Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Add to My List

Add to Favorites

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Figure 17 - Tsubasa and Hikaru

Japanese: フィギュア17 つばさ&ヒカル

More titles

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 27, 2001 to May 26, 2002

Premiered: Spring 2001

Broadcast: Unknown

Producers: Bandai Visual, Genco, MediaNet

Licensors: Media Blasters

Studios: OLM

Source: Original

Genres: Sci-Fi, Slice of Life

Duration: 47 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.26¹ (scored by 3,602 users)

¹ indicates a weighted score.

Ranked: #2968²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #5556

Members: 14,087

Favorites: 80

Available At

Official Site

Resources

AniDB

ANN

Synopsis

Tsubasa Shiina is a 10-year-old girl who recently moved to Hokkaido to live with her father. In school, she is very quiet and unsociable with her classmates. Then one night, she witnesses a UFO crash in the forest near her home. She rushes to the scene and finds the pilot, codenamed "D.D.", in a barely stable condition. Also in the scene is a Maguar, a hideous alien that hatched aboard D.D.'s ship. As the Maguar is close to taking Tsubasa's life, an alien lifeform fuses with her body to form the Riberus battle armor Figure 17, which shortly destroys the alien threat. The life form takes the name Hikaru and turns into an identical twin of Tsubasa. As time passes, Tsubasa becomes more open to everyone around her, thanks to her new twin sister Hikaru. However, with Maguar eggs scattered all over Hokkaido, their ability to form Figure 17 is needed to eliminate all hatched Maguars until backup from D.D.'s home planet arrives on Earth.

(Source: ANN)

Edit

Background

No background information has been added to this title. Help improve our database by adding background information here.

Edit

Related Anime

Adaptation:

Figure 17

More characters

Characters & Voice Actors

Shiina, Tsubasa

Main

Yajima, Akiko
Japanese

Shiina, Hikaru

Main

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

Figure 17

Main

Yajima, Akiko
Japanese

Domoto, Daisuke

Main

Koyama, Rikiya
Japanese

Oldina

Supporting

Inoue, Kikuko
Japanese

Karasawa, Asuka

Supporting

Yuzuki, Ryouka
Japanese

Hibino, Akiko

Supporting

Katou, Yuuko
Japanese

Ibaragi, Shinichi

Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru
Japanese

Sawada, Mina

Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie
Japanese

Tenmaru

Supporting

More staff

Staff

Oosawa, Nobuhiro

Producer

Takahashi, Naohito

Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation, Chief Animation Director

Watanabe, Jun

Sound Director

Murata, Kazuya

Episode Director, Storyboard

Edit

Opening Theme

"BOY" by THE ALFEE

Edit

Ending Theme

"Fairy Dance" by THE ALFEE

Reviews

Aug 13, 2007

Meloria

Recommended

Characters/Development
There are two aspects within the series. The first is where the characters fight off the Magyua threat one by one. Each fight is different from the last as we see the technology and weaponary being improved and new tatics thought up as each of the Magyua is different and stronger than the last in their own ways, which remains interesting throughout. The second is where Tsubasa struggles to become more self confident, especially during the fights with Magyua. There’s also the life of Tsubasa and Hikaru on the farm and during school as they both support each other and play with their friends during ... free time. There is both happy and sad moments which can bring a tear to your eye as the emotion feels realistic. Both aspects flow very well together as both are developments during the series that I felt were perfect. The relation between Tsubasa and Hikaru developing were very sweet and cute moments as they were there for each other.

Animation/Scenery
At first the anime feels quite old for its time as it does appear slightly dull. The picture is too soft and the colours aren’t very good during the first two or so episodes but eventually it gets a lot better. The picture gets more clearer and sharper. There is also very few repeated scenes throughout the series, but everything else is unique and animated well during the given situation, be it calm or a fight with a Magyua. Other than that the animation remains very good without too many complaints. The main character designs are great but a few of the other characters aren’t anything too special but overall it does have its own style without anything excessively cute either. Characters always wear different clothing, keeping it a little more realistic and develops the personality of characters more by the clothing they wear. There is a wide variety of scenery in Figure 17, but most of them are usually natural areas, but many scenes on the farm,in Tsubasa’s school and even some space scenes and other minor locations. They are beautifully designed with a lot of colour that mixes perfectly, nothing that goes out of place and since there are scenes during different times of the day and year add to the variety.

