| Angelic Layer | |
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| エンジェリックレイヤー (Enjerikku Reiyā) |
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| Genre | Action, Comedy-drama, Science fiction |
| Manga: Angelic Layer | |
| Author | Clamp |
| Publisher |  Kadokawa Shoten Tokyopop |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Serialized in | Monthly Shōnen Ace |
| Original run | July 1, 1999 – October 1, 2001 |
| Volumes | 5 (completed) |
| TV anime: Battle Dolls Angelic Layer | |
| Director | Hiroshi Nishikiori |
| Studio | BONES, Dentsu |
| Network | TV Tokyo |
| Original run | April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001 [1] |
| Episodes | 26 |
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The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series titled Battle Doll Angelic Layer (機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー Kidō Tenshi Enjerikku Reiyā?, lit. (anime in Japanese, Mobile Angel Angelic Layer) which aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 2001- September 23, 2001. is a TV station based in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as, a Portmanteau of "terebi" and "Tokyo Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. [3] Seven volumes of videos were released by ADV Films on VHS and DVD in 2003. AD Vision (commonly referred to as ADV) is an American international Multimedia entertainment company based in Houston Texas, active DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is It was re-released in 2005 as a five volume box set. A box set (sometimes referred to as a boxed set) is a compilation of various musical recordings Films Television programs or other collection [4]
Angelic Layer is related to Clamp's later work Chobits, which similarly deals with the relationship between humans, human-created devices, toys, and godlike power. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected Several characters also appear in Clamp's Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle including most of the main characters, as well as the angel Blanche. is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.
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Plot
- See also: List of characters in Angelic Layer
The primary protagonist of Angelic Layer is Misaki Suzuhara, a seventh grader who just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt, Shouko Asami. officially, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. After arriving in the city, she watches the battle doll Athena on a big screen television outside of Tokyo Station and becomes interested in learning about Angelic Layer, a highly popular game in which players (called Deus) buy and custom-design dolls known as Angels. is a Train station located in the Marunouchi business district of Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan, near the Imperial Palace grounds and the DeuS (Brut Des Flandres is a premium Belgian beer manufactured in Buggenhout, Belgium. Angels can move by mental control when on a field called the "layer. A brain-computer interface (BCI sometimes called a direct neural interface or a brain-machine interface, is a direct communication pathway between a human or animal " Layers are very expensive; most users rent them by the hour in establishments resembling cybercafes.
An eccentric man wearing a white lab coat and glasses, calling himself "Icchan" (いっちゃん), encourages Misaki to purchase and create her own angel. She names the angel Hikaru, after Hikaru Shidō from Clamp's Magic Knight Rayearth (a manga in Angelic Layer's world), which she was reading on the train to Tokyo, because she wants the angel to be "a short girl, but strong and happy" like Hikaru and herself. A story within a story is a Literary device or Conceit in which one story is told during the action of another story Even though she's clueless about the game, Misaki soon competes in tournaments and is assisted and watched carefully by Icchan. Later, Icchan's identity is revealed as Ichiro Mihara, the co-creator of Angelic Layer.
Misaki also begins studying in the Eriol Academy, an educational institution which includes grades from kindergarten through high school. There she becomes friends with Hatoko Kobayashi, a very intelligent and mature kindergarten girl who is a famous Deus and an Angelic Layer expert. Her incredibly fast angel Suzuka is a favourite contender in tournaments. Misaki also befriends Hatoko's older brother Kōtarō Kobayashi and his friend Tamayo Kizaki, a girl fascinated by martial arts. Both turn out to be Misaki's classmates.
While adjusting to her new surroundings, Misaki is also gripped by her past. Her thoughts often dwell on her mother, whom she has not seen since pre-school. Eventually Misaki learns that her mother was key in the development of Angelic Layer, which she worked on an attempt to develop a perfect prosthesis for her multiple sclerosis, which has confined her to a wheelchair. In Medicine, a prosthesis (plural prostheses) is an Artificial extension that replaces a missing Body part. Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the Her mother is also the Deus of Athena and the champion of Angelic Layer.
In the manga series, Misaki's mother does not have multiple sclerosis, nor is she depicted in a wheelchair. The ending to the manga also has different couplings.
The manga series is set a few years before Chobits, a Clamp work in the same universe as Angelic Layer. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected In the manga, Icchan plays an important role in the Chobits storyline, but this connection was reduced to a single scene in the anime; he has a brief cameo but is not mentioned by name in the Chobits anime. Kaede's younger brother Minoru is also a Chobits character.
