Chobits

but when he failed to qualify, he had to attend Prep School.  So he moved to the big city, found an apartment and started attending school.  In the world of Chobits, there are life-like robots called persocoms that function as a personal computer, MP3 player, telephone, and personal assistant.  But of course they're very expensive.  He wants one - but can't afford one.  Then one night as he's walking home, he glances into the garbage pile - and finds a persocom wrapped up in bandages.  Once he figures out how to turn it on (pun intended) - all it can say is "Chi", so he decides to call her Chi.  But it soon becomes obvious that Chi is not your ordinary persocom.  With his neighbor, Hiromu Shinbo, and a friend, Minoru Kokubunji, he begins to unwind the mystery of Chobits and Chi.  Even the Apartment Manager Chitose Hibiya appears to figure into the mystery.  Along with some funny and exciting mis-adventures along the way, Chobits is an entertaining anime and manga series.  There are some video clips below to give you a taste of the series.  You can see a list of the cast of characters from the anime in this article from Wikipedia. I don't want to give away too much of the plotline and ruin your chance to enjoy it for yourself, but I will say this is one of the first anime series that I purchased, after watching the first few episodes on Anime in Demand.  Its cute, funny, a little naughty at times, but an overall good time.