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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a manga created by the artist duo Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden [[note]] Kannazuki No Miko [[/note]]'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], which ran from 1997 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
It's Japan in the 1920s, only not the one we know -- the politics are familiar, but steam-powered mechanisms are everywhere. When 12-year-old Nakahito Kagura allows himself to be talked into trespassing in an allegedly "haunted" house, he [[AccidentalKiss accidentally]] activates Kurumi, a busty pink-haired battle android of incredibly advanced design. Because he awoke her, the innocent (and powerful) Kurumi regards Nakahito as her undisputed master, fawning over him and hanging on his every word. And defending him from harm -- such as the bullies who sent him into the haunted house, or the steam-powered mecha of the Imperial Japanese Army...
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army: the mysterious scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant, Dr. Amagi, and a second steel angel named Saki, Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process, they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
As mentioned above, ''Steel Angel Kurumi'' was originally part of an [[AnimatedAnthology anthology series]] in Japan, so each individual episode is not quite 15 minutes in length. The North American dub by Creator/ADVFilms includes an extensive set of interviews with the English voice actresses; especially noteworthy is the presence of Claudia "Aeryn Sun" Black of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' fame in a surprise role.
''Steel Angel Kurumi'' has proven to be quite popular. Four extra "epilogue" episodes were made for the original series. A sequel series (''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi2'', which is also available in North America) set in the 1990s and featuring Mark II models of all the android characters followed it. A prequel series (''Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'') is also available; it is set in the future and features the human girls on whom the androids apparently were based, but unlike the previous two series, it is a low-key romance-oriented {{shojo}} story.
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!!This program provides examples of:
* AccidentalKiss:
** This is how the title character is brought to life, when an explosion-induced earthquake drops her onto the lips of the male protagonist.
** And it is also how her ''second appearance'' is activated when the ''female'' protagonist of the second season drops onto her lips.
* AdaptationDistillation: The story went a completely different direction in the anime and the manga. The anime's direct continuation ''Encore'' and its sequels ''2'' and ''Zero'' stay with the show's version and the only things brought over from the manga were the main Angel trio's outfits used in ''2''.
* AnimeHair: Many characters have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''indoors'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
%%* AnimeThemeSong
* BarbieDollAnatomy: There's a bath scene in the first manga volume where everyone is drawn with nipples, though still no explicit hair "down there." We do see a man's hairy legs, though. It has the side effect of making the prepubescent, [[GenericCuteness generically cute]] young male hero look like a flat-chested girl.
%%* BecomingTheMask: Karinka.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Karinka is the blonde, Saki's the brunette, and and Kurumi, the redhead (pink hair could count as red in this context).
%%* BoobsOfSteel
%%* CelebrityIsOverrated
%%* CherryBlossoms
* CipherScything: In the OAV ''Zero'', Kurumi gets to moon over a male character who we only hear about from her secondhand account.
%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Kurumi
%%* CurbStompBattle: When Saki first meets Karinka.
* DarkActionGirl: Karinka toes the line. She beats another main character, and lives primarily so she can destroy the main character and steal her boyfriend. Oh, yeah, she curses like a sailor, too.
%%* DemonicInvaders: Via flashback.
* DirtyOldMan: The general. Consider the following dialogue, after the general finds out that [[spoiler:Saki is incapable of disobeying orders after she is partially activated]] (Ep. 3):
-->[[spoiler:'''General:''' Then, would she do things like... And things like...]]\\
[[spoiler:''[Dr. Akagi gives him a level, unamused gaze]'']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Dr. Akagi:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' If I order her to do so. ]]
%%* TheDitz
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In the far-distant future.
%%* FacialMarkings
%%* {{Fanservice}}
%%* FestivalEpisode
* FirstGirlWins: Both Kurumi and Karinka like Kagura Nakahito, but Kurumi is introduced first (and has the extra advantage of being the title character). Nakahito eventually returns Kurumi's feelings.
