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All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! (OAV)

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Alternative title:
All Purpose Cultural Cat-Girl Nuku Nuku DASH!
Bannou Bunka Neko-Musume DASH! (Japanese)
Nuku Nuku Dash
万能文化猫娘DASH! (Japanese)
Themes: catgirls, cyborg, mecha
Objectionable content: Significant
Plot Summary: A more serious re-telling of The Nuku-Nuku Story. In this re-telling Nuku-Nuku is the creation of Kyusaku Natsume's Mentor, Professor Higuchi . When Mishima Industries Brings about a nefarious plot to rule the world. Nuku-Nuku finds herself battling not only someone close to her, but, also a past that come back to haunt her and it may bring Maneki City to it's knees.
User Ratings: 275 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
 Excellent: 13 votes (sub:7, dub:6)
 Very good: 36 votes (sub:19, dub:16, raw:1)
 Good: 68 votes (sub:33, dub:33, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Decent: 70 votes (sub:37, dub:31, ?:1, others:1
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 40 votes (sub:21, dub:18, raw:1)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:12, dub:5)
 Weak: 16 votes (dub:10, sub:6)
 Bad: 7 votes (sub:4, dub:3)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (?:1, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 823 users, rank: #1456 (of 9535)
Median rating: Decent
Arithmetic mean: 6.051 (Decent), std. dev.: 1.7962, rank: #7017 (of 9642)
Weighted mean: 6.006 (Decent), rank: #7113 (of 9642) (seen all: 6.26 / seen some: 5.63 / won't finish: 2.79)
Bayesian estimate: 6.077 (Decent), rank: #6251 (of 7243)
Running time: 25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 1998-09-23 to 1998-12-23
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"A House Cat" by Megumi Hayashibara
Ending Theme:
"Shiawase wa Chiisana Tsumikasane" (幸せは小さなつみかさね; Happiness is an Accumulation of Little Things) by Megumi Hayashibara
"Shiawase wa Chiisana Tsumikasane" by Megumi Hayashibara 
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Blu-ray) 2018-08-28 (from $59.95)
DVD (Region 1)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku - Complete Collection (DVD) delayed/cancelled
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku - The Whole Kitten-Kaboodle Collection (DVD 1-7) 2008-10-14 (from $49.99)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! - Mode-One_ (DVD 1) 2003-10-28 (from $9.99)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! - Mode-Two_ (DVD 2) 2003-12-09 (from $23.98)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! - Mode-Three_ (DVD 3) 2004-01-20 (from $8.80)
    All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku DASH! - Complete Collection [Thinpak] (DVD 1-3) 2005-10-11 (from $18.50)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Script:
Chika Hojo (eps 4, 6)
Chinatsu Houjou (eps 4, 6)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi (eps 2, 8, 10-12)
Kiyoshi Murayama (ep 7)
Osamu Kudo (eps 1, 3, 9)
Tomoko Konparu (ep 5)
Storyboard: Yoshitaka Fujimoto
Episode Director:
Naoyasu Habu (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Shunji Yoshida (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Yoshihiro Oda (eps 1, 5, 7, 11)
Original Manga: Yuzo Takada
Character Design: Seiji Kishimoto
Art Director: Mitsuharu Miyamae
Chief Animation Director: Seiji Kishimoto
Animation Director:
Kenichi Chikanaga (eps 3, 8-9)
Seiji Kishimoto (5 episodes
eps 1, 5, 7, 11-12
)

Toshiyuki Kono (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Mechanical design: Hiroshi Ogawa
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Konishi
Basic Planning: Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Color setting: Noriaki Nakano
Editing: Jun Takuma
Key Animation:
Atsushi Tsukamoto (eps 3, 8)
Hiroyoshi Iida (ep 1)
Katsunobu Ito (eps 1, 5, 7)
Kenichi Chikanaga (eps 1, 8-9, 12)
Kenji Kodama (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Kiyoshi Nohji (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Koji Moriyama (ep 11)
Kunihiko Inoue (ep 11)
Makoto Sawazaki (ep 11)
Manabu Fukazawa (ep 11)
Masaki Hosoyama (ep 9)
Masami Murata (eps 2, 6, 10)
Mayumi Ueno (eps 2, 4, 10)
Mitsuru Fujii (eps 4, 6)
Naoko Nakamoto (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Noboru Jitsuhara (eps 1, 5, 7, 11)
Noriko Omori (ep 6)
Ryoji Nakamori (ep 11)
Sachiko Iwamura (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Sadatoshi Matsuzaka (eps 2, 6, 10)
Sanae Chikanaga (ep 9)
Sayuri Sugitou (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Tatsuya Oka (eps 8-9, 12)
Tomoaki Kado (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Tomohiro Kawahara (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Tōru Yoshida (ep 2)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa (eps 1, 5, 7)
Toshiyuki Kono (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (eps 1, 5, 7, 11)
Yoshiaki Mizuno (eps 1, 8-9, 12)
Yoshimi Hashimoto (ep 1)
Yoshitaka Katō (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Yūichi Nakazawa (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Yuki Kinoshita (eps 1, 3, 7-8)
Yukie Suzuki (eps 3, 8-9, 12)
Yumiko Kinoshita (eps 2, 4, 6, 10)
Music Director: Jun Watanabe
Production Executive:
Manabu Santō
Toru Ishizaka
Theme Song Arrangement:
Masaki Iwamoto (ED)
Sho Goshima (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Hidetoshi Sato (OP)
Megumi (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics: Megumi
Theme Song Performance: Megumi Hayashibara (OP and ED)
Megumi Hayashibara as Atsuko "Nuku-Nuku" Higuchi

