This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

Bored part-time motorcycle courier Takeru Takemoto has a close encounter of the third kind when he finds two alien girls in the glow of a strange light in the woods. Later, one of his friends encounters a second, similar girl. Based on an original concept by Hiroyuki Yamaga and Shoji Saeki, this science-fiction tale introduces alien entities that are not "living" organisms by our definition, but can mimic human beings. Their function is to help humans experience the beauty of emotion, such as joy or surprise-they often seem to achieve this by jiggling, the true hallmark of a Gainax anime. This is the 20th-anniversary work from the renowned studio, which previously collaborated with the SHAFT production house on Mahoromatic.

Season/Ep#	Name		Airdate
1 - 12	My Heart's Song	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 11	Flowing Along With Time	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 10	False Heart	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 9	Wish Upon a Star	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 8	This Wonderful World	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 7	Prelude to a Kiss	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 6	Lingering by the Water's Edge	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 5	School Days	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 4	Life From Now On	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 3	Two In the Shade of a Tree	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 2	You're My First	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
1 - 1	Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5	04/01/2004

	Person Name	Episode Count
	Tadashi Hiramatsu	1
	Tsuyoshi Watanabe	1
	Satoshi Yamaguchi	1

Name	This Ugly Yet Beautiful World
Name:	この醜くも美しい世界
Romaji:	Kono Minikuku mo Utsukushii Sekai
Publisher	Gainax
Start Year	2004
Genres	Add a new genre Science Fiction Drama
Themes	Add a new theme Moe Philosophy
Aliases	Konomini The Ugly & Beautiful World This Ugly And Beautiful World

Hikari first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	2
Takeru Takemoto first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	2
Ninomiya Ryou first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	2
Akari first in You're My First	1
Amika Kurebayashi first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	1
Daijirou Matsumura first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	1
Mari Nishino first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	1
Sakurako Urushima first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	1
Shinichi Asakura first in Dawn is the Dividing Line Between Light and Darkness	1
Ioneos first in School Days	1

This Ugly Yet Beautiful World

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