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Under the leadership of the Italian animation company Mondo TV. The new plot was based on the comics "Friends of Angels", published from March to June 2008 by Play Press and based on the original storyline of Simone Ferri. On October 12, 2009, the first season of the animated series premiered on Italia 1.
The success of the first season and positive reviews from film critics prompted work to begin on the script for the second season. Also on April 23, 2011, the premiere of the full-length film “Friends of Angels: Between Dream and Reality” took place. The second season was originally scheduled to premiere in Italy in the fall of 2012, however due to delays it was moved to the spring of 2013. The series is dubbed by the Pythagoras studio (several episodes). Dubbing director - Andrey Kazantsev.
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Plot
In 2011, on April 23, the full-length film “Friends of Angels: Between Dreams and Reality” was released on screens in Italy, continuing the events of the first season and adding some details to it.
The world premiere of the new season took place on April 29, 2012 in Russia on the Multimania TV channel, when the premiere in Italy was announced only for the fall of 2012. The first 38 episodes ready at that time were shown, then new episodes began to be shown in Russia with long breaks (the last episode appeared on screens only on January 27, 2013). The interruptions in the broadcast were caused by the fact that at this time the animation studio Mondo TV was still continuing to create new episodes. Also, due to these production delays, the premiere of the second season in Italy was postponed to spring 2013.
In total, as of February 2013, the animated series has 111 episodes (taking into account the episodes obtained during the breakdown of the full-length film).
Editions on DVD and CD
The first season of the animated series was published in Italy as a DVD collection released by the television company Mondo Home Entertainment in November 2009. The collection includes 10 DVDs, the first two of which contain 6 episodes, and the remaining ones contain 5 episodes each. DVD compilations of the first season were also later released in the Czech Republic.
Differences between animated series and comics
During the adaptation of the comic book to television, some changes were made, aimed, in particular, at increasing the age level target audience animated series. Both the plot and some characters have undergone changes. original comic.
- In the animated series, all the main characters are much older than in the comics. In addition, if in the cartoon they have approximately the same age (15 “stars” for angels and 15 “flares” for demons), then in the comic the ages are different: Raph - 12, Uri - 11, Miki - 9, Sulfus - 13, Cabiria - 11, Kabala - 10, Gasu - 10.
- Initially absent story line relationship between Raf and Sulfus.
- The design of the characters from the cartoon differs significantly from the comics; during the redrawing, they were given more rounded shapes.
- When reworking the plot, characters such as Sweet, Michelle, Reina and many others were added to it. The angel Ang-Li, the demon Mephisto and the mortal Raoul (with whom Raf was in love) who played a role in the original plot, on the contrary, were excluded from the animated series, and some of their character traits and abilities were transferred to other characters.
- If in the comics Malachi played the role of the main antagonist and was former demon, then in the animated series after adding the character of Reina, he became her mortal assistant.
- Unlike the animated series, Professor Arcana in the comic book has no more than thirty stars. Also, his hair is not gray, but black, and his beard is much shorter.
- In the comic, angels and demons created their own musical groups, where they competed in creativity outside of schoolwork. In the animated series, there are no musical groups of angels and demons, but their motive is repeatedly raised in the cartoon.
- In the comic, Miki repeats the school year because she tried to heal her ward in violation of VETO. In the animated series, she remained for the second year due to failure in the first.
- The film "Friends of Angels: Between Dreams and Reality" and the second season of the animated series are almost entirely based on original ideas developers and writers from Mondo TV.
Italian pop music goes around the world, devouring the hearts and confusing the minds of the mass consumer - to such an extent that in some places it is already beginning to be considered almost a trend of “extra-Japanese anime” - despite the entirely European artistic style of the works.
Let's come down from Heaven to Earth!
So, this time we... we again have magical girls saving the world from evil (we say the mantra three times)! Alas, the Italian series “Angel’s Friends” will not say anything fundamentally new in its field, although it still managed to play out some characteristic aspects of the chosen genre in a rather fresh and interesting way.
By the way, for some reason the name “Angel’s Friends” is most often translated in our country either as “Friends of angels” or generally as “Friends are angels”, although the word “angel” is clearly in the singular. Literally – “Friends of the Angel.” In my opinion, the closer meaning is "Angel Friends". Well, yes it is, little things.
It all starts, of course, with a schoolgirl who considers herself the most ordinary. Only, for the sake of variety, not “earthly”. Or even literally – “unearthly”, since the main character of the series, Raf, is an angel-student who, in the very first episode, will have to leave her usual heavenly city and go to Earth to practice in the difficult work of a guardian. Unfortunately, as is usually the case, it was she who had to collect almost all the characteristic clichés for the sake of the genre direction. Raf, of course, is a very kind girl, a little timid and indecisive, afraid of loneliness and constantly pouring out her soul to her friends, to her diary, or to her “totem” - the ladybug - but selfless and - how could we live without it? - possessing some hidden unique power, which for the time being she herself is not even aware of. And with her origin, not everything is so simple. In general, the only thing that distinguishes her from the host of similar heroines of this genre is the intrigue “in reverse side" Yes, by the way, I don’t know whether the creators of the series set out to play with this, but the “magical transformations” of the heroes are also the opposite: both angels and devils constantly live in their ordinary ethereal guises, invisible to people, and for contact with a human ward by classic "henshin" take on the guise of human teenagers. That is, in this story magical transformation changes not an ordinary hypostasis to a magical one, but on the contrary - quite, in my opinion, a good plot solution (it is not so easy to create at least some variety within a clear genre framework).
