NieA Under Seven is a wonderful
anime by the makers of
Serial
Experiments Lain.
In the story, a mothership of aliens had crashed years ago, and the aliens
had long since integrated themselves into the population, living and working
like the humans do and trying hard to fit in. The main human character, Mayuko,
is living with one of the aliens, a girl named Niea. Mayuko is
very poor and is trying to work her way through cram school, and Niea
helps little-to-none to help pay for food, and is constantly building little
spaceships in Mayu's room. The DVD comes with little cutouts of some
of the main characters and the bathhouse where Mayu works and lives.
Back of the NieA Under Seven DVD #1 (of a series), Poor Girl Blues:
How Do You Solve A Problem Like NieA?
As a starving student, Mayuko's life consists of many part-time jobs,
a small apartment over a bathhouse, and sleepless study nights. Unfortunately
for her sanity, this hard life is complicated by Niea. Niea
is a young 7th class under-alien who is living in Mayuko's closet, building
flying saucer out of trash, eating Mayuko's food and being a bum.
Compared to this stress, the man eating plants and curry wars are nothing…
Contains Episodes:
1. Alien and Launching UFO Bath
2. Alien and Violence Cosmic Bath
3. Alien and Radio Noise Bath
4. Alien and a Beginner Waitress Bath
DVD Features:
1. Bilingual (English and Japanese)
2. English Subtitles
3. Scene Access
4. Line Art Gallery
5. Non-Credit Opening
100 min. - Rated 13 up - Color - HI-FI Stereo
This is a simple yet wonderful anime about life. The animation isn't complex
but it's pretty and the story is a beautiful one, with all the lessons life
teaches us about growing up, coping with hardships, and accepting those who
are different mixed in, that somehow finds ways to make us laugh, as well. I
fully recommend this anime.