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Exclusive review: Inu-Yasha:
Rumiko Takahashi's (Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Mermaid Tales) new hit TV series in Japan
  Rating: PG
  U.S. Distribution Rights: none
  Genres: Action, Comedy, Shounen


All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (TV)
Alternate Title: Super Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV

Description:    The continuing adventures of an android cat-girl, her eccentric family (featuring a whacked inventor, the grounded young son Ryunosuke and divorced mother Akiko who runs Mishima Heavy Industries) as she transfers into a new high school. The trouble? She's REALLY powerful and none too bright.

Overall Grade: 80% (B-)

The All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (OVA) Review
The All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash (OVA) Review

  Reviewer: Clyde Adams III
  Episodes reviewed: 1-4, Subtitled
Grade: 80% (B-)
   This is a fun, wacky, very lightweight comedy, recommended. The production values are good for a TV series.

The characters and situations have been adapted from the OVA series. Cat-girl-robot Nuku-Nuku is now a student in a high-school class that has been stocked with characters: a mad scientist, a class clown, a singer, a psychic, a domineering class president, a singer, and so forth. Nuku-Nuku is still an (adoptive) member of the Natsume family, with genius scientist father Kyusaku, corporate executive mother Akiko, and son Ryunosuke. Kysusaku now has a very silly costumed identity as super-scientist Mister Q, and Akiko and other executives at her corporation, Mishima Heavy Industries, comprise a silly evil organization, Mishima Black; Akiko's costumed identity is Bloody Akiko. Ryunosuke recognizes all this is silly, and he frequently says so.

And that is this show's biggest problem: it is self-consciously silly. If a show keeps reminding you it's funny, it's not as funny as it should be. The horde of supporting characters means that a gag is always ready, but character development is practically non-existent, and the best comedies draw on character.



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