This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (manga) (adaptation)
Alternative title:
Este Feo y Bello Mundo (Spanish)
Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai (Japanese)
KonoMini (Japanese)
This Ugly and Beautiful World
この醜くも美しい世界 (Japanese)
Age rating:
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary:
High school student Takeru Takemoto works part time as a (motor)bike courier. During one of his deliveries, he saw a mysterious light passing him and fell into a forest. What he had found was a beautiful girl coming out from a glowing cocoon, calling herself "Hikari." While Takeru was quite embarrassed because of Hikari's nudity, a strange monster suddenly showed up and immediately attacked the two. Both Takeru and Hikari demonstrated the power of their other selves before Takeru had a clue of what's going on.
Ryou and Takeru are typical high school students. That is, until Takeru finds an alien calling herself Hikari. Takeru's life is suddenly filled with aliens and monsters and a drunken robot and he's just trying to keep everyone safe while he figures out what the hell is going on.
Takeru is a typical high school student until he saves Hikari, an alien girl with no memory of her past. Committing himself to take care of her, Takeru's life is suddenly filled with aliens and monsters.
Video:
User Ratings:
1035 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2004-04-01 to 2004-06-17
Releases: We have 8
Opening Theme:
"metamorphose" by Youko Takahashi
Ending Theme:
#1: "Natsuiro no Kakera" by Youko Ishida
#2: "Kimini Aete" by Ayako Kawasumi and Ai Shimizu (ep 12)
Official website:
GAINAX's Konomini Website (Japanese)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 7
In the news 13 times:
2006-07-06 Ugly Yet Beautiful World on TAN
2006-05-10 Ugly Yet Beautiful Trailer Online
2006-05-04 New ADV Release Dates
2006-02-25 ADV New York Comic-Con licenses
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Comment:
GAINAX's 20th Anniversary work.
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| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Complete Collection (Thinpak) (DVD) 2007-09-18 (from $34.99) |
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| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Falling Star (DVD 1) 2006-07-04 (from $7.55) |
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| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Eye of the Beholder (DVD 2) 2006-09-05 (from $8.00) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Red Swarm (DVD 3) 2006-11-07 (from $8.00) |
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