Absolute Boy
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| 絶対少年 (Zettai Shōnen) |
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| Genre | Drama, Science Fiction, Mystery |
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| Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Studio | Bandai Visual |
| Network | Animax, NHK |
| Original run | 21 May 2005 – 19 November 2005 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
Absolute Boy (絶対少年 Zettai Shōnen?) is a 26-episode Japanese anime series produced by Bandai Visual, which premiered from May 21, 2005 to November 19, 2005, and which was broadcast by the anime television network, Animax, across its respective networks worldwide, including Japan, East Asia, Southeast Asia, and other regions.
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[edit] Plot
The series focuses on two major characters, in two different plot arcs, who find themselves caught up in a series of mysteries involving so-called "material fairies" and "material evils." While they are dealing with these paranormal entities, life continues around them as their friends deal with the ups and downs of life.
The plot centers around two major arcs in the storyline, the first centering around Ayumu Aizawa, who is visiting his father in the small town of Tana during the summer; and the second centers around Kisa Tanigawa in Yokohama, a year and a half since the events of the first arc.
[edit] Summer Arc
The first twelve episodes of the series focus on the day-to-day life of Ayumu Aizawa as he visits his father in the town where he is the local veterinarian. Ayumu is unsure of why he is in the town, but a chance meeting with a girl named Miku sends him searching for a long-lost friend of his, Wakkun. Upon finding Wakkun, he discovers that the boy has not aged since he and Ayumu played as children. Wakkun is also wearing clothes very similar to the raincoat and galoshes that Ayumu wore habitually as a child. Wakkun introduces Ayumu to his two friends, Dosshiru and Shisshin, mysterious flying objects that alternate between a mechanical form and a sphere of yellow light. Unable to remember an event from his childhood, Ayumu, with the help of several other people from Tana, tries to understand what happened when he was a child, and the mysterious connection between him, Wakkun, Dosshiru, and Shisshin.
[edit] Winter Arc
One and a half years later, a depressed Kisa Tanigawa is routinely skipping class. One evening, while wandering aimlessly around the city, she stumbles upon another mysterious mechanical object. Naming it "Bun-chan" after the sound it makes, she takes it home and treats it as a pet. However, Akira Sukawara, a reporter trying to prove the existence of "material fairies," or the mysterious objects that appeared at the Cat Dance in Tana a year and half ago, discovers that Kisa has found another object similar to material fairies and, upon meeting her, terms Bun-chan not a material fairy, but a "material evil," since its outward appearance does not resemble those of the material fairies spotted in Tana. The material fairies and the material evils, however, seem to be at war with each other.
[edit] Production and music
The series was produced by Bandai Visual, and directed by Tomomi Mochizuki. The music for the series was composed by Masumi Itō, under her pseudonym, Hikaru Nanase.
[edit] Theme music
- Opening theme
- Hikari no Silhouette (光のシルエット lit. Silhouette of Light?)
- Performed by: CooRie
- Arrangement: Masaya Suzuki
- Lyrics and music: rino
- Ending theme
- Shōnen Humming (少年ハミング lit. Boy Humming?)
- Performance, arrangement and music by: Masumi Itō
- Lyrics: Aki Hata
[edit] External links
[edit] Official websites
- Absolute Boy - Zettai Shonen - Official Website
- Animax East Asia website for Absolute Boy
- Animax South Asia website for Absolute Boy
- Animax Hong Kong website for Absolute Boy
