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britannicamoore
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Awesome article. I've actually heard of this show before which excites me. Though i;ve never seen it.
And about that link: Dear God why was one of them in a wheelchair? And the moon surfboards... I'm so glad that wasn't on tv because I may have never started liking anime. |
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liloaznangel
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I feel so happy to say that I have actually seen this show! It was by chance that I was up early walking around the video rooms one morning during anime next 2005? It was a lot of fun to have watched 2 episodes of it ^__^
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Calathan
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I really like Nurse Angel Ririka. I've been telling people they should watch it, but I didn't realize it was so hard to find.
The VHS fansubs were ripped and placed online a few years ago. I definitely still have all of them. One of the episodes suffered from a problem where the sound was off by about 10 seconds, making it hard to watch, but otherwise the online version was fine (at least for something taken from old VHS fansubs). I would bet that they are still available online if you know where to look, since I recently found Hime-chan's Ribbon fansubs ripped from VHS fansubs by the same person at about the same time. |
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Splitter
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"The Magical Girl genre seems to have died out over the last few years. Every few seasons, somebody tries to resurrect it, but usually tends to stick too close to formula adds too much fanservice, and the show dies a slow, low-rated death."
Tell that to Nanoha. 2 seasons strong with a 3rd this spring. Needless to say, this is definitely an anime I'll be checking out. The old-school magical-girl genre looks so inviting outside Sailor Moon, which I couldn't stand either. And on that note... *stares at trailer* WOW. That is so freakin' wrong. |
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EmperorBrandon
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I have seen about 10 episodes of Nurse Angel Ririka SOS and found it very enjoyable. It's definitely one of the titles I really want licensed, but probably one of the lease likely out of them on the account of its age and mahou shoujo-ness. I suppose if things like Kodocha sold well, I would hope FUNimation picked it up, but the reports I've heard on that were not encouraging.
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scortia
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I have my old fansub tape of volume one of Nurse Angel Ririka S.O.S. I tried to like it... I reaaaaally did. Not even the novelty of a dog named "Herb" kept my interest. Maybe it was just too painfully mahou shoujo for my tastes... too many elements just overpowered it for me. Fancy Lala though, came out around the same time, I believe, and I love that series.
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shirokiryuu
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I think the magical girl genre for young girls has somewhat died out. However, there is always the other side of the magical girl genre...
That video made me laugh. I'm glad they didn't release it, but I'm curious how the whole pilot episode was like. |
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fighterholic
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That looks like an interesting series, I wonder if they do have R2 DVDs for them though.
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dormcat
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It had been aired and dubbed in Chinese Madarin and broadcasted by Star TV Chinese in Taiwan. However, government-sponsored TV Culture Research Foundation (now renamed to Media Literacy Center and URL remains the same -- basically a "moral institution" that "teaches" citizens what to watch and not to watch) gave Ririka the following comment in year 2000:
Translation: "Nurse Angel Ririka SOS: Too flamboyant contents; over-exaggerating human potential by showing elementary schoolgirls capable to combat; while having the inspiration of 'justice always wins', the biggest setback is being too violent." Oh, here are three other examples of comments made by TVCR:
Kodomo no Omocha (Kodocha): Elementary schoolers kissing can lead to imitation. Not suitable for children.
Rurouni Kenshin: Extremely awful contents with too much bloodiness and fighting; can bring negative effects to its audiences.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Claptrap contents with terrible character design. Contains numerous homosexual and teacher-student affairs, which brings wrong examples to developing teenagers and children. 
Link to Amazon.jp, like Buried Treasure said:
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sapphire1232
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omg...I remember watching this show when I was in korea 8 years ago..I totally forgot about it!!! The ending was so sad, but it was pretty good. I still have the video of the first 4 episodes.
to dormcat: Do they still show ririka at Taiwan?I kind of miss the show, and since I currently live in taiwan, maybe Ican see it again Last edited by sapphire1232 on Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:50 am; edited 1 time in total |
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dormcat
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As far as I know, Star TV Chinese has no plan to rerun it, for its popularity was no match for highly popular series like Chibi Maruko-chan or Azuki-chan; both had been re-broadcasted by Star TV Chinese and other channels multiple times. |
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fighterholic
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Pretty steep price I would say  And that's with ten thousand yen off.
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Kyaa the Catlord
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Also, there's like 4 Pretty Cure series out there. Mahou shoujo definately is not dead.
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bob_loblaw
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Several years ago, I gave Ririka a try simply because of the Daichi connection; I've never been much of a fan of the magical girl genre and I thought a Daichi directed one might get me to watch. It did, the first two episodes anyway, but I couldn't get into the rest of the show. *shrug*
Funny thing is, I turned around gave the VHS fansub to two younger cousins of mine; then, ages seven and six, respectively. They absolutely loved it, English subtitles and all. In the years since then, they've kept asking me if I had any more, except the one volume. I felt like such a grinch for having to tell them that I didn't. I kept hoping that some US company would license the damn thing because I had two girls ready to eat up whatever they'd churn out. A shame it never happened. They later got into shows like Princess Nine, Kodocha, Saint Tail, that Mew Mew thing and several other anime on their own. Can't say if Ririka was the catalyst or not. Even now, they still occasionally ask me about that "magical nurse show", while talking my head off about Bleach and Naruto. Maybe I'll just send them this link. |
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Mylene
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I've seen either 4 or 8 episosdes of Nurse Angel on fansubbed VHS. I remember thinking it was cute, but I don't remember all that much about it, unfortunately. It's actually half-tempting to get that boxset, the price isn't too bad considering how much DVDs tend to cost in Japan anyway...Unfortunately, my Japanese just isn't all that good.
It's nice to see Buried Treasure mentioning some of the older shoujo mahou shoujo series. I miss that kind of mahou shoujo. Pretty Cure, however, felt like a very long, very poorly done commercial advertisement. I really dislike that series... |
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