Harbour Light Monogatari Fashion Lala Review

Lets go back to the 80s with Fashion Lala.

Miho is a young girl who dreams of being a fashion designer, but when her father has to go travelling, she's left with her aunt who takes advantage of her and makes her do deliveries and chores for her dress shop. When the Mayor announces a Disco Queen contest, Miho designs a dress for her cousin only for it to be destroyed by her aunt, meanwhile the Mayor's delinquent son aims to destroy the Disco Queen event as a statement against his more scrupulous acts.
As everything descends into chaos, two small dinosaurs appear before Miho and transform her into Fashion Lala, in order to end the chaos.
So yeah it's a Cinderella story but it got all 80s on us and threw in some conflict which actually feels strangely relevant today considering how often people protest.
Fashion Lala herself in her transformed 16 year old form can be best described as a Barbie doll with a more believable body type, the fact that she wants to be a fashion designer which by default is Barbie's job hasn't gone unnoticed.
For an 80s production, it's very high quality and the big final dance number is easily one of Anime's finest moments and I would take this over the series it eventually became, Fancy Lala.
No dub unless Fancy Lala gets re-licensced with extra content.
Final Verdict: It's concept and place in history is interesting to read about and apart from getting a bit 80s on occasion, it's a solid OVA.

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