NieA Under 7...
At a time when VCRs still walked the Earth, Pioneer made the switch to DVD-only releases with NieA Under 7...
In NieA Under 7, one fine day, aliens invade the Earth... and no one cared. Years later, as a starving student, Mayuko's life consists of many part-time jobs, a small apartment over a bathhouse and sleepless study nights. Of course, there is no bloodshed, no gore, no naughty bits. This is a show about nothing, that happens to have aliens in it. I was quite pleased with the series in general. I gave NieA Under 7 a 4 out of 5.
According to the Anime Encyclopedia by Jonathan Clements and Helen McCarthy (page 272). ISBN# 1-880656-64-7...Volume 1
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 saucers out of trash, eating Mayuko's food and being a bum. Compared to this stress, the man eating plants and the curry wars are nothing...
Volume 2
Funky Water Blues
Some of My Strangest Things. In an attempt to draw in more customers, the bathhouses of Enohana resort to strange gimmicks. Mayuka's company holds a video game contest, to lure young customers, while Chada starts a rival bathhouse that relies upon secret advantages. Which will triumph!? Meanwhile, Mayuko begins to face her own confusion and apathy towards life and NieA begins to sense an ominous voice emanating from within the alien mothership...
Volume 3
Sayonara Blues
auf Wiedersehen, Goodnight... Mayuko vents her frustrations by lashing out at NieA, and begins a cycle or guilt about the abuse followed by anger because NieA remains cheerful and oblivious. NieA and Mayuko's attempts to reconcile keep meeting with disaster until quiet Genzo delivers some unusual insight and a glimpse of the past. Meanwhile, a glimmer of prosperity and hope begins to seep through Enohara, but between an uncertain future for the bathhouse and the ominous voices from the mothership lies the intimidating path of the future.
Volume 4
Under Seven Blues
Climb Every Rooftop. Kotomi announces that she may sell the bathhouse and while the news depresses everyone, no one holds it against Kotomi for actually wanting to make money for a change... Meanwhile, NeA still hasn't come home, but when Mayuko tries to report her missing, she's told that Under Seven aliens don't exist! Still, NieA is sure to return - but what surprises will follow?
...Made by the same studio as the surreal Serial Experiments Lain and intended as a fantasy sitcom by original creator Yoshitoshi Abe, a manga version in Ace Next magazine preceded the show but was created as a promotional tool rather than existing as an original inspiration.Way back in the misty dawn of time when anime could be had in your choice of either VHS or DVD, NieA Under 7 was among the first to come in DVD only format. There was even a disclaimer on the package that stated it was "Only On DVD".
In NieA Under 7, one fine day, aliens invade the Earth... and no one cared. Years later, as a starving student, Mayuko's life consists of many part-time jobs, a small apartment over a bathhouse and sleepless study nights. Of course, there is no bloodshed, no gore, no naughty bits. This is a show about nothing, that happens to have aliens in it. I was quite pleased with the series in general. I gave NieA Under 7 a 4 out of 5.