Together with Raf, she is sent to Earth best friend Uri (the girl looks like the fruit of the vicious passion of Aisha from Winx and Professor Avalon, but this is not a reproach to her!) is an expressive mulatto, sometimes prone to complexes because of the fictional “ excess weight”(considering that the figures of all the heroines are drawn with approximately the same build - this is exactly how it immediately looks like speculation) and knows how to photograph dreams and dreams. They meet two more classmates on Earth: the frivolous, flirtatious chatterbox Dolce (for some reason her name was literally translated into Russian as the adjective Sweet) and the more serious, slightly ruff, tomboyish Miki (oddly enough, it is she who turns out to be a second-year student who failed her internship last year , however, the reasons for its failure are not reported).
Having become acquainted, the girls decide to unite in informal group to come to each other’s aid when necessary - the words “Angel’s Friends” become the formula for such a call. Ideally, there is no need to translate the slogan at all, because native language The series is Italian, and the slogan is an Anglicism, incomprehensible to the Italian ear to the same extent as to the Russian.
Also, immediately after the flight, it turns out that the little angels will have to undergo practice side by side with the little devils who came to the island for similar practice. Golden School from the underground “hellish” city of Zulfanello. Actually, the first person Raf meets when he falls to Earth is the second main character stories - an imp named Sulfus. He soon turns out to be her “opponent” in the struggle for the moral (or immoral - depending on who is luckier in the confrontation) image of the boy under his charge.
The character of Sulfus is built on contrasts with Raf - he is an ironic and hot-tempered boy; Despite the attempts to portray cynicism and individualism instilled in him by his hellish upbringing, Sulfus is perhaps much more emotional than Raf, and is also subject to mood swings: in a very short time he goes from deep pessimism to an energetic fighting spirit and just as quickly fizzles out back. In the very first episode, she incites the enemy to unwittingly break one of the basic rules of cooperation between angels and devils on Earth, which attracts the attention of both of them to the mysterious “third force” and ensures a bunch of common troubles in the future.
A company is also formed around Sulfus. What I don’t understand is why the demons have a unisex team, while the angels have a purely female team? In the original comic, there were also two boys in the angelic company, replaced by one Dolce, who was absent from the original. The mysterious intriguer Cabiria (who amused many viewers familiar with Winx with her resemblance to the witch Stormi and her character to Darcy) becomes Uri’s opponent. The second she-devil is the cheerful hooligan Kabale, even by the standards of their stream, the most indifferent to rules and laws. Kabala is very gambling and at the same time loves all kinds of scams, because of which her “Sweet” opponent Dolce constantly has to, such a paradox, is not at all sweet: in the struggle for human souls, the devil also finds it too boring to play by the rules. She is the one in the “hellish” group best friend Sulfusa. Although this is not said directly, it seems that he knew both girls back in the day. historical homeland. The fourth little devil is the charming Gus. Introduced clearly as a comedic klutz, but I personally liked him much more than the Byronic Sulfus. Unfortunately, this little devil got very little screen time; it’s hard to say how he’s doing with dispelling human vices, but Gus has two fatal passions of his own: food and - even surpassing the first - a secret love for the curator of their course, the she-devil Temptel. Because of this, Gus is not in the best position as a student - after all, the devils are encouraged to have a tendency to misbehave in class and violate discipline in every possible way, and he listens to the speeches of his beloved teacher, literally holding his breath, and does not take his eyes off her - and such involuntary diligence is on the devil's stream not in honor. Because of this, he always becomes the object of teases from the Cabal and Cabiria.
And the red little devil is also a big gossip, capable of spilling the beans about something or informing his beloved teacher, even to his own detriment! Therefore, if you suddenly need to spread some information, but without looking like you’ve spilled the beans, you just need to tell it to Gus in great confidence! Gus confronts Miki, and, unlike the other trainees, they have two wards - a pair of twin girls.
In general, the supporting characters, as often happens, seemed to me much more successful and interesting than the main characters. The teachers are especially impressive - the already mentioned curator Temptel and, accordingly, the dean of the angelic stream Arkasha (that is, of course, Arkan), upon seeing whom my first thought was: “Dumbledore was forced to work in his specialty in the next world!” Contrary to, alas, a common tendency, here the mentors do not fall into gurism and behave quite naturally for people... well, okay - for not quite people - on whose necks several gangs of restless teenagers have fallen.
Well, and, of course, a couple of antagonists: imprisoned for a particularly serious crime of the past in Limbo (I didn’t understand why the creators of the series turned out to have Limbo worse than hell, but well, that’s their business) a lady named Reina with a very rich past (and also appeared a couple of times from behind the ears of Nerissa from ““) and her uncomplaining (for the time being) servant Malakhov... uh, that is, Malaki, unlike his mistress, is able to move between worlds - accordingly, and runs about half of the series there -Back on her instructions. He also turns out to have an interesting, and within the genre even dramatic, past, but, alas, his line is cut off, never allowing him to fully reveal himself. It is also notable for the fact that it is voiced by a pleasant voice in Russian dubbing - an almost incredible thing. As for Reina, she is simply a born fanfictionist: noticing a spark of attraction between the heroes for each other, she for a long time she pushed them in every possible way to get closer, specially setting up adventures and quests in which the “needed perring” could be realized. In addition, Reyna is a kind of embodiment of Raf's main fear, absolute loneliness. This helps the heroine subsequently understand her - and use this understanding to win.
This, by the way, brings us closer to the last point - the rather weak ending of the series, as if glued to the plot with tape. In the end, the characters develop and become less clear-cut, the heroes even begin to develop something like strategic thinking (it’s strange, of course, that a hundred-plus-year-old opponent could fall for such a scam from a toddler, but apparently she really felt feeling incredibly lonely and really wanted to believe that someone was ready to come over to her side voluntarily), but in the end, alas, the writers couldn’t stand it and reduced everything to “victory through obtaining new super-awesome powers,” even from this resource more could have been squeezed out. In addition, it is immediately stipulated that the ending is “passable”: wait, kids, for the next season!
