Alternative TitlesSynonyms: Narutaru ~Mukuro naru Hoshi·Tama taru Ko~ Japanese: なるたる ～骸なる星・珠たる子～
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 7, 2003 to Sep 29, 2003
Duration:
24 min. per episode Rating:
R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
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Ranked: #28422
Popularity: #1123
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The opening animations and the first few episodes would lead some to think that these two are merely lighthearted shows about kids with cute aliens. Beware the Trojan Horses!
Both of these series have a cute exterior but are darker at heart.
They also have a similar feel to them and involve young girls/children and alien-like creatures that fight.
Cute shoujo at first? Check. Mons? Check. Coming of age story? Check. Half-finished anime? Check. Incredibly, incredibly disturbing? Check.
Alien Nine and Shadow Star Narutaru are disarming anime that begin making you think that you're in for happy stories about young girls and their adventures with unearthly creatures (aliens in the former anime, dragon-like monsters in the latter).
But they are not happy anime.
These two shows are deeply psychological and very dark, showing us fear and true horrors coinciding with the innocence one would associate with children.
Each anime begins by catching you off-guard only to progress further and further into the unsettling territory until they both reach their stunning and shocking conclusions.
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both start out happy and cheerful but as it goes on you see the darkness and suffering that is caused by the peoples actions both are truly life altering shows
They are both a very common story that twists into a perversed and ugly plot. Very weird.
Narutaru is the only show I've ever seen that's more depressing than School Days (not sad, neither show is sad). Both appear cheerful for a little while before getting worse.
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both series have very happy beginnings, leading the viewer into immense shock and terror later in the series. in other words, both series's are very effictive works of shock and horror involving children as the perpetrators
These are series that deal with the effect of violence and abuse when experienced by children. While Higurashi no Naku Koro ni might be more graphic and more consistently so, Shadow Star Narutaru's later episodes are extremely disturbing. Both series force the viewer into a tour de force in which the duality of innocence and horror is pervasively effective.
Both Shadow Star Narutaru and When They Cry are anime series that apear to be "cute", a little childish (more so in Narutaru]), but can change on a dime and turn into horrible horror animes! Terrible, disturbing, and gruesome things happen in both of these anime series. Narutaru tends to cut away when the worst things are happening, or shows it in the shadows, or from an interesting/odd point of veiw (good use of camera angles) so you don't acually see everything happen. However it's still very compelling (I'd argue more so then actually seeing it), however it still is very graphic. When They Cry keeps the the camera with whatever horrible thing is happening! Both series accomplish what they want, regarding with showing or not showing the horrible things.
Both series are very creepy, but start off a little childish. Both series have GREAT music, and use of music, that really sets the mood. Both series are very disturbing, and will freak you out/scare you. Both series are part of the "killer loli" genre (they have children getting killed and children killers, mostly girls). Both series are great horror animes, and have lots of violence. Sadly Shadow Star Narutaru has bad animation/art (still passable), while When They Cry has great animation and art. If you love one of these, check out the other. Fans of one series, will love the other!
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Both series from the same mangaka so there is alot of similar things.
Character types, themes, approach, the structure of the story line.
Shadow Star Narutaru and Bokurano share the same general atmosphere of fateful horror. The same creator is behind both series and it shows. Children caught in a recurring pattern of violence and death form the basic premise of both series. The issue of the value of life is prominent in both, as is the role of responsibility. These series are character-driven and extremely dark; Bokurano focuses on the destiny of the whole planet, while Shadow Star Narutaru deals primarily with the cast itself, but in both cases children are pushed to the limit, making for agonizing situations that are masterfully handled.
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Both have teenagers with mysterious creatures that have strange powers, while occasionally sharing a similar feel. Narutaru might be more satisfying, though, since it's a full length series.
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Both appear to be very childish in the very beginning but are in realty are two of the most disturbing animes you will ever find, and should never be watched by children!
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