Series synopsis
Fantastic Children, also known as ファンタジックチルドレン is a Japanese animation action & adventure mystery sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on TV Tokyo on October 4, 2004. It ended on March 28, 2005. It was created by Takashi Nakamura. It stars Junko Minagawa, Yuki Kaida, Satoshi Goto and Shiho Kawaragi.
A group of mysterious white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the looks of 11 years old, they behave way more mature than they should be, never grow, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have kept being after is a girl, and all the connection they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.
Premise
A group of mysterious white-haired children has been spotted at different times and places in Europe for over 500 years. Always with the looks of 11 years old, they behave way more mature than they should be, never grow, and seem to have supernatural power. What they have kept being after is a girl, and all the connection they have is a picture with a crescent moon. Now, in the year of 2012, an athletic boy named Tohma is about to be involved in this centuries-long mystery.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Junko Minagawa as Tohma (voice)
- Yuki Kaida as Gherta Hawksbee (voice)
- Satoshi Goto as Seth (voice)
- Shiho Kawaragi as Helga (voice) / Christina (voice) / Serafine (voice)
- Sachi Matsumoto as Hasmodye (voice)
- Maaya Sakamoto as Mel (voice)
- Kei Kobayashi as Chitto (voice)
- Asami Yaguchi as Tarlant (voice)
Supporting cast
- Chihiro Suzuki as Palza (voice)
- Eiji Hanawa as Dumas (voice)
- Kouki Harasawa as Hesma (voice)
- Shinpachi Tsuji as Detective Cooks (voice)
- Wataru Hatano as Soran (voice)
- Yukiko Takaguchi as Soreto (voice)
- Yuu Urata as Aghi (voice)
- Yuko Sumitomo as Alice (voice)
- Akiko Kimura as Cybele (voice)
- Ken Narita as Kirchner (voice)
Guest cast
- Takashi Matsuyama
- Naomi Shindo
- Kenji Nomura as GED Committeeman B (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 27 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 1 | September 23, 2005 | September 23, 2005 |
| Season 1 | 26 | October 4, 2004 | March 28, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Extended Ending Extended ending showing what happened with Befort Children after the events from the last episode of the TV series. DVD release exclusive. |
September 23, 2005 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
From the limits of darkness A man sits alone in his study surrounded by scrawlings and mumbling about a forthcoming apocalypse as we see a photo of a group of ageless young albinos called the Befort Children. We switch focus several times as we follow the Children throughout history - in Holland, where their attempts to convince a young boy called Conrad to join them fail after they send him a postcard depicting a strange image, to Sweden at the turn of the century, and to the South Eastern Islands where they arrive too late at the bedside of a dead woman named Serafine who has been painting the same image as on the postcard. Strangely, one of the Children, Mel suffers amnesia and panics, getting captured by the strange young man Duma and his cronies while the other Children escape. Fast-forward to 2012 in the Islands, and the roguish Toma practices his martial arts before discovering a young girl, Helga, lying on a statue silently. |
October 4, 2004 |
| 2 |
Wandering feelings The Children visit Sweden in 1901, where Palza/Conrad is being awarded the Nobel prize for discovering X rays. Flash forward to 2012, and while Helga is incarcerated in Chikao, the Children investigate more into Serafine's paintings, but are attcked by mysterious shadow creatures. The Children part ways once again - some to find someone who they believe to be the reincarnation of Serafine, others to try and find Mel and Palza to deliver their memories to them. Helga and Chit escape from Chikao once more, while Thoma has srange nightmares and can't shake Helga from his mind. The Children, Helga and Chit all board the same train bound for the mainland, and Thoma is left with doubts in his mind... |
October 11, 2004 |
| 3 |
The place I want to go to A policeman, Cooks, visits a family where one of the Children used to live, in an attempt to find out what's going on. Helga and Chit are recaptured on the mainland and sent back to Chikao, which please neither of them - especially since Chit is getting sent to another orphanage. A crazed speedboat driver (the man from the first episode with the cryptic ramblings) crashes into the boat carrying Chit, however, and Thoma happens to be on hand to rescue him, so they set out together to rescue Helga once more. |
October 18, 2004 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TV Tokyo |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 4, 2004 |
| Last aired | March 28, 2005 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |