Quick take: Nora is known for her sequel Twinkle Nora, one of the worst animes of all time. However, the OG movie is worth a bit of your time as it's not entirely bad. The star of the show is Nora. That is to say, her character is the best developed and she was drawn with the most precision. There are plenty of laughs to be had over the occasional bad voice acting (yay!), but the vast majority of the time even her voice acting was well done. Let's be clear, you're watching this show for Nora, not for anything else. The storyline is rather bizarre whenit comes to the ending, but for the bulk of the movie, it's actually a rather believable plot, which I appreciated. Most of the accidents are caused by Nora herself as opposed to any other plot device and she seems to have a habit of making things worse. Actually, her ditz, although charming, seems to be out of place. She's agile, she's determined and at the same time, kind of an idiot. Even her clothing choice made me want to see her as a secret agent, but her lack of intelligence seemed to get in the way all the time. If it was meant to be an act on her part, which would explain why she does actually have some good ideas later on in the movie, it was never explicit. Actually, we don't really know anything about Nora save the fact she met the professor on a flight to a Holiday Inn resort.

At the end of the day I would recommend Nora if you had an hour to spare, weren't looking for anything too involved and found Nora to be an attractive anime character. Otherwise, you could skip this one and not fear that you were missing out.