%%* FirstKiss
%%* FuroScene
%%* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HappinessInSlavery: Kurumi tells Nakahito that he's her Master and she'll happily do anything he wants.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: Karinka, although the opening sequence kind of ruins the surprise.
%%* HumongousMecha
%%* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: In most versions of ''Steel Angel Kurumi'', the Steel Angels are awakened/activated with a kiss, which causes them to immediately fall in love with the kisser and attach themselves to him/her as protectors. And stalkers.
%%* MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
* MarshmallowHell: Kurumi hugs Nakahito on a regular basis.
%%* {{Meido}}: Kurumi's outfit makes her look like one.
* MsFanservice: Pretty much every Steel Angel, who make up more than half the cast.
* OneBookAuthor: In the English dub, Mikhail was Creator/ClaudiaBlack's only major anime role.
%%* PantyShot
%%* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame
%%* PerpetualMolt
%%* PuppyDogEyes
* RapunzelHair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
%%* RobotGirl
%%* {{Roofhopping}}
* SchizoTech: [[spoiler:Albeit somewhat justified by timetravel.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: The WellIntentionedExtremist antagonists wanted to deactivate Kurumi because of the demon inside the Angel Heart Mark II. Due to all the fighting that they needlessly caused, that demon awakens and it nearly destroyed the world without [[TheHero Nakahito]]'s intervention and a needed "miracle".]]
%%* SqueakyEyes
* StealthPun: The opening ends with the phrase "Mi ra Kurumi." This doesn't mean anything, until you realize "Mirakuru" is the Japanese pronunciation of "miracle." Considering miracles are a big theme throughout the show...
%%* SteamPunk
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Koganei is instantly aware that Karinka has targeted Nakahito's lips, and can predict all the moves she is going to make (because she wants to make them herself).
%%* SuperDeformed
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Nako Kagura acts very much like her great grandfather Nakahito Kagura.
* SweetheartSipping: Appears in one of Kurumi's fantasies.
* UnwantedHarem: Nakahito has Kurumi, Karinka and Koganei. The last borders on {{Squick}}, since she's an adult and he's only 12.
* VerbalTic: Kurumi puts "desu" behind every sentence (including one word sentences and even one ''sound'' sentences), which is seemingly cute enough to be [[Manga/RozenMaiden imitated]].
* WaxingLyrical[=/=]TitleDrop: When asked about the source of her power in episode 15, Kurumi cites the theme song title ("A Miracle that Starts with a Kiss")
--> "It all started with that kiss from you, Master. If Kurumi's powers are a miracle, the the thing that created it is your kiss, Master."
* YamatoNadeshiko: Nadeshiko. If the name wasn't a big enough clue, Kamihito [[LampshadeHanging expounds at length]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kurumi's pink hair. Steel Angel Kaori's hair actually is blue.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a manga created by the artist duo Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden [[note]] Kannazuki No Miko [[/note]]'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], which ran from 1997 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
It's Japan in the 1920s, only not the one we know -- the politics are familiar, but steam-powered mechanisms are everywhere. When 12-year-old Nakahito Kagura allows himself to be talked into trespassing in an allegedly "haunted" house, he [[AccidentalKiss accidentally]] activates Kurumi, a busty pink-haired battle android of incredibly advanced design. Because he awoke her, the innocent (and powerful) Kurumi regards Nakahito as her undisputed master, fawning over him and hanging on his every word. And defending him from harm -- such as the bullies who sent him into the haunted house, or the steam-powered mecha of the Imperial Japanese Army...
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army: the mysterious scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant, Dr. Amagi, and a second steel angel named Saki, Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process, they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
As mentioned above, ''Steel Angel Kurumi'' was originally part of an [[AnimatedAnthology anthology series]] in Japan, so each individual episode is not quite 15 minutes in length. The North American dub by Creator/ADVFilms includes an extensive set of interviews with the English voice actresses; especially noteworthy is the presence of Claudia "Aeryn Sun" Black of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' fame in a surprise role.
