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“Four girls share a future apartment; Kurumi loves Michihito Kagura but doesn't know when they'll meet again.”
Steel Angel Kurumi Zero
鋼鉄天使くるみ零
6.05
10,522 rank · 5,975 viewers · 3 favorites
Drama
Romance
Sci-Fi
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Synopsis
Four girls share a future apartment; Kurumi loves Michihito Kagura but doesn't know when they'll meet again.
Sometime in the distant future, Kurumi, Saki and Karinka share an apartment with another girl named Excelia. One day, after school, Kurumi tells everyone that she is in love with a man she met named Michihito Kagura, but she doesn't know when she will see him again. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
4.6
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
33%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 1.36
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.36 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.0 pts
Recommenders 6.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 1.40
Running avg · Apr 2007 → Aug 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 5 “As a fan of Steel Angel Kurumi, I approached this prequel hoping for more of what I loved, but found it entirely skippable. Instead of enriching the original story, it feels like an alternate...”
- 3 “Steel Angel Kurumi Zero fails to deliver any redeeming qualities, with its restrictive apartment setting never allowing the story to expand beyond four walls. The complete absence of action...”
- 6 “This is the only Steel Angel Kurumi entry that isn't pure agony to watch, featuring deeper character drama, better art direction, and characters who don't feel like props. While still only above...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 40%
Long · 20%
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- Format 3 × 14′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 42m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2001 – Jun 2001
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0522 catalog
Produced by
- m.o.e. Producer
- Pony Canyon Producer