Anime Review Roundup

Just the one anime review last week, but considering that it was a whole series, I'm still pretty satisfied with myself. I had to put on my importing boots for The World Of Narue though, as while it was released in the UK by ILC a few years ago, they did so by stripping out the extras, the Japanese dialogue, the subtitles, and by cramming it onto as few discs as possible. The US version got a rather more appetising luxury release, it had the bare minimum that anime requires, bilingual, and with translated subtitles, but it also got more than its fair share of extra features, and some quite pleasant packaging. The show itself isn't exactly groundbreaking, with the 'hapless teen falling in love with an alien girl' scenario far too reminiscent of shows like Ah My Goddess and Tenchi Muyo. But The World of Narue's take on its characters is different enough to make it worthy of consideration. See just how different it actually is by clicking on my review.

Central Park Media released The World of Narue in the US, but they have gone the way of the dodo. Their deluxe collection is still available in some quarters though. Failing that, Section 23 have since picked up the licence for The World of Narue and have re-released the show in rather more prosaic packaging. The disc contents are unchanged though.