''Steel Angel Kurumi'' has proven to be quite popular. Four extra "epilogue" episodes were made for the original series. A sequel series (''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi2'', which is also available in North America) set in the 1990s and featuring Mark II models of all the android characters followed it. A prequel series (''Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'') is also available; it is set in the future and features the human girls on whom the androids apparently were based, but unlike the previous two series, it is a low-key romance-oriented {{shojo}} story.
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!!This program provides examples of:
* AccidentalKiss:
** This is how the title character is brought to life, when an explosion-induced earthquake drops her onto the lips of the male protagonist.
** And it is also how her ''second appearance'' is activated when the ''female'' protagonist of the second season drops onto her lips.
* AdaptationDistillation: The story went a completely different direction in the anime and the manga. The anime's direct continuation ''Encore'' and its sequels ''2'' and ''Zero'' stay with the show's version and the only things brought over from the manga were the main Angel trio's outfits used in ''2''.
* AnimeHair: Many characters have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''indoors'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
%%* AnimeThemeSong
* BarbieDollAnatomy: There's a bath scene in the first manga volume where everyone is drawn with nipples, though still no explicit hair "down there." We do see a man's hairy legs, though. It has the side effect of making the prepubescent, [[GenericCuteness generically cute]] young male hero look like a flat-chested girl.
%%* BecomingTheMask: Karinka.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Karinka is the blonde, Saki's the brunette, and and Kurumi, the redhead (pink hair could count as red in this context).
%%* BoobsOfSteel
%%* CelebrityIsOverrated
%%* CherryBlossoms
* CipherScything: In the OAV ''Zero'', Kurumi gets to moon over a male character who we only hear about from her secondhand account.
%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Kurumi
%%* CurbStompBattle: When Saki first meets Karinka.
* DarkActionGirl: Karinka toes the line. She beats another main character, and lives primarily so she can destroy the main character and steal her boyfriend. Oh, yeah, she curses like a sailor, too.
%%* DemonicInvaders: Via flashback.
* DirtyOldMan: The general. Consider the following dialogue, after the general finds out that [[spoiler:Saki is incapable of disobeying orders after she is partially activated]] (Ep. 3):
-->[[spoiler:'''General:''' Then, would she do things like... And things like...]]\\
[[spoiler:''[Dr. Akagi gives him a level, unamused gaze]'']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Dr. Akagi:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' If I order her to do so. ]]
%%* TheDitz
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In the far-distant future.
%%* FacialMarkings
%%* {{Fanservice}}
%%* FestivalEpisode
* FirstGirlWins: Both Kurumi and Karinka like Kagura Nakahito, but Kurumi is introduced first (and has the extra advantage of being the title character). Nakahito eventually returns Kurumi's feelings.
%%* FirstKiss
%%* FuroScene
%%* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HappinessInSlavery: Kurumi tells Nakahito that he's her Master and she'll happily do anything he wants.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: Karinka, although the opening sequence kind of ruins the surprise.
%%* HumongousMecha
%%* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: In most versions of ''Steel Angel Kurumi'', the Steel Angels are awakened/activated with a kiss, which causes them to immediately fall in love with the kisser and attach themselves to him/her as protectors. And stalkers.
%%* MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
* MarshmallowHell: Kurumi hugs Nakahito on a regular basis.
%%* {{Meido}}: Kurumi's outfit makes her look like one.
* MsFanservice: Pretty much every Steel Angel, who make up more than half the cast.
* OneBookAuthor: In the English dub, Mikhail was Creator/ClaudiaBlack's only major anime role.
%%* PantyShot
%%* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame
%%* PerpetualMolt
%%* PuppyDogEyes
* RapunzelHair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
%%* RobotGirl
%%* {{Roofhopping}}
* SchizoTech: [[spoiler:Albeit somewhat justified by timetravel.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: The WellIntentionedExtremist antagonists wanted to deactivate Kurumi because of the demon inside the Angel Heart Mark II. Due to all the fighting that they needlessly caused, that demon awakens and it nearly destroyed the world without [[TheHero Nakahito]]'s intervention and a needed "miracle".]]
%%* SqueakyEyes
* StealthPun: The opening ends with the phrase "Mi ra Kurumi." This doesn't mean anything, until you realize "Mirakuru" is the Japanese pronunciation of "miracle." Considering miracles are a big theme throughout the show...
%%* SteamPunk
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Koganei is instantly aware that Karinka has targeted Nakahito's lips, and can predict all the moves she is going to make (because she wants to make them herself).
%%* SuperDeformed
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Nako Kagura acts very much like her great grandfather Nakahito Kagura.
* SweetheartSipping: Appears in one of Kurumi's fantasies.
* UnwantedHarem: Nakahito has Kurumi, Karinka and Koganei. The last borders on {{Squick}}, since she's an adult and he's only 12.
* VerbalTic: Kurumi puts "desu" behind every sentence (including one word sentences and even one ''sound'' sentences), which is seemingly cute enough to be [[Manga/RozenMaiden imitated]].
* WaxingLyrical[=/=]TitleDrop: When asked about the source of her power in episode 15, Kurumi cites the theme song title ("A Miracle that Starts with a Kiss")
--> "It all started with that kiss from you, Master. If Kurumi's powers are a miracle, the the thing that created it is your kiss, Master."
* YamatoNadeshiko: Nadeshiko. If the name wasn't a big enough clue, Kamihito [[LampshadeHanging expounds at length]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kurumi's pink hair. Steel Angel Kaori's hair actually is blue.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a manga created by the artist duo Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden [[note]] Kannazuki No Miko [[/note]]'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], which ran from 1997 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
It's Japan in the 1920s, only not the one we know -- the politics are familiar, but steam-powered mechanisms are everywhere. When 12-year-old Nakahito Kagura allows himself to be talked into trespassing in an allegedly "haunted" house, he [[AccidentalKiss accidentally]] activates Kurumi, a busty pink-haired battle android of incredibly advanced design. Because he awoke her, the innocent (and powerful) Kurumi regards Nakahito as her undisputed master, fawning over him and hanging on his every word. And defending him from harm -- such as the bullies who sent him into the haunted house, or the steam-powered mecha of the Imperial Japanese Army...
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army: the mysterious scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant, Dr. Amagi, and a second steel angel named Saki, Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process, they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
As mentioned above, ''Steel Angel Kurumi'' was originally part of an [[AnimatedAnthology anthology series]] in Japan, so each individual episode is not quite 15 minutes in length. The North American dub by Creator/ADVFilms includes an extensive set of interviews with the English voice actresses; especially noteworthy is the presence of Claudia "Aeryn Sun" Black of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' fame in a surprise role.
''Steel Angel Kurumi'' has proven to be quite popular. Four extra "epilogue" episodes were made for the original series. A sequel series (''Anime/SteelAngelKurumi2'', which is also available in North America) set in the 1990s and featuring Mark II models of all the android characters followed it. A prequel series (''Steel Angel Kurumi Zero'') is also available; it is set in the future and features the human girls on whom the androids apparently were based, but unlike the previous two series, it is a low-key romance-oriented {{shojo}} story.
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!!This program provides examples of:
* AccidentalKiss:
** This is how the title character is brought to life, when an explosion-induced earthquake drops her onto the lips of the male protagonist.
** And it is also how her ''second appearance'' is activated when the ''female'' protagonist of the second season drops onto her lips.
* AdaptationDistillation: The story went a completely different direction in the anime and the manga. The anime's direct continuation ''Encore'' and its sequels ''2'' and ''Zero'' stay with the show's version and the only things brought over from the manga were the main Angel trio's outfits used in ''2''.
* AnimeHair: Many characters have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''indoors'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
%%* AnimeThemeSong
* BarbieDollAnatomy: There's a bath scene in the first manga volume where everyone is drawn with nipples, though still no explicit hair "down there." We do see a man's hairy legs, though. It has the side effect of making the prepubescent, [[GenericCuteness generically cute]] young male hero look like a flat-chested girl.
