Angel Tales
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| おとぎストーリー 天使のしっぽ (Tenshi no Shippo) |
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| Genre | Harem anime |
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| Directed by | Ochi Kazuhiro |
| Studio | Wonderfarm, Pierrot |
| Network |  WOWOW     Animax |
| Original run | October 4, 2001 – December 20, 2001 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| OVA: Tenshi no Shippo Chu! | |
| Directed by | Norio Kashima |
| Studio | Wonderfarm, Pierrot |
| No. of episodes | 13 |
| Released | March 6, 2003 |
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Angel Tails (おとぎストーリー 天使のしっぽ Tenshi no Shippo?) is an anime television series, produced by Wonderfarm and Pierrot. It was broadcast by the anime television network, Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including Southeast Asia, East Asia and South Asia, in English and other languages. The series was licensed for North American distribution by Bandai Entertainment.
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[edit] Storyline
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The main character, Gorō Mutsumi, has no luck at all, not with jobs, nor with his schooling, and especially not with women or girlfriends. That is until the day he meets a fortune teller who informs him that he will have a fateful encounter and gives him a cell phone with which she promises his luck will change for good. Gorō does not believe her as she just vanishes as he remembers all of his previous times of bad luck with women.
It is then seen that he meets three girls who are waiting for him back at his apartment. They say they are now his Guardian Angels, sent to Earth from the spirit realm by the Goddess. They are the first three of his twelve beloved pets who had died due to Gorō's poor luck to return to him on earth. Soon after more and more of his former pets return to him as guardian angels, and each desires to be seen as number one in his heart, as his favorite pet. Each also has fears which they must overcome, fears from their past lives, for to overcome them and to learn to live with each other as one big family is the only way they will ever stand a chance of helping Gorō turn his life around and gain some good luck that his life was missing.
These girls however are not the only ones on earth, because of Gorō's own past life, because of what he was in another time and another place, there are strange people out there trying to put a stop to these girls turning his luck around. For their own reasons these people fear Gorō and desire him out of the way. As the story progresses the girls learn they must protect Gorō not only from his own bad luck but from these other people, without fully understanding either who they are or why they want to harm their beloved master.
[edit] Characters
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| Gorō Mutsumi who would like to be a veterinarian. | Hisayoshi Suganuma / Ted Sroka | |||||
| The angels, who arrive in groups (sorted by age) | ||||||
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Yuki | 18 | Hebi (Snake) | 3th | Fire | Kyoko Hikami / Karen Strassman |
| Yuki is a strong but calm woman. She usually remains quiet but will give useful advice when called upon. She acts and is seen as a mother to the younger angels. Mika uses "mother" as an insult towards her. She was a white snake in her pastlife.One who has the biggest breasts that was said to be by the younger angels. | ||||||
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Mika | 17 | Usagi (Rabbit) | 2nd | Loneliness | Yukana / Wendee Lee |
| Mika is extroverted and hyperactive. Her over the top antics usually result in her getting yelled at by Ayumi and Akane (rabbits have a history of rivalry with turtles and foxes). When she was a rabbit she died of loneliness which may account for her current personality, being an attention seeker. Unlike most of the other angels, Mika is very clearly romantically attracted to Goro.Also one has big breasts said also by the younger angels and would wear exposing outfits most of the time. | ||||||
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Ayumi | 16 | Kame (Turtle) | 3th | Suffocation | Ayako Kawasumi / Hunter MacKenzie Austin |
| Ayumi was a turtle and always wears a green beret-like hat that symbolizes her turtle-shell in her past life.One who was said to have small breasts by the younger angels. Also gets into fights with Mika and admired Yuki. | ||||||
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Ran | 15 | Kingyo (Goldfish) | 1st | Drowning | Rie Tanaka / Michelle Ruff |
| Ran is a calm and caring girl, though she fears water from her time as a goldfish. Throughout the anime she gains the most screen time and is used in advertising the show more than the other angels. In fact, the series opens with her death as a goldfish and not the other angels' deaths as pets. One who also has big breasts but was not said by the younger angels and apparantly to some people to most hottest and sexiest angel. | ||||||
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Tsubasa | 14 | Inko (Parakeet) | 1st | Falling down | Sakura Nogawa / Zarah Little |
| Tsubasa fears heights. One who has big breasts but not said by the angels. | ||||||
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Kurumi | 13 | Hamster | 1st | Starvation | Mayako Nigo / Sandy Fox |
| Kurumi eats a lot because she fears starving from when she was a hamster. | ||||||
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Akane | 12 | Kitsune (Fox) | 3rd | Hunter's Gun | Saeko Chiba / Tricia Dickson |
| Akane is an introverted and misunderstood girl. She is mature for her age but fears dogs from when she was a fox because of her death by being hunted. She is initially quite scared of Nana because of this. She appears to be cold but is actually very friendly and warms to Midori more than the other angels. The second most hottest and sexiest angel said by some people. | ||||||
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Midori | 11 | Tanuki (Raccoon) | 3rd | Food poisoning | Akiko Kobayashi / Jessica D. Stone |
| Midori is often seen with Akane working in an Udon store which is a reference to Japanese mythology. She and Akane have also been known to shapeshift - a power that tanuki and kitsune have been known to possess in Japanese mythology. | ||||||
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Tamami | 10 | Neko (Cat) | 3nd | Car | Chiaki Osawa / Carrie Daniels |
| Tamami is very catlike and has many catgirl personality traits. She fears traffic as she was run over by a car when she was a cat. | ||||||
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Momo | 9 (some viewers claim to see her 10-12.) | Saru (Monkey) | 4th | Electrocution | Aya Hirano / Kay Jensen |
| Momo is shy. She had a crush on one guy but did not show it. Also had her menstruation in the second season, | ||||||
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Nana | 8 | Inu (Dog) | 2nd | Exhaustion | Shizuka Hasegawa / Lauren Bendik |
| Nana has a tomboy-ish personality, and is hyper-active just like in her past life being a dog | ||||||
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Lulu | 7 | Kaeru (Frog) | 4th | Cold (Freezing) | Mei Shimizu / Rachel Hirschfeld |
| Lulu is spoiled. | ||||||
[edit] References
- ANN Contributors. Angel Tales. Anime News Network Anime Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 17, 2005. Retrieved again February 18, 2006.
- IGN (June 24, 2004). Reviews: Angel Tales - Sweet Transmigration. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
- Lineberger, Rob (June 8, 2004).Case Number 4560: Small Claims Court: Angel Tales: Sweet Transmigration. DVDVerdict. Retrieved July 18, 2005.
[edit] External links
- Tenshi no Shippo official website (Japanese)
- Bandai Entertainment's Official Angel Tales Website (English)
