Having watched Petshop of Horrors in Japanese, English, and with the voice actors talking over it a year later, I've truly grown to love the show. It's aesthetically pleasing and the plots are quite intriguing despite their morbid nature. So I thought it would be more than suiting enough to make a small section of the site to this anime. Once again, all sections were written and screenshots taken by me, so please give me credit if you wish to quote me or use an image on this page.
Episode 1: Daughter
In this episode we first meet the Count and his petshop. A mother and father have recently lost their precious daughter and have come to the Count to buy a pet. The Count has laced up a rabbit to appear just like their daughter and their very happy to buy the rabbit and go home to start a family life again. However, the parents aren't as innocent as they seem in the death of their previous daughter.
Episode 2: Delicious
A famous singer somehow falls off the boat on the day of her wedding night. The man who was going to marry her goes to the Count's petshop to pick up a pet that his wife was suppose to pick up before she died, but what the Count gives him seems to be the mermaid form of his wife.
Episode 3: Despair
Probably my favorite episode, an actor has been trapped by his own role as a prince and can't get people to see him as anything else. He has a love for lizards that has brought him to the Count's petshop several times. The Count sells him a lovely young medusa, but the actor's troubles in getting a new job is pressing him for money to care for his beloved pets. This also has one of the best conversations between the Count and Leon in it.
Episode 4: Dual
A young politician is desperate to get people's votes, with his friend constantly working behind the scenes to try and help him. However it becomes clear to the friend that the politician's wife isn't happy with how her marraige is going even though he's trying to make her the future first lady. After reading a passage of a previous President's diary, the two friends endeavor to obtain a Kirin from the Count.
Opinions
I just wanted to say what I thought of the series overall.
Questions
Most animes have a few question they never answer (usually because they're not that important). I was just curious about a few things.
Manga
Original manga drawn by the author of the site, featuring the Petshop of Horrors characters. (Has been put on hold while the author is extremely busy. College will do that, you know.)
The Smell of Paint
As the title implied, this is the type of story you would get if you, say, smelled too much paint. This fic is completely ridiculous and should not be taken seriously. It's also written by the author of this site. Please enjoy!
Petshop of Horrors fanart will be placed in the Other Works gallery.
I received this special award from the Pet Shop of Horrors Fanfiction Mailing List (which I'm a moderator of, now). It was quite a surprise from Jeff, one of the members. None of us knew he was making the awards for us.
Petshop of Horrors is © Mari Akino/Polygram/TBS/Madhouse.