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Angelic Layer(TV show/series, 2001)

Original title: "機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー" (Japanese/JA)
25min per episode | Genres: Drama, Animation, Comedy, Action & Adventure

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 26 episodes

Angelic LayerRating: 3.6/5 (with 6 votes)
Angelic Layer (Japanese: エンジェリックレイヤー, Hepburn: Enjerikku Reiyā) is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp. The manga was published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten, and in English originally by Tokyopop, but has since been re-licensed by Dark Horse Comics. It was the group's first work using a significantly pared-down style, which lowered emphasis on detail and accentuated posing and gestures. It would later be repeated in series like Chobits and Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle. The manga was adapted into a 26-episode anime series produced by Bones titled Angelic Layer: Battle Doll (機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー, Kidō Tenshi Enjerikku Reiyā, lit., "Angelic Layer: Mobile Angel") which aired on TV Tokyo from April 1, 2001 – September 23, 2001. Seven volumes of videos were released by ADV Films on VHS and DVD in 2003. It was re-released in 2005 as a five-volume box set. North American publisher Dark Horse Comics re-released Angelic Layer in omnibus format in 2011. Sentai Filmworks re-released the series under their Sentai Selects label on November 24, 2015. Anime Limited re-released the series in the United Kingdom in 2018. Angelic Layer takes place in the same universe as Clamp's later work Chobits, which similarly deals with the relationship... ()
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About Angelic Layer

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.

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Angelic Layer Seasons and Episodes

04/01/2001Season 1 - 26 episodes
#1 | 04/01/2001How Do You Do? My Very Own Angel
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Misaki moves to Tokyo to live with her aunt. After getting lost at the train station she sees an Angelic Fight on a big screen. A mysterious man, Icchan, who followed her out of the train station tells her more about 'Angelic Layer' and helps her to create her own angel, Hikaru.
#2 | 04/08/2001Do Your Best, Hikaru! It's Your First Fight
Misaki gets confused on her way to the first day of school when she meets Hatoko, a 5 year old girl who knows a lot about Angelic Layer, she also meets Hatoko's older brother, Kotarou and his best friend Tamayo. On her way home from school Misaki once again meets Icchan who helps her to make clothes for Hikaru and brings her to an Angelic Layer training center so she can practise movements on the Layer... However Misaki accidentally signs up for a match!
#3 | 04/15/2001Who Are You? Misaki's Nervous Lesson
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Icchan gets Misaki an Angel Card, a membership that will allpw her to enter official tournaments. He also teaches her a training technique, dancing with music, which will help her to learn the timing of fights. When Icchan has to leave Oujiro, Wizard's Deus, introduces himself and helps Misaki to practise. Later Misaki is tricked into fighting an unfair fight with another Deus.
#4 | 04/22/2001The Day the Angel Flew Down
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
After choosing her entry line Misaki and her friends attend the regional Championships. As she waits for her first battle Misaki watches Suzuka, Hitoko's Angel, fight her opponent, Nightingale, who she defeats with a single hit. Misaki's match doesn't go as well, her opponent's angel, Katrina', uses ice skates to gain speed and deliver a powerful, and nearly flawless, spin kick gains an early advantage.
#5 | 04/29/2001I Don't Want to Lose! I'm Believing in Hikaru
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Misaki enjoys playing Angelic Layer and she loves Hikaru with all her heart, but when she goes up against the Power-type Vasquez, her confidence and self-esteem falters and has Hikaru engage in the 'hit and run' technique during battle, winning by a sheer stroke of luck. This angers Hatoko, who claims that Misaki has stopped believing in Hikaru and in herself.
#6 | 05/06/2001The Light-Speed Suzuka! Hotoko's Declaration of Rivalry
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#7 | 05/13/2001Fight to the Limit... Misaki's Last Chance
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#8 | 05/20/2001Misaki vs Misaki? The Dangerous Classmate
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#9 | 05/27/2001Sing Misaki! The Deus is an Idol
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#10 | 06/03/2001The Mean Sisters! And the Targeted Hikaru
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#11 | 06/10/2001The Match! Hikaru and Mao's Real Fight
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#12 | 06/17/2001Misaki and Kotaru - The Two's Exciting Date
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#13 | 06/24/2001The Pure White Buranshe - Kaede's Smile
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#14 | 07/01/2001Never Give Up! And Then an Angel was Born
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#15 | 07/08/2001Shirahime vs Suzuka! The Ice Machine's Secret
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#16 | 07/15/2001The Final Match! Hikaru's Last Attack
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#17 | 07/22/2001I Choose You! Misaki's Chosen Person
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Misaki has made it all the way to the National Games, but before the competition begins, there is one more thing she must do- find someone to act as her second during the upcoming fights. But when Misaki's friends come over to congratulate her on her success, it becomes clear that they all want they all want to be chosen as her second! And as Misaki attempts to sift through all the offers and select the one person she really wants as her partner, Shuko has a decision of her own to make, as to whether it is finally time for her to come and see Misaki.
#18 | 07/29/2001Lots of Formidable Opponents! The Much Anticipated National Tournament
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
With Hatoko by her side, Misaki heads for the opening ceremony of the National Games, determined to do her best no matter how stiff the competition. As the action gets underway, it becomes clear that all of the players are at the top of the game, but it soon becomes clear that there is one who still stands hand and shoulders above the rest- current champion ‘Shu' and her angel Athena.
#19 | 08/05/2001System Down? A Battle Onboard a Boat Amidst a Storm
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#20 | 08/12/2001The Enemy is Icchan? The Stuttering Second Match
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
#21 | 08/19/2001The Summer Sea! Someone is in Love with Someone
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#22 | 08/26/2001Suddenly Alone Together - The Secret Double Date
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
#23 | 09/09/2001Break into the Magical Wall! Misaki vs Ohjirou
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The National Semis are here and it's Hikaru vs. Wizard, Oujiro's Angel. His Magic Guard seems impenitrable and Hikaru can't get a hit in edgewise. It's going to take all of Misaki's skill to get her Angel out of this one as Oujiro struggles with his own feelings about Misaki and his first love: her mother.
#24 | 09/16/2001Reach Out to Misaki! This Feeling is Over the Rainbow
4.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Misaki ponders the days when she was writing letters to her mother. But for now, it is time for the second semifinal as Sai, with her angel Shirahime, battles Shuko and her angel Athena.
#25 | 09/23/2001Fateful Reunion - An Angel Soaked with Tears
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
The secret is finally out! Shuko has told Misaki that she is her mother. But now Ohjiro is going to have them meet face to face, and have Misaki learn the truth as to what her mother had been doing in Tokyo all these years.
#26 | 09/30/2001Angels Wings! Pull Me and Hikaru Together
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)
Misaki and Hikaru are in the finals, and she is ready for biggest match ever as she faces three-time champion Athena, who is commanded by none other than her mother! Athena is the angel that Misaki modeled her own angel after, and with them having met each other for the first time in seven years, it is time for mother and daughter to communicate in the Layer. While only one angel will emerge as the champion, the battle is a win-win situation for everyone involved.

Additional Information

Production country: Japan
Derivative works/Adaptions: "Angelic Layer: Mobile Angel" (find it on Amazon)
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 9 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 04/01/2001
Last episode released on: 09/30/2001
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Kidô tenshi anjerikku rêyâ"
"엔젤릭 레이어"

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