Absolute Boy

Absolute Boy
Promotional image for Zettai Shōnen
絶対少年 (Zettai Shōnen)
Genre	Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery, Slice of life story
Anime television series
Directed by	Tomomi Mochizuki
Written by	Kazunori Itō
Studio	Ajia-do Animation Works, Bandai Visual
Original network	Animax, NHK
English network	SEA Animax Asia
Original run	21 May 2005 – 19 November 2005
Episodes	26
Light novel
Written by	Tatsuya Hamazaki
Illustrated by	Sunaho Tobe
Published by	MediaWorks
Demographic	Male
Imprint	Dengeki Bunko
Original run	10 August 2005 – 10 December 2005
Volumes	2

Absolute Boy (絶対少年, Zettai Shōnen^?) is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series, produced by Ajia-do Animation Works and Bandai Visual, which first aired on NHK between May 21, 2005 and November 19, 2005. Directed by Tomomi Mochizuki and written by Kazunori Itō, the series featured character designs by Sunaho Tobe, who also illustrated the series' light novel adaptation, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko between August 10, 2005 and December 10, 2005. It was subsequently broadcast by the anime television network, Animax, who aired it in English across its networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia.

The series focuses on two major characters, in two different plot arcs, who find themselves caught up in a series of mysteries involving so-called "material fairies" and "material evils". While they are dealing with these paranormal entities, life continues around them as their friends deal with the ups and downs of life.

The plot centers around two major arcs in the storyline, the first involving Ayumu Aizawa, who is visiting his father in the small town of Tana during the summer; the second concerning Kisa Tanigawa in Yokohama, a year and a half after the events of the first arc.

The first twelve episodes of the series focus on the day-to-day life of Ayumu Aizawa as he visits his father, a veterinarian, at a small town in the countryside. Ayumu has spent his visit thus far aimlessly biking across the valley, but a chance meeting with a girl named Miku sends him searching for a long-lost friend of his, Wakkun. Upon finding Wakkun, he discovers that the boy has not aged since he and Ayumu played as children. Wakkun is also wearing clothes very similar to the raincoat and galoshes that Ayumu wore habitually as a child. Wakkun introduces Ayumu to his two friends, Dosshiru (Doss) and Shisshin (Sense), mysterious flying objects that alternate between a mechanical form and a sphere of yellow light.