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This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii SekaiSummary
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.
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Details
- Format
- TV series
- Number of Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 24 min
- Estimated total length
- ≈ 4 h 48 min (12 × 24 min)
- Season
- Spring 2004
- Start date
- April 2, 2004
- End date
- June 18, 2004
- Status
- Finished
- Source
- Original
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Studios
- Gainax
- Romaji title
- Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai
- English title
- This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
- Native title
- この醜くも美しい世界
Characters 13
Main characters
- Hikari Hoshino星野ヒカリMain
- AkariアカリMain
- Mari Nishino西野マリMain
- Takeru Takemoto竹本タケルMain
- Ryou Ninomiya二ノ宮リョウMain
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- KuonクオンSupporting
- Kimi Ninomiya二ノ宮紀美Supporting
- Daijirou Matsumura松村大治郎Supporting
- Jennifer Portmanジェニファー・ポートマンSupporting
- Shinichi Asakura浅倉晋一Supporting
- Amika Kurebayashi紅林浴香Supporting
- IoneosアイオニオスSupporting
- Sakurako Urushima漆島桜子Supporting
Staff and studios
Studios
Key staff
- Shouji SaekiDirector
- Hiroyuki YamagaSeries composition
- Toshiyuki OomoriMusic
- Takeshi WatanabeMusic
- Yoshikazu IwanamiSound director
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- Ayako KawasumiTheme Song Performance (ED 2)
- Youko IshidaTheme Song Performance (ED)
- Akira AmemiyaIn-Between Animation (eps 2-4, 7, 9)
- Hiroyuki YamagaPlanning
- Youko TakahashiTheme Song Performance (Opening)
- Tadashi HiramatsuKey Animation (OP)
- Kumi IshiiAnimation Director
- You YoshinariKey Animation (eps 7, 8, 12)
- You YoshinariCharacter Design (Monster design)
- Mai OotsukaKey Animation
- Hanako EnomotoKey Animation (eps 1, 3, 9)
- Tadahito MatsubayashiKey Animation (eps 1, 3, 7)
- Satoshi YamaguchiKey Animation
- Chikashi KubotaAssistant Animation Director (eps 1, 2)
- Chikashi KubotaKey Animation (OP, ep 12)
- Hitoshi HibinoColor Design
- Kousuke MurayamaAnimation Director (ep: 4)
- Kousuke MurayamaKey Animation (ep: 4, 11)
- Kousuke MurayamaAssistant Animation Director (ep: 7)
- Steven FosterADR Director (English)