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Sub Watch Episode 13 Haiyoru! Nyaruani Remember My Mr Lovecraft

[ alternate retelling of Haiyoru! Nyaruani (ONA) ]

Alternative title:
Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) (Japanese)
這いよる！ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.

Opening Theme:
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
DVD 3: Red Swarm

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World draws to a close, opting, in its final chapters, for an understated climax that is odd (and oddly appropriate) for a show about the impending obliteration of life on Earth. There are no grand battles for the fate of humanity, no clearly defined villains or heroes, and no violent conflicts (although, as in volumes past, there are a few brief, exciting action set-pieces). The focus here, as it has been all along, is on the interior worlds of the protagonists, not on the greater context. It's a strategy that pays off handsomely, in the form of several highly affecting (and occasionally brutal) moments of personal revelation, realization, and acceptance.

Sub Watch Episode 12 Haiyoru! Nyaruani Remember My Mr Lovecraft

[ alternate retelling of Haiyoru! Nyaruani (ONA) ]

Alternative title:
Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) (Japanese)
這いよる！ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.

Opening Theme:
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
DVD 3: Red Swarm

Hikari must reconcile her newfound humanity with her role as destroyer, just as Mari must accept the direction of Takeru's affections, and Takeru must accept not only that his conception of romance is warped, but also Hikari's sharp deviation from his fear-fueled ideal of womanhood. The real spectacle isn't the blood-colored butterflies or monstrous life-forms (as awe-inspiring as they are), but rather the delicate dance of two desperately inexperienced, naive, and terrified young people coming to grips with the cost, risk, and compromise of a relationship. It's unlikely to drive anyone to tears, but it will undoubtedly pluck a few odd heartstrings and will certainly (the horror!) make you think.

Sub Watch Episode 11 Haiyoru! Nyaruani Remember My Mr Lovecraft

[ alternate retelling of Haiyoru! Nyaruani (ONA) ]

Alternative title:
Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) (Japanese)
這いよる！ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.

Opening Theme:
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
DVD 3: Red Swarm
The focus (and climax) may be character- and emotion-driven, but this isn't to say that the big picture is ignored. This volume clears up many of the niggling questions that have persisted: Hikari's true nature and Akari's role in their mission, the source of Takeru's powers, and the reason for the disparate personalities adopted by the two girls are all revealed. Everything gets tied into the mass extinctions of millennia past, and even the butterfly motif of the opening gets a solid explanation. The show's understanding of evolutionary biology is frighteningly simplistic, and details of the mass extinctions border on pseudoscientific mysticism, but this doesn't greatly affect the quality of the show and the visual payoff more than compensates.

Sub Watch Episode 10 Haiyoru! Nyaruani Remember My Mr Lovecraft

[ alternate retelling of Haiyoru! Nyaruani (ONA) ]

Alternative title:
Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) (Japanese)
這いよる！ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.

Opening Theme:
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
DVD 3: Red Swarm

Gainax is well known for their fluid, sometimes unconventional animation, so the real surprise here isn't that the animation is impressive—Ioneos' transformation, an aerial pursuit, and the swarms of blood-red butterflies are all standouts—but that the director purposefully de-emphasizes it. The animation is quite competent overall, but there isn't anything as showy as the fights from previous episodes. Instead, the most memorable moments come from meticulously composed, flawlessly employed, high-contrast symmetrical compositions. The play of red against blue is used to particularly stunning effect.

Sub Watch Episode 9 Haiyoru! Nyaruani Remember My Mr Lovecraft

[ alternate retelling of Haiyoru! Nyaruani (ONA) ]

Alternative title:
Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love (Craft-sensei) (Japanese)
這いよる！ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ（クラフト先生） (Japanese)
Plot Summary: The story centers around Nyaruko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school who is chased by aliens one night, until Nyaruko saves him.

Opening Theme:
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
DVD 3: Red Swarm

Other aspects of the artwork are all up to Gainax's usual standards; settings such as a skeletonized forest, the town, and even a junkyard are visually pleasing at worst, and gorgeous at their best. The Mahoromatic-esque character designs are definitely female-centric. Hikari, Akari and the rest of the female cast—with their round faces, liquid eyes, and colorful hair—are distinctive, attractive, and memorable—especially Hikari and Akari's cosplay-ready clothing. Male characters are far less appealing, bordering on plain—although Takeru's half-transformed state is strangely pleasing. And, sorry oglers, this volume is almost (if not quite) nudity free.

Watch Episode 4 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Aria The Animation
Sub.DVD - Season 1
Slow, deliberate, and anti-dramatic, Aria isn't a traditionally entertaining series. It dabbles in humor and pathos, but more than anything it is a soft but magnetic invitation to submerge oneself in a world where kindness reigns supreme and life is overflowing with subtle beauty. And unlike many of its brethren, it's all too easy to surrender to the call and to emerge each episode refreshed and, ultimately, entranced.

Watch Episode 1 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Kimagure Orange Road (TV)
Anime series in this day and age seem to disappear just as fast as they materialize. Though possibly entertaining and very much worth watching, so many of them contain no longevity and no real soul at all. As soon as the next big series hits, these churned out anime shows simply vanish into the land of forgotten. However, every so often a series is released in each genre that truly shows what the animated format is capable of. Series that last forever in the hearts of the fans who watch them. Kimagure Orange Road is considered by the majority of its fanbase to be one of these series and one of the best romantic comedy shows available.

