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This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

This Ugly yet Beautiful World
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North American cover of the first DVD.
この醜くも美しい世界
(Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai)
Genre Comedy-drama, Science fiction, Romance
Anime television series
Directed by Shouji Saeki
Written by Hiroyuki Yamaga
Shouji Saeki
Studio Gainax, Shaft
Licensed by
ADV Films (formerly)
AEsir Holdings (currently)
Original network TBS
English network
Original run April 1, 2004June 16, 2004
Episodes 12
Manga
Written by Ashita Morimi
Published by Hakusensha
English publisher
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Young Animal
Original run August 27, 2004July 27, 2005
Volumes 3
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This Ugly yet Beautiful World (この醜くも美しい世界, Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai?) is an anime television series created by Shouji Saeki and Hiroyuki Yamaga. It was co-produced by the Gainax and Shaft animation studios.

The series aired on the Tokyo Broadcasting System from April 1, 2004 to June 16, 2004, totaling 12 episodes. A manga adaptation, illustrated by Ashita Morimi, was serialized in Hakusensha's Young Animal.

Takeru and Ryou are high school students who work doing deliveries for the former's uncle. One night, the two go to investigate a mysterious light in the woods only to find a young girl emerging from the light. Takeru and Ryou are attacked by an alien, which is defeated when Takeru transforms into a powerful and strange-looking beast himself. The girl, whom the boys name "Hikari" (light), is taken in by Takeru when she confesses to having no memory of who she is.

They are later joined by Jennifer Portman, an American scientist with an interest in the boys and Hikari; Ioneos, a shape-shifting robot loyal to Hikari; Kuon, a little floating alien; and Akari, Hikari's "sister", who also appeared just as Hikari did. The series follows the daily lives of its characters as they learn about the human condition, Hikari and Akari's alien origins, and face the incoming monsters and catastrophes.

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World explores the nature of interpersonal and intimate relationships in the face of the impending obliteration of life on Earth.

Soundtrack composer: Tsuyoshi Watanabe


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