Audio/Music
Again at first the quality of sound is quite dull but later improves. Voice acting is great, nothing to complain about there. The anime however didn’t seem to have a wide variety of sound effects at first so those are heard quite alot throughout some time. I also noticed very few sounds started late during the animtation but nothing too major. Background music was fantastic for both aspects of the anime, most that can be easily remembered too. Music for the calm moments had both happy and sad moments, some with a reconisable tune being used that I liked the most, the same goes for the music used during the battles that brought tension and excitement to those bits. I found the track used when the Figure 17 fights the Magyua was the best for these situations, but the other ones were still good.

Conclusion
With the two aspects to the anime, it can be both exciting or upsetting. I enjoyed every moment while watching this one, but I enjoyed the relation between Tsubasa and Hikaru grow the most. It is a serious anime with very light comedy, but filled with emotion that felt realistic thanks to the good voice actors and music helping achieve this too. One of the best anime series I’ve watched in a while, everything about it I felt was really fantastic.

Open

Gift

Jan 14, 2009

KholdStare88

Recommended

What is Figure 17? That's exactly my question when I first heard about it. I asked everyone I knew, and found only one other person who knew about it. No one seems to know about this obscure yet I first found it while browsing through Saimoe 2002. The first thing that interested me about Figure 17 was how cute the characters in the show are. However, as I watch on, not expecting anything great, Figure 17 somehow evolved into one of my favorite anime of all time.

I see Figure 17 was having two separate stories. One part of Figure 17, ...

Open

Gift

Dec 10, 2008

nixops

Recommended

I had no preconceived notions about this anime when I bought it, but it had me rooted to the spot in the first episode. Not so much for the action sequences, but for the dynamics of the relationship between the 2 girls that become the main characters and watching their friendship develop and Tsubasa slowly finding herself with the prompting of Hikaru.
I enjoyed seeing their interaction with their friends and dailly lives, and how they dealt with the ever sinister threat presented by the Magyars, and how each time Tsubasa finds the courage to stand up and fight when called upon by her "sister". ...

Open

Gift

More stacks

Interest Stacks

Has a Main Character Who's a Girl/Woman

by arinthach

50 Entries · 14 Restacks

Obscure kino you should peruse (#4000 popularity and up)

by namorin

18 Entries · 33 Restacks

Evangelion clones

by Ionliosite2

26 Entries · 52 Restacks

More recommendations

Recommendations

View All

More news

Recent News

More discussions

Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru Episode 9 Discussion Cratex - Dec 29, 2014	7 replies	by diegontijo »» Aug 8, 2023 10:05 PM
Poll: Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru Episode 13 Discussion Cratex - Dec 30, 2014	11 replies	by CaptainKenshiro »» Jul 9, 2023 9:45 AM
Poll: Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru Episode 10 Discussion Cratex - Dec 29, 2014	5 replies	by CaptainKenshiro »» Jul 8, 2023 9:32 PM
Poll: Figure 17 Episode 1 Discussion Sasuke10271994 - Oct 29, 2010	9 replies	by HellindiuM »» Jun 27, 2023 9:23 PM
Poll: Figure 17 Episode 5 Discussion Sasuke10271994 - Feb 20, 2012	11 replies	by HellindiuM »» Jun 20, 2023 8:27 PM

Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Shiina, Tsubasa

Shiina, Hikaru

Figure 17

Domoto, Daisuke

Oldina

Karasawa, Asuka

Hibino, Akiko

Ibaragi, Shinichi

Sawada, Mina

Tenmaru

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru

Alternative Titles

Information

Statistics

Available At

Resources

Synopsis

Background

Visit MALxJapan MALxJapan -More than just anime-

Related Anime

Characters & Voice Actors

Staff

Opening Theme

Ending Theme

Reviews

Interest Stacks

Recommendations

Recent News

Recent Forum Discussion

MoreTop Anime

MoreTop Airing Anime

MoreMost Popular Characters

Visit MALxJapan
MALxJapan -More than just anime-