Otogi Story Tenshi no Shippo

Synopsis:

Trailer:

Episodes:

• Episode 1: Unforgettable Bonds (Aired: 10/04/2001)
• Episode 2: I'm Not Afraid of Trauma (Aired: 10/11/2001)
• Episode 3: Let Me Help You, Master! (Aired: 10/18/2001)
• Episode 4: I Can't Bear a Goodbye (Aired: 10/25/2001)
• Episode 5: Please Remember, Master (Aired: 11/01/2001)
• ... and 5 more episodes

Characters:

• Akane (Main) - Voice Actors: Chiba, Saeko, Dickson, Tricia
• Ayumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Kawasumi, Ayako, Austin, Hunter
• Kurumi (Main) - Voice Actors: Fox, Sandy, Nigo, Mayako
• Lulu (Main) - Voice Actors: Hirschfeld, Rachel, Shimizu, Mei
• Midori (Main) - Voice Actors: Kobayashi, Akiko, Stone, Jessica D.
• Mika (Main) - Voice Actors: Lee, Wendee, Yukana
• Momo (Main) - Voice Actors: Hirano, Aya, Wahlgren, Kari
• Mutsumi, Goro (Main) - Voice Actors: Suganuma, Hisayoshi, Sroka, Ted
• Nana (Main) - Voice Actors: Hasegawa, Shizuka, Bendik, Lauren
• Ran (Main) - Voice Actors: Tanaka, Rie, Ruff, Michelle
• Tamami (Main) - Voice Actors: Savage, Carrie, Oosawa, Chiaki
• Tsubasa (Main) - Voice Actors: Nogawa, Sakura, Little, Zarah
• Yuki (Main) - Voice Actors: Hikami, Kyouko, Strassman, Karen
• Akane's Mother (Supporting)
• Byacco, Gai (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yoshino, Hiroyuki, Phillips, Josh
• Customer (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seitz, Patrick
• Daisuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kumai, Motoko
• Genbu, Shin (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Freeman, Crispin, Sakurai, Takahiro
• Kimihoshi, Kurumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fox, Sandy, Nigo, Mayako
• Master (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Knight, William Frederick
• Mrs. Mutsumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Motoi, Emi, McWilliams, Sharon
• Mutsumi, Takuro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Jackson, Gildart, Nagano, Kouichi
• Seiryuu, Gou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Morikawa, Toshiyuki, Gross, Justin
• Setsuna (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Wahlgren, Kari, Kouda, Kaho
• Suzaku, Rey (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Seitz, Patrick, Miyata, Kouki
• Toki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Goodson, Barbara

Staff:

• Inoue, Shunji (Producer)
• Kunisaki, Hisanori (Producer)
• Yokoyama, Shinjirou (Producer)
• Ochi, Kazuhiro (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
• Yoshida, Tomohiro (Sound Director)
• Ogawa, Hiroshi (Episode Director, Key Animation)
• Okazaki, Yukio (Episode Director)
• Ooba, Hideaki (Episode Director, Storyboard)
• Shinozaki, Yasuyuki (Episode Director)
• Okada, Mari (Script)
• Habara, Kumiko (Storyboard)
• Ikehata, Takashi (Storyboard)
• Sadamitsu, Shinya (Storyboard)
• Watanabe, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
• Nogawa, Sakura (Theme Song Performance)
• Oosawa, Chiaki (Theme Song Performance)
• Hoshino, Masumi (Key Animation)
• Houri, Kouji (Animation Director, Key Animation, Assistant Animation Director)
• Ishida, Keiichi (Key Animation)
• Kamata, Yuusuke (Key Animation)
• Kamata, Hitoshi (Key Animation)
• Kamezaki, Keishi (Background Art)
• Kanada, Yoshinori (Key Animation)
• Kasuya, Kenichirou (Key Animation)
• Kobayashi, Takashi (Character Design, Chief Animation Director)
• Kubo, Hiroshi (Director of Photography)
• Matsuoka, Hideaki (Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Muratani, Takashi (Key Animation)
• Obara, Shouhei (Setting)
• Ohno, Tsutomu (Key Animation)
• Okano, Yukio (Key Animation)
• Saitou, Mayu (Key Animation)
• Sakisaka, Mamoru (Key Animation)
• Sasaki, Toshiko (Animation Director)
• Sekiguchi, Masahiro (Animation Director)
• Sekizaki, Takaaki (Key Animation)
• Shimizu, Katsuhiro (Key Animation)
• Sugawara, Hiroki (Key Animation)
• Sugawara, Azuma (Key Animation)
• Tano, Mitsuo (Key Animation)
• Tayama, Osamu (Background Art)
• Ushijima, Yuuji (Key Animation, Animation Director)
• Washikita, Kyouta (Key Animation)
• Watanabe, Kenichi (In-Between Animation)
• Watanabe, Nobuhiro (Key Animation)
• Yagi, Motoki (Key Animation)

