A N I M E / O T A K U : PART 2

Angelic Layer

Other Titles:

Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

Battle Doll Angelic Layer

Type:

TV

Aired:

April 1, 2001 to September 23, 2001

Source:

Manga

Genres:

Sci-Fi, Comedy, Sports, Drama, Shounen

Synopsis:

12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Main:

Hikaru

Hikaru is an angel created by a junior high school student named Misaki (Misakchi). When Misaki made Hikaru she wanted her to be a speedy type. Hikaru made Misaki a miracle rookie by being the best that she can be. She made Misaki the champion of Angelic Layer.

Hikaru also makes an appearance as the last fighter in chess in the Tsubasa manga.

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Tamayo Kizuki

Tamayo is 12 years old and is a friend and classmate of Misaki. She nicknames Misaki "Misakichi" and is rather eccentric. One of her favorite activities is practicing her martial arts techniques on her unwilling friend Kotaro. She always loudly cheers for Misaki at Angelic Layer matches and defends her against those who question her ability. It is later revealed that Tamayo has always held intimate feelings for Kotaro, which may be one reason why she always added "chan" (which Kotaro complains is only meant for "girls and little kids") to the end of his name instead of "kun", despite him being in middle school. She offers to be Misaki's "second" in her national game match against the Angelic Layer Company's angel due to Hatoko becoming ill before Misaki accepts Ohjiro's offer to be her second.

- Yukino, Satsuki (Japanese)

- Rial, Monica (English)

- Bienaime, Nathalie (French)

- Yun, Yeo Jin (Korean)

Kotarou Kobayashi

Kotaro is a 12 year old middle school classmate of Misaki, whom he has a crush on, as well as Hatoko's brother. He is always being assaulted by Tamayo and her various martial arts techniques, which he has been a victim of since he was four years old. He becomes jealous of Ohjiro's advances towards Misaki, going so far as to try to attempt to play a quasi-match of Angelic Layer against Ohjiro, despite the fact that he had never played it before. His family owns a karate dojo and Kotaro has practiced karate some himself, showing Misaki some of his knowledge in hopes that Misaki can use it to help Hikaru win.

- Fukuyama, Jun (Japanese)

- Corn, Kevin (English)

- Wirthgen, Jesco (German)

- Beaucaire, Nicolas (French)

Hatoko Kobayashi

Hatoko is a 5 year old known as the "miracle kindergartner" and is Misaki's best friend and Angelic Layer mentor. Even at a very young age, she is extremely intelligent, mature, and hard-working. She is an expert at Angelic Layer, often winning her games in mere seconds. She wins all ten of her games at the Tokyo prefecture games, and is the defending champion of the Kantō regional games. She is fiercely competitive, working to increase her angel's speed and power often. She also likes to poke fun at her brother Kotaro for his apparent ineptness when it comes to his crush on Misaki. Hatoko's angel is Suzuka.