Figure 17
| Figure 17 | |
Cover of the first DVD volume
|
|
|
フィギュア17つばさ＆ヒカル (Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru) |
|
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Science Fiction, Slice of life story |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Naohito Takahashi |
| Produced by | Nobuhiro Osawa, Shukichi Kanda |
| Written by | Shoji Yonemura |
| Music by | Toshihiko Takamizawa |
| Studio | GENCO/OLM, Inc. |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | AT-X, TV Tokyo |
| Original run | May 27, 2001 – June 26, 2002 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Genco Olm |
| Illustrated by | Guy Nakahira |
| Published by | MediaWorks |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Magazine | Dengeki Daioh |
| Original run | November 27, 2001 – October 27, 2002 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Light novel | |
| Written by | Shoji Yonemura |
| Illustrated by | Yuriko Chiba |
| Demographic | Male |
| Imprint | Dengeki Bunko |
| Published | June 10, 2002 |
Figure 17 Tsubasa & Hikaru (フィギュア17つばさ＆ヒカル?) is an original anime series created by Genco and OLM, Inc. and directed by Naohito Takahashi. The series featured character designs by Yuriko Chiba and music by Toshihiko Takamizawa (of the rock band The Alfee). The series is unusual due to it having an hour time slot per episode (46 minutes of actual episode) rather than the standard half hour time slot.
The anime covers a small portion of the life of the timid, shy, Tsubasa Shiina, a grade schooler who is forced to move to Hokkaidō from Tokyo with her father as he pursues his dream of becoming a baker in the aftermath of her mother's death. At her new school, she is so shy and unsociable that her classmates ignore her at best, and abuse her inability to defend herself at worst.
Shortly after the two begin to settle in, an alien spaceship comes crashing down to earth in the forest behind her house. Stumbling across the ship with her dog, Tsubasa discovers the pilot, unconscious and wounded, and a monster who is trying to kill him. When the monster attacks, the alien wakes and tries to fight off the monster. Tsubasa, in her fright, runs for the ship to hide from the monster. The monster quickly takes care of the alien, seemingly killing him and in the process releasing him from some sort of transformation, and then tries to reach into the ship to get at Tsubasa.
In its effort to reach her, the monster accidentally cracks a mysterious container, the contents of which leak out onto the floor next to Tsubasa. Moments later, the liquid converges upon her and transforms her into what appears to be a young teenage equivalent of the form the man had possessed while fighting the monster. With the aid of this mysterious 'power-up', Tsubasa is able to defeat the monster, though doing so is somewhat accidental on her part.
When the battle is over, instead of simply reverting to her usual form, Tsubasa finds that the strange substance has turned into a near-perfect copy of herself on separation. This new girl introduces herself, claiming the name Hikaru. The alien awakens, but does not transform into the appearance he had on Tsubasa's arrival at his ship. Together, all three return to Tsubasa's house and stay the night in her room.
...
Wikipedia