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* [[Touched By Vorlons]]
* [[Touched By Vorlons]]
* [[Vaporware]]: For awhile, it felt like the North American release would fall into this trope. [[ADV Films]] licensed it after only a few episodes had aired back in the summer of 2004. Then months and years went by with no word on a release date. It was finally released in late 2007 and early 2008. This probably contributed to its sleeper status, at least at the sales level. Most of the initial buzz had died off, the [[Fan Sub|fansubs]] had been in [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|wide circulation,]] and [[Aspect Ratio|4:3 content]] had begun to fall out of favor when the DVDs finally hit stores.
* [[Vaporware]]: For awhile, it felt like the North American release would fall into this trope. [[ADV Films]] licensed it after only a few episodes had aired back in the summer of 2004. Then months and years went by with no word on a release date. It was finally released in late 2007 and early 2008. This probably contributed to its sleeper status, at least at the sales level. Most of the initial buzz had died off, the [[Fan Sub|fansubs]] had been in [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|wide circulation,]] and [[Aspect Ratio|4:3 content]] had begun to fall out of favor when the DVDs finally hit stores.
* [[Wham Episode]]: 20.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: 20.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]
* [[Word Salad Title]]: The "Phantom Memory" part of the title seems entirely meaningless right up until the final episode.
* [[Word Salad Title]]: The "Phantom Memory" part of the title seems entirely meaningless right up until the final episode.

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Kurau & Christmas


Kurau is a cheerful twelve-year old girl living on the moon with her father, a professor who researches a mysterious energy source. While watching one of her father's scientific experiments, she gets hit by an an energy blast which disintegrates her fully. Kurau reappears as the fusion of herself and an alien sentient force, calling herself "Rynax", and gains extraordinary powers, like flying; walking through walls; and shooting powerful blasts of energy. Rynax come in pairs however, so another Rynax lies dormant in Kurau's body, and the waking Rynax is unable to give it up.

Kurau's mind appears to have merged with the alien entity as well, to the shock and grief of her father. During subsequent experiments, Kurau's powers involuntarily cause the young girl to seriously injure her father, an event which proves to be very traumatic. Her father still deeply cares for his half-alien daughter, but decides that it is best that he and Kurau are separated, so he sends her to earth to live with relatives.

Ten years later Kurau makes a living by performing dangerous covert operations as a freelance mercenary, in which her Rynax strength comes in handy. She has to hide her powers from the public as to not attract attention from the GPO, an organization out to capture all "Rynasapiens", i.e. people affected with Rynax powers. Since her Rynax-pair hasn't found the strength to come out yet in all those years, Kurau also feels incomplete and utterly lonely.

Then one night, in a flash of light, her pair suddenly appears out of her body in the shape of a teenaged girl, who looks much like herself. Kurau calls her "Christmas" and her happiness knows no bounds, until she discovers that the GPO has found out about them. Kurau and Christmas have to run from the GPO, helped by Kurau's father and a mysterious ex-GPO member called Doug.

Kurau: Phantom Memory was pretty much a "sleeper" title when it was released in 2004, being somewhat overshadowed by other popular anime titles during that period. Since then it has gained a reputation as a classic though, with a heart-warming and dramatic plot, well-rounded characters and beautiful animation. It's a must-see for people who like their "hard" sci-fi to go along with believable human relationships.

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