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Title (English) Figure 17 Tsubasa and Hikaru

Title (Japanese) Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru

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Fantasy Novel

Notes 50mins x 13 eps.
Simultaneous DVD release, 50 mins per episode.
This is an anime-original. A manga was made later and ran in "Dengeki Daioh" which is shounen or seinen. So the anime's shoujo assignation is tentative and could be disputed.

Classification shoujo

Synopsis Hikaru and Tsubasa were twin sisters but Hikaru had a big secret. She was not a human but made from liquid biometal which was the alien technology.

Review From CS digital broadcasting anime channel, Anime Theater - X (729ch SkyPerfecTV) will feature the CS original anime series titled 'Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru'. Hikaru and Tsubasa were twin sisters but Hikaru had a big secret. She was not a human but made from liquid biometal which was the alien technology. Production staff of this series will be the same with OLM (To Heart, Koutetsu Senshi Kurumi, Senba Yuriko/Takahashi Naohito) so this seems to be promising. (CALCI)
Earlier this evening I watched the first episode of "Figure 17 - Tsubasa & Hikaru", the new "hour long" ( actually 47 minute long ) sci-fi anime that is playing on the AT-X network in Japan. My friend doesn't receive AT-X, so I had to buy the first DVD release: Bandai Emotion, BCBA-0824, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5800 Yen. The series is being released once a month on TV, and also once a month on DVD. It is made by the same people who made "To Heart" and has very similar character designs and background illustration styles.
The story is about little Tsubasa, who has had to move from Tokyo with her father to somewhere in the "sticks" in Hokkaido, where she stumbles upon a crashed spaceship that contains a wounded humanoid alien, a dangerous alien monster and an emergency sphere that turns Tsubasa temporarily into a super fighting woman.
I'm probably going to irritate plenty of fans right now, but there are a number of things in the first episode of "Figure 17" that make me really wish that my friend were able to tape this show instead of me spending 5800 Yen per episode on it.
First of all, the show starts out very, very slowly - almost slower than "To Heart". Something around the first half hour goes by, with nothing much happening except the viewer being shown that Tsubasa is unhappy because:
- None of her new classmates like her
- She had to leave her best friend behind in Tokyo
- Her father works in the country bakery nearby all the time
- Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother blamed her for it
Essentially I'm getting really tired of all these motherless CCS "Sakura"-clones out there moping around.
Next off, I realize that the tradition in boy's stories in many countries, not just Japan, is for "single combat" to be glorified, but I am also getting really, really tired of all these shows in which the monsters are impervious to weapons but can be defeated by one punch, if it is delivered with the proper "ki".
Granted, there are a couple of ways in which they try to be creative, such as having the alien speak some unintelligible language instead of Japanese, but the bulk of the episode was pure "paint by numbers" story telling.
This show makes me appreciate the originality and energy in "Alien 9" a lot, lot more. I wish "Alien 9" were a 13 episode series instead of "Figure 17".
(Dave Baranyi)
The double-length episodes give space to add a lot of material about everyday life which is quite interesting. Overall it seems rather preachy in places, and I wouldn't rate it as highly as the less formulaic "Alien 9". (GC)

Credits Prod:OLM
Dir: Naohito Takahashi

Episodes 13

Release Jap:DVD

TV Showing See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.

Date 2001 May 27 -

Production OLM, Anime Theater X

Broadcaster

Animation

References & Help Look up the latest data on this title at:
Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or
Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) ,
or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001).
Help & further information.

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Title (English)	Figure 17 Tsubasa and Hikaru
Title (Japanese)	Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru
Advertising Fantasy Novel
Notes	50mins x 13 eps. Simultaneous DVD release, 50 mins per episode. This is an anime-original. A manga was made later and ran in "Dengeki Daioh" which is shounen or seinen. So the anime's shoujo assignation is tentative and could be disputed.
Classification	shoujo
Synopsis	Hikaru and Tsubasa were twin sisters but Hikaru had a big secret. She was not a human but made from liquid biometal which was the alien technology.
Review	From CS digital broadcasting anime channel, Anime Theater - X (729ch SkyPerfecTV) will feature the CS original anime series titled 'Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru'. Hikaru and Tsubasa were twin sisters but Hikaru had a big secret. She was not a human but made from liquid biometal which was the alien technology. Production staff of this series will be the same with OLM (To Heart, Koutetsu Senshi Kurumi, Senba Yuriko/Takahashi Naohito) so this seems to be promising. (CALCI) Earlier this evening I watched the first episode of "Figure 17 - Tsubasa & Hikaru", the new "hour long" ( actually 47 minute long ) sci-fi anime that is playing on the AT-X network in Japan. My friend doesn't receive AT-X, so I had to buy the first DVD release: Bandai Emotion, BCBA-0824, 16:9 aspect ratio, 5800 Yen. The series is being released once a month on TV, and also once a month on DVD. It is made by the same people who made "To Heart" and has very similar character designs and background illustration styles. The story is about little Tsubasa, who has had to move from Tokyo with her father to somewhere in the "sticks" in Hokkaido, where she stumbles upon a crashed spaceship that contains a wounded humanoid alien, a dangerous alien monster and an emergency sphere that turns Tsubasa temporarily into a super fighting woman. I'm probably going to irritate plenty of fans right now, but there are a number of things in the first episode of "Figure 17" that make me really wish that my friend were able to tape this show instead of me spending 5800 Yen per episode on it. First of all, the show starts out very, very slowly - almost slower than "To Heart". Something around the first half hour goes by, with nothing much happening except the viewer being shown that Tsubasa is unhappy because: - None of her new classmates like her - She had to leave her best friend behind in Tokyo - Her father works in the country bakery nearby all the time - Her mother died when she was young and her grandmother blamed her for it Essentially I'm getting really tired of all these motherless CCS "Sakura"-clones out there moping around. Next off, I realize that the tradition in boy's stories in many countries, not just Japan, is for "single combat" to be glorified, but I am also getting really, really tired of all these shows in which the monsters are impervious to weapons but can be defeated by one punch, if it is delivered with the proper "ki". Granted, there are a couple of ways in which they try to be creative, such as having the alien speak some unintelligible language instead of Japanese, but the bulk of the episode was pure "paint by numbers" story telling. This show makes me appreciate the originality and energy in "Alien 9" a lot, lot more. I wish "Alien 9" were a 13 episode series instead of "Figure 17". (Dave Baranyi) The double-length episodes give space to add a lot of material about everyday life which is quite interesting. Overall it seems rather preachy in places, and I wouldn't rate it as highly as the less formulaic "Alien 9". (GC)
Credits	Prod:OLM Dir: Naohito Takahashi
Episodes	13
Release	Jap:DVD
TV Showing	See the whole series for free? This series may be syndicated to regional cable, satellite or terrestial TV stations. For Europe click here.
Date	2001 May 27 -
Production	OLM, Anime Theater X
Broadcaster
Animation
References & Help	Look up the latest data on this title at: Richard Llewellyn's Animated Divots, or Anime News Network (see Encyclopedia section) , or in "The Anime Encyclopedia" (Clements & McCarthy, Stone Bridge Press, 2001). Help & further information.