Fantastic Children (2004)

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A group of mysterious white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the looks of 11 years old, they behave way more mature than they should be, never grow, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have kept being after is a girl, and all the connection they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.

เจาะลึก Fantastic Children: เนื้อเรื่อง การสร้าง และเสียงวิจารณ์

Fantastic Children (ファンタジックチルドレン, Fantajikku Chirudoren) is a Japanese anime television series created by Takashi Nakamura and produced by Nippon Animation. It first aired in Japan across TV Tokyo between October 4, 2004, and March 28, 2005, totaling 26 episodes. There was an extended ending special released only on DVD.

The series was later translated and dubbed by Animax into English for broadcast across its English-language networks in Southeast Asia and South Asia. It was previously licensed in North America by Bandai Entertainment.

Plot

The series opens with the introduction of a group of white-haired children, known as the "Befort Children", named after "Befort", a fictional village in Belgium where their existence was first recorded in 1489. This group of enigmatic children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the appearance of 11-year-olds, they behave far more mature than they should be, never grow old, and seem to have supernatural power.

Then the story starts to unfold in 2012 by introducing Helga, an introverted 11-year-old orphan who drew pictures of a land with a crescent moon that she believed was her home. Her playmate and only friend in the orphanage, Chitto, wants to help Helga find it. So together they escape from the orphanage and set out on a journey in which they meet Tohma, an energetic boy in his home, Papin Island. There Tohma tries to befriend them but misunderstands Helga and becomes hostile to her. Later he is mesmerized by Helga's bravery in rescuing Chitto from a group of poisonous insects. Tohma, through his desire to help the two runaway orphans, ventures out on a quest that will eventually cross paths with the mission of the Befort Children, who have spent centuries wandering Europe in search of a person named Tina. As they go further they come to realize a truth far more great and entwined with many other mysterious characters.

Characters

Tohma (トーマ) is the series protagonist. He is an enthusiastic and energetic young boy who lives with his parents on the shores of Papin Island.

Voiced by: Junko Minagawa

Helga (ヘルガ, Heruga) is a quiet and introverted young girl, whom Tohma helps save from an oppressive orphanage. She is in search of a place which is the source of her paintings.

Voiced by: Shiho Kawaragi

Chitto (チット) is a good-hearted young boy, who is an earnest and steadfast friend to Helga, and her best friend at the orphanage.

Voiced by: Kei Kobayashi

The GED Organization (ゲド機関, Gedo Kikan) is led by Gherta Hawksbee. Gherta uses Conrad Röntgen's findings to reconstruct the Autozone, a machine which brings people back from the Zone, the land of the dead, using Orsel, the life force in all living things. Because of the high levels of Orsel required to bring someone back, however, a person can become very unstable and the Orsel can turn into a sort of weapon. Later, the GED is manipulated by Dumas so that he can send Tina's spirit back to her old body, though this plan does not work.

Staff

Executive producer: Kōichi Motohashi

Original creator, character designs and director: Takashi Nakamura

Planning: Takuo Minegeshi, Michio Katō

Planning coordination: Shin Unozawa, Kenichi Iyadomi, Shirō Sasaki

Production manager: Shigeo Endō

Script: Hideki Mitsui, Takashi Nakamura

Art director: Nizo Yamamoto

Art assistance: Osamu Masuyama, Akemi Imano

Chief animation director: Miyuki Nakamura

Storyboards: Katsumi Terahigashi, Hiroshi Fukutomi, Masaki Sugiyama

Episode directors: Hiroshi Kaburagi, Kenichi Nishida, Kenichi Shimizu, Yoshimi Tsuda

Animation directors: Kōichi Maruyama, Tetsurō Aoki, Hitoshi Haga, Yasuko Sakuma, Norihiro Naganuma

Director of photography: Seiichi Morishita

Color designs: Mayumi Satō

Color designations: Yumi Asano, Makiko Nishidate

Music: Kōji Ueno

Sound director: Hiroyuki Hayase

Music producer: Yūko Sakurai (Victor Entertainment)

Music coordination: TV Tokyo Music

Producer: Kenichi Satō

Production: Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Nippon Animation, FC Project

Soundtrack

The series' soundtrack was composed by Kōji Ueno. A CD containing a total of 27 tracks was released on March 14, 2006, under the title Fantastic Children: A Gift from Greecia. It included both the opening theme of the show, "Voyage" (performed by Inori, lyrics by Mikio Sakai, composition by Mayumi Yamazaki, arrangement by Takahito Eguchi), and the ending theme, "Mizu no Madoromi" (水のまどろみ) (performed by Origa, lyrics by Rie Hamada( Japanese version) Origa (Russian version), composition and arrangement by Kunihiko Ryo).

Manga

Fantastic Children: Tokei Jikake no Tabibito-tachi (ファンタジックチルドレン 時計じかけの旅人たち), illustrated by Masakazu Miyano, was serialized in the monthly Comic Flapper. It was collected in two volumes.

ISBN 4-8401-0983-4

ISBN 4-8401-1302-5

Video game

The Fantastic Children video game was released for the Game Boy Advance on May 19, 2005, by Bandai. Developed by Inti Creates, the game follows Tohma through his adventures from Papen Island with Helga, Chitto and the Befort Children.

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