Watch Episode 3 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Kimagure Orange Road (TV)
High School student Kasuga Kyosuke has problems with women. Bigtime!

First, he thinks he's falling in love with the beautiful and somewhat mysterious Ayukawa Madoka, but he's not at all sure if Madoka feels the same way about him.

Second, he's being pursued by the exceedingly sweet, cute and bubbly Hiyama Hikaru, who has taken to calling him “Darling” and asking him if she'll make a good wife.

Watch Episode 2 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Synopsis
The story centers around Nyarlko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of anyone it wishes, but particularly the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school student who is chased by aliens one night, until "Nyarlko" saves him.

Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
Japanese: 這いよる!ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ(クラフト先生)

Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 11

Aired: Dec 11, 2010 to Feb 26, 2011
Producers: DLE
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Opening Theme
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

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Kimagure Orange Road (TV)
The two girls are total opposites – and best friends since childhood. Which means that Kyosuke's love-life is somewhat complicated.

But wait – Kyosuke's troubles are far from over. He's got two bratty sisters to worry about, and his two sex-crazed buddies are stalking them! And one of the toughest guys in the Karate Club, who is rather annoyed about him “stealing” Hikaru, is stalking him!

Now, Kyosuke does have one thing going for him. Both he and his sisters have inherited the family gift – Paranormal Powers; Teleportation, Telekinesis, Precognition – they can do it all. Unfortunately, if anyone catches them using their Powers, they'll have to leave town. And Kyosuke's Powers are much better at getting him into trouble than they are at getting him out of it.

Watch Episode 5 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Aria The Animation
Sub.DVD - Season 1
As for the rest of Right Stuf's treatment of the series, it's pretty much what has become standard now that they've moved to box sets: thirteen episodes across four thinpak-ed discs in a solid box with a sizable booklet snugged in next to them. The booklet is laid out like a guidebook, and thus avoids feeling like an episode-by-episode recap, despite the fact that it is largely regurgitating (in disappointing monochrome) information presented in the series. The discs themselves are heavy with extra material, some of it disposable (trailers, promos, etc) but most of it excellent, including a series of lively if standardized interviews with the six lead actresses, and a six-part travelogue called “Satojun's 'Venice, I'm Sorry'”, in which Junichi Sato narrates his research trip to Venice. Sato's travelogue is notable not only for the insight it gives into his methodology and the making of the series (check out the side-by-side comparisons in the final episode), but also for the unusual charm he displays (to see just how unusual, compare this to just about any interview with Mamoru Oshii).

Watch Episode 6 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Aria The Animation
Sub.DVD - Season 1
It's also a fantasy that won't be to all tastes. Just as a series that is unrealistically grim will alienate some, so too will a series that is unrealistically optimistic. Even fans of the series might find it advisable to break the whimsy into manageable chunks. It's one of the few times when Right Stuf's often irksome habit of tacking English credits onto the end of every episode is actually an advantage, dividing each disc up as if it were a collection of short-form films on a single theme.

Watch Episode 7 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Aria The Animation
Sub.DVD - Season 1
It's a confluence of visual and storytelling art that is only possible in the hands of a master. Sato makes the wind and the water live, synchronizing their natural rhythms with that of each episode's plot and those of the delicate score (featuring the crystalline arias of the late, great Eri Kawai), creating a relaxing narrative flow that one can't help but be swept up in, to float effortlessly until the end credits roll. It's a fantasy of course—no where in the real world does as idyllic a city as Neo-Venezia or as indefatigably positive a person as Akari exist—but it's a gorgeous, seductive fantasy. In Sato's world of clean natural beauty and lazy Mediterranean living, even Akari's “sappy lines” (as Aika calls them) fall from her lips like wholly appropriate poetry (helped, of course, by a sweetly convincing performance from Erino Hazuki).

Watch Episode 8 Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Haiyoru! Nyaruani: Remember My Love(craft-sensei)

Synopsis
The story centers around Nyarlko, a formless Cthulhu deity who can take on the shape of anyone it wishes, but particularly the shape of a seemingly ordinary silver-haired girl. Mahiro Yasaka is a normal high school student who is chased by aliens one night, until "Nyarlko" saves him.

Alternative Titles
Synonyms: Haiyore! Nyaruko-san
Japanese: 這いよる!ニャルアニリメンバー・マイ・ラブ(クラフト先生)

Information
Type: TV
Episodes: 11

Aired: Dec 11, 2010 to Feb 26, 2011
Producers: DLE
Genres: Comedy, Sci-Fi

Opening Theme
"Koi suru Otome no Catharsis" (恋する乙女のカタルシス) by LISP

Aria The Animation
Sub.DVD - Season 1
Each episode is a finely fashioned tone poem steeped in a love of the slow rhythms of everyday life and told with an elegant self-possession that places it light-years beyond the vulgar moralizing of most “uplifting” stories. The sweet simplicity of the characters complements that of the stories woven around them, the warmth of their interplay a mirror of that inspired by the series' quiet celebration of the magic of normalcy. And cradling it all is Neo-Venezia, alive with wind and water, its lived-in architecture and golden, benevolent mysteries creating a world of such gentle beauty that neither the impossibly nice cast, nor their embarrassingly uplifting adventures, feels the least bit out of place.