Akiko Hiramatsu as Kyouko Ariyoshi
Akira Kamiya as Kyuusaku Natsume
Aya Hisakawa as Arisa Sono
Chinami Nishimura as Noriko Ishiyama
Kazue Ikura as Ryuunosuke Natsume
Ken Narita as Young Company President (Juuza Mishima)
Saeko Shimazu as Akiko Natsume
Shō Hayami as Dr. Higuchi
Yuri Amano as Momoko Ishiyama

Akira Sasanuma as
Announcer (ep 4)
Computer (eps 1-3)
Correspondant (ep 12)
Customer (ep 8)
Driver (ep 8)
Entrance Official (ep 10)
Mechanic (ep 9)
Radio (ep 12)
Ryuunosuke Natsume (in college; ep 12)
Soldier B (ep 8)
Soldier D (ep 8)
Tsubouchi (ep 5)
Worker B (ep 8)
Eriko Kawasaki as
Flower-Selling Girl (ep 3)
Woman (ep 7)
Hideyuki Umezu as
Brain Truster (eps 8-9)
Department Head (eps 1-3)
Hiroko Takemasa as Aide-de-Camp (eps 8, 10)
Hironori Miyata as
DEEK Employee (ep 9)
Director C (7 episodes
eps 1-3, 6-7, 9, 11
)

Man in Black D (ep 7)
Man in Black G (ep 7)
Isshin Chiba as
Branch Office Chief (eps 8, 10)
Group Member A (ep 8)
Officer (ep 8)
Radio (ep 8)
Worker A (ep 8)
Junichi Sugawara as
Computer (ep 4)
Director B (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
)

Man in Black B (ep 7)
Shopkeeper A (ep 11)
Kenyuu Horiuchi as Ooizumi (ep 3)
Kōsuke Toriumi as Computer (ep 12)
Kouichi Nagano as
Grafter (ep 3)
Man (ep 7)
Man in Black F (ep 7)
Pilot (ep 8)
Shimazaki (eps 5, 8, 11)
Townsperson A (ep 11)
Kumiko Watanabe as Yuuko (ep 7)
Megumi Hayashibara as R2-004 (ep 12)
Michiko Neya as Chouko Izumishikibu (ep 5)
Sachiko Sugawara as
Girl (ep 2)
Mai Yazawa (ep 6)
Salesclerk (ep 8)
Schoolgirl (ep 8)
Shō Hayami as
Driver A (ep 6)
Man in Black C (ep 7)
Man in Black E (ep 7)
Section Chief (ep 5)
Takuma Suzuki as
Bureau Vice-Chief (ep 3)
Commander (ep 12)
Commanding Officer (eps 8, 10)
Ozaki (ep 5)
Pilot (ep 12)
Soldier A (ep 8)
Soldier C (ep 8)
Worker C (ep 8)
Tomohisa Asō as Department Head's Assistant (ep 5)
Yasuhiko Kawazu as
Computer (ep 5)
Director A (8 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-7, 9, 11
)

Man in Black A (ep 7)
Townsperson B (ep 11)
Yūichi Nagashima as Bureau Chief (ep 5)
Japanese companies
English cast
English staff
Director: Sandra Krasa
Translation: Masumi MacLeod
Executive producer:
John Ledford
Mark Williams
Producer:
Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Sandra Krasa

Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Discotek)
Creative Director:
Chris Hawley
David Del Rio (Vol. 1-3, 2005 Thinpak)
DVD Coordination:
Janice Williams
Mariela Ortiz
DVD Graphics: Russell Etchen (2005 Thinpak)
DVD Menu Design:
David Wang
Roberto A. Garcia
DVD Producer: Thomas Meerbott
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Menu Design: Gary Swarer (Discotek)
Mixing: Bryan Leach
Packaging Design:
David Wang
Russell Etchen (2005 Thinpak)
Post-Production Manager: Shelly Thomas
Sound Design: Bryan Leach
Subtitle Script: Carl Wormley
Subtitle Timing: Carl Wormley
Subtitling: Logan Rebholz (Discotek)
Allison Keith as Nuku Nuku

Andrew Klimko as Kyusaku Natsume
Jason Douglas as Prof. Iguchi
Jennifer Todoroff as Noriko Ishiyama
Kaytha Coker as Ariso Sono
Kelly Manison as Akiko Natsume
Kira Vincent-Davis as Ryunosuke Natsume
Luci Christian as Momoko Ishiyami
Tiffany Grant as Kyoko Ariyoshi
Vic Mignogna as Young President

Allison Keith as Rei Rei - R204 (ep 12)
Chris Patton as Ozaki
Eric Opella as
Branch President's Aide
Computer
Tsubouchi
George Manley as
Branch President/Vice Chief (eps 3-10)
Keed Company Employee (ep 5)
Manager (eps 2, 4-5)
H.K. Kahng as Shimazaki
Hilary Haag as Flower Girl
Jason Douglas as
Ooizumi
Section Chief
Jason Konopisos as Assistant Manager
Jaz McKay as Executive C
John Tyson as Commander
Justin Jung as Warehouse Employee
Kim-Ly Nguyen as Mai Yawaza
Luci Christian as
Original Atsuko
Secretary
Marty Fleck as
Executive A
President's Aide
Matt Kelley as Older Ryunosuke
Miguel Gandara as
Flashy Porsche Man
Officer Mechanic
Mike Kleinhenz as Executive B
Monica Rial as Chouko Izumishikibu
Sandra Krasa as Adjutant
Sara Gaston as Shuko Yamamoto
Ted Pfister as Executive A
Tonya Metzger as Girl

English companies
Broadcaster: The Anime Network
DVD Authoring & Encoding: M.O.F.C.
Internet Streaming:
RetroCrush
The Anime Network
Licensed by:
ADV Films (Expired)
Discotek Media (2018)

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