Burst Angel

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Burst Angel

爆裂天使
(Bakuretsu Tenshi)

Genre

Mecha, Science fiction, Yuri

TV anime

Director

Koichi Ohata

Writer

Fumihiko Shimo

Studio

GONZO

Licensor

FUNimation Entertainment

MVM Films

Madman Entertainment

Network

TV Asahi

Other networks:
QTV 11, Hero TV Animax

Original run

6 April 2004 – 14 September 2004

Episodes

Manga: Angel's Adolescence

Illustrator

Minoru Murao

Publisher

Media Works

Demographic

Shōnen

Magazine

Dengeki Comic Gao!

Volumes

OVA: Burst Angel: Infinity

Director

Koichi Ohata

Studio

GONZO

Licensor

FUNimation Entertainment

MVM Films

Madman Entertainment

Episodes

Released

March 23, 2007

Burst Angel (爆裂天使, Bakuretsu Tenshi^?) is a Japanese animated television series directed by Koichi Ohata, from a screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo, and produced by the GONZO animation studio.

Burst Angel takes place in the near future, after a rise in criminal activity forced the Japanese government to allow citizens to possess firearms and establish the Recently Armed Police Taskforce (RAPT). The series follows Kyohei Tachibana, a culinary school student who dreams of becoming a pastry chef, and the band of mercenaries he works for.

The series aired on TV Asahi from April 6, 2004 to September 14, 2004, totaling 24 episodes. An original video animation, Burst Angel Infinity, was released on March 23, 2007.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Media
- 3.1 Manga
- 3.2 OVA
4 External links

[edit] Plot

Main article: List of Burst Angel episodes

In the near future, due to an unusual rise in criminal activity, it has become legal to possess firearms in Japan so lawful citizens can protect themselves. At the same time, the government established the Recently Armed Police Taskforce, whose methods are exterminating criminals rather than arresting them.

The story opens with Kyohei Tachibana, a student at a culinary arts school with dreams of someday becoming a patissier, motorcycling down an inner city street and becoming caught up in a shoot-out between a mysterious white-haired woman and a couple of gangsters. Kyohei escapes unharmed and ends up working as a cook for Jo, Meg, Amy, and Sei in an effort to gather up enough money to travel to France. The girls, ranging in ages of eleven to nineteen, turn out to be pseudo-mercenary agents for a larger international group known as Bai Lan.

Burst Angel focuses on the group as they investigate a series of mutated human monsters with odd glowing brains that cause various amount of mayhem in Tokyo.

[edit] Characters

Jo

Silver hair, red eyes, carries twin Desert Eagles and is known as "The Angel from Hell." She has superhuman abilities from her artificial creation, usually followed by the appearance of a glowing tattoo on her left arm and shoulder blade. They resemble wings and are often called "The Wings of the Devil" and will glow when Jo is put under a lot of stress when fighting. Jo also puts Meg over anything else, which she stated when telling Meg that she fights for her only. When she is not fighting, she enjoys watching horror or gore related movies. Jo would eventually rediscover her past as a genetically engineered war machine in human form. After being forced to surrender with Meg and others held hostage, Jo returns to the secret labs for reprogramming and conditioning at RAPT R&D. Jo's counterpart, Maria, freed her to only prove who was the strongest; Jo managed to remove her will to defeat her and restores her true humanity. Jo realized that she has to destroy RAPT at the source all for all that has happened as well as help Sei. Meg was highly opposed to the idea after seeing her go through a lifetime of combat and feels it's not their problem. Jo knocks Meg out, bids her farewell and leaves her communicator and jacket behind for her to remember by. After fighting their way into RAPT HQ, Jo destroyed RAPT's most powerful bio-tech brain and the whole building collapses.

Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Monica Rial (English)

Megumi

Meg has red hair, carries a small revolver, at times a large armor piercing rifle, and dresses like a cowgirl. Meg is highly prone to be captured and only to be rescued by Jo. She is the very best of friends with Jo and is 100% loyal to her only. It's suggestive throughout the series and manga that her feelings for Jo might be romantic, possibly bisexual since she's into men. She first met Jo in New York City, a year before the beginning of the series. Since then, Meg and Jo teamed up and became bounty hunters until Sei hired them. Meg enjoys eating and loves buffets. Her true hair color is not red, but actually black.

She was once an orphan in New York City, until she encountered Jo. At first she was reluctant to keep Jo around because of her destructive capabilities, but after some time they learn to appreciate and trust each other. After they took Sei's offer as employees of Bai-lan, they have been performing supportive roles for Jo's missions. Meg often would be an undercover agent for info and provide cover fire for Jo. After she finds out Jo's origin, she feels Jo no longer should fight, but was left alone on their final mission. Jo knocked her out and left her belongings to her.

Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Jamie Marchi (English)

Sei

Sei is the busty leader of the group and was the one who hired Jo and Meg to become members of it alongside Kyohei. She wears a long blue jacket, and has her black hair in a bun, but appears older than her stated age. Her grandfather runs Bai Lan(white orchid) and comes from a very powerful Chinese family. Born and raised as a traditional Chinese girl and trained in various ways of her clan/syndicate. After her grandfather stepped down as leader of the clan, their current clan members made a partnership with RAPT to preserve their clan. However such actions not only disgusted Sei, but she was forced to do many things for RAPT in Bai-Lan's name. She eventually rebelled against her own organization under the advice of her own grandfather.

Voiced by: Rie Tanaka (Japanese), Clarine Harp (English)

Amy

Amy is a Computer/Techno whiz. She was saved and recruited by Sei after Amy's hacking drew attention to the authorities. She often argues with Meg and also loves scarfing down Kyohei's various treats. She has a cult following in the cyberworld. She is often seen carrying what appears to be a pink stuffed animal that actually contains a laptop.

Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi (Japanese), Alison Retzlof (English)

Tachibana Kyohei

Proficient in Chinese cooking, Italian cooking, and Japanese cooking. He wishes to be a patissier in Europe.

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (Japanese), Greg Ayres (English)

[edit] Media

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[edit] Manga

Angel's Adolescence, illustrated by Minoru Murao, is a manga prequel to the Burst Angel TV series.

[edit] OVA

Burst Angel Infinity was released in Japan on March 23, 2007. Like Angel's Adolescence, the OVA deals with Jo and Meg's life before joining Sei's band of mercenaries in Tokyo.

The OVA was released by FUNimation on November 13, 2007.