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Posted by Tom:
Yokohama Shopping Log

   Yokohama Shopping Log consists of two OVA series, each consisting of a
   pair of episodes. It's apparently set in a post apocalyptic world. I
   say apparently, because even though we have ruins of modern buildings
   and so on, there really isn't much about what happened to make the
   world go away.

   Instead, the story follows around a robot-girl named Alpha. She's been
   left behind by her owner to tend to a cafe, but with no travellers she
   gets very little business. In the first OVA series, there isn't much
   of a story, but instead we simply see her trying to (out of routine or
   whatever) find meaning or things to do, in a world that has kind of
   left her on autopilot.

   The second series has the cafe destroyed by a Typhoon, and so she goes
   out on a trip to see the surrounding countryside.

   The closest thing I can compare this to is the movie A.I., insofar as
   it involves an abandoned robot. But it's not really a good comparison,
   as YKK is much lighter in tone, and had very little in the way of a
   plot.

   This is a manga turned OVA series, and especially in the second OVA
   series, there are points where minor characters show up just to get
   screen time.

   I'll say it rates somewhere between okay and good, but it did inspire
   me to download the Manga scanslations. ([1]here, and click on
   Contents.) I want to see if there's any story underlying this.

References

   1. http://ykk.misago.org/