Reviews:

• User VoidHawk (Score: 7/10):
  This seems to be an underrated series. Of course it is not really original, but it is cute and well developed, with beautiful art and really good voice actor/actresses, and nice humor as well. The romance in the series is cutely done and the lack of real violence is a nice turn if you are in the mood of something cute and nonsensical but not outright silly and childish (something the series is not). It is a cute series without being brainless, and with nice and cute characters. A sure watch to lighten up and relax. I sure recommend it.
• User Are_Skodvin (Score: 6/10):
  This is a review of the dubbed version. Tenshi no Shippo, or Angel Tales as the dubbed version is called, is a supernatural, harem, romance series that is the least bit original. However despite the low score here on MAL and an seemingly ugly artsyle, I did find it to be a decent series in the end. Story 6/10 The story starts off with this typical loser-guy Goro, who has no job and little money. A rather unlucky young fellow, who doesn't seem to have any promising future. Then suddenly he meets a fortune teller, and before you know it there are three angel girls coming to servehim as their master. Heard something similar before, perhaps? Well from here on the story is basically about Goro and the increasingly amount of angel girls that come to serve him. Each of the first 5 or so episodes introduces new angels, and after some time there are a dozen of them living together with their master. However, all these angels care for him with a reason, since they used to be his animal pets earlier in Goro’s life. At one point in the series it seemed that the story would take a cliche direction, with some bad guys appearing to fight Goro and his angels, but it never gets that serious, and eventually it goes back to concentrating on the daily life of Goro and his angel girls again. nSo, what does a guy do with a dozen of girls in his apartment o_O?? Well nothing special really. Buying food, doing the laundry, going to work, and eating together with his 'servants'...all the usual stuff you find in shows like these. There is hardly any fan service or action, and the comedy consists mostly of easy jokes and small misunderstandings, it never goes over the top, like tsundere beating up guy for instance. All the girls really care for their master Goro, and there are plenty of romantic feelings developing, though it never becomes too serious. 'Calm and cute' is what best describes this anime, and personally I liked it that way.nnCharacters 5/10nSince there are plenty of characters and only twelve episodes, there is not much time for any character development. Goro the main protagonist stays the same during the whole series. He's your typical loser-kun, who cares about his angel servants. A kindhearted guy that often is indecisive with the girls, but determined to protect or help them whenever there are troubles.nAs for the angels, they each have their own personal trait, since they all used to be different animals earlier. Some of them are small girls, and their affection for Goro is more like that of children, where they look upon him as a father like person perhaps. Then we have those who are about the same age as him, and it’s mainly these girls that are romantically involved (in one episode there's a childhood friend romantically involved as well). But the angel girls and all other characters are quite…
• User guyontrain (Score: 8/10):
  Well, talk about another underrated series. Angel Tales, is a very simple anime. It's just that. No huge plot-twists, no useless drama, useless elements, nothing. It's just a king of a harem anime. Shortly put, our story starts with Goro Mutsumi, a young man with a bad luck. In his past, he took great care of lonely, stray, wounded pets, (in total 12 of them) and they wanted to repay his kindness by being his guardian angels. Simple, no? Art is nothing outstanding, since it was a 2001 anime, still it was not outdated for it's time. Bandai Visual was lovely again. Sound, this is whereanime goes north and south. Pros, some of the angel's voice actors was good and elegant. Some of the angel's... well, was not on the spot. And Goro's acting... I do know it was low on budget and it's kinda hard to find actors for all the 12 girls, so I'm letting it pass. Opening was mediocre, ending was pretty good. I downloaded it to my phone and still listen to it. nnCharacter, this is where Angel Tales shines... yeah no. Like I said, it's a simple harem anime, and with 13 characters, it's clear that one can't develop characters. It's just Goro was a real good guy and remained that way the whole time. nnEnjoyment-Overall: Well, it should be clear now that Angel Tales is a simple anime. And other than increasing the girl's number in the harem, it was nothing new. Still, the anime was full of little things that made you love it; like Goro's harmonica, or finding out that he wasn't a pussy despite his first appearence (that was a relief for me, first impressions are bad indeed) or Goro's father's last bow to the girls in episode 12. Anime was full of those little things, and it kinda made you attached to it. Of course it had it's bad moments, but pros over cons with this anime. nIf you like harems, go for it. This one was a gold mine for harem-romance lovers.
• ... and 2 more reviews

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External Links:

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