I kid you not on the title. Translated to English, this is what it's said, as the original title is Ore no Imoto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, though it can be shortened as either Ore no Imoto, or Oreimo. Odd as that maybe, it is a romantic comedy and drama, dealing with everyday life between a brother and sister, at least, that's as much as I can grasp.
Kyosuke Kosaka is the 17 year-old protagonist in this story, and is seemingly a normal student. However, as we learn early, he doesn't get along with his younger, 14 year-old sister Kirino very well, something that has been the case for years. However, this all starts to change one night, when he notices a magical girl DVD case in the entrance way. To his surprise, it was actually an eroge, and it belonged to Kirino. Seemingly the perfect girl, it is revealed that amidst all the schooling and career as a photoshoot model, Kirino is tsundere-like towards her brother: denying having any feelings for him, yet throws a bit of a fit when he's around others like Manami Tamura, his childhood friend. However, this isn't as big as to what she really is: a closet otaku with an obsession of moe anime and little sister-themed eroge (this I find a tad ironic.) Upon discovering this hobby of hers, and knowing how much of a fit the family will blow once it's revealed outright, Kyosuke quickly becomes Kirino's confidant of her hobby.
Throughout the anime, we see two types of people: those that love it, and those that are against it, but with enough reason. The anime isn't quite long, as season 1 only ran for 12 episodes that were viewed in 2010, though the manga, which has been out a year before, is still ongoing. There's also another manga called Ore no Kōhai ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai, a spinoff of the main story with Ruri Gouko, aka Kuroneko (also in the anime) as the central character. Ore no Imoto is licensed by Aniplex USA (yeah, the same Aniplex that brought out titles like Fullmetal Alchemist and Ruroni Kenshin), and the studio it's made under is AIC Build. Apparently, it also had a net animation series, done also by AIC Build, which has only 4 episodes (which I haven't found yet.)
Changing the studio it's created in to A-1 Pictures, the staff returned for season 2, which is currently ongoing, and I only saw 6 out of 13 confirmed episodes dating from last month. Currently, this is being simulcast via Crunchyroll, and likewise no English translation provided. There is a gap unaccounted for animation wise, so unless you read the manga, a lot of events from the 1st episode can toss a batch of fastballs, on top of the already additional characters involved. Lastly, when the television run ends, supposedly, there will be 3 additional ones. Like with K-ON! and Working!!, the title for season two carries a subtle difference, in Oreimo's case, the period at the end of the title.
Ore no Imoto is short, but is shows the ups and down about otaku, though it still bothers me how they view them (seeing as how I'm proudly one myself now), and it's not the first to do so. That aside, it gets a 7.1 of 10, though the opening song to the anime is more or less stuck in my head now...
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