A little about the second season
Unfortunately, the subsequent sequel only aggravated the matter, actually negating the themes of friendship, mutual assistance and angelic mission, which at first, although pushed aside by the semi-love line, were still basic not only for angels, but even for devils. Probably because of this outcome, Raf realized that she was the main character here, that she could get away with any mistakes and dirty tricks - which means that everything is permitted.
It's quite a shame that the unimportant script for the second season implements a very interesting idea. For many years now, a truce has been established between angels and devils, which does not allow the two Eternal Nations to destroy the enemy of the enemy and regulates for each angel or devil the work with their earthling ward. However, not everyone likes the concluded truce: both in Heaven and in the Underground there are those who dream of the opportunity to restore their honor after the “offensive” treaty in the renewed war between Light and Darkness... The new antagonists of the series are an angel and a devil from the times when between was carried out by the heavenly and underground peoples full-fledged war, and not a peaceful confrontation, they dream of reviving the holy war: only the final victory of one of the sides, from their point of view, will truly put an end to the hostility. And, according to the already established tradition, Raf plays a serious role in their plans, although this time they will interact more with Sulfus, who, by coincidence, is forced to become their puppet.
But the interesting beginning is not realized at all: instead, we will watch how Raf, over the course of the season, destroys relationships with friends, turning from a sweet, modest girl into a bossy lady, how he forgets his dream of becoming a Guardian, and generally stops believing in that goodness. which he “teaches” to the earthling under his charge. The end, however, is natural and even reasonable from Raf’s point of view: she no longer wants to be an angel and renounces her powers in order to become a human. Alas, there is no repentance in this, no understanding that the mission is impossible, and no fear of becoming “the new Reina, only worse” - all the emphasis is shifted to falling in love, which is not realizable for an angel.
For the second season, perhaps this happy end, even if it doesn’t redeem the script’s disappointments. Therefore, although in the epilogue they again tried to cast the bait for a continuation, it is felt that the series has run out of steam and there would be no better way for this continuation. We can only hope to someday see the film adaptation of the original comic book, which was planned, judging by the initial trailer.
In one city there lived a girl with a wonderful name - Rafaella. She was fourteen years old and in the eighth grade. This girl with golden hair loves Blue colour and all its shades. Raf is strong in spirit, and a kind person, captain of the Angels team (that’s the name of the school’s volleyball team). She has faithful friends, whose names are Uria, Dolce, and Miki, but even such a brave “angel” is often visited by doubts. She asks the diary for advice when there is only empty space in her soul.
If you have always dreamed of seeing an earthly angel, then he will probably look like Raf. She has long blond hair, a red strand in her bangs and blue eyes that sparkle with mischievous joy. Her hairstyle is loose hair with a small ponytail, curled at the front. She, like everyone else, doesn’t like school, but unfortunately for her, today was the thirty-first of August - roll call. Well, we have to go to school.
Jake Wheels - Raf's father, brunette with green eyes. He was engaged in business and had his own chocolate factory. The blonde's mother's name was Angelie Wheels. She has long, blond hair, a small red streak in her bangs, and blue eyes. Raf is very similar to her mother. This woman was simply lovely, but when the blonde was ten years old, Angelie fell ill and died. When the blonde was eleven years old, her father bought her a black dog. The dog had bright red eyes, so the girl called him the Devil.
The alarm clock rang. Raf turned it off, lay for another five to seven minutes in the soft bed, and reluctantly got up. She went to the closet and started looking for something to wear to school, then another half hour passed, and Raf was not visible on the horizon, because she was very, carefully choosing what to wear. We don’t know whether she was a “bummer” or simply lost and confused in the shelves of clothes, but finally she decided on the outfit completely and irrevocably. The girl took them and went to the bathroom. There she washed her face, combed her mop of golden hair, brushed her teeth and got dressed. She came out in a striped top, vest, gray jeans, as well as white knee-high boots and a school backpack, it was black with blue rollers.
Ten minutes later she was already at school. As we said earlier, she had friends: Uri - a girl with tanned skin, violet eyes, and dark hair the color of dark chocolate; Dolce – A girl who often likes to hang out in shopping centers; her friends call her Sweet. And, of course, Mickey - she has a sharp tongue, most often the victim of her jokes is Dolce, at Mickey's dark hair with a blue tint and blue eyes. She is free from fashion and tries in every possible way to show it. Mickey's short hair is always braided in a braid that falls over his right shoulder.
A teacher entered the class where our heroes studied, his name is Anton Vladimirovich. He is young, has light brown hair in a ponytail, an unkempt beard, and blue-gray eyes. His style is free, but at the same time fashionable.
Hello children, sit down! This year new students arrived to us: Sulfus, Kabale, Kabiria and Gus. They will study in our class.
Raf turned to Miki:
Listen, I think I like this brunette.
I don’t know, I think this “redhead” is cuter.” Miki said and pointed at the guy, but no matter how she tried to do it as secretly as possible, the guy noticed her.
Meanwhile, they were whispering
Listen, the blonde is okay,” the guy said, whistling.
I don’t know, I like the blue-haired one better.
Okay, guys, don't just stand there, sit down.
Everyone sat down.
So guys, tomorrow we will have a song contest, who wants to, raise your hands.
Gus, Uri, Mickey, Dolce, Raf, Kabale, Cabiria, Sulfus and several other people raised their hands.
Sorry, can I have my own song? – asked the blond one.
What are you talking about, cloudhead? - Kabale shouted, she called everyone that she was not too lazy.
