This Ugly Yet Beautiful World (TV)
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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)
Themes:
shapeshifting,
Split Personality
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
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.
User Ratings:
1578 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
Release dates: 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 2
Trivia: We have 7
Comment:
GAINAX's 20th Anniversary work.
Reviews:
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World DVD 3 (Nov 26, 2006)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World DVD 2 (Sep 19, 2006)
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World DVD 1 (Jun 29, 2006)
News: Show:
New Anime from Gainax (Sep 7, 2003)
Other articles: Show:
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| DVD (Region 1) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Falling Star (DVD 1) 2006-07-04 (from $15.84) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Falling Star + Artbox (DVD 1) 2006-07-04 (from $33.00) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Eye of the Beholder (DVD 2) 2006-09-05 (from $7.49) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Red Swarm (DVD 3) 2006-11-07 (from $19.98) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2007-09-18 (from $39.60) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Perfect Collection [Tin] (DVD 1-3) 2008-09-16 (from $83.02) |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2009-05-26 (from $610.00) |
| Soundtrack |
| This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - CD Soundtrack (OST) 2006-10-10 (from $13.25) |
| Yoko Ishida - All of Me + Bonus DVD (OST) 2005-05-03 (from $3.88) |
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Director: Shouji Saeki
Scenario:
Shin Itagaki (ep 7) Shouji Saeki (eps 3-4, 11-12) Sumio Uetake (eps 2, 6, 10) Tatsuo Satō (ep 9) Tomoyasu Okubo (eps 1, 5, 8)
Storyboard:
Atsushi Nishigori (OP; ep 3) Katsuichi Nakayama (eps 5, 9) Mitsuhiro Yoneda (ep 8) Ryo Miyata (ep 10) Shin Itagaki (ep 7) Shouji Saeki (ED; eps 1-2, 10, 12) Takashi Yamazaki (ep 6)  Toshimasa Suzuki (eps 4, 11)
Episode Director:
Atsushi Nishigori (OP) Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 9) Masahiko Otsuka (ep 3) Mitsuhiro Yoneda (ep 8) Ryo Miyata (ep 10) Shigehito Takayanagi (ep 5) Shin Itagaki (eps 2, 7) Shouji Saeki (ED; eps 1, 12) Toshimasa Suzuki (eps 4, 6, 11)
Music: Takeshi Watanabe
Character Design: Kazuhiro Takamura
Art Director: Satoru Kuwabara
Art: Michiko Morokuma (eps 9, 12)
Animation Director:
Atsushi Nishigori (eps 3, 9) Kaori Kasuga (eps 2, 8, 12) Kazuhiro Takamura (ED; ep 12) Kōsuke Murayama (eps 4, 7) Kumi Ishii (ep 5) Minoru Tanaka (ep 11) Miyako Nishida (eps 2, 8, 12) Shin Itagaki (ep 7) Shōko Nakamura (OP; ep 1) Yoshiaki Itō (eps 6, 11-12) Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 1, 11) Yūji Miyashita (ep 7) Yukihiro Kitano (ep 10) Yuko Iwaoka (ep 7)
Mechanical design: Mei Suzuki
Sound Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Director of Photography: Tsuguo Ozawa
Executive producer: Tetsuo Gensho
Animation producer: Mitsutoshi Kubota
Assistant producer: Nobuhiro Nakayama