Media
List of episodes
Manga volumes
- Volume 1 (Japanese Edition: ISBN 4-04-713283-7; American Edition: ISBN 1-931514-47-X)
- Volume 2 (Japanese Edition: ISBN 4-04-713319-1; American Edition: ISBN 1-59182-003-0)
- Volume 3 (Japanese Edition: ISBN 4-04-713375-2; American Edition: ISBN 1-59182-004-9)
- Volume 4 (Japanese Edition: ISBN 4-04-713414-7; American Edition: ISBN 1-59182-086-3)
- Volume 5 (Japanese Edition: ISBN 4-04-713454-6; American Edition: ISBN 1-59182-152-5)
Music
Opening Theme:
- "Be My Angel"
- Lyrics by: Goro Matsui
- Composition by: Takahiro Ando, Goro Matsui
- Arrangement by: Takahiro Ando
- Song by: Atsuko Enomoto
Ending Theme:
- "The Starry Sky"
- "After the rain" (雨あがり Ame Agari?)
- Lyrics by: Chisa Tanabe
- Composition by: Kazuhiro Hara
- Arrangement by: Takao Kōnishi
- Song by: Moeko Matsushita
All of the background musical scores was composed, arranged and conducted by Kōhei Tanaka, the composer of One Piece and Sakura Wars. This is a list of episodes for the Japanese Anime television series Angelic Layer. is a singer and voice actor who works for 81 Produce (transferred from I'm Enterprise on September 1, 2005) Halna (born February 7, 1980) is a Japanese female Singer and the leading voice of the music group project of Hal is a group of Japanese producers that started to work in 2000. is a Japanese Singer and Actress from Hyōgo, Japan Her most famous TV role to date was on Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon as is a Japanese Shōnen Manga written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda, that has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine is a Japanese Media franchise owned by Red Entertainment and Sega; it was created by Ouji Hiroi with original character designs by Kōsuke Fujishima
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Reception
The anime won the Animation Kobe Award for TV Feature in 2001. is a Japanese Screenwriter and Novelist. He is a graduate of Waseda University, School of Human Sciences Studio Nue is a Japanese design studio formed in 1972 (as Crystal Art Studio) by Naoyuki Kato, Kenichi Matsuzaki Kazutaka Miyatake, and Haruka Takachiho is a TV station based in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as, a Portmanteau of "terebi" and "Tokyo is a Japanese Anime producer and president of Bones, born in 1961 in Mie Prefecture. is a TV station based in Tokyo, Japan. It is also known as, a Portmanteau of "terebi" and "Tokyo ( is one of the largest Advertising agency brands in the world is a Japanese Anime studio It has produced numerous series including RahXephon, Wolf's Rain, Scrapped Princess The is an event created by Kobe city in 1996 to promote Anime and other visual media
Connection to other Clamp series
- Hikaru is named after the main character in Magic Knight Rayearth. is a Fictional character from the Anime / Manga series Magic Knight Rayearth created by Clamp. She also looks somewhat like her. However, in the anime version, Misaki says that Hikaru is named after her favorite doll, which she left at her grandparents' home in Wakayama when she moved to Tokyo. is the capital city of Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. [5]
- Kero of Cardcaptor Sakura is seen in volume 9, page 51 reading an Angelic Layer magazine. is a fictional character in Clamp 's Manga and Anime series Cardcaptor Sakura. also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known
- Piffle Princess is the store where Misaki buys supplies for Hikaru. This store is also found in other Clamp creations such as Cardcaptor Sakura, Legal Drug, xxxHolic, and Chobits. also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known is a Manga series by Clamp. The main artist in this serialization is Tsubaki Nekoi, formerly Mick Nekoi pronounced "holic" is a Seinen Manga series planned and presented by Clamp. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected [6]
- Misaki uses "na!" or "eeks!"[7] in her everyday language. The use of a cute exclamatory phrase is reminiscent of another young female Clamp protagonist, Sakura, who uses the word "hoe!" in Cardcaptor Sakura. This is the page about the main character of Cardcaptor Sakura also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known
- In the manga, the pre-story pages show faux newspaper articles that mention tidbits up from other series.
- Ringo Seto's Angel Ranga looks very much like the characters of Princesses Tarta and Tatra from Magic Knight Rayearth. The list of characters from the Magic Knight Rayearth Anime and Manga series by CLAMP. The list of characters from the Magic Knight Rayearth Anime and Manga series by CLAMP. Ranga and Tarta and Tatra are dance warriors with nearly the same dress design and moves.