Kabale, what can a girl like her sing about? Of course, about love!
But no! Well, apologize to her! – Dolce shouted.
“Okay, kids, stop the farce,” the teacher shouted. – Raf, can you tell me what your song is about?
Yes, I'll tell you! – everyone calmed down and prepared to listen, and the girl became noticeably sad. – Well, this song is about the death of someone dear to me. When I was ten years old, my mother died, and around eleven I wrote this song - the girl began to cry and ran out of the class.
Well? Satisfied?! Got it! – Miki shouted to Sulfus.
Anton Vladimirovich, can I go out and apologize? – the guy asked sadly.
Certainly go!
The guy ran out of the class, looked around and saw the following picture: the girl was sitting with her elbows against the wall, crying and saying something under her breath, like “Mom, I feel so bad without you! Why did you go into eternity?”
The guy approached the girl and said:
Raf, excuse me, I didn't think.
Nothing... You didn’t know,” the girl stood up and wiped her tears.
Raf – main character stories in both the comic and the series. The girl, in both her variations (and very different styles drawing) has a typical angelic appearance: flaxen blonde with blue eyes.
In the comic Raf there are twelve “stars” (an angelic analogue to the year of growing up, the exact chronological extent is unclear), she and her mother (presumably with her parents, but her father not only never appeared in the frame, but also did not give a voice) spent her entire life in the heavenly city of Angietown, and at the beginning of events he is sent to Earth to practice the difficult skill of a guardian angel. Raf, like all trainees, is considered to be only 99% an angel, and she will have to gain the missing percentage through practice working with people. The girl is friendly, lively, a little adventurous, but at the same time naive and trusting (especially considering that before recently she had to deal exclusively with angels). The ringleader in the company of angel trainees and the vocalist in their amateur music group. She is passionate about ecology and “natural” natural remedies such as masks and herbal teas. There are hints that Raf’s “flaw” is her stubbornness, but it would be a bit of a shame if she really had to overcome all the “imperfections” of her character. Almost from the very beginning of the story, both her new friend Gabe (Gabriel) and her rival in practice Sulfus are not indifferent to Raf, but the girl herself manages to get carried away by an earthling named Raoul - this forbidden love sooner or later threatens to force Raf to make a choice and, perhaps, refuse altogether from his angelic essence (however, the mention of another story about how love for a person and refusal of immortality ultimately led to very sad consequences makes one strongly doubt whether such an act would be reasonable). In the comic, Raf has pink wings and a halo, and her talisman, the ladybug Cox, which helps her remain invisible to earthlings and “ghostly” to earthly objects, turns into a pendant on her chest. Raf dresses in a green skirt and top with red boots.
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In the series, Raf already has fifteen “stars” (again, with a controversial chronology regarding time on Earth) and she and her parents similarly live in the heavenly city of Angietown, only now it looks not like a fairy-tale tower, but like a futuristic metropolis. And similarly, it begins its history from the beginning of guardianship practice on Earth. But Raf herself is no longer the same as before. Now this is a very typical heroine romantic story: feminine, gentle, sensitive and slightly timid nature. She is very attached to loved ones, and more than anything in the world she is afraid of loneliness. The support of friends helps her cope with shyness - this is what one of the new classmates notices, who proposed creating a group on earth in order to come to each other’s aid using a special formula-call. This formula becomes “Angel’s friends”. However, the first (and ultimately most significant) meeting for Raf, who has literally barely descended from heaven to earth, is meeting her future opponent, the little devil. As a result, both the violation of the Veto (which in this story refers not to earthlings, but to opponents) and the emerging tender feelings go to Sulfus instead of the earthling Raoul who never appeared. And everything would have been fine if, firstly, the hobby had not turned out to be categorically forbidden here, and secondly, someone had not decided to thoroughly fan this still timid spark mutual sympathy. Raf's passion for nature is not mentioned in any way in the series, and even in the musical group that spontaneously appeared in one of the episodes, her friends play without her. But the girl really likes to delve into her feelings, pouring them out either to a diary or to a talisman. In the series, Raf has blue wings and a halo and a blue and gold disco suit of short shorts and a T-shirt, more stylish, but perhaps too flashy for her delicate feminine personality. Ladybug Cox now turns into a buckle on the strap of shorts, and serves not for screening, but, on the contrary, for complete embodiment, turning the housewife into an earthly girl for a while. As often happens with heroines of this genre, Raf’s origins are not so simple. As with fate in general - in particular, her parents are angels in certain moment are declared accepted. *Already so often ordinary-earthly-girls have learned that they are unusual, but for an unusual-unearthly-girl to suddenly receive a similar “moment of truth” in the opposite direction - this is the first time I’ve encountered this!*
Gabe (Gabriel). One of the most reworked characters in the film adaptation, so there is essentially nothing to generalize about him
In the comic, Gabe is a fellow student, Raf, in earthly practice, whom she meets on the way to Earth in a celestial sphere very similar to an ordinary school bus, well, more accurately, an airbus. Gabe has tousled brown hair Brown eyes, and the halo and wings are green. The boy is a computer genius who relies on his PDA processor for everything, seemingly capable of doing all the calculations. When communicating with classmates, Gabe is a little awkward and withdrawn, due to his constant thoughtfulness, so communication with his classmates does not go well at first. However, he really liked Raf, so Gabe tries in every possible way to overcome his detachment in order to become a good friend to her. In romantic terms, his sympathy never meets with a response, but the relationship itself is gradually improving. In parallel with this, he is slowly getting closer to Miki, however, in exactly the opposite way: from a purely friendly relationship to a sympathy that is already emerging in a close friendship. In the musical group of angels, there is a keyboard player (no less, in childhood they tortured him with the piano - and now it came in handy). Gabe's mascot, the bumblebee Ginger (can be translated as Ginger or Ginger), turns into a keychain that the boy wears, clipped to his pocket.
