#Twinkle Nora Rock Me

[doyouknowthisanime]

Do You Know This Anime?

[kunaigirl]

Thinking about that one video on youtube where someone edited all of fuckass anime Twinkle Nora Rock Me but paused and zoomed in every time there was a really fucked up face and it made me laugh so hard I almost choked several times but for the life of me I haven't been able to find it again since and it keeps me up at night sometimes

[galaaxyblue]

─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ─── Twinkle Nora Rock Me! (1985) ─── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ───

An infamous OVA that's mostly known for its horrible animation. Despite all of its issues, I can't help but find it kind of charming. It also has a pretty good soundtrack.

[animenostalgia]

Some more sad news to share - Manga creator Satomi Mikuriya, the creator of such manga as Nora (the basis for the infamous Twinkle Nora Rock Me! OVA) and a designer on Crusher Joe: The Movie, Golgo 13: The Professional, and Big Wars has passed away. He was 74 years old. RIP to another old-school veteran.

[izimbracreenshots]

Twinkle Nora Rock Me! by Satomi Mikuriya, 1985

[muttonchopsalley]

Some bold fan actually IMPROVED the animation on "Twinkle Nora Rock Me"

[nextvisibledelicious]

[noildoof]

Hello Ive seen that ur into a lot of like "obscure" media and was wondering what anime, cartoons and comics u were into or what u'd recommend , Im very curious , love your art!!!!!

There's a lot, tbh I'm not even sure where to start, but let's see...

Angel's Egg isn't really that obscure anymore, but at the time I first watched it and got obsessed, it was. I still consider it to be a masterpiece and my favorite movie of all time, tied with Alien.

If you're over 18, I highly recommend Malice@Doll. It's a surreal, disturbing 3D anime that moves a lot like stop-motion. It has a lot of parallels to the Biblical story of the garden of Eden, with humans in the role of an absent God and machines doing the same things they've always done because... well, that's what they were made to do. They don't have free will. There's a lot of really interesting stuff to think about - the tradeoff of innocence for knowledge, trading an immortal mechanical body that can't feel for a flesh one that can feel pleasure but also pain. Again though, this anime gets pretty disturbing, and although it's not meant to be arousing it does have sexual content. It's not appropriate for minors.

My favorite bad anime is The Humanoid. It's very campy and one of the most 80's anime I've ever seen. The characters (mostly Alan) talk a lot about coffee, for some reason. Enough that you can make a drinking game out of it. The soundtrack is actually really good, I have it on vinyl.

Go watch Chargeman Ken right now. I mean it. Each episode is only 5 minutes long, so you have no excuse not to. You'll understand why I'm recommending this anime once you've watched it, it simply has to be seen to be believed. My favorite episodes are Dynamite in the Brain and When the Cuckoo Clock Strikes 3.

A lot of people seem to hate Bounty Dog, but I will unironically defend this anime to the death. I think it's good, or at least perfectly serviceable for a 90's direct-to-video anime. It has a weird piss-yellow color palette though, and it's not a filter - those are the actual colors used in the paint, I would know having cels from this.

This is very particular to my tastes (people who know me will understand why), but I binged Brigadoon not long ago and loved it. It's a very strange series in a way that's kind of hard to describe. Fundamentally, it's about a relationship between a girl and a mecha that develops into a romance, so I guess it's shoujo. But it's also an action series. And a comedy series. And a drama series. And a horror series at times. It defies genre categorization in a way I don't see very often. The closest thing I can compare it to is The Ancient Magus's Bride, as the relationship between Marin and Melan is pretty similar. With Dr. Seuss and Evangelion thrown into a blender.

Cool World is... not a good movie. At all. But damn, are those backgrounds nice. It has a particular "look" to it that is awesome as fuck, I just wish the actual story wasn't so stupid. I implore the people who say dumb shit like "Hazbin Hotel is just "SEX! LAUGH NOW!"" to watch Cool World, because that is literally what Cool World is. It's pretty to look at, but the entire plot and all the jokes are just "Don't have sex with cartoon characters---- OHHHH he just had sex with the cartoon character." But if you can get past the painfully unfunny "comedy" and stupid nonsensical plot, it's very nice to look at and has a great soundtrack.

