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Title (English) Seven of Seven

Title (Japanese) Shichinin no Nana

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Fantasy Novel

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Synopsis Fantasy about a girl who is split into 7 duplicates of herself, all of whom have slightly different characteristics.

Review Wow! I'm buzzed with a big grin on my face after watching the first episode of the new 25-part TV Tokyo/Genco anime, "Shichinin no Nana"/"Seven of Seven". This is a wildly imaginative, hyperactive new fantasy about a girl who is split into 7 duplicates of herself, all of whom have slightly different characteristics. It is bright, colorful, and well animated, and has a background track that goes from original piano jazz to Scott Joplin, and it all works incredibly well. The story is set in what looks like Kyoto, with lots of historic buildings and temples to add to the details of the backgrounds.
Nana Suzuki is in her last year of middle school and has to study for high school entrance exams. She isn't being helped by the fact that her parents have gone off to work in America for a year and left her with her eccentric inventor grandfather. Also, Nana is being distracted by a boy that she likes "from afar" named Yuichi Kamichika. Nana wants to bake a nice Valentines Day chocolate cake for Kamichika and along with her girlfriend Hitome Onodera looks for what she needs to do so in her grandfather's house. But they can't find a microwave oven.
The two go off to search the grandfather's workshop, where a VCR pops toast out at Nana and a vacuum cleaner chases off after a mouse. Then Nana finds the microwave in the attic, running with bright colored lights flashing in it. Nana's grandfather comes back at that point and tries to stop Nana, but it is too late. Nana opens the microwave, the lights come out and surround her and she eventually disappears, only to reappear later as seven versions of herself ( one for each color of light in the microwave ).
The seven Nanas are not the same - the original has remained the same, but her six duplicates all have slightly different characters. They also have various powers that have come along with the transformation. But they also all have similar interests, including Kamichika! This causes a chaotic cake making scene, followed by a frantic chase through ( and nearly destroying ) Kyoto. The girls eventually not only get the cake to Kamichika, but also thwart Nana's rivals at the same time. Unfortunately, the "victory" isn't complete - the "original" Nana forgot to sign her name on the card that they put with the cake.
So all-in-all this was one amazing start to a new series, done at a breathtaking pace, with some very intelligent imagination, likeable characters and a great sense of fun and whimsy. I'm not sure where the series will go, but I've already sent off an email to my friend in Japan and asked her to keep on taping this wonderful series. (Dave Baranyi)
The series may have dragged out a bit too long, but it has a surprisingly satisfying ending (and a great sound track). - Rating B (Dave Baranyi)
For some info and links, check out Anime Daisuki at http://www.anime-daisuki.com/, or the official site at
http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/nana/index2.html .
(Dave Baranyi)
I saw the first episode of this. It's nicely animated and fun, but after seeing an episode or so I felt I could go and do something else. BTW, this has a typical punning title, as shichi and both mean "7" and Nana or Nanako is also a fairly common girls' name. (GC)

Credits Creator & series director: Yasuhiro Imagawa
Nana Suzuki played by Nana Mizuki
Nanappe - Momomori Sumomo
Nanasama - Mai Nakahara
Nanapon - Kaori Nazuka (Miyu Kozuki in "Da! Da! Da!")
Nanarin - Yukari Fukui
Nanakko - Madoka Akita
Nanatchi - Mai Asaki
Yuichi Kamichika - Akira Ishida (Kaoru in "Evangelion")
Hitomi Onodera - Miyu Matsuki
Rokuzo Suzuki - Mugihito
Kogarashi - Erino Hazuki
Hayashiba - Megumi Kobayashi
Morinuma - Motoko Kumai
[JH]

Episodes 25

Release Jap:TV

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2002 January 10 -

Production Genco

Broadcaster TV Tokyo

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Seven of Seven
Title (Japanese)	Shichinin no Nana
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes
Classification	-
Synopsis	Fantasy about a girl who is split into 7 duplicates of herself, all of whom have slightly different characteristics.
Review	Wow! I'm buzzed with a big grin on my face after watching the first episode of the new 25-part TV Tokyo/Genco anime, "Shichinin no Nana"/"Seven of Seven". This is a wildly imaginative, hyperactive new fantasy about a girl who is split into 7 duplicates of herself, all of whom have slightly different characteristics. It is bright, colorful, and well animated, and has a background track that goes from original piano jazz to Scott Joplin, and it all works incredibly well. The story is set in what looks like Kyoto, with lots of historic buildings and temples to add to the details of the backgrounds. Nana Suzuki is in her last year of middle school and has to study for high school entrance exams. She isn't being helped by the fact that her parents have gone off to work in America for a year and left her with her eccentric inventor grandfather. Also, Nana is being distracted by a boy that she likes "from afar" named Yuichi Kamichika. Nana wants to bake a nice Valentines Day chocolate cake for Kamichika and along with her girlfriend Hitome Onodera looks for what she needs to do so in her grandfather's house. But they can't find a microwave oven. The two go off to search the grandfather's workshop, where a VCR pops toast out at Nana and a vacuum cleaner chases off after a mouse. Then Nana finds the microwave in the attic, running with bright colored lights flashing in it. Nana's grandfather comes back at that point and tries to stop Nana, but it is too late. Nana opens the microwave, the lights come out and surround her and she eventually disappears, only to reappear later as seven versions of herself ( one for each color of light in the microwave ). The seven Nanas are not the same - the original has remained the same, but her six duplicates all have slightly different characters. They also have various powers that have come along with the transformation. But they also all have similar interests, including Kamichika! This causes a chaotic cake making scene, followed by a frantic chase through ( and nearly destroying ) Kyoto. The girls eventually not only get the cake to Kamichika, but also thwart Nana's rivals at the same time. Unfortunately, the "victory" isn't complete - the "original" Nana forgot to sign her name on the card that they put with the cake. So all-in-all this was one amazing start to a new series, done at a breathtaking pace, with some very intelligent imagination, likeable characters and a great sense of fun and whimsy. I'm not sure where the series will go, but I've already sent off an email to my friend in Japan and asked her to keep on taping this wonderful series. (Dave Baranyi) The series may have dragged out a bit too long, but it has a surprisingly satisfying ending (and a great sound track). - Rating B (Dave Baranyi) For some info and links, check out Anime Daisuki at http://www.anime-daisuki.com/, or the official site at http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/nana/index2.html . (Dave Baranyi) I saw the first episode of this. It's nicely animated and fun, but after seeing an episode or so I felt I could go and do something else. BTW, this has a typical punning title, as shichi and both mean "7" and Nana or Nanako is also a fairly common girls' name. (GC)
Credits	Creator & series director: Yasuhiro Imagawa Nana Suzuki played by Nana Mizuki Nanappe - Momomori Sumomo Nanasama - Mai Nakahara Nanapon - Kaori Nazuka (Miyu Kozuki in "Da! Da! Da!") Nanarin - Yukari Fukui Nanakko - Madoka Akita Nanatchi - Mai Asaki Yuichi Kamichika - Akira Ishida (Kaoru in "Evangelion") Hitomi Onodera - Miyu Matsuki Rokuzo Suzuki - Mugihito Kogarashi - Erino Hazuki Hayashiba - Megumi Kobayashi Morinuma - Motoko Kumai [JH]
Episodes	25
Release	Jap:TV
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2002 January 10 -
Production	Genco
Broadcaster	TV Tokyo
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.