Alternative TitlesJapanese: ナースエンジェルりりかＳＯＳ
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Type: TV
Episodes: 35
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 7, 1995 to Mar 29, 1996
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
None
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StatisticsScore: 6.961 (scored by 193 users)
Ranked: #30882
Popularity: #4563
Members: 729
Favorites: 4 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisThe Evil Forces of Dark Joker are closing in on our planet after having destroyed the beautiful planet of Queen Earth. Now, 10 year old Moriya Ririka, with the help of her childhood friend Seiya and the mysterious Kanon, must transform into the Nurse Angel and find the elusive Flower of Life, the only way to defeat the evil forces. The Flower of Life, that once bloomed all over the Earth, is where no one thought it ever would be. And Ririka must make the hardest decision of her life in order to acquire it and rid the universe of evil once and for all.
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Related AnimeAdaptation: Nurse Angel Ririka SOS
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Anomalous
7 of 11 people found this review helpful
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35 of 35 episodes seen
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| Overall |
6 |
| Story |
5 |
| Animation |
7 |
| Sound |
5 |
| Character |
5 |
| Enjoyment |
6 |
It’s funny how fansubbing has changed over the years: series that were once distributed on tapes to enthusiastic fans all over the country are now all but forgotten. Nurse Angel Ririka SOS is one such anime. Then again, I can’t say I’m really surprised that the series has been lost in time – while it’s a solid little magical girl tale, it’s not really a something worth going out of your way to see.
Nurse Angel Ririka SOS stars, a ten-year-old girl who finds out she has the ability to transform into the legendary nurse angel and fight evil. She runs into trouble with villains, she makes new allies and friends, and she has to live her normal life in the meantime. In other words, the series has the most utterly normal magical girl plot possible. If you’ve watched Sailor Moon or any of the myriad of series that it inspired, you know what’s going to happen in Nurse Angel Rirka SOS. Even the surprising mood change near the end, while effective, is not uncommon the genre. Granted, if you’re a magical girl fan that may be what you want, but keep in mind that nothing in the plot will surprise or impress you unless you’re utterly unfamiliar with magical girls.
The production values of the show are solid but forgettable. First off is the music: it’s nice. Really, that’s all that can be said. The opening and closing songs are cute and easy on the ears, but won’t be going on your mp3 player anytime soon. The background music generally goes well with whatever scene it’s playing in, but that’s about it. If music is an important component to your enjoyment of an anime, Nurse Angel Ririka SOS is not necessarily a series you’ll want to seek out.
The art is significantly better, but still fails to reach any real notability. Quite frankly, this series looks exactly like a 90s shoujo anime should through and through. Character designs are generally sweet and pleasant to look at and reflect the character’s personalities fairly well. At the same time, though, they’re rather bland. The series’ animation is nice, however; it’s easy to see that the animators had a decent budget to work with. Another factor in the series’ favor is the full use of cel animation – it has the typical warm, friendly feel that classic anime tend to have.
Characterization is about as interesting as character design, which is not very. You have the sweet little magical girl, her close male friend who drives her nuts, the fluffy little pet, the villain who turns out to have a heart of gold, the mysterious older guy, and the mystical princess who must be saved. While they serve their purposes to further the plot, no character in Nurse Angel Ririka SOS truly stand out as memorable.
While it embodies many of the traditions of 90s magical girls, Nurse Angel Ririka SOS simply doesn’t do enough things differently from other 90s magical girls. If you do enjoy the many troupes of the genre, the series is still one that you’ll enjoy, if only as a way to revisit some classic plotlines and character archetypes. If, however, fighting evil by moonlight is not your thing, Nurse Angel Rirka SOS simply does not have much to offer for you.
Note: Nurse Angel Rirka SOS was fully released on VHS fansubs a while ago, but only episodes 1-21 are currently available as digital fasubs. This reviewer watched 22-35 raw with the assistance of episode summaries. read more
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formosan
4 of 24 people found this review helpful
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35 episodes
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| Overall |
3 |
| Story |
3 |
| Animation |
6 |
| Sound |
6 |
| Character |
3 |
| Enjoyment |
3 |
It so happened that I had some friends with whom I would watch a diverse selection of anime.
And one of those animes was Nurse Angel Ririka SOS.
My major problem was not that it was aimed at kids. I watch a lot of shows that are aimed at kids. The kid audience doesn't make them bad automatically.
My problem was that this show was IMHO saccharine, insipid, and repetitive to the point of dreariness.
Slow-moving does not begin to describe this show. Aria is slow-moving, and Aria is still a fun show to watch. This show made the slow passage of time painful to me. read more
Recommendations
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Both are cute magical girl shojo with positive messages. Lots of transformation sequences!
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Other magical girl series may have more similarities with Sailor Moon on the surface, but few have such a similar spirit as Nurse Angel Ririka SOS. Both series were made in the 1990s and have similarly simplistic cel animation -- if one appeals visually to you, the other certainly will as well. Each is aimed at young girls but still portrays emotion and character growth in more mature ways than one would first expect. Finally, each series features a team of villains who can, at times, be more entertaining that the heroes, with distinct personalities that set them apart not as villains, but as characters.
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Opening Theme#01: "Koi wo Suru Tabi ni Kizutsuki Yasuku..." by Cuiling (eps 01-26)
#02: "Do-nika Ko-nika" by Eiko Minami (eps 27-35)
Ending Theme#01: "Ririka SOS" by Kaori Asou (eps 01-23)
#02: "Egao wo Wasurenai" by Kaori Asou (eps 24-35)
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