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In the series, Gabriel's appearance, personality, and history have changed completely beyond recognition. The shy hedgehog-like boy genius has turned into a candy-colored handsome man, now he is several “stars” older than the company of the main characters and, apparently, has already completed his training, and arrives on Earth as a Guardian, whose duty is to prevent Raf from do something stupid (in the end, Gabe himself does the most colossal stupidity, but that’s not the point). Now Gabe is a young man (he looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old... that is, a “star”) with snow-white shining wings, turquoise eyes and caramel-colored light brown hair, from which, as soon as he appears in the class, all the girls present are delighted, except Raf herself, completely dissatisfied with the fact that a convoy was assigned to her, even a very nice one. Apparently, Gabriel himself, on the contrary, feels some sympathy for Raf, since he soon falls under the spell of a “third party”, which inflates this spark of innocent interest into a passionate obsession. But either this interest in itself was very fleeting, or Gabe did not stay under the spell for too long - and after being freed from it, he no longer felt anything that went beyond the scope of universal human affection for his ward. Own feelings prevented Gabe from adequately performing his duties as a Guardian and prevented him from establishing a trusting relationship with Raf. Having failed to fulfill his mission and considering himself to blame for the cataclysm that occurred, the young man soon decided to ingloriously return back to Angietown. Gabe's mascot was never shown in the series, one can only assume that it is the same bumblebee (some kind of golden thing with a tassel was hanging on his jeans, maybe a deactivated totem).
PS: PS: “Gabe” is actually in the American style. Form of the name of the Archangel Gabriel. *that is, about as logical as in the Russian translation calling the poor boy simply Gavrilka)))* in Italian sounds like Gabi, since most Italian names end with a vowel sound.
Off the record, I’ll add that the comic book suits the name Gabe better, but the series suits Gabriel
Miki is another classmate and in the future new friend, whom Raf meets during practice on Earth. A ruff, tomboyish girl with a sharp tongue and slightly boyish manners. An ethnic Eskimo (this is quite obvious in the drawing of the comic; in the series only certain features have been preserved), short, black-haired, with a high-cheeked face and almond-shaped eyes - though blue, not dark. Mika has golden-yellow wings and a halo, she cuts her hair quite short and unevenly, braiding a long strand on one side into a short asymmetrical braid, on which her talisman, the dragonfly Lula, is usually disguised as a hairpin. Miki is a second-year student who has already tried to practice on Earth once, but was unsuccessful - because of this, she carries herself with a somewhat exaggerated rigidity and confidence. For an angel, she can sometimes seem a little unrestrained and harsh.
In the comic, Miki is very vertically challenged, which caused official confusion about her age (I’m not sure about this, so I won’t say anything) and is slightly overweight. During the last year of training, Miki helped an absent-minded earthling boy become more sociable and friendly - and at first she was quite successful in this, but a misfortune happened to her ward. The guy was apparently seriously injured after falling down the stairs. Although angels are prohibited (at least at the student level) from directly interfering in the lives of earthlings with their superpower, Miki, by touching the boy, healed him of his injuries - and in the end received suspension from classes and failed internship. As they say, no good deed goes unpunished - even for angels. In Angietown, Miki lives with her mother, who strives to accustom her daughter to more feminine outfits, but Miki herself is even more than completely indifferent to clothes (shorts and especially tights cannot be called anything other than quiet horror, only as a sign of protest to these “additions” and wears it!). A music lover, she composes music herself and plays the bass guitar in a group of angels, which very accurately reflects her character. During practice, he becomes especially close to Gabe and supports him when they learn that Raf is in love with an earthling; it is possible that romantic sympathy gradually arises between these two “hedgehogs.”
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Glamor is merciless and unforgiving, so even the “tomboy” Miki had to become a spectacular and attractive girl in the film adaptation - she “grew up” to the same proportions as the others, and began to dress with the greatest taste of all the angels. The passion for music still flickers from time to time, but in rather small touches - the original importance of music, as well as melody own composition, if they remain, it is almost completely behind the scenes. But Mika also develops sports hobbies and successes. The causticity and irony are also significantly softened, although she is still the most serious and in some ways a little harsh among the angels. The series does not say anything about the reasons why Miki, despite this, did not pass the internship the first time - perhaps, of the main characters, for some reason she is given the least amount of plot time. It seems that she was not indifferent to Gabe, but in this reality, alas, he did not notice her at all behind all this whirlpool of events and general running around. I hope she will still be allowed to reveal herself properly in the following seasons.
Ang Lee. A thin, dark-haired boy-angel with an oriental appearance (judging by the name, probably stylized as Chinese or Korean), wears a white and gold jacket, breeches and classic “nerdy” glasses. Ang Lee's wings and halo are silver-blue. Calm and quite friendly, but does not show much activity, so he gets involved in stories a little less often than others. He loves comics, especially manga (I wonder how he reacted to “Ghetto of Angels”?) - on the basis of common interests, he manages to make friends with Cabiria, with whom he exchanges materials and discusses new items. Saxophonist in a music group. The mascot is the stick insect Zeppo.
He is not one of the main characters in the cartoon and only appeared in the crowd a couple of times, so it is difficult to say anything about his character. Outwardly he remained almost unchanged, although he became a little older.
Pysh-pysh, Urka. The Italian Wikipedia gives somewhat unclear information, and in the chapters that I saw, Uri had not yet had time to really show herself, only in the Airbus she introduced everyone to Raf, so it turned out to be the most “half-baked” thing(
Uri. Friend Raf still with junior school in Angietown. A dark-skinned girl (mulatto or, in a less common version, Arabic) with chestnut curls tied into curled ponytails. Her mascot is the firefly Lampo (or Lightning), which takes the form of one of the decorations.
