Earthian
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The cover of volume 1 of the Earthian manga (English edition).
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アーシアン (Āshian) |
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| Genre | Shōnen-ai, science fiction |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yun Kōga |
| Published by | Shinshokan |
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| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Magazine | Wings |
| Original run | 1988 – 1994 |
| Volumes | 5 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Kenichi Ohnuki Nobuyasu Furukawa Toshiyasu Kogawa |
| Studio | J.C.Staff |
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| Released | 26 July 1989 – 21 December 1996 |
| Episodes | 4 |
Earthian (アーシアン Āshian?) is a shōnen-ai manga by Yun Kouga about angel watchers of earth which was made into a J.C.Staff-produced anime OVA. The angels' roles are to assess the progress of humans giving them positive and negative scores based on their everyday actions. The angels, who have deemed that the Earthian are becoming far too destructive, decide that if the Earthian reach 10,000 negative marks instead of positive, then their world will be destroyed. While there are many sets of positive/negative partner teams that have descended to the Earth to carry out their investigations, the story focuses on a single pair that, due to the carelessness (or perhaps over-caring nature) of one, causes both to end up in trying circumstances multiple times throughout their stay on Earth...
There are four OVAs total, three of which continue the same plot, and another that delves into a separate side story. All of them coincide with the original manga.
For thousands of years angels have observed the behavior of humans from their homeland Eden. They are disgusted with humans for how they treat their planet and how they treat each other. It is decided that the humans should be wiped out. However, to give the humans a chance, Eden sends down many pairs of angels to observe the humans. One is a plus checker, who seeks the good in humans; the other is a minus checker, who seeks the bad in humans. If more good is seen in humans, they will be spared. But if 10,000 minus checks are made against them, then they will be destroyed.
Along with humans, angels fear and despise Lucifers, also known as fallen angels. An angel is typically born with light hair and white wings, but if an angel acts against Eden too many times, then their hair and wings will turn black, known as the Black Cancer, and they die. To encourage that angels stay away from both humans and Lucifers, it's decreed that if an angel exposes their wings to three humans or if they meet too many Lucifers, they shall also become one as well.
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