Comic Party...ever since To Heart, I've avoided Aquaplus's anime like a plague. But when I read reviews on how that company "redeemed" itself with this anime, I decided to give it a chance. A great anime, comedic and with touches of drama. You don't have to enjoy the doujin world to like this anime.

Animation: Good enough. Running animation is there, characters blink, rare use of repeated cells. I like the neutral character designs and that each character had a unique look and feel to them. Detail is amazing for the convention locations and the way doujinshi is drawn. Great job KSS.

Sound: The OP song is a catchy jpop called Kimi no Mama de and its tune is way overused throughout the series. Anyways, the music serves it's purpose throughout this anime, although one little quirk I didn't get was why did the cell phones have weird beeps when someone hangs up or pick up the phone? Taishi is the best. Whenever he comes out some outrageous orchestral piece starts playing. The ED song is also not bad.

Story: Coming from a bishoujo game, I didn't expect much (and especially coming from the makers of To Heart!). Anyways, Comic Party contains a decent story about the main guy Kazuki making his way through the trials of the doujin world. It also ties a bit in on cosplaying, but not a lot. The story wasn't very strong, as it was the characters which made this anime shine.

Character: The strongest part of this anime. Each character was fleshed out enough to be memorable. There's the childhood friend Mizuki, the moe-moe first year Chisa, the obligatory gay buddy Taishi, the cosplayer, the "lincho" type character, Aya, the aspiring new doujin artist (and my fav character!) and two rivalling doujin artists. Yuu and Emi cracked me up the most with their rivalry antics. In the beginning, Kazuki was a smooth pimp. Then towards the middle, he became an ass. Then when he had a "revelation", he became a pimp again. Alas, the anime's bishoujo game roots show too much in this series. I counted at least 6 girls Kazuki could have ended up with. O well, each character were developed enough to show their individual uniqueness.

Value: I place Comic Party at a pretty good value. Bishoujos: Check. Plot: Sorta check. Drama/Comedy: Check. If you were dissappointed by To Heart, then try Comic Party.

Enjoyment: I thoroughly enjoyed Comic Party. It was funny, sad, and very entertaining.

Comic Party, I think is the best bishoujo game to anime conversion of the year 2001.