In the comic, Uri has eleven "stars" and has green eyes and soft lilac wings and a halo. Soft, tender, dreamy, creative person. Photographer, collector beautiful pictures all sorts of different things from the ground. He knows how to take pictures with his camera not only real world, but also dreams and dreams, which helps the heroes delve into the mind of Vera, ex-wife necromancer Malachi. There is a drummer in the music group of angels.
In the series, the exact age is unknown, but at least fourteen "stars", Uri's eyes became violet, and his wings and halo golden yellow. In contrast to Raf, Uri in the film adaptation has become tougher, more confident, decisive and stubborn, and now she plays the role of the “older” girlfriend in tandem. Still loves photography and owns a “dream camera”, but is no longer such an inspired artist. From time to time she spontaneously begins to develop complexes due to mythical “problems” with her figure (considering the doll-like style of the series, it looks a little wild!), but is usually a cheerful and optimistic girl.
Sulfus. Informal leader devilish group.
In the comic, he repeatedly remained in his second year, so he is slightly older than the rest of his comrades (he is thirteen “flashes”). I am always ready, using my experience, to help with unkind advice both to other little devils and especially trusting angels (only the latter for some reason are not happy at all) - to some extent, I managed to become a living legend in the faculty of dirty tricks. A dark-haired boy with burgundy-red horns and wings, he tends to dress somewhat foppishly. Sulfus is a selfish, arrogant and arrogant type who loves to make rather cruel jokes on everyone who comes his way. Tenacious and purposeful (academic failure is a deliberate rebellion, not a lack of ability), brave and decisive. He loves sports, especially motorcycle racing, punk rock music and all kinds of competitions. In a rock band created by devils, he plays bass guitar. He also loves to charm girls - as one of the ways to once again shine and enjoy victory, but he treats girls as such with contempt (with the exception of Kabale, whom he respects in his own way). He gradually falls in love with his angelic opponent, at first showing this in the typically boyish (and devilish) way of “pulling her pigtails”: Raf even more often than usual becomes a victim of his stupid jokes and cruel pranks, of course, without realizing what feelings are actually embedded in these outrages. By uniting, Raf and Sulfus create a kind of “resonance” capable of destroying the creatures revived by Malachi, so that common difficulties still force them to get closer and learn mutual understanding. Sulfus's second secret weakness is his fear of doctors. Sulfus' mascot in the comics is the rattlesnake Basilisk, which, in addition to the usual shielding, spies for its owner and is trained to sniff out bad qualities in earthlings.
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In the series, although it is not directly stated, Sulfus has at least fifteen “flares”. Apart from this, his appearance was almost unaffected: he just had his hair cut and changed his clothes. But the character receives a completely different development: the young devil is just making his debut in the role of the usual arrogant joker, starting his evolution into a Byronic romantic from the second episode. A noble knight, even if “in black armor,” Sulfus retains his determination, courage and perseverance, and tries to do everything in order to remain the best - that is, of course, the worst - trainee in his group, but the former mental harm is no longer is felt. From his own temper, which sometimes forces him to commit rash acts, he himself suffers no less than those around him. He tries, as befits the devil, to be cunning and hypocritical, but in reality he is one of the most sincere characters in his feelings. Here his devilish nature is expressed mainly in his temper and instant mood swings, which regularly push him to actions that Sulfus later regrets. It quickly lights up with inspiration, but just as quickly it cools down and runs out of steam. As in the comics, almost from the very first meeting between him and his opponent, a spark of romantic sympathy ignites, but outside interference does not allow them to properly understand their feelings, artificially inflating from this spark a hurricane of passions, gradually depriving the heroes of their will. The appearance of a “rival” in the pretty face of the Guardian angel Gabe almost makes Sulfus go crazy. Despite this, when the spell broke and the heroes sincerely planned to return to normal life and natural enmity, Sulfus retained his tender feelings for Raf, only now they have become more sober and conscious. It is he who, partly in conflict with his own nature, tries to help and support Raf when she is completely confused in the revealed secrets - but, like the devil, he clearly lacks experience in such matters, so in the end all Sulfus can to help a girl means to get involved with her in a new risky adventure, although he himself is not particularly eager for this. Sulfus' mascot in the series is still the Basilisk snake, only now it's not rattlesnake, and coral.
Kabale. A miniature mischievous devil who despises all rules and laws, even by devilish standards. Chaotic and slightly crazy. Perhaps, Sulfus’s truly best friend is precisely her (despite the fact that in the series she is also in love with the “head of the gang”). In both versions he prefers a mixed style of punk and “gothic lolita”. The mascot is the Nosferatu bat.
In the comics, Kabale has light golden-red hair worn in a short, high ponytail. Her horns and wings are purple with a violet tint. Mad genius, experimenter. She is passionate about alchemy (the only student who has won the approval of the quarrelsome greengrocer, Professor Putzo), and constantly invents a variety of potions and elixirs. Including the Disturbing Mix, which Sulfus later uses to play a prank on Raf and Gabe in the Fun Room. In the rock band of devils, Kabale is the guitarist.
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In the series she turns into a brunette with short hair, but the general image is still preserved. Unfortunately, she never mentions her passion for alchemy, but in the series another passion of Kabale was revealed - gambling, especially cards. There she fully demonstrates her passion and talent for cheating.
Cabiria. Not just very beautiful girl, but also the most intelligent and erudite little devil on the team. However, being sensible, she does not challenge Sulfus’s leadership, although she is quite capable of competing with him in arrogance and pride. Cabiria's mascot is the fluffy spider Arachne, who turns into one of her earrings.
