Fire Tripper

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Synonyms: Rumic World 1

Japanese: 炎トリッパー

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Type: OVA

Episodes: 1

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Dec 16, 1985

Producers: None found, add some

Licensors: VIZ Media

Studios: Pierrot

Source: Manga

Genres: Fantasy, Sci-Fi

Theme: Time Travel

Duration: 50 min.

Rating: R+ - Mild Nudity

Statistics

Score: 6.46¹ (scored by 2,747 users)

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Ranked: #7264²

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Popularity: #7987

Members: 5,779

Favorites: 6

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Synopsis

On a day like any other, Suzuko meets one of her neighbor's children, Shu, in a park on her way back from school and decides to walk home with him. Tragically, they never make it home. Suzuko and the young boy are caught in a giant gas explosion, though instead of dying instantly, Suzuko wakes up in the middle of a battlefield full of corpses in the Sengoku period.

A group of marauding bandits attacks Suzuko, but Shukumaru—a boy who had come to loot the corpses to feed his starving village—saves her. Though they both return to the village, Suzuko refuses to give up searching for Shu and returns to the battlefield every day with Shukumaru trailing behind. Though Shukumaru lacks anything resembling modern manners, she gradually finds herself drawn towards him. Just what fate awaits this young girl in this bloody period in Japan's history?

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Related Anime

Adaptation:	Rumic World
Other:	Warau Hyouteki, The Supergal

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Characters & Voice Actors

Shukumaru

Main

Mizushima, Yuu
Japanese

Suzuko

Main

Shimamoto, Sumi
Japanese

Akauma

Supporting

Genda, Tesshou
Japanese

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Staff

Nunokawa, Yuuji

Producer

Takahashi, Motosuke

Director

Akimoto, Kaoru

Theme Song Performance

Takahashi, Rumiko

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Ending Theme

"Paradox" by Akimoto Kaoru

Reviews

Aug 4, 2009

Winter

Recommended

Well this was interesting.

Fire Tripper. A 50 minute OVA by Rumiko Takahashi telling the story of a girl who somehow finds herself traveling through time to the Civil War era where she meets a high strung young man and she has to find out how she got there and what the story is, etc, etc. Sound familiar? Somehow this gem made it under the radar of even Inuyasha fans who pass it off as a rip-off of their favorite half-demon. Which is not only impossible, but a shame as this OVA is definitely worth the watch.

The story was set and concrete. There were ... no interruptions, no random visits to the beach with the 'gang'. The OVA moves forward and tells the story, and a great story at that. It's a bit hard to really get into without spoilers, but the story is not overly complicated. Anyone could easily figure it out just by looking at the synopsis and picture. Everything unravels nicely, and there were some very clever foreshadowing hints throughout the beginning. They're a bit hard to spot on your first watch, but it's fun to look out for them and then compare with the ending. One thing that Inuyasha can't compare with is that this story had a beginning and a solid ending. As much as I would love to see more of these characters, the end was very satisfying.

The characters were like a breath of fresh air. Suzuko, while a little annoying at first, was really very mature and I liked her as a character. Unlike a lot of characters who find themselves in a strange new world, she adapted well and the only major whining to be heard from her was justified. Shukumaru was an idiot. Gosh I loved him. He had a temper and was rough around the edges, but from the looks of it he seemed to be the most trustworthy guy in that village. Their relationship was natural and even with such a short time frame it never felt forced. Most of the character development was all Suzuko, but again it was gradual.

The art wasn't the best. For its age of course it's pretty darn good and it holds that classic Takahashi style that fans of Ranma 1/2 or Urusei Yatsura would be familiar with. Newer anime fans might be a bit thrown off because the show does show its age a bit, but it wasn't exactly a tragedy. It's never a distraction and some scenes are even quite beautiful.

It's probably true that this story inspired the series Inuyasha that people know today. Had this been a full length series and not a 50 minute OVA, I would without a doubt say this surpasses Inuyasha in every way. I still want to say that, just for the fact that it has a solid ending and an enjoyable story. Just for its short length and history alone I would recommend anyone giving this OVA a try. Fire Tripper has the feeling of watching a good movie, and is ideal for Inuyasha fans, Rumiko Takahashi fans, or just someone looking for something short but sweet.

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Apr 15, 2024

Bratjaduo

Mixed Feelings

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this story just makes my head spin. first i think it's a past self meets younger self movie, and then it turns to be supposed incest plot line and then very predictably so the guy actually turns out to be her own adopted family's brother. WTH!! two things, I do feel SUPER bad about the family that lost two of their children in a f*** gas leak incident. the very children that they didn't know were getting married in a feudal japanese setting through time slip incident. Any f*** couple would be BEYOND MORTIFIED to learn that they're long lost, thought to be deceased children ...

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Dec 26, 2019

EggheadLuna

Not Recommended

Fire Tripper is based off a story from Rumiko Takahashi’s ‘Rumic World’ series, the other segments are: Warau Hyōteki, Maris: The Chōjo, and Ningyo Shirīzu. Despite my affection for Takahashi’s Urusei Yatsura, I couldn’t fathom what this particular OVA was trying to say. There are a couple of cool ideas, like time warping via fire and multiple copies of a single person floating through separate time periods, but Fire Tripper fails to monopolize the interesting aspects of its plot.

—Story/Characters

The series follows an ordinary teenage girl named Suzuko, who—prior to her introduction—dreams that she is a little girl from the *Feudal era, that dies by getting ...