Suzuki Nana has an accident with one of the weird inventions her grandfather made. Thus, she is split into 7 Nanas, each an aspect of her personality. They have to join back together in one year, but until then they have to keep the fact that there's 7 of them a secret, while also studying for entrance exams and trying to confess to her/their crush.
From the director of Mazinger Z, Gundam G and Getter Robo: Armageddon (what the hell?) comes a cute little comedy with a dash of super-natural. It gets a bit angst-heavy in the final episodes, which is why I recognized the direction to begin with. That, and the sound effects for the battles were very familiar. This is also the anime that made me realize how inferior English dubs are. You see, in the Japanese, each Nana has a separate voice (some high raking ones at that), while in the English dub they just use one voice for all characters, which makes it very hard to figure out who is talking at times. As for the show, I liked it. It's a bit smarter then it seems. If you pay attention, you'll notice that the original Nana acts quite independently, while the other 6 are almost always acting either in unison or on the same idea. Which makes me think that the machine didn't so much split Nana in 7, but split her in 2, then split the second one into 6. Like putting a prism in front of a light beam, you end up with 1 white stream and 7 colored ones. Which is also a hint for later.
Take note: the subtitles are VobSubs from the R1, which sadly does not match 100% with the R2 (for some reason). This means that the timing of the subtitles is a bit wonky at times. Also, episode 19 in the R2 does not have the preview on the discs.
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