There are eleven “flares” in Cabiria’s comic, but she is a girl who is serious, balanced, elegant and stylish beyond her age. Underneath her coldness and constant immersion in thought, she is somewhat jealous and touchy, and gets upset if attention goes to someone else. Cabiria's main passion is cinema, especially old films, and comics - she has collected the best library of rare publications in the Sulfur City. Based on general interest strikes up something like a friendship with the angel Ang-Li, with whom he actively exchanges treasures of his collection and new items. In the comic, Cabiria has purple and lilac hair, purple horns and wings, and cat-like yellow eyes. The band has a devilish drummer, but sometimes he changes with Gus and also plays the synthesizer.
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In the series, the exact age is unknown (at least fourteen “flashes”, one has to assume), the hair becomes black and grows almost to the knees, and the eyes, horns and wings become ruby red (with the exception of the “prism” transformation, where Cabiria has blue horns and wings). She is calm and stubborn, loves intrigue and psychological experiments on others, has a good understanding of people (as well as angels and other devils), although from the outside she may seem like an ironic closed egoist who thinks only about herself. She enjoys the reputation of a virtuoso liar, but in practice this has not been confirmed in the plot.
Gus. A fat red-haired boy, in the company of devils he mainly plays the role of a jester. He is lazy and a slacker, little inclined to think about anything other than food and video games, and tries to show at least some zeal in practice and study in general solely out of sympathy for the teacher. True, for the most part, it is pointless, because as soon as the professor asks him about something, Gus is completely lost and begins to utter complete nonsense. He often becomes a target for teasing both from his dearly beloved teacher and from his friends: laziness and indiscipline in the devilish environment can still be forgiven, but for being too soft and peaceful in nature you have to be punished to the fullest extent. There is a common belief that Gus is the kindest among the devils, but in fact, his lack of conflict is more likely a consequence of cowardice and, due to laziness, reluctance to get involved, rather than sincere kindness. For this little devil, the optimal form of expressing aggression is shooting games (that is, something that allows you to express it without leaving the couch). He has a passion for food in all forms, but especially prefers pizza and burgers.
He didn’t change too much in the series (fortunately, no glamor was able to turn such a grandiose blockhead into a “cover boy”), although he became older, acquired quite serious supernatural powers and even - simply incredible given his lifestyle – certain sporting achievements, which allowed me to gain some self-confidence. Gus is still a target for all sorts of ridicule - of course, who else is much easier to hit than to miss! – but now he perceives them much more calmly, and many of the attacks even flatter him. Unlike the comic version, he does not particularly curry favor with Sulfus. Judging by indirect moments, in reality he is not such a clumsy simpleton as he plays; he also knows how to overcome his cowardice, but he does not like extra effort, so this happens only in very rare cases and when absolutely necessary. His love for video games was not directly mentioned in the series, but judging by the scenery Gus chooses for his duel during the Tournament of Light and Darkness, he also loves shoot-'em-up games.
Gus's totemic mascot is Garsid the Toad, which in the comics turned into a skull medallion, and in the TV series into a design on a T-shirt.
Mephisto. Another fool, whom Sulfus, apparently, tolerated as friends solely for the opportunity to look even more impressive against such a contrasting background. Meph is a sloppy rude man (unlike the irony of Sulfus and Cabiria, his rudeness is very dull), does not differ in any special qualities, is absent-minded and does not even know how to speak correctly. But Mephisto is a passionate music lover and, it seems, still has certain talents in music. He constantly walks around with a player, wearing huge headphones, and is the vocalist in the rock band of the devils (although he prefers “heavy metal”). Mephisto has tousled brown hair with green streaks in his bangs, purple horns and wings. His mascot is the little gecko Occhio.
In the series, Mef disappeared from the cast of main characters, relegated to wordless extras in the background. Sometimes flashes in the classroom during classes and among spectators at events. He hasn’t changed much in appearance, except that he has become older and instead of just shaggy hair, he wears the same tousled dreadlocks.
TEACHERS
Once again I feel a frightening solidarity with Gasik, I would probably give a damn about such a teacher)))
The dean of the Department of Tempters at the Golden School (and in the series also, it seems, the only teacher of this department), despite his youth, is an honored teacher of everything unreasonable, evil and perishable. Temptel's appearance, fortunately, was practically not changed, only her hair was changed from dark red to purple. In the comics, she herself had a very lively and mischievous character, demonstrating to her students by personal example the bad behavior befitting the devil, but in the film adaptation she became more serious and responsible, yielding to some stereotypes of the “stern teacher.” Sometimes this leads to mutually exclusive concepts: Temptel simultaneously requires students to be inattentive during lectures, encourages cheating and cheating, but at the same time, she can also be punished for poor knowledge of the material. Those caught violating the rules are punished, but not for breaking the rules, but for getting caught.
But the archetype of the “wise mentor” played a bad joke on the dean of the Department of Guardians, not only forcing the film adaptations to age him almost twice as old, but also turning him into either a glamorized Dumbledore or a male version of Faragonda’s veil.
In the comic, Arkan is a young (a little over thirty and certainly no more than forty “stars” in appearance) black-haired man. Of course, much more serious and responsible than his colleague with " dark side"(Moreover, she willingly shifts all administrative worries onto Arkan), and the restless students who fall on his head force him to show rigor from time to time, but he has a very lively character and a rather caustic sense of humor. Despite the great habit of following traditions, before notices and accepts the mixed alliance formed among the students.
