Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi Encore

Synopsis:

Characters:

• Kagura, Nakahito (Main) - Voice Actors: Akira, Antonio, Kuwashima, Houko
• Karinka (Main) - Voice Actors: Kurata, Masayo, Narciso, Flávia
• Kurumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Enomoto, Atsuko, Cousins, Kelli, Marinho, Raquel, Hernández, Minerva
• Saki (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Rie, Villon, Elisa
• Ayanokouji, Tetsuo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Suzuoki, Hirotaka, MacRae, Mike
• Dr. Brandow (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Belisario, Ledner
• Kaga (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tezuka, Chiharu
• Kagura, Kamihito (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsumoto, Yasunori, Rollo, Alfredo

Staff:

• Takahashi, Naohito (Director)
• Arakawa, Naruhisa (Theme Song Lyrics, Screenplay)
• Enomoto, Atsuko (Theme Song Performance)
• Kurata, Masayo (Theme Song Performance)
• Tanaka, Rie (Theme Song Performance)
• Chiba, Yuriko (Character Design)
• Foster, Steven (ADR Director)
• Itou, Takeshi (Mechanical Design)
• Kaishaku (Original Creator)
• Sahashi, Toshihiko (Music)

Reviews:

• User Ranivus (Score: 8/10):
  These 4 episodes take part where season one left off. After watching these episodes, you should come to a conclusion this is basically a fan service for all the Steel Angel Kurumi fans. They put more emphasis on the supportive characters, Saki, Karinka and all the other Steel Angels. And when i mean all the other steel angels, I MEAN all the other steel angels. The last episode involves all the angels in a contest to win Nakahito's heart. The sound is standard SAK quality and the 5.1 surround is second to none. The japanese voices are your usual chibi-style voices but my favoriteis the English dubbing of the show. The english voices are still chibi-esqe but they have a much bigger emotional range towards everything (i.e. Happy Karinka or angry Karinka)nnThe Writer/Director Steven Foster (Ugly Yet Beautiful, Gilgamesh, etc.) Really does a bang up job for the entire Steel Angel Kurumi Series. Theres nothing funnier than a foul mouthed Karinka. nnIf you Enjoyed the great story and antics of the first season and want to see more stories of your favorite angel, go ahead and get this ASAP. BUT if this is your first foray into the Steel Angel Universe, GO RIGHT AHEAD! theres no continuity issues at all (although the reccomendation is to watch this after S1 and before S2). nnENJOY!
• User NaughtyCalibur (Score: 8/10):
  They're back, and they've returned to their old ways. Kurumi remains the faithful servant of Nakahito, doing anything and everything it takes to please him. Saki's still in love with her sister for all the wrong reasons, and Karinka is just as bratty as ever. Steel Angel Kurumi Encore is a direct continuation of where Steel Angel Kurumi leaves off, so it's obviously catered to people who watched and enjoyed Steel Angel Kurumi and who crave for their next fix of Steel Angel cuteness. With that said, you'll probably want to sit through the first season of Steel Angel Kurumi before jumping into Encore, butto be honest it doesn't really make too much of a difference. While Steel Angel Kurumi Encore does indeed pick up where Steel Angel Kurumi left off, it doesn't really spoil the events of the first season much--if at all. Encore almost feels like a spin-off, where characters are put in situations that you would never expect to see while watching the first season, and in a way that's exactly what it is. None of the characters seem to have matured very much considering what just happened at the end of the first season, and everyone seems to have settled into their old grooves rather easily. Encore mostly works to provide fans with some of the old playful Steel Angel Kurumi charm that dominated the first half of season one. This is what I enjoyed about Encore, because personally I wanted to see how all of the characters were doing after the ending of the first season, and apparently they're doing just fine--better than fine, really. Saki becomes a film actress in a matter of days, which has to be a first for a Steel Angel. Besides that, Kurumi and Nakahito seem to have gotten closer, and Kamihito is probably on screen more in the four short episodes of Encore than he was in the entirety of Steel Angel Kurumi. Speaking of which, Encore keeps the tradition going with each episode only being fifteen minutes in length. With only four episodes, Encore is the type of anime that you have to watch with your eyes wide open, because if you blink you'll miss it.nnEven though the stories in each episode were short, I enjoyed every last one of them. It was just plain fun to see all of the characters back at their typical routine of arguing with each other and pining for one another. This is what I thought Steel Angel Kurumi should be all about. Forget the storyline; this is a robot maid anime we're talking about. Just give me humorous situations and quirky characters for my enjoyment, and I won't say a word. Steel Angel Kurumi is just the kind of anime that even if you could take seriously, you don't want to take seriously. Encore helped Steel Angel Kurumi feel fun again, so in turn I was able to have fun again. Episode four--or twenty-eight, depending on how you look at it--was…

Forum Topics:

• Steel Angel Kurumi Encore Episode 4 Discussion
• Steel Angel Kurumi Encore Episode 3 Discussion
• Steel Angel Kurumi Encore Episode 2 Discussion
• Steel Angel Kurumi Encore Episode 1 Discussion

External Links:

• AniDB
• ANN
• Wikipedia

Related Anime/Manga:

• Koutetsu Tenshi Kurumi (anime - Parent Story)