%%* BecomingTheMask: Karinka.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Karinka is the blonde, Saki's the brunette, and and Kurumi, the redhead (pink hair could count as red in this context).
%%* BoobsOfSteel
%%* CelebrityIsOverrated
%%* CherryBlossoms
* CipherScything: In the OAV ''Zero'', Kurumi gets to moon over a male character who we only hear about from her secondhand account.
%%* ClingyJealousGirl: Kurumi
%%* CurbStompBattle: When Saki first meets Karinka.
* DarkActionGirl: Karinka toes the line. She beats another main character, and lives primarily so she can destroy the main character and steal her boyfriend. Oh, yeah, she curses like a sailor, too.
%%* DemonicInvaders: Via flashback.
* DirtyOldMan: The general. Consider the following dialogue, after the general finds out that [[spoiler:Saki is incapable of disobeying orders after she is partially activated]] (Ep. 3):
-->[[spoiler:'''General:''' Then, would she do things like... And things like...]]\\
[[spoiler:''[Dr. Akagi gives him a level, unamused gaze]'']]\\
[[spoiler:'''Dr. Akagi:''' ''[completely deadpan]'' If I order her to do so. ]]
%%* TheDitz
%%* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In the far-distant future.
%%* FacialMarkings
%%* {{Fanservice}}
%%* FestivalEpisode
* FirstGirlWins: Both Kurumi and Karinka like Kagura Nakahito, but Kurumi is introduced first (and has the extra advantage of being the title character). Nakahito eventually returns Kurumi's feelings.
%%* FirstKiss
%%* FuroScene
%%* GoldfishScoopingGame
* HappinessInSlavery: Kurumi tells Nakahito that he's her Master and she'll happily do anything he wants.
%%* HeelFaceTurn: Karinka, although the opening sequence kind of ruins the surprise.
%%* HumongousMecha
%%* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: In most versions of ''Steel Angel Kurumi'', the Steel Angels are awakened/activated with a kiss, which causes them to immediately fall in love with the kisser and attach themselves to him/her as protectors. And stalkers.
%%* MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
* MarshmallowHell: Kurumi hugs Nakahito on a regular basis.
%%* {{Meido}}: Kurumi's outfit makes her look like one.
* MsFanservice: Pretty much every Steel Angel, who make up more than half the cast.
* OneBookAuthor: In the English dub, Mikhail was Creator/ClaudiaBlack's only major anime role.
%%* PantyShot
%%* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame
%%* PerpetualMolt
%%* PuppyDogEyes
* RapunzelHair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
%%* RobotGirl
%%* {{Roofhopping}}
* SchizoTech: [[spoiler:Albeit somewhat justified by timetravel.]]
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: The WellIntentionedExtremist antagonists wanted to deactivate Kurumi because of the demon inside the Angel Heart Mark II. Due to all the fighting that they needlessly caused, that demon awakens and it nearly destroyed the world without [[TheHero Nakahito]]'s intervention and a needed "miracle".]]
%%* SqueakyEyes
* StealthPun: The opening ends with the phrase "Mi ra Kurumi." This doesn't mean anything, until you realize "Mirakuru" is the Japanese pronunciation of "miracle." Considering miracles are a big theme throughout the show...
%%* SteamPunk
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Koganei is instantly aware that Karinka has targeted Nakahito's lips, and can predict all the moves she is going to make (because she wants to make them herself).
%%* SuperDeformed
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Nako Kagura acts very much like her great grandfather Nakahito Kagura.
* SweetheartSipping: Appears in one of Kurumi's fantasies.
* UnwantedHarem: Nakahito has Kurumi, Karinka and Koganei. The last borders on {{Squick}}, since she's an adult and he's only 12.
* VerbalTic: Kurumi puts "desu" behind every sentence (including one word sentences and even one ''sound'' sentences), which is seemingly cute enough to be [[Manga/RozenMaiden imitated]].
