Kazue IKURACat Girl Nuku Nuku: Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Since this the best and most convenient version of the whole series we'll most likely ever see, there isn't much else to say about this set.If you're an oldschool anime fan and like classic Megumi Hyashibara, get this!If you like quirky old anime OVAs, get this!If you love nostalgic anime BGM and vocal OP/END tracks, get this.If you like literal robotic cat girls, get this!I wish we were getting an actual HD remaster but the Japanese BD sets were treated poorly unfortunately. If it ever happens, I'll buy the series again again for the 3rd time (4th time for the OVAs).This set does have a few cool extras that I wasn't expecting. A few episodes of the UK dub, the original ADV VHS trailers, etc. That was pretty top notch!

As a long time anime fan (started in the 70s with Speed Racer), I remember buying OVAs on video cassettes as they released one episode at a time. I discovered great anime like Project A-ko, Devil Hunter Yohko and still my favorite, Dirty Pair.I wasn’t familiar with All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku, and wasn’t sure if I should drop my whole gift card plus cash on this disc but glad I did.The original 6 part OVA is interesting and fun and may be worth the price of the collection just for those episodes.I saw reviews that weren’t kind to Dash, so I thought I’d watch that next. I thoroughly enjoyed the animation, story, and music in Dash. Surprisingly I may even enjoy this more than the original. Plenty of action and a story that touched this cat lover.The series that I thought would really appeal to me because of the Super Villains and fights against monsters and mechs (the TV series) seems geared to a younger audience than me. Fortunately I’m not epileptic, but still the way the screen flashes whenever a character is identified in the earlier episodes is very annoying. It did get better near the end when the Giant Robo from Johnny Sokko shows up and Ultra Karen was a fun rip on Ultraman. The tv series ending borrowed heavily from Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robit as well.If you love cats, action, 80s and 90s anime, and/or stories about androids with cat brains, I highly recommend this collection of the complete anime.

I missed out on the old DVD set a while back, so I was super psyched to see that this was a thing. I love the new trend of SD on Blu-ray if it's not reasonable to give a show a full-on remaster. This means you get ALL of Nuku Nuku in a slim blu-ray box. The OVAs are the star of the show here, but despite Dash being garbage... I'm glad I have all of it available on one friggin' disc!If you're into old school anime, or just like comedy anime... This is an excellent set.

This comes with the original OVA from the early 90's and the other anime series of Nuku Nuku (which I've never seen) so this is a good surprise.I remember watching Nuku Nuku on an old ADV trailer when I was a younger and I enjoyed the song sung by Megumi Hayashibara which is catchy

If you like anime this is an excellent one the package arrived on time undamaged and in excellent condition

Great release of all ovas and the series. Be warned, it is SD. No high def.

Several great series in one volume

I’ve often made the point in previous reviews of anime that it can go very seriously wrong when the creators try to mix comedy and drama. Comedy animes can be absolutely brilliant, and so can drama animes, but I’ve seen some absolute disasters when creators try to force both concepts in at around the same level. This set rather brilliantly provides an example of each.OVA series: This 6 episode series is a perfect example of how mixing comedy and drama together can be absolutely ruinous. In addition to their constant battles over Mishima Heavy Industries’ weapons and control of Nuku Nuku, Kyusaku and Akiko are continuously battling over custody of their son Ryunosuke. This results in a host of “wearing” rather than “amusing” jokes; so many times I looked at what was intended to be funny that I found completely humorless. In addition, I watched serious drama busted up by inappropriate humor.TV series: The biggest change here was the decision to go almost entirely for humor in the 12 regular and 2 special episodes series. Nuku Nuko’s ENTIRE class are portrayed as a bunch of typical Japanese school raving lunatics, labeled so you can tell them apart: the singer (he never stops), the nihilistic pretty boy, the snobby rich girl and her two underlings, the occult maniac, the avid book reader, the junior mad scientist, the (more than a little overdone) class rep (wait ‘til you meet her entire family!), the teacher that is always getting hurt, etc. In addition, Kusaku and Akiko are happily married and living with Ryunosake while successfully concealing from each other (and even from themselves) that they are each other’s mortal enemies.Dash! Series: The biggest change here was the decision to go almost entirely for drama in the 12 episode series. True there are some funny bits, but the final multi-episode story is drama to the death of several people and androids.Note: Naked female breasts pop up infrequently but occasionally in the first OVA series so be ye warned.

it was just as funny as I remember the series!

今は無きスタジオ・ファンタジア制作の1992年のOVA「万能文化猫娘」とプロダクションリード制作の1998年のTVシリーズとOVA「万能文化猫娘DASH!」がディスク1枚に全て収められた海外Blu-ray版。Discotek Mediaから2018年8月にリリースされ、筒型アウターケースとディスクケースは異なるジャケット。PS4で視聴OKで、音声はDolby Digital 2.0の英語とLPCM 2.0の日本語。英字幕の有無を任意に操作可能で、ローマ字表記したものと英訳したものが1話毎に入れ替わるテーマソングの歌詞と、画面上に登場する日本語を訳した英字幕のみを表示させることも可能などちらの音声もフォローしている親切仕様。再生直後の警告チャプターはスキップ可能で、メニュー画面は作品別に分けられている。OVA版は合計およそ2時間50分の全6話の本編と、海外VHS版リリース時のプロモ映像1994年にリリースされたVHS版のUKバージョンの英語音声による第1話から第3話英語クレジットのエンドロールを収録。TVシリーズは合計およそ5時間半の全14話の本編と、海外版のプロモ映像とオリジナル版のTV放送時のCM全6種、英語クレジットのエンドロールを収録。「万能文化猫娘DASH!」は合計およそ4時間40分の全12話の本編と、海外版のプロモ映像オリジナル版リリース時のTVCM全4種、ノンクレジットのOPとED英語クレジットのエンドロールが収録されている。480pのSDなので、画質は配信中のAmazonビデオとほぼ同等。もしも本作をそんな映像じゃ観たくないと思ったのなら、本品なんかには目もくれず価格が桁違いなだけに、さぞかし鮮明に違いない国内Blu-ray版を手にしたほうが宜しいかと。個人的には本作の持ち味のドタバタ展開を存分に楽しませてくれるので、画質は特に気にならないしディスクの入れ替え無しという点だけでなく、パッケージ版の醍醐味といえるチャプター分けがきっちりとされているので、連続視聴が快適なのは実にありがたい。従来とは違うアプローチでBlu-rayを有効活用している、何とも豪快な仕様が清々しいだけにやたらと強気な価格設定だけに留まらず、作品の放送よりも商品の予約開始のほうが先でそのうえ未だに1話しか収録していない、ふざけたパッケージ版をリリースし続けている国内の異様で滑稽な現状が、恥ずかしくもあり情けなく思えてくるのが少々困りもの。

昔、TVで見て大変楽しんだ記憶が有りまして、購入しました。画質はどうでも良いので、十分楽しめました。まぁ、シリーズ毎に設定違うんだなってのも、初めて知りました。良くも悪くも、あの時代のノリかな？とも、思えます。

見れさえすれば良いと、いう人には良いかもしれません。画質は求めてはいけません。見ていて切なくなります。