Amazing Nurse Nanako

A chaotic, campy mix of slapstick comedy and dark sci-fi melodrama, with a cruel mentor and a ditzy heroine in bizarre predicaments.

Created by

Yasuhiro Kuroda

Genres

Animation, Comedy

Starring

Maria Yamamoto, Takehito Koyasu, Tomokazu Seki

Overview

Nanako Shichigusa (16) works as a maid in the hospital of Dr. Kyogi Ogami. Nanako is a classic ditzy slapstick protagonist who tends to accidentally break things and do everything wrong. Ogami treats her frequently in a cruel or heartless manner—threatening her, yelling at her and even subjecting her to physical abuse—yet at the climax of every episode he comes through to rescue her from whatever predicament she got herself into. Much of the series revolves around the relationship between Nanako and Ogami—his mean veneer, her faith in him, and how he alternates between the evil mad scientist archetype and the knight in shining armor archetype.

How it feels

Absurd, campy, dark and whimsical. Brisk and easy to follow.

About

Identity, science, power, faith

Content

Strong sexual content. Mild violence, gore and language.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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