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