The World of Narue Collection

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Summary: a nice anime to watch :)
Review: a nice anime of 12 episodes that are worth of watching.The reason i gave it 3 stars not becuase it`s bad or anything just becuase the idea or the story of the anime is not new that`s all.Well,this is my openion,so buy it and see for yourself you might like it because i did.

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Summary: FINALLY! YES!
Review: I am so happy this came out. I picked this up in a heart-beat. As for the other reviews where people can't spell etc..what do they know...this DVD collection is nicely designed with some cool featuers..i must have

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Summary: I CAN'T WAIT
Review: I found out about this series off a website and it looks really good so if you like love and comedy animes this looks like a good one to get i know im getting this set..

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Summary: Great Box set for fun show
Review: In a nutshell, definitely worth it. This became one of my favorite shows when I first saw it, and I was taken by surprise at how well CPM actually treated this series with their box set. The 4-DVD set is extremely well done, with tons of extras (including actors commentaries, directors commentaries all subtitled), and contains everything you'd need. Also, as someone who really hates English dubs, I was surprised at the quality of the dub, especially with the leads.

For those who don't know the show or manga series, it's a great gentle romantic love comedy that tries to be as real as possible, given the fact that the girl (Narue) is half-ailen. The characters though, are made to be like real people, not characatures, making the show much more enjoyable.

14yr-old Narue Nanase is half-alien, half-human. Her human mom died when she was little, and she lives alone in a run-down apartment with her (alien) dad, who came to Earth 14 years beforehand as an observer. Because Narue knows she's half alien, she's always kept to herself, and never made any friends. Others in class don't believe she's an alien, and mock her. Though she knows her father was born in space, Narue loves the Earth, and wants to stay (as to her, Earth is home) and hates it when the Galaxy Federation pesters her to go to school in space, because she's half-human too. But not just the Galaxy Federation want her to leave: there's an alien terrorist group that will use violence to get them to leave, and that causes trouble. Thankfully the one thing Narue can do is teleport with the help of a special headband connected to an orbiting ship. With Narue and her dad being very poor (as now the dad has taken a normal Earth construction job) Narue is responsible, and very, very thrifty. Knowing she's half-alien, she keeps to herself, and has no friends.

Kazu Izuka: the same age as Narue, he goes to the same school. Friendly, average guy, not popular, but not shunned either. A bit of an otaku (anime fan) but not overboard. When Narue saves him from an alien terrorist, he instantly falls for her, and doesn't care that she's half alien (he's just happy he has a girlfriend). Basically an easygoing, honest guy.

Hajime Yagi: a girl in Narue's class who is a total Sci-Fi nut (aka, a walking X-Files). She can't stand it that Narue claims to be an alien, because she insists aliens have tenticles and look like the pictures in her book. But she's not bad, as you'll later discover.. a latch-key kid, she doesn't have any friends either, except to absorb herself in her books. A great character.

Maruo: Kazu's best friend, and Yagi's neighbor. He's always liked Yagi, though Yagi doesn't notice (to her, Maruo's just a childhood friend and neighbor).

Kanaka Nanase: Narue's younger "older sister. 100% alien (same dad, different mom), Kanaka would be 12 years older than Narue, except that when she travelled to earth she didn't age as time on Earth did, so she arrives still being 12 years old, making her younger even though she's an "older sister". Sometimes can be bratty, but deep down, a nice person.

There are plenty of other characters as well that I won't go into here (including a starship in love), but I hope the above give you an idea of the setting of the show.

However you should know that the series doesn't focus so much on the sci-fi angle, but rather the characters themselves, and the relationship between them -- making it nicely refreshing. Kazu-chan is the first boyfriend (or friend for that matter) Narue's ever had, and Narue is the first girlfriend Kazu's ever had.

Nothing groundbreaking in this show, but it's just a nice, enjoyable time. There's just something about the characters and the gentle humor that make me enjoy watching this over and over (everything from the way Kazu's mom and older sister act when Kazu brings Narue to his house, to the "first date" episode -- where things don't follow the tired "fall apart" route other series will take.

Just a very nice show, well done all around. You should know there are a few panty shots (fan service) but they're brief (no pun intended) and do NOT reflect the tone of the story (it's like they were almost obligatory). A nice, fun little romantic love comedy for everyone, packaged extremely well by CPM. Take a chance on this one, you'll like it.