Anime Review #2: NieA_7

Name: "NieA_7" or "NieA under 7"
Directed by: Tomokazu Tokoro
Based on: a doujinshi by Yoshitoshi ABe
Number of episodes: 13
Rate: 6/10
Summary: The anime is set in Enohana and Tokyo where a poor student girl Chigasaki Mayuko has to deal with the struggles of life. She attends a cram school, works and lives at the bath house with NieA, an under seven alien with no antenna. In Mayuko's society aliens, human-like creatures with long ears and antennas, have become part of everyday life. The "Mothership", a spaceship that has brought them to Earth, no longer seems unusual to humans.
The situation the aliens of the society are in can be compared to the situation of present-day immigrants.
Characters:

Mayuko and NieA

Chigasaki Mayuko is a hard working, polite and self-conscious student. She often wonders about the simple things that make up her life. Compared to the other students of the cram school that she goes to, the is very reserved.

Genzo

NieA is the character I really hated throughout the whole anime! She's annoying, selfish and everyone loves her for an unknown reason. She doesn't do anything in her life and assumes that Mayuko is responsible for her. NieA doesn't seem to notice her roommate's kindness and instead of helping her, gets her into trouble.

Chada

Genzo and Mayuko used to know each other when they were little. He's very sweet and helps Mayuko a lot. He really likes her and remembers all the details about her childhood.
Chada Now this is my favourite character! He's the funny weirdo of the series. He has a funny Indian accent and is obsessed with curry. Although it is not exactly clear whether he is Indian or not. Some characters say that he's just a dark-skinned alien with a turban rapped around his head who has probably never been to India. He organizes alien-meetings the purpose of which is eating curry. At some point in the series he opened up his own bath house and used strange leaves (that looked like marijuana) to attract customers. He wasn't sent to jail only because he was an alien and claimed that he didn't know what it was.

Chiaki

Chiaki goes to cram school with Mayuko. She loves alien "culture" and knows more about aliens than anyone else. She loves NieA and visits Mayuko just to see her. She could be compared to those who are very interested in the immigrants' countries' exotic culture.

Chie

Chie is an independent and mature primary school girl who helps her father Shuhei around his restaurant. She looks after her childish father.

Kotomi

Kotomi is the owner of the Enohana bath house. She's determent and never wants to give up her business.

Karna

Karna calls herself an "upper-class" alien. She hates NieA and fights with her all the time. She even started a curry war at one of Chada's meeting.
Overall impression: A funny, enjoyable anime. Unfortunately the music introduction is absolutely terrible. I had to rewind through it because it was just unbearable. I would recommend it to anyone who likes drama and comedy or just wants to have a good laugh.

Curry wars
"Let us commence the tasting!"

enjoy thess collages of Chada xD