Background Art:
Kaname Iwata (Studio Tenjin; eps 1-8) Michiko Morokuma (Studio Tenjin; eps 1-8) Tomoko Wakikawa (Studio Tenjin; eps 8, 10-12) Yoshiko Kuroda (Studio Tenjin; eps 2-12) Yuuki Asano (Studio Tenjin; eps 8-12) Yuyu Kuwabara (Studio Tenjin; eps 1-12)
Color Coordination:
Jin Hibino (ep 1) Kensuke Katsu (eps 3, 8) Natsuko Fukuhara (eps 4, 6, 11) Tomoe Takaya (4 episodes eps 5, 7, 10, 12 )Yasuko Watanabe (eps 2, 9)
Color Creator: Jin Hibino
Color design: Jin Hibino
Draft Characters: Bow Ditama
Editing:
Harumi Ishizuka (Morita Editing Room) Megumi Uchida (Morita Editing Room) Rie Matsubara (Morita Editing Room) Takeshi Seyama
Eyecatch: Yoshirō Manabe
Finish Animation:
Dong Hee Lee (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Hiroko Ootsuka (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Izumi Takizawa (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Kanako Satō (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Kensuke Katsu (SHAFT; 8 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 6-7, 9, 11-12 )Mi-Deok Gwak (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Nam Hee Lee (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Natsuko Fukuhara (SHAFT; 7 episodes eps 1-3, 7-9, 12 )Su Jung Kim (Kyung Kang ANIA; eps 5, 10) Tomoe Takaya (SHAFT; 8 episodes eps 1-4, 6, 8-9, 11 )Tomoka Ueno (SHAFT; ep 6) Yasuko Watanabe (SHAFT; 8 episodes eps 1, 3-4, 6-8, 11-12 )
Finish Check:
Jin Hibino (ep 1) Kensuke Katsu (eps 3, 8) Natsuko Fukuhara (eps 4, 6, 11) Tomoe Takaya (4 episodes eps 5, 7, 10, 12 )Yasuko Watanabe (eps 2, 9)
Illustration Director: Shōko Nakamura (OP animation)
Illustration Producer: Atsushi Nishikio (OP animation)
In-Between Animation:
Akihisa Takano (SHAFT; eps 6-9, 11-12) Akira Amemiya (GAINAX; eps 2, 4, 7, 9) Asami Tanaka (NEOX; ep 8) Ayumu Kotake (GAINAX; eps 1-4, 7, 9) Eun Hee Jeong (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Genichirō Abe (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Hiroyuki Sasaki (GAINAX; eps 1-4) Hitoshi Tanaka (SHAFT; ep 6) Ikumi Sagae (GAINAX; eps 1-4, 7, 9) Kaori Inoue (GAINAX; eps 1, 3) Kazuki Nakamoto (SHAFT; eps 1-4, 6-9) Kazumasa Takeuchi (SHAFT; ep 6) Kikuko Sadakata (GAINAX; eps 1-4, 7, 9) Kyung Hee Min (Kyung Kang ANIA; eps 5, 10) Mai Iwasawa (GAINAX; eps 1-4) Mi Ok Ham (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Miho Ayabe (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Minako Sasaki (SHAFT; ep 6) Mitsuki Kosaka (SHAFT; ep 6) Mizue Kuwamoto (SHAFT; ep 11) Nanayo Sato (NEOX; ep 8) Risako Yoshida (SHAFT; ep 6) Ryu Jeong Lim (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Sang Yeong Lee (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Sayaka Shimomaki (SHAFT; ep 6) Sayaka Toda (GAINAX; eps 1-4, 7, 9) Seon Ryeon Yun (Kyung Kang ANIA; ep 5) Seong Gu Kang (Kyung Kang ANIA; eps 5, 10) Shintaro Nagahama (SHAFT; ep 12) Sumiyo Mikami (SHAFT; 10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Yae Tanaka (SHAFT; ep 6) Yasuhito Murata (GAINAX; eps 1-4) Yasuyuki Kai (GAINAX; eps 1-4) Yoshihiro Yoshioka (SHAFT; ep 6) Yuya Kishi (SHAFT; eps 11-12)
In-Between Check:
Eri Baba (ep 10) Kazuya Shiotsuki (ep 1) Kenji Ōta (ep 5) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (ep 1) Shintaro Nagahama (9 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11 )Yasuhito Murata (eps 7, 9)
Key Animation:
Akemi Hayashi (ED; ep 3) Akihiko Mamashita (eps 5, 10) Akira Inoue (ep 12) Ako Kagiyama (ep 12) Asami Tanaka (ep 12) Atsuko Takahashi (ep 2) Atsushi Nishigori (OP; ep 9) Atsushi Nishikio Atsushi Takeuchi (ep 1) Ayumi Shiraishi Chikashi Kubota Chiyoko Sakamoto (ep 7) Eiji Fukuyama (8 episodes eps 2, 4, 6-9, 11-12 )Emi Watanabe (ep 10) Emiko Shimura (ep 7) Eri Baba (ep 10) Fumiko Kon (ep 5) Hanako Enomoto (eps 1, 3, 9) Haruka Suzuki (eps 1-2, 12) Haruka Tanaka (ep 3) Hidemi Kanazawa (ep 12) Hiroaki Tomita (eps 1, 3, 9) Hiroko Shigekuni (eps 8-9) Hironori Hisashima (ep 2) Hiroyuki Hashimoto (ep 7) Hiroyuki Imaishi (OP, ED 1; ep 7) Hiroyuki Kasugai (ep 5) Hiroyuki Ogura (ep 5) Hiroyuki Terao (ep 8) Hiroyuki Yoshida (5 episodes eps 2, 7-8, 11-12 )Hisayoshi Nagamatsu (eps 8, 11) Hisayuki Tabata (eps 3, 9) Jun Yamamoto (ep 2) Junichi Fukunaga (ep 3) Junichi Kigawa (ep 3) Junko Komatsuzaki (eps 4, 7, 12) Kaori Kasuga (eps 1-2, 4) Katsuichi Nakayama (ep 9) Katsumasa Yokomine (ep 12) Kazuki Nakamoto (eps 7, 11) Kazuo Sakai (ep 7) Kazutoyo Yamada (ep 4) Kazuya Shiotsuki (eps 6-7, 11-12) Keiichi Honda (ep 5) Kenichi Kutsuna (eps 7, 12) Kikuko Sadakata (ep 12) Kōichirō Kawano (ep 10) Koji Maruoka (eps 6, 11) Koji Yasuda (ep 2) Kōsuke Murayama (eps 4, 7) Kumi Ishii (ep 5) Kyoko Kametani (5 episodes eps 6, 8-9, 11-12 )Mai Otsuka (eps 2-3) Masahiro Yamanaka (eps 1, 7, 11) Masako Imamiya (ep 12) Masanori Aoyama (ep 12) Masashi Nomura (eps 5, 10) Michiyuki Nōjō (ep 6) Miho Kojima (ep 12) Minoru Tanaka (ep 9) Minoru Yamazawa (ep 10) Miyako Nishida (eps 1-2, 4, 8) Mugiko Hirakawa (ep 8) Nanayo Sato (ep 12) Naoki Mishiba (eps 2, 8) Naoki Yamauchi (ep 5) Naoyoshi Shiotani (eps 7, 12) Naruse Takahashi (eps 1-2, 6) Nobuhiro Okazaki (ep 12) Nobuhiro Sugiyama (5 episodes eps 2, 4, 7, 11-12 )Nobutoshi Ogura (eps 1, 3) Nobuyuki Takeuchi (eps 11-12) Rie Hirakawa (eps 1-2, 7) Rika Mishima (eps 1, 12) Rondo Mizukami (eps 1-2) Ryo Haga (eps 6-7, 11) Ryō Takahashi (eps 6, 11) Ryota Itoh (ep 6) Satoru Minowa (ep 9) Satoshi Hata (ep 1) Sayaka Toda (ep 12) Seiki Tanaka (ep 5) Shigenori Inami (5 episodes eps 2, 4, 8-9, 11 )Shin Itagaki (ep 11) Shingo Oda (ep 8) Shinji Yamamoto (eps 5, 10) Shinmei Saito (eps 2, 7) Shōko Nakamura Shuta Osabe (eps 2-3, 6-7, 9) Sumie Kinoshita (5 episodes eps 2, 7, 9, 11-12 )Tadahito Matsubayashi (eps 1, 3, 7) Tadashi Abiru (ep 7) Tadashi Hiramatsu (OP) Taichi Taketani (eps 7, 11) Taisuke Iwasaki (eps 1-2) Taizen Komatsuda Takafumi Hino (eps 7, 11) Takahiro Yoshimatsu (ep 7) Takashi Ono (ep 1) Takayuki Inagaki (ep 7) Takeyuki Mizumura (ep 5) Tamako Miyanishi (5 episodes eps 1-2, 4, 8, 12 )Tetsuya Takeuchi (OP) Tomohisa Shimoyama (ep 5) Tōru Watanabe (ep 2) Toshihisa Kaiya (ep 1) Toshimasa Suzuki (ep 4) Toshiyuki Inoue (ep 1) Wataru Sekimoto (eps 8-9, 11) Yasuko Miyazaki (ep 9) Yoh Yoshinari (eps 7-8, 12) Yōko Ikekawa (ep 10) Yoshiaki Itō (eps 6-7) Yoshiaki Katayama (ep 12) Yoshiko Nakamura (ep 9) Yoshinori Yumoto (ep 3) Yoshito Narimatsu (eps 2, 7, 9, 12) Yōsuke Imakubo (eps 7, 9, 11) Youko Horii (eps 5, 10) Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 1, 11) Yūichirō Yamada (eps 5, 10) Yuji Hosogoe (ep 7) Yūji Miyashita (ep 11) Yuka Shibata (ED; eps 1, 3) Yumiko Hara (ep 1) Yusuke Yoshigaki (eps 3, 9) Yutaka Sugiura (ep 7)
