"Angelic Layer" (2001) "Kidô tenshi anjerikku rêyâ" (original title), TV series 2001-

Director:

Hiroshi Nishikiori

Writer:

Shô Aikawa

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1 April 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Animation

Plot:

A young girl battles her way through the exciting games of Angelic Layer, where players fight with tiny robotic dolls to win the national championship.

Plot Keywords:

Love | Tournament | Gladiator | Compassion | Childhood Sweetheart

Cast

Mayumi Yanagisawa	...	Girl A / ... (5 episodes, 2001)
Masayo Kurata	...	Classmate / ... (4 episodes, 2001)
Atsuko Enomoto	...	Misaki Suzuhara (3 episodes, 2001)
Yuri Shiratori	...	Hatoko Kobayashi (2 episodes, 2001)
Masaya Onosaka	...	Ichirou Mihara (2 episodes, 2001)
Jessica Boone	...	Misaki (2 episodes, 2001)
Kenta Katagiri	...	Classmate (2 episodes, 2001)
Ai Maeda	...	Kyoko's Follower (2 episodes, 2001)
Tomokazu Seki	...	Masaharu Ogata (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Directed by
Ikuro Sato		(4 episodes, 2001)
Shinsaku Sasaki		(2 episodes, 2001)
Hiroshi Nishikiori		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Tiffany Grant		(11 episodes, 2001)
Ichirô Ôkôchi		(6 episodes, 2001)
Reiko Yoshida		(2 episodes, 2001)
Shô Aikawa		(unknown episodes)

Series Produced by
Fukashi Azuma	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Hiroshi Hashimoto	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Shinsaku Hatta	....	producer (unknown episodes)
John Ledford	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Masahiko Minami	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Takayuki Nagasawa	....	general producer (unknown episodes)
Yuji Suzuki	....	associate producer (unknown episodes)
Tetsuya Watanabe	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
David Williams	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)
Taihei Yamanishi	....	producer (unknown episodes)
Takeshi Yasuda	....	executive producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Kôhei Tanaka		(unknown episodes)

Series Cinematography by
Shuichi Heishi		(unknown episodes)
Haruhide Ishiguro		(unknown episodes)
Atsushi Takeyama		(unknown episodes)

Series Art Direction by
Nobuto Sakamoto		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Shelley Thomas	....	post-production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Hiroshi Nishikiori	....	storyboard artist (3 episodes, 2001)
Yasushi Muraki	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2001)
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 2001)

Series Sound Department
Jon Duckworth	....	recording engineer: English version (unknown episodes)
Brent Marshall	....	sound designer (unknown episodes)
Wade Shemwell	....	sound design: English version (unknown episodes)
Stanley Thomas	....	recording engineer: English version (unknown episodes)
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director (unknown episodes)

Series Animation Department
Naomi Miyata	....	animation director (2 episodes, 2001)
Asami Endô	....	animator (unknown episodes)
Jun'ya Ishigaki	....	mechanical designer (unknown episodes)
Takahiro Ômori	....	animation director / character designer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Sayoko Ogawa	....	color timer (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Takahiro Ando	....	music arranger: "Be My Angel" (unknown episodes)
Hal	....	music arranger: "The Starry Sky" (unknown episodes)
Takao Kônishi	....	music arranger: "Ame Agari" (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Toru Iwakami	....	international coordinator (unknown episodes)
Masumi McLeod	....	project translator (unknown episodes)
Atsushi Sato	....	composition: "The Starry Sky" (unknown episodes)
Toshiharu Umezaki	....	composition: "The Starry Sky" (unknown episodes)
William Zuidema	....	subtitle script and timing (unknown episodes)
Ichirô Ôkôchi	....	series composition (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• ADV Films
• Bones
• Dentsu
• TV Tokyo

Distributors

• ADV Films
• FUNimation Entertainment (2002) (non-USA) (all media) (Spanish language version)
• TV Tokyo (2001) (Japan) (TV)

Other Companies

• Avex Mode  music production
• Bee Train  in-between animation
• Bones  animation production
• Rakuonsha  sound post-production

Also Known As:

"Kidô tenshi anjerikku rêyâ" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

25 min (26 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Canada:PG | UK:PG (cut) | South Korea:All | USA:TV-PG | Germany:12 (volume 2) | Germany:6 | Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) (video rating) | New Zealand:PG

Company:

ADV Films

Quotes:

Icchan:[Misaki sits distraught, while the air vent pops open and Icchan wiggles down] It's Wiggly Icchan!
Misaki:[screams] Oh my gosh!

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Chobits" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Icchan to Agata no Karei Naru Nichijou

an excellent anime for all ages

Angelic Layer is a Japanese animation that is about dolls. Knowing this one would think that the anime is for kids and mainly girls at that. Well, did you know that the dolls are mechanical and can be controlled by a Dues in a battle game called Angelic Layer? The anime starts out as a young girl reaches a city by subway to go to highschool. She happens upon a huge outdoor TV and sees Angelic Layer. She's awed by how pretty and graceful it is and from then on is "hooked". She meets new people and makes new friends and so begins the story. This anime is very heartfelt, but also has a fair amount of action and a deep storyline.

This anime doesn't really relate to any I've seen. If you enjoyed watching Inu Yasha or perhaps Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar then you'd probably like Angelic Layer.