Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel

Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel (快盗天使ツインエンジェル, Kaitō Tenshi Tsuin Enjeru, lit. Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel) is a 2008 Japanese original video anime series produced by Nomad based on a pachisuro game from Trivy and Sammy. A television anime adaptation produced by J.C.Staff aired between July and September 2011. Several manga spin-off series have also been produced.

Plot

Haruka and Aoi are a pair of friends who become the magical Twin Angels in order to fight off evil as the Red and Blue Angels. Their story revolves heavily around tracking down and protecting Seven Amulets; magical pieces of jewelry capable of generating immense power when assembled from a mysterious man known only as Black Trader and his subordinates. They are eventually joined by Kurumi the White Angel.

Characters

Protagonists

Haruka Minazuki (水無月 遥, Minazuki Haruka)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

The spunky and energetic red-headed protagonist. Haruka has a caring, get-going sort of personality that compels her to seek out and help people even when not asked. She is prone to being occasionally ditzy and air-headed but is generally quite wise and worldly. Her alias is Red Angel. She mainly attacks using superhuman strength, agility, and powerful kicks enhanced by red flames which add jet-propulsion to her kicks. Her main attack is the Angel Tornado a powerful flying kick.

Aoi Kannazuki (神無月 葵, Kannazuki Aoi)

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto

A quiet and polite girl with blue hair. Aoi is the reserved foil to Haruka and occasionally the voice of reason. She comes from a very rich and respected family, her grandmother is their private school's principal and the previous Angel in her position. She is also well attended to by a one-eyed warrior butler named Heinojou who has a habit of appearing out of nowhere to tend to her. Her alias is Blue Angel. She attacks using a magical bow and arrow called Angel Arrow which can produce infinite arrows that can split upon firing.

Kurumi Hazuki (葉月 クルミ, Hazuki Kurumi)

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya

Aoi's young distant cousin. A prim and proper lady with a strong tsundere personality characteristic of Rie Kugimiya. She takes great pride in her and Aoi's work as Twin Angel and often bumps heads with Haruka who she feels is too crude and weak to be Aoi's partner. She grows to like her as well however. Her alias is White Angel. She apparently doesn't require a Poketen (a hand-held device needed for transformation) to transform. She fights using cat-faced gunpowder bombs.

Tenshi-chan (天使ちゃん)

Voiced by: Saori Sakura

The spirit living inside their poketens the magical devices the girls use to transform.

Yuito Kisaragi (如月 唯人, Kisaragi Yuito) / Misty Knight (ミスティナイト, Misuti Naito)

Voiced by: Nobuyuki Hiyama

The handsome school president. He assists the Twin Angels as a Tuxedo Mask inspired hero. His main weapons are blue roses he apparently cuts from folded paper. Haruka has a crush on him. He often acts as a Deus Ex Machina either working off-screen to happily resolve a conflict or rendering assistance at exactly the right moments. He is apparently from a rich family yet much of his time is spent doing odd and occasionally humiliating part-time jobs.

St. Cherine Academy

Yayoi Shinmon (新門 弥生, Shinmon Yayoi)

Voiced by: Yukari Minegishi

A member of the school newspaper club, she has brown pigtails and glasses. She constantly tries to photograph big scoops mostly involving Twin Angel but all her photos either come out blurry or out of focus.

Nyan Tomochi (戸持 娘, Tomochi Nyan)

Voiced by: Saori Goto

A young green-haired girl who wears a distinctive beanie with cat ears. She is a typical clumsy girl. She takes care of a magical giant Japanese salamander.

Ms. Saijo (西条 先生, Saijo-Sensei) / Black Carrier (ブラック キャリア, Burakku Kyaria)

Voiced by: Yuu Asakawa

The lonely school teacher of Twin Angel. She is in her late twenties and is wracked by fears that she will never get married and earning enough money to make a living. She is eventually hired by Black Trader as Black Carrier. She is a formidable fighter in hand-to-hand and employs her own set of robots. Despite that she is very caring and noble, she avoids committing any serious crime and even cleans up any destruction she causes. She falls in love with Black Trader but gives up on him when she realizes that he is not a good person.

Antagonist

Salome (サロメ, Sarome)

Voiced by: Ryoko Shintani

A gothic-lolita dressed blonde girl who served as the Twin Angel's first opponent before she was fired and exiled to the South Pole by Black Trader. She fought entirely using specially constructed giant robots. She is assisted by her bumbling, masochistic servant Alexander who is infatuated with her. She neither particularly abusive or ungrateful towards him but he seems to enjoy throwing himself into unpleasant circumstances for her sake.

Tesla Violet (テスラ・ヴァイオレット, Tesura Vaioretto)

Voiced by: Yui Horie

Eldest of the Violet sisters, she has long aqua-colored hair and fights using electric powers alongside her sister as part of Twin Phantom. She and Nine lost their parents in a fire accident, but were rescued by Black Trader who adopted them and to whom they are eternally loyal to, when he had lied to them about the Twin Angels being responsible.

Nine Violet (ナイン・ヴァイオレット, Nain Vaioretto)

Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki

Youngest of the Violet sisters, she has short aqua-colored hair and fights using a large magical sword. She'd become close to Haruka not knowing she's a Twin Angel.

Black Trader (ブラックトレーダー, Burakku Toreda)

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama

The mysterious antagonist who seeks the Seven Amulets and tries to destroy Twin Angels. He was an assistant to Oscar Violet, the Violet sisters' father, into researching the amulets, but the two were often in conflict about it.

Media

Original video anime

Episode list

Anime television series

In December 2010, a promotional video at Sammy's Comic Market booth announced that a new anime television series was planned for 2011 with the J.C.Staff producing the animation.^[1] Titled Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradise!! (快盗天使ツインエンジェル ~キュンキュン☆ときめきパラダイス!!~, Kaitō Tenshi Tsuin Enjeru: Kyun Kyun Tokimeki Paradaisu!!), the series began its broadcast run in Japan on TV Kanagawa on July 5, 2011 at 1:45am. The North American media website Crunchyroll simulcast the series under the title Twin Angel: Twinkle Paradise. The anime series has two pieces of theme music. The opening theme is "Those Girls are Totally Angels!!" (オンナのコって♪マジ☆超えんじぇる!!, Onna no Kotte Maji Chō Enjeru!!) performed by Avenue Project feat. Saori Sakura and Rie Shirasawa and the ending theme is "Shining☆Star" performed by Yukari Tamura, Mamiko Noto and Rie Kugimiya, the voices of Haruka Minazuki, Aoi Kannazuki and Kurumi Hazuki, respectively.^[2]

Episode list

See also

• Mirai Suenaga

References

External links

• Kaitō Tenshi Twin Angel (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia