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''...and a major Military Equipment Manufacturer.''
''...and a major Military Equipment Manufacturer.''



{{quote| '''''Boy #1:''' What's your favorite food?<br />
{{quote| '''''Boy #1:''' What's your favorite food?<br />
'''Nuku-Nuku:''' Dried mackerel and horsemeat.<br />
'''''Nuku-Nuku:''' Dried mackerel and horsemeat.<br />
'''Boy #2:''' What's your favorite hobby?<br />
'''''Boy #2:''' What's your favorite hobby?<br />
'''Nuku-Nuku:''' Sitting in the sun.'' }}
'''''Nuku-Nuku:''' Sitting in the sun.'' }}


Combine a state-of-the-art combat android with the brain of a stray cat, wrap it all in the appearance of an enthusiastic teenage girl, and what do you get? Nuku-Nuku, aka Atsuko Natsume, "daughter" of engineer/roboticist/high school teacher Kyousuke Natsume and "sister" of ten-year-old Ryuunosuke Natsume. Busty, bouncy and absolutely innocent in the way a kitten is, Nuku-Nuku is also a powerful combat cyborg who is fiercely protective of her family and friends. Since her "father" is the estranged husband of the CEO of Mishima Heavy Industries, Japan's number one military contractor, and she herself is a stolen prototype he created, that means she sees a lot of action. From a pair of trigger-happy goonettes to a psychotic android that wants to steal her body to the task of trying to reunite Kyousuke and his wife so her little brother is happy, Nuku-Nuku approaches every challenge with a smile, a laugh, and a grip that can bend steel I-beams.
Combine a state-of-the-art combat android with the brain of a stray cat, wrap it all in the appearance of an enthusiastic teenage girl, and what do you get? Nuku-Nuku, aka Atsuko Natsume, "daughter" of engineer/roboticist/high school teacher Kyousuke Natsume and "sister" of ten-year-old Ryuunosuke Natsume. Busty, bouncy and absolutely innocent in the way a kitten is, Nuku-Nuku is also a powerful combat cyborg who is fiercely protective of her family and friends. Since her "father" is the estranged husband of the CEO of Mishima Heavy Industries, Japan's number one military contractor, and she herself is a stolen prototype he created, that means she sees a lot of action. From a pair of trigger-happy goonettes to a psychotic android that wants to steal her body to the task of trying to reunite Kyousuke and his wife so her little brother is happy, Nuku-Nuku approaches every challenge with a smile, a laugh, and a grip that can bend steel I-beams.
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* ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume'' - A fourteen-episode TV series which features a [[Lighter and Softer]] tone, focusing more on slapstick comedy than action. ''TV'' famously changed the character dynamic, focusing less on the Natsume family and more on Nuku Nuku's misadventures as she attempts to adjust to the life of a high school girl while battling [[Monster of the Week|regular robot attacks]] instigated by [[Big Bad|Hell Mishima]], a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who takes over Akiko (downgraded to [[Punch Clock Villain]])'s position as the major antagonist.
* ''All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume'' - A fourteen-episode TV series which features a [[Lighter and Softer]] tone, focusing more on slapstick comedy than action. ''TV'' famously changed the character dynamic, focusing less on the Natsume family and more on Nuku Nuku's misadventures as she attempts to adjust to the life of a high school girl while battling [[Monster of the Week|regular robot attacks]] instigated by [[Big Bad|Hell Mishima]], a [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] who takes over Akiko (downgraded to [[Punch Clock Villain]])'s position as the major antagonist.


* ''All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume Dash'' - A twelve-episode OVA series which serves as ''TV'''s antithesis, being a (slightly) [[Darker and Edgier]] reimagining of the basic premise wherein Nuku Nuku is an [[Phlebotinum Rebel|escaped Mishima Industries android]] with [[Laser Guided Amnesia]] who battles MHI robots while maintaining a second life as the older sister figure/crush of Ryuunosuke, who in this series is an [[Ordinary High School Student]] as opposed to a child. Generally considered to be the weakest of the three due to its straight-playing of multiple tropes which were, at the time, considered overused, leading to it being labeled a [[Cliche Storm]] by critics.
* ''All-Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash'' / ''Bannou Bunka Nekomusume Dash'' - A twelve-episode OVA series which serves as ''TV'''s antithesis, being a (slightly) [[Darker and Edgier]] reimagining of the basic premise wherein Nuku Nuku is an [[Phlebotinum Rebel|escaped Mishima Industries android]] with [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] who battles MHI robots while maintaining a second life as the older sister figure/crush of Ryuunosuke, who in this series is an [[Ordinary High School Student]] as opposed to a child. Generally considered to be the weakest of the three due to its straight-playing of multiple tropes which were, at the time, considered overused, leading to it being labeled a [[Cliche Storm]] by critics.
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