* WaxingLyrical[=/=]TitleDrop: When asked about the source of her power in episode 15, Kurumi cites the theme song title ("A Miracle that Starts with a Kiss")
--> "It all started with that kiss from you, Master. If Kurumi's powers are a miracle, the the thing that created it is your kiss, Master."
* YamatoNadeshiko: Nadeshiko. If the name wasn't a big enough clue, Kamihito [[LampshadeHanging expounds at length]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Kurumi's pink hair. Steel Angel Kaori's hair actually is blue.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, artist duo Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden [[note]] Kannazuki No Miko [[/note]]'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it which ran from 1997 to 2003. It was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'') ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden [[note]] Kannazuki No Miko [[/note]]'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyoftheShrineMaiden'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/DestinyoftheShrineMaiden'') ''Manga/DestinyOfTheShrineMaiden'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'') ''Manga/DestinyoftheShrineMaiden'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'')for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'')for ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'') for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie and Creator/KannazukiNoMiko'')for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OrientalLightAndMagic in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi Kurumi'' is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie created ''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie'' and Creator/KannazukiNoMiko'')for ''Manga/KannazukiNoMiko'')for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OrientalLightAndMagic Creator/OLMIncorporated in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi is a 1997 manga created by the duo, Kaishaku (who also created''Manga/UFOPrincessValkyrie and Creator/KannazukiNoMiko'')for Kadokawa's Ace Dash [[note]] after that magazine ceased publication in 1998, it moved to Monthly Ace Next and finally Monthly Shonen Ace in 2000 [[/note]], it was later adapted into an anime by Creator/OrientalLightAndMagic in 1999 for [=WOWOW=]'s ''Anime Complex'' anthology series.
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''Steel Angel Kurumi'' was originally part of an [[AnimatedAnthology anthology series]] in Japan, so each individual episode is not quite 15 minutes in length. The North American dub by Creator/ADVFilms includes an extensive set of interviews with the English voice actresses; especially noteworthy is the presence of Claudia "Aeryn Sun" Black of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' fame in a surprise role.
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As mentioned above, ''Steel Angel Kurumi'' was originally part of an [[AnimatedAnthology anthology series]] in Japan, so each individual episode is not quite 15 minutes in length. The North American dub by Creator/ADVFilms includes an extensive set of interviews with the English voice actresses; especially noteworthy is the presence of Claudia "Aeryn Sun" Black of ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' fame in a surprise role.
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Brother Sister Incest is only for actual incest (not just subtext) between actual siblings. Hid a ton of ZC Es, then pulled some examples from its wicks to this page to try to fill it out.
* AdaptationDistillation: The story went a completely different direction in the anime and the manga. The anime's direct continuation ''Encore'' and its sequels ''2'' and ''Zero'' stay with the show's version and the only things brought over from the manga were the main Angel trio's outfits used in ''2''.
* AnimeHair: Many characters have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''indoors'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
* AnimeHair: Many characters have odd hair, but Mikhail's hair [[http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/7039/86066808fw4.jpg takes the cake]]. Note that it's not wind that makes strands just float out there; they stay that way ''indoors'', too, with absolutely nothing to move them.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: There's a bath scene in the first manga volume where everyone is drawn with nipples, though still no explicit hair "down there." We do see a man's hairy legs, though. It has the side effect of making the prepubescent, [[GenericCuteness generically cute]] young male hero look like a flat-chested girl.
* BlondeBrunetteRedhead: Karinka is the blonde, Saki's the brunette, and and Kurumi, the redhead (pink hair could count as red in this context).
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Kurumi
* CurbStompBattle: When Saki first meets Karinka.
* DemonicInvaders: Via flashback.
* DirtyOldMan: The general
** It's more than that. Consider the following dialogue, after the general finds out that [[spoiler:Saki is incapable of disobeying orders after she is partially activated]] (Ep. 3):
* CurbStompBattle: When Saki first meets Karinka.
* DemonicInvaders: Via flashback.