Monster Design: Yoh Yoshinari
Music Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
Photography: Mayumi Yamazaki (Studio Ad-Lib; eps 1-12)
Production Desk: Kimihito Tagami
Production manager: Kazuhiro Sorimachi (eps 8-12)
Recording Assistant: Hideyuki Hachisuga
Sound Effects: Kiyotaka Kawada
Special Effects:
Jin Hibino (eps 1-10, 12) Rei Egami (eps 11-12) Tomoe Takaya (ep 5) Yasuko Watanabe (ep 11)
Theme Music & Arrangement: Toshiyuki Omori (OP theme)
Theme Song Lyrics: Kiyomi Kumano (OP theme)
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Background Art: Studio TENJIN (eps 1-12)
Editing: Morita Editing Room (eps 1-12)
Finish Animation Cooperation:
Frontline (eps 7-9, 11-12) Hayashi (10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )Mushi Production (ep 12) Seven Arcs (ep 10) Studio Angle (eps 3, 6) Studio Elle (eps 1-4, 12)
In-Between Animation:
GAINAX (eps 1-4, 7, 9) Kyung Kang ANIA (eps 5, 10) Neox (ep 8) SHAFT (10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )
In-Between Animation Cooperation:
Actas (ep 11) Animaruya (eps 4, 12) Anime R (eps 1, 7) Anime Roman (ep 2) ARCTURUS (ep 12) C&S (ep 6) Chaos Project (eps 1, 3-4, 6-7) Frontline (6 episodes eps 4, 7-9, 11-12 )Hayashi (10 episodes eps 1-4, 6-9, 11-12 )JEM (ep 9) KURENAIGUMI (eps 7, 9) Last House (eps 1, 6) Magic Bus (ep 6) MI (5 episodes eps 1, 3-4, 6, 10 )Mouse (eps 7, 11) Nakamura Production (ep 12) Neox (ep 12) Office AO (ep 1) Pak Production (eps 2, 4, 8) Radix (ep 9) Satelight (ep 6) Studio Angle (eps 3, 6) Studio Cockpit (ep 3) Studio DEEN (ep 11) Wao World (ep 11)
Key Animation:
Garan (ep 11) JEM (ep 9) Nakamura Production (ep 11) Neox (ep 12) Studio Wanpack (ep 12) Tokyo Animation Center (eps 9, 11)
Photography: Adlib (eps 1-12)
Production Assistance: Nomad (eps 5, 10)
Sound Production: Dax Production
Title Logo Design: SHIRONAGASU WORKS
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ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm
ADR Script: Kathleen Moynihan
DVD Graphics: Fumiko Chino
Editing:
Eddie Shannon Jr. (eps 1-4) Neil O'Sullivan (eps 5-12) Patrick Givens Robert Marchand (eps 1-4)
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Media Coordinator:
Janice Williams (Thinpak) Mariela Ortiz (Vol. 1-3, Thinpak) Sarah Alys Lindholm (Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Recording engineer: Adam Jones
Special Thanks To:
Jack Wiedrick (Ugetsu Monogatari JP proofing assistance) John Lindholm (Greek and theological assistance)
Subtitle Script & Timing: Neal Barnes
Translation Proofer: Kaoru Bertrand
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ADR Recording: ADV Studios
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
Special Thanks To: GAINAX (Translation notes proofing assistance)
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Licensing Manager: Liliana Silveira
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Distributor: Fantasy Entertainment
Producer: Fantasy Entertainment
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