All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!

Nuku Nuku Dash is a “re-imagining” of the original story as a magical girlfriend show. It has a few good moments, and it’s not painful to watch, but it’s not outstanding in any way. Nuku Nuku doesn’t have much personality, and neither does Ryunosuke (grown-up version of the character from the TV and alleged love-interest), or anyone else, if it comes to that. The episode stories are bland and the ending is formulaic and unconvincing. The best and most memorable parts were comedy moments involving Akiko, Ryunosuke’s mother. I think it would have been better if, rather than getting more serious than previously, they’d gone the other way and made Nuku even stupider – she is supposed to have the brain of a cat, after all. Watching this show won’t kill you, but there’s better out there.