... that got really long-winded, damn. Here's some other recommendations:

Anime:

Weathering Continent (also an untranslated light novel series) Laughing Target (also a manga) Mermaid Forest (also a manga) Mermaid's Scar (also a manga) Curse of Kazuo Umezu (also a manga, untranslated) California Crisis Twinkle Nora Rock Me (so bad it's amazing, also an untranslated manga) Nayuta (also a manga, untranslated) King of Thorn (also a manga) Umi no Yami, Tsuki no Kage (also a manga, but not fully translated) Dragon's Heaven (also a manga, untranslated) Lily-C.A.T. Magnetic Rose (not really that obscure but it's a masterpiece) They Were 11 (also a manga, dunno if it was translated) E.Y.E.S. of Mars Iblard Time Venus Wars (also a manga)

Manga:

Eko Eko Azarak (haven't seen much of it but I like what I've seen) Any of Rumiko Takahashi's short stories Black Jack (definitely not obscure if you're an oldtaku like me) Anything by Kazuo Umezu, especially Drifting Classroom

Movies:

The Banshee Chapter Space Mutiny (watch the Mystery Science Theater version) Yellow Brick Road

Misc:

Mary (Scissor Sisters music video) Daicon IV (anime Electric Light Orchestra music video) Apollo 20 hoax videos Cybersix (Argentine animated series) Skydoll (Italian comic, adult-only) Yoko Tsuno (Belgian comic)

[kelptea73]

I've said it once and I'll say it again twinkle Nora rock me elden ring build

[goldenites]

nora from twinkle nora rock me is actually so cute and i’m glad she’s remembered even if it’s for a really bad anime

[look-at-that-right-there]

They are the same person. Change my mind.

[lostintimeanime]

Review: Twinkle Nora Rock Me!

“Twinkle Nora Rock Me!” is no mere anime; it’s an experience. Allow me to explain: That gif isn’t edited. No, that is the actual frame rate. I have to wonder if they ran out of money before finishing the in-betweens.

“Twinkle Nora Rock Me!” is the sequel OVA to “Nora,” although the story is completely separate and you don’t have to watch the first one to see the second. I mean, you could, but it wouldn’t help you understand what’s going on. In the first OVA Nora (our titular protagonist) is on vacation at a space resort, and in the second one she’s suddenly a bounty hunter with psychic powers that were conveniently never mentioned in the prior release. 

“Twinkle Nora Rock Me!” is the sort of anime that is only known outside of Japan for how mind-bogglingly bad it is. I remember seeing the original OVA, “Nora,” quite a while back before it got a fansub release and wondered why I couldn’t find a VHS or laserdisc rip of “Twinkle Nora Rock Me!” anywhere on the internet. Looking back, the answer is immediately obvious.

The OVA opens with a chase scene in a spaceport, where there are no in-between frames and the “animation” is more akin to a Power Point slideshow. Many of the keyframes, especially of the background characters, look hilariously awful and there’s multiple shots where Engrish writing can be seen in the background. 

Nora ends up going to a backwater planet to catch a psychic bad guy, and for a short while the animation improves insomuch as the frame rate goes up. Almost immediately she runs into a terrifying-looking cyborg, who says nothing and walks away. No, this will never be explained.

After getting into a bar fight, Nora meets an extremely short man named Max who really wants to be a dancer. The frame rate drops again, and the infamous badly-animated dance scene of Nora and Max occurs, where Max’s head ends up on his body backwards in one frame.

Nora fights the bad guy, and defeats him with a wink. No, I’m not joking; she literally beats him with a psychic wink. What even IS Nora? This cute, bland, vaguely waifu-shaped thing can’t possibly be human, right?

Recommended?

Oh HELL yes. “Twinkle Nora Rock Me!” is terrible, but definitely in the “so-bad-it’s-amazing” sort of way. Definitely watch this with some friends (and maybe some alcohol) on your bad movie night.

[forgottenbones]

Picture of NORA & the Stay Puft marshmallow man from her creator's webste. This image barely survived & only exists due to the wayback machine archiving a few pages of the NORA online web comic he produced. Weird to think there's NORA lost media out there, but it's true. pic.twitter.com/bVHd6DuxK4

— Kenny Lauderdale (@KennyLauderdal3) January 5, 2021

[magicalgirlpropaganda]

Twinkle nora rock me can barely be conaidered animation but the op is still fire

[shylax]

Nora (as in Twinkle Nora Rock Me) is the exact thing that should be rebooted/remade. Nora is cute and has great outfits, the music in Twinkle Nora Rock Me is great, she has a lot of potential as far as marketing goes, her anime has just really sucked.