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ENTRY #0084 • DALNET ARCHIVE
⚡ CLASSIC SPECIFICATION ERA: 2002

All Purpose Cultural Catgirl Nuku Nuku

ARCHIVIST: FelizA
LOGGED: 2002-02-09
75%
Editorial Score
Consensus Grade: Product of Its Era 📼
📊 Production Parameter Matrix Scale 1.0 – 10.0
A [STR] Story & Narrative Direction 8 / 10
A [AGI] Animation & Cel Craftsmanship 8 / 10
B [INT] Character Dynamics & Cast 7 / 10
B [SYN] Voice Acting & Soundtrack 7 / 10
Consensus: Product of Its Era 📼
CLASSIFICATION B-TIER
[+] Strengths & Highlights
I like the story and the animation. Especially the heart-warming story of Ryunosuke and Nuku Nuku
[-] Vulnerabilities & Flaws
Nude characters. That's why rated 13
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⤢ Fullscreen • Hover 2001
Product of Its Era 📼
Modern Consensus: A classic early-2000s review that captures the fandom enthusiasm of its day, despite dated production elements.

📖 Overview

This anime has a pretty good story, character design, animation sequence, and color palette. The voice acting is a definite plus. For example Hayashibara Megumi as Nuku Nuku, Hisakawa Aya as Arisa (one of Akiko's lackeys T_T), Kamiya Akira as the mad scientist Kyusaku, and more.

🎬 Storyline & Narrative

The heartwarming story of a boy and his cat... and a major Military Equipment Manufacturer (intro from trailer). While trying to escape from Mishima Heavy Industries (a primarily technological firm run by his wife, Akiko) with his most advanced creation in biotechnology, Kyusaku Natsume makes a stop with his son, Ryunosuke. Ryu-buddy picks up a cat but she gets injured when Akiko's goons take out their frustration of losing them on the car pile they are hiding under. Kyusaku decides to give his son the best Christmas present he can... by transplanting the cat's brain into his android! Now a year later, Nuku Nuku is Ryunosuke's best friend. Unfortunately, she still thinks and acts like a cat whenever she sees a mouse or a new playmate - one of MHI's new machines that has come to destroy Nuku Nuku and return Ryunosuke to his mother. As Nuku Nuku would say... Meow!

👥 Characters & Dynamics

Characters...good! I like them, really. Especially Nuku Nuku. The problem is nudity.

🎨 Animation & Visual Direction

The animation sequence is great as i would say.

🎵 Voice Acting & Soundtrack

The voice acting is good too. As what I've said on the Overview.

🔴 What We Disliked: Nude characters. That's why rated 13
💬 Early-2000s Fandom Pulse Community Rating: ★ 2.6/5 (5 historical responses)
• Community Praise: I've been looking forward to seeing Nuku Nuku almost since I started watching anime, and now with the release of the DVD in January, I'll finally get to see it :) Good job FelizA :)
• Contentious Points: nudity..so what, it's animation good god, as if there's anything wrong with real life nudity in the first place...what a joke... • I gotta try this anime one day
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Last modified: 2002-02-09 | Score: 75%
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Modern Retrospective Consensus (2026)

Verdict: Product of Its Era 📼
Consensus Note: A classic early-2000s review that captures the fandom enthusiasm of its day, despite dated production elements.

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Overview

This anime has a pretty good story, character design, animation sequence, and color palette. The voice acting is a definite plus. For example Hayashibara Megumi as Nuku Nuku, Hisakawa Aya as Arisa (one of Akiko's lackeys T_T), Kamiya Akira as the mad scientist Kyusaku, and more.

Storyline

The heartwarming story of a boy and his cat... and a major Military Equipment Manufacturer (intro from trailer). While trying to escape from Mishima Heavy Industries (a primarily technological firm run by his wife, Akiko) with his most advanced creation in biotechnology, Kyusaku Natsume makes a stop with his son, Ryunosuke. Ryu-buddy picks up a cat but she gets injured when Akiko's goons take out their frustration of losing them on the car pile they are hiding under. Kyusaku decides to give his son the best Christmas present he can... by transplanting the cat's brain into his android! Now a year later, Nuku Nuku is Ryunosuke's best friend. Unfortunately, she still thinks and acts like a cat whenever she sees a mouse or a new playmate - one of MHI's new machines that has come to destroy Nuku Nuku and return Ryunosuke to his mother. As Nuku Nuku would say... Meow!

Characters

Characters...good! I like them, really. Especially Nuku Nuku. The problem is nudity.

Animation

The animation sequence is great as i would say.

Voice & Audio

The voice acting is good too. As what I've said on the Overview.

Likes: I like the story and the animation. Especially the heart-warming story of Ryunosuke and Nuku Nuku

Dislikes: Nude characters. That's why rated 13