* DirtyOldMan: The general
** It's more than that. Consider the following dialogue, after the general finds out that [[spoiler:Saki is incapable of disobeying orders after she is partially activated]] (Ep. 3):
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* DarkActionGirl: Karinka toes the line. She beats another main character, and lives primarily so she can destroy the main character and steal her boyfriend. Oh, yeah, she curses like a sailor, too.
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** It's more than that.
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* TheDitz
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In the far-distant future.
* FacialMarkings
* {{Fanservice}}
* FestivalEpisode
* FirstGirlWins: Nakahito eventually ends up returning Kurumi's feelings.
* FirstKiss
* FuroScene
* GoldfishScoopingGame
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: In the far-distant future.
* FacialMarkings
* {{Fanservice}}
* FestivalEpisode
* FirstGirlWins: Nakahito eventually ends up returning Kurumi's feelings.
* FirstKiss
* FuroScene
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* FirstGirlWins: Both Kurumi and Karinka like Kagura Nakahito, but Kurumi is introduced first (and has the extra advantage of being the title character). Nakahito eventually
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* HeelFaceTurn: Karinka, although the opening sequence kind of ruins the surprise.
* HumongousMecha
* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
* MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
* {{Marshmallow Hell}}: Kurumi hugs Nakahito on a regular basis.
* {{Meido}}: Kurumi's outfit makes her look like one.
* HumongousMecha
* TheKidWithTheRemoteControl
* MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
* {{Marshmallow Hell}}: Kurumi hugs Nakahito on a regular basis.
* {{Meido}}: Kurumi's outfit makes her look like one.
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* AMagicContractComesWithAKiss: In most versions of ''Steel Angel Kurumi'', the Steel Angels are awakened/activated with a kiss, which causes them to immediately fall in love with the kisser and attach themselves to him/her as protectors. And stalkers.
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* SchoolgirlLesbiansSchoolgirlLesbians: Saki is a female android who, because of the circumstances of her activation, has a romantic fixation on the title character, another female android.
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* [[BrotherSisterIncest Sister-Sister Incest]]: Saki has a crush on Kurumi, who considers her a sister.
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It's Japan in the 1920s, only not the one we know from our history -- the politics are familiar, but steam-powered mechanisms are everywhere. And there's more... When 12-year-old Nakahito Kagura, brother of an Onmyouji priest and himself a priest-in-training, allows himself to be talked into trespassing in an allegedly "haunted" house, he [[AccidentalKiss accidentally]] activates Kurumi, a busty pink-haired battle android of incredibly advanced design. Because he awoke her, the innocent (and powerful) Kurumi regards Nakahito as her undisputed master, fawning over him and hanging on his every word. And defending him from harm -- such as the bullies who sent him into the haunted house, or the steam-powered mecha of the Imperial Japanese Army...
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji (who can't figure out why Nakahito could activate Kurumi when he couldn't) shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army, the mysterious group of scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant Dr. Amagi and a second steel angel named Saki (initially sent to capture Kurumi but subverted), Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji (who can't figure out why Nakahito could activate Kurumi when he couldn't) shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army, the mysterious group of scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant Dr. Amagi and a second steel angel named Saki (initially sent to capture Kurumi but subverted), Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
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It's Japan in the 1920s, only not the one we know from our history know -- the politics are familiar, but steam-powered mechanisms are everywhere. And there's more... When 12-year-old Nakahito Kagura, brother of an Onmyouji priest and himself a priest-in-training, Kagura allows himself to be talked into trespassing in an allegedly "haunted" house, he [[AccidentalKiss accidentally]] activates Kurumi, a busty pink-haired battle android of incredibly advanced design. Because he awoke her, the innocent (and powerful) Kurumi regards Nakahito as her undisputed master, fawning over him and hanging on his every word. And defending him from harm -- such as the bullies who sent him into the haunted house, or the steam-powered mecha of the Imperial Japanese Army...
