Trouble Chocolate (Vol. 2)
The high jinks and low jinks continue at Microgrand Academy: Truffle, who talks  like James from Team Rocket inPokémon, pursues Hinano, a supernatural  being who's in love with Cacao. But Cacao and his friend Almond are  interested only in food. This 1999 TV comedy is not particularly original:  "Kitty-Kat Kalamity" and "Athletic Supporters" borrow heavily from theRanma-1/2episodes "You ReallyDoHate Cats!" and "I Am a Man!  Ranma's Going Back to China."Trouble Chocolateis no sillier thanRanmaorSlayers, but the characters lack the well-defined  personalities that give those series their enduring appeal. Recent tragedies  have unfortunately overtaken the last episode on this disc "...And Called it  Macaroni"--sending a character to shoot up a high school just isn't funny  in the U.S. these days. (Unrated: suitable for age 13 and older: risqué humor,  cartoon violence, brief nudity)--Charles Solomon