In the series, Arkan has at least sixty “stars” and his appearance has become more handsome in every sense. A sort of majesty of a wise mentor has appeared, who knows a lot, but for some reason hides useful information from the main characters, leaving them to fill their bumps on their own. However, as if in mockery, with the beginning of a new school year it is Arkan who immediately begins to encounter incomprehensible and inexplicable things, forcing him to delve into archives and interrogate higher authorities in search of little-known or classified information. Although, judging by his age, he should have personally witnessed not only Reina’s “fall from sin,” which by angelic standards happened quite recently, but also the story with Taiko and Sae (but we’ll write that off on another continent, where there were almost no witnesses. Although a reasonable question arises - How then did Reina, much younger, like an angel, know about them so well?).
%-) Children, do not be overly creative in processing the translated text of the Italian Wiki! But the bastard online translator spit out such nonsense that I couldn’t restrain myself...
Akatsuki (Japanese Akatsuki暁, lit. Dawn)
- an organization that brings together the main antagonists of the manga and anime series “Naruto”. Its name literally means “dawn”, but is homophonically similar to the phrase “red moon”. According to the plot of the work, the ninja of the Rain village was originally created during the ongoing war, but Tobi was subsequently reformed into a criminal group.
Having first appeared in the first part of the anime, in the second Akatsuki took the place of the main antagonists. The organization included the strongest ninjas who betrayed their villages and received the status of nukenin. One of them, Orochimaru, was expelled for trying to obtain Itachi Uchiha's Sharingan. Somewhat later, at the invitation of Payne, Deidara was included in Akatsuki. Thus, at the time of the start of the main action of the Naruto anime, there were 9 members in the organization.
One of the goals of the organization is to take possession of the tailed demons, nine monsters imprisoned in the bodies of jintyuriki. One of these monsters, the Nine-Tailed Fox, is imprisoned inside the protagonist Naruto Uzumaki.
- After capturing the Two-Tailed Biju, Pain, the formal leader of Akatsuki, tells Hidan about the goals of the organization: Collect as much as possible large quantity
- money, for example, having received a reward on the black market for the capture of a wanted shinobi.
- Creation of a professional group of mercenary ninjas, independent of any country or village. The Akatsuki will dramatically increase their reputation by accepting missions for low pay. The costs of this can be repaid from accumulated money, while ninja villages will not be able to withstand such competition. Depending on the current state of affairs in the world, they will use the captured bijuu to start and end wars. Thus Akatsuki will have a military monopoly.
Partners very often have conflicts because of their views on life: Kakuzu, having seen Hidan’s ritual, said that it was a pointless and useless waste of time, and Hidan despises his partner’s greed and love of money, and is also especially irritated by that Kakuzu is a bounty hunter. As a result, they have constant quarrels and fights because of this. But despite this, they work perfectly during battle, combining Kakuzu's reckless attacks and Hidan's immortality.
Deidara and Sasori (Disbanded after Sasori's death)
- Goal: Capture the One-Tail (Deidara succeeds)
Sasori and Deidara work well together, but constantly argue over their views on art; Sasori believes that art should be beautiful and eternal, like his puppets, and Deidara argues that art is an explosion, it appears and disappears in the same instant. Ironically, Sasori was an impatient person and did not like to be kept waiting, and also did not like to make others wait, while Deidara liked to rush into everything. Also, Sasori had a network of spies who helped in Akatsuki affairs. Deidara was previously a bomber for hire, but was soon defeated by Itachi, which is why he joined the organization. The interesting thing is that both partners consciously decided to die. Sasori allowed his Mama and Papa dolls to stab himself, and Deidara blew himself up, thus becoming art himself. The two later met in the Fourth Shinobi World War when they were revived by Kabuto.
Deidara and Tobi
- Goal: Capture the Three-Tails (Deidara succeeds)
After Sasori's death, Obito, pretending to be a fool under the name Tobi, becomes Deidara's new partner. Despite the fact that Toby strives to please his partner, childish tomfoolery is perceived negatively by the bomber. But despite this irritability, they both worked well as a pair, which is confirmed in the battle against Sasuke, when Tobi hid Deidara's clay bombs in the ground. Also, Deidara always tries to protect his partner, but afterward, as a rule, gets annoyed due to Tobi's playfulness. After Deidara's death, Tobi reveals his true identity and begins working towards his own goals.
Orochimaru and Sasori (Disbanded after Orochimaru left)
- Target: Unknown
Sasori claimed that he and Orochimaru worked well together during their partnership, and both shared a desire for eternal existence. However, when Orochimaru fled Akatsuki, after his unsuccessful attempt Stealing Itachi's body, Sasori sharpened his teeth against his former partner.
Black and White Zetsu
- Functions: Spy, auxiliary
Although, Zetsu is not exactly a team, because it consists of one person, but it has two personalities: Dark Zetsu and White Zetsu, which are different personalities, with their own views on life. In addition, due to his character, Zetsu's personality can be divided into two, acting independently. One more unique ability White Zetsu is the creation of clones that are biologically produced, unlike ordinary clones from chakra.
Taka
- Target: Eight-Tails (Failed)
With Akatsuki's ranks reduced to five members, Tobi enlists the help of the Hawk group, led by Sasuke, who shares the desire to destroy Konoha. To complete his goals, Tobi orders this team to capture the Eight-Tails, while Akatsuki (specifically Pain) hunts for the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Technically, members of the Hawk are not full members of Akatsuki, as they do not possess rings like the rest of the organization wore. However, they wore Akatsuki cloaks (though not with high collars, but with hoods), which signified their affiliation with the organization. After seemingly capturing Killer B, Sasuke claimed that Hawk had not stopped working with Akatsuki. Of all the members, however, only Sasuke chooses to remain with Tobi and the Akatsuki, which has become quite weak, or not. Ultimately, Sasuke kills White Zetsu to test his new abilities.