Series synopsis
Fireball, also known as ファイアボール is a Japanese animation comedy sci-fi & fantasy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on April 7, 2008. It ended on December 10, 2020. It was created by Wataru Arakawa. It stars Toru Okawa, Miyuki Kawasho and Hiroshi Kamiya.
Fireball is a series of CGI anime shorts created by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney. The designer is Hitoshi Fukuchi. It is animated entirely in 3D with no cel-shading of any sort, as would be typical for the medium.
The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel and her massive cyclopian arachnoid servant, Gedächtnis. The episodes are u ...
Premise
Fireball is a series of CGI anime shorts created by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney. The designer is Hitoshi Fukuchi. It is animated entirely in 3D with no cel-shading of any sort, as would be typical for the medium.
The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel and her massive cyclopian arachnoid servant, Gedächtnis. The episodes are usually nonsensical in nature, normally showing the two characters making idle conversation in the midst of a war with humanity. A third character, a monkey-robot named "Schadenfreude", joins them later.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Toru Okawa as ゲデヒトニス
- Miyuki Kawasho as ドロッセル・フォン・フリューゲル
- Hiroshi Kamiya as ゲボイデ＝ボイデ
Guest cast
- Hochu Otsuka as ヘカトンケイル
- Kinryu Arimoto as ヴィントシュトレ・フォン・フリューゲル
- Daisuke Gori as シャーデンフロイデ
- Fumihiko Tachiki as ユーリ
- Hideyuki Tanaka as 話すテーブル
- Kenso Kato as レジナルド
- Yoshiyuki Usui as ツークツヴァンク
- Hiroshi Isobe as ハラズモリ3000
- Wataru Arakawa as ハラズモリ1000
Episodes
This series spans 5 seasons with 41 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 2 | August 19, 2009 | August 26, 2009 |
| Season 1 | 13 | April 7, 2008 | June 30, 2008 |
| Season 2 | 13 | April 4, 2011 | June 27, 2011 |
| Season 3 | 3 | October 6, 2017 | December 8, 2017 |
| Season 4 | 10 | November 8, 2020 | December 10, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Making of Fireball | August 19, 2009 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | August 26, 2009 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Delphinus Drossel insists that Gedächtnis show her some dolphins. |
April 7, 2008 |
| 2 |
9:25 Gedächtnis complains that he is not feeling well and covers his eyes with an eye mask. |
April 14, 2008 |
| 3 |
Flugel Drossel wears a strange, new head accessory that she has found in the tower. |
April 21, 2008 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Bootstrap Continuum | April 4, 2011 |
| 2 | Trojan Horse | April 11, 2011 |
| 3 | Klein Bottle-Healer | April 18, 2011 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The World to Come | October 6, 2017 |
| 2 | Heart of Gold | November 10, 2017 |
| 3 | The Hyperion Intersection | December 8, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imaginary Border | November 8, 2020 |
| 2 | No Signal | November 9, 2020 |
| 3 | Please Stand By | November 10, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | April 7, 2008 |
| Last aired | December 10, 2020 |
| Runtime | 1 minutes |
| Status | Ended |