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji(who can't figure out why Nakahito could activate Kurumi when he couldn't) shows up, he is promptly kidnapped by an agent of an even more dangerous force than the Army, Army: the mysterious group of scientists responsible for the anachronistic technology flooding Japan. With the help of Ayanokoji's former assistant assistant, Dr. Amagi Amagi, and a second steel angel named Saki (initially sent to capture Kurumi but subverted), Saki, Nakahito and Kurumi begin a pursuit of her kidnapped creator. In the process process, they acquire more allies, battle the forces of their enemies, and learn the secret origin and purpose of the steel angels -- and the dangerous secret hidden within Kurumi herself.
When her creator Dr. Ayanokoji
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* AnimeThemeSong
* BecomingTheMask: Karinka.
* BoobsOfSteel
* CelebrityIsOverrated
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* BecomingTheMask: Karinka.
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* AccidentalKiss
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** This is how the title character is brought to life, when an explosion-induced earthquake drops her onto the lips of the male protagonist.
** And it is also how her ''second appearance'' is activated when the ''female'' protagonist of the second season drops onto her lips.
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** This is how the title character is brought to life, when an explosion-induced earthquake drops her onto the lips of the male protagonist.
** And it is also how her ''second appearance'' is activated when the ''female'' protagonist of the second season drops onto her lips.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: The WellIntentionedExtremist antagonists wanted to deactivate Kurumi because of the dangerous secret in the Angel Heart Mark II. Due to all the fighting that they needlessly caused, that dangerous secret activates and it nearly destroyed the world without [[TheHero Nakahito]]'s intervention and a needed "miracle".]]
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler: The WellIntentionedExtremist antagonists wanted to deactivate Kurumi because of the dangerous secret in demon inside the Angel Heart Mark II. Due to all the fighting that they needlessly caused, that dangerous secret activates demon awakens and it nearly destroyed the world without [[TheHero Nakahito]]'s intervention and a needed "miracle".]]
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* Rapunzel Hair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
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* Rapunzel Hair: RapunzelHair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
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* Rapunzel Hair: Kurumi's hair is down to her knees even when its in a ponytail. And Mikhail's Steel Angel form goes even past that and yet it doesn't impede her movement in the slightest.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Nako Kagura acts very much like her great grandfather Nakahito Kagura.
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Lolicon and shotacon have been disambiguated. Links with too little context are being removed - "paedo" is not always a trope, examples where the tropeworthiness is unclear are being removed. Also, please do not use "loli" as a synonym for little girl; see Lolicon And Shotacon as to why not
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Koganei is instantly aware that Karinka has targeted Nakahito's lips, and can predict all the moves she is going to make (because she [[{{Shotacon}} wants to make them herself]]).
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* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Koganei is instantly aware that Karinka has targeted Nakahito's lips, and can predict all the moves she is going to make (because she [[{{Shotacon}} wants to make them herself]]).herself).
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* DirtyOldMan: The general -- see Lolicon, below
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* DirtyOldMan: The general -- see Lolicon, belowgeneral
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* {{Lolicon}}: The general's obsession with Karinka is quite creepy, as well as Koganei's obsession with Nakahito.
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* VerbalTic: Kurumi puts "desu" behind every sentence (including one word sentences and even one ''sound'' sentences), which is seemingly cute enough to be [[RozenMaiden imitated]].
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* VerbalTic: Kurumi puts "desu" behind every sentence (including one word sentences and even one ''sound'' sentences), which is seemingly cute enough to be [[RozenMaiden [[Manga/RozenMaiden imitated]].
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* MagicalGirlfriend:MagicalGirlfriend: Kurumi for Nakahito.
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* MagicalGirlfriend
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* MagicalGirlfriendMagicalGirlfriend:
* TokenYuriGirls: Because of the circumstances of her activation, Saki, a female android, has a romantic fixation on the title character, another female android.
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* TokenYuriGirls: Because of the circumstances of her activation, Saki, a female android, has a romantic fixation on the title character, another female android.
