 2017
Status: Finished Airing

Synopsis

*Himouto! Umaru-chan OVA* collects bonus episodes that were bundled with the seventh and tenth volumes of the original manga.

These extra installments offer more of Umaru’s everyday antics, blending school-life comedy with playful nods to otaku culture in short, self-contained stories.

Otaku Consensus

The Himouto! Umaru-chan OVA succeeds as bonus material because Doga Kobo preserves the TV series’ breezy comic pacing, colorful character acting, catchy cartoon energy, and the Taihei-Umaru sibling rhythm that critics repeatedly identify as the franchise’s real hook. Its strongest reception comes from viewers already invested in Umaru’s comfort-comedy routine and otaku-culture gags, while the recurring criticism remains legitimate: there is no meaningful narrative escalation, and the visuals are pleasant rather than ambitious.

Why You Should Watch

Watch these OVAs if you want the Umaru formula in concentrated, low-commitment doses: quick domestic punch lines, school-comedy timing, and otaku in-jokes without a season-long plot demanding attention. They are best treated as dessert after the main series, not an entry point; the appeal is seeing Doga Kobo keep the series’ cartoon snap and colorful character acting intact across manga-bundled extras. If Gabriel DropOut’s studio-polished slacker comedy or cute-girls-doing-cute-things shows are your comfort zone, this scratches a similar itch with a sharper sibling-roommate rhythm through Taihei and Umaru. Viewers who need escalating stakes or premium visual spectacle will find the ceiling low, but anyone who values breezy pacing, snackable gags, and a catchy sitcom energy gets exactly the kind of bonus material OVAs should provide.

Key Characters

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Taihei Doma(VA: Kenji Nojima)
Taihei is the series’ straight-faced stabilizer, and fan praise for the sibling dynamic often comes from how his patience turns Umaru’s excesses into comedy rather than noise.
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Umaru Doma(VA: Aimi Tanaka)
Umaru remains a divisive but memorable comedy engine, loved by fans who read her exaggerated otaku habits as a knowingly ridiculous mirror of after-school decompression.

What Makes It Stand Out

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The OVA consists of two bonus episodes tied to the original manga’s seventh and tenth volumes, which explains its compact, self-contained structure rather than a sequel-season shape.
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Doga Kobo’s adaptation style is a major part of the appeal: reviewers highlight colorful, well-animated character comedy and connect the studio’s strengths here to its later work on Gabriel DropOut.
3
Critics repeatedly single out the Taihei-Umaru relationship as the franchise’s charm point, giving the OVA a stronger identity than a random gag collection despite its lack of a set narrative.
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The presentation leans into an enjoyable cartoon feel, with reviews noting that the catchy soundtrack helps compensate for visuals that are deliberately modest rather than graphically showy.
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The OVA’s reception reflects a fan-service-in-the-good-sense release: it has a solid 7.24 MAL score from over 45,000 votes despite being only two episodes.

Fun Facts & Trivia

Fun fact 1: The two OVA episodes were released unusually far apart: the first on October 19, 2015 and the second on April 19, 2017.
Fun fact 2: Both episodes were bundled with manga volumes rather than broadcast as a standard TV continuation, making them a source-material-adjacent extra for existing readers and anime fans.
Fun fact 3: The Japanese leads are Kenji Nojima as Taihei Doma and Aimi Tanaka as Umaru Doma, keeping the central brother-sister chemistry intact for the bonus episodes.
Fun fact 4: A home-video review of the complete season collection specifically praised the on-disc extras as adding value, which fits how this OVA functions within the franchise’s release ecosystem.
Fun fact 5: On MyAnimeList, the OVA sits at rank #3500 and popularity #2635, a profile that signals niche but durable interest rather than the broad visibility of the main TV season.