Flip Flappers

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: フリップフラッパーズ
English: Flip Flappers
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Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Oct 6, 2016 to Dec 29, 2016
Premiered: Fall 2016
Broadcast: Thursdays at 21:00 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Studio 3Hz
Source: Original
Genres: AdventureAdventure, ComedyComedy, FantasyFantasy, Sci-FiSci-Fi
Theme: Mahou ShoujoMahou Shoujo
Duration: 23 min. per ep.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 7.631 (scored by 7350073,500 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #14592
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1280
Members: 195,215
Favorites: 2,172

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Synopsis

Cocona is an average middle schooler living with her grandmother. And she who has yet to decide a goal to strive for, soon met a strange girl named Papika who invites her to an organization called Flip Flap.

Dragged along by the energetic stranger, Cocona finds herself in the world of Pure Illusion—a bizarre alternate dimension—helping Papika look for crystal shards. Upon completing their mission, Papika and Cocona are sent to yet another world in Pure Illusion. As a dangerous creature besets them, the girls use their crystals to transform into magical girls: Cocona into Pure Blade, and Papika into Pure Barrier. But as they try to defeat the creature before them, three others with powers from a rival organization enter the fray and slay the creature, taking with them a fragment left behind from its body. Afterward, the girls realize that to stand a chance against their rivals and the creatures in Pure Illusion, they must learn to work together and synchronize their feelings in order to transform more effectively.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Characters & Voice Actors

Papika

Main
Ichimichi, Mao
Japanese

Cocomine, Cocona

Main
Takahashi, Minami
Japanese

Yayaka

Supporting
Ohashi, Ayaka
Japanese

Uexküll

Supporting
Murase, Michiyo
Japanese

Yuyu

Supporting
Toshinou, Airi
Japanese

Hidaka

Supporting
Fukushima, Jun
Japanese

TT-392

Supporting
Okitsu, Kazuyuki
Japanese

Sayuri

Supporting
Hikasa, Youko
Japanese

Mimi

Supporting
Kayano, Ai
Japanese

Welwitschia

Supporting
Toyosaki, Aki
Japanese

Staff



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Opening Theme

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"Serendipity" by ZAQ
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Ending Theme

"FLIP FLAP FLIP FLAP" by TO-MAS feat.Chima
2: "Find the Wind" by ZAQ (eps 11)




Reviews

Sep 4, 2024
Flip Flapping!

Our indecisive protagonist is flip flopping!

A young girl can't make up her mind and is forced to go adventuring! Throughout, she confronts death, despair, loneliness, and loss. It's not all dark! We see delightful sequences of fun, frolicking friendship. As the show continues, she takes agency and fights for herself, her future, and her friends. It's a glorious trip through Pure Illusion. Or just an excuse for a talented staff to show off. The shounen and magical girl influences are clear throughout. The power up and transformation sequences are straight from the 90s. While always visually stunning, some episodes take a detour to ...
Apr 30, 2024
Mixed Feelings
Flip Flappers is basically a lighter version of Puella Madoka Magica with a generous pinch of magic mushrooms. It follows the duo, Cocona and Papika, as they flip-flap their way between dimensions, adventuring as magical girls in an LSD-infused world. Each episode is a journey into a different dimension, which comes its own landscapes, physics, and artstyle. The genre-bender nature of this anime is reflected in its storyline, which jumps around as much as the imagination of a child with ADHD as they sample through various TV channels by chewing on the remote. You've got everything: magical girl transformation scenes with loli fanservice, villains practically ...
Jan 1, 2017
This show is amazing...if you liked Madoka or any generic anime that has an organization that won't tell the main character what they are doing or why they should be doing it until the last 2 episodes of the show.
The show's atmosphere drips with the depressing normalcy of Cocona's life. She's a realistic shy high school/middle school girl who just wants to live her life in peace. UNFORTUNATELY, a random girl shows up named Papika, who is one of the most unrealistically cheerful and positive plot driving characters ever. If you like that type of character then this is definitely a fun ride, if you ...

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