- Hatoko looks rather similar to Tomoyo Daidouji, Sakura's best friend from Cardcaptor Sakura. is a fictional, major supporting character in Clamp 's Anime and Manga series Cardcaptor Sakura and Tsubasa Reservoir also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known [8]
- Mihara is a known last name to be used by two popular Clamp characters. Chiharu Mihara of Cardcaptor Sakura and Icchan Mihara. Chiharu's last name Mihara is used (or possibly is related to) by Icchan Mihara also suspected to be the late husband of Chitose Hibiya of Chobits. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected Chitose used the Mihara last name in another Clamp work Kobato. is Clamp 's latest Manga series which premiered in Monthly Sunday Gene-X in January 2005
- In page 16 of volume 7 of Chobits, Kaede Saito's story of her death was told by her brother Minoru. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected Misaki, Sai, and Ohjiro are in the background, standing by her bed in one panel and crying with her back turned after she dies.
- Kaede seems to be similar in appearance to Fuu Hououji, a character from Magic Knight Rayearth, another Clamp work. Fuu Hououji (鳳凰寺 風 Hōōji Fū) is is a Fictional character from the Anime / Manga series Magic Knight Rayearth
- In volume 7 of Chobits, silhouettes of the legendary Angelic Layer dolls (Shirahime, Blanche, Wizard, Suzuka, and Hikaru) are shown as Chitose tells Motosuwa the truth about her husband's earlier work with the Angelic Layer game. is a Japanese Manga created by Clamp. It was published by Kodansha in Young Magazine from February 2001 and November 2002 and collected
- In volume 4 of Angelic Layer, Misaki sings cheerfully to herself as she is making breakfast; the words of her song are, "A field of peony pink. . . " She is singing "Poeny Pink", the theme song to Clamp School Detectives. is a Manga series by Clamp, which was adapted into a 26-episode Anime series produced by Bandai Visual and Pierrot.
- In episode three, the song that Icchan plays while Misaki is training is "Catch You, Catch Me", the first theme to another Clamp creation and popular TV series, Cardcaptor Sakura. also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known [9]
- In Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, Sakura and Syaoran wake up in an Angel Egg after being in the Outo Country. is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.
Clamp's crossovers
In addition to Angelic Layer being the prequel to the Chobits manga, many of its characters and institutions are shown in other Clamp works:
- In volume 9 of Cardcaptor Sakura, Kero-chan is reading an Angelic Layer book, which appears to be one for a computer game (though some think that he is reading the Angelic Layer manga). also known as Card Captor Sakura (with the space and often abbreviated as CCS, is a Magical girl Manga series from the well-known
- Tamayo, Oujiro, Shouko and the Angelic Layer announcer appear in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle in Piffle Country, while Kaede and Sai appeared in Rekord Country. is an ongoing Manga series by Clamp. It is currently being serialized in Shōnen Magazine.
- In the country of Infinity in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, there is a tournament with similarities to Angelic Layer battles, where the Deus sits on an egg-shaped chair and telekinetically controls the players (in Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle they are called "chess pieces" instead of "Angels", however, and often normal people are the pieces. )
- Hikaru is introduced in Chapter 144 of Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle as an "automata", a chess piece which Eagle (a crossover character from Magic Knight Rayearth) uses in a one-on-one battle with Sakura and Syaoran.
References
- ^ Anime News Network - Angelic Layer (TV) (episode listing). Retrieved on 2006-10-24. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat
- ^ Angelic Layer Manga, Anime News Network
- ^ Angelic Layer Anime, Anime News Network
- ^ Angelic Layer Complete Collection, ADV Films
- ^ Battle 01 – How Do You Do? My Very Own Angel!, ADV Angelic Layer DVD Website
- ^ Battle 03 – Who Are You? Misaki’s Nervous Lesson, ADV Angelic Layer DVD Website
- ^ Battle 04 – The Day An Angel Flew Down, ADV Angelic Layer DVD Website
- ^ Battle 02 – Do Your Best, Hikaru! It’s Your First Fight!, ADV Angelic Layer DVD Website
- ^ Battle 03 – Who Are You? Misaki’s Nervous Lesson, ADV Angelic Layer DVD Website
External links
- Angelic Layer DVD official web site
- Animetric's Review of Angelic Layer
- TOKYOPOP's Angelic Layer web site
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