Short answers, pulled from the story.
On the 12th of May 2100, a young girl named Kurau Amami stood in a laboratory on her birthday when a bolt of Rynax energy erased her from existence and rebuilt her as a composite being. The experiment conducted by her father, Dr. Amami, triggered a catastrophic fusion between human and alien life forms. This event set in motion a decade-long journey of survival and identity.
Kurau gained abilities that defied the laws of physics including the power to fly, pass through solid matter, and generate radiation powerful enough to disintegrate objects. She could even reform her body after total dissipation. These powers came at the cost of being hunted relentlessly by the Global Police Organization.
Ten years after the accident, the second Rynax awakened and emerged from Kurau's body as a twelve-year-old girl who called herself Christmas. Unlike Kurau, Christmas possessed no superhuman abilities but had an intuitive understanding of the world that bordered on the supernatural. She was a separate consciousness and a mirror to the Rynax that had taken Kurau's form.
Dr. Amami was Kurau's father and a pioneer in alternative energy who was broken by his own creation. He was physically damaged after his own encounter with Rynax force and was forced by the Global Police Organization to work on a project designed to destroy his own child. He was a kind, intelligent man who had lost his daughter twice, first to the accident and then to the world that hunted her.
The first DVD of Kurau Phantom Memory was released on the 10th of April 2007. The series was licensed by A.D. Vision for $960,000 before being transferred to Funimation Entertainment in 2008. It earned a B+ rating from some reviewers and five out of five stars from others.