Flip Flappers

Flip Flappers

Flip Flappers logo
フリップフラッパーズ
(Furippu Furappāzu)
Genre Magical girl, Science fiction
Anime television series
Directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama
Written by Yuniko Ayana
Music by To-Mas
Studio Studio 3Hz
Licensed by

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Network Tokyo MX, AT-X, BS Fuji, SUN
English network

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Original run October 6, 2016 – present
Episodes 13

Flip Flappers (フリップフラッパーズ Furippu Furappāzu) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Infinite and announced on March 25, 2016 at the AnimeJapan convention. The series is animated by Studio 3Hz and began airing from October 2016.[2][3]

Plot

Cocona, a cautious high school girl, encounters an eccentric and headstrong girl named Papika. Together, they end up traveling to strange worlds known as Pure Illusions, where they must retrieve mysterious, amorphous fragments said to grant wishes. As Cocona and Papika gather these fragments for the FlipFlap organization, they come up against Cocona's childhood friend Yayaka, who is seeking the fragments for FipFlap's rival, Asklespios, allegedly bent on world conquest. As both organizations collide, Cocona learns more about the world than she thought possible.

Characters

Main characters

Cocona (ココナ Kokona) / Pure Blade (ピュアブレード Pyua Burēdo)
Voiced by: Minami Takahashi[4]
An ordinary school girl in the second year of middle school who finds herself going on bizarre adventures after meeting Papika. She has an amorphous fragment embedded in her leg.
Papika (パピカ) / Pure Barrier (ピュアバリアー Pyua Bariā)
Voiced by: M.A.O[4]
An energetic and eccentric girl from the FlipFlap organization who becomes Cocona's partner.
Yayaka (ヤヤカ)
Voiced by: Ayaka Ohashi[4]
Cocona's childhood friend, who works for the rival organizationAsklespios Asklespios alongside Toto and Yuyu, often battling them for the amorphous fragments they are seeking. She desires to be close with Cocona and despises Papika for getting in her way.

FlipFlap

Salt (ソルト Soruto)
Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda[4]
The head of the FlipFlap organization, who is intent on seeking out the amorphous fragments for some unknown reason.
Hidaka (ヒダカ)
Voiced by: Jun Fukushima[4]
A scientist at FlipFlap organization.
Sayuri (サユリ)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa[4]
A scientist at FlipFlap organization.
TT-392
Voiced by: Kazuyuki Okitsu[4]
A robot that follows Papika everywhere, nicknamed "Bu-chan" (ブーちゃん).

Asklespios

Toto (トト)
Voiced by: Sayaka Inoue[4]
An elementary school student and Yuyu's twin brother, who works alongside Yayaka.
Yuyu (ユユ)
Voiced by: Airi Toshinō[4]
An elementary school student and Toto's twin sister, who works alongside Yayaka.

Other characters

Uexküll (ユクスキュル Yukusukyuru)
Voiced by: Michiyo Murase, Rikiya Koyama (Pure Illusion version)[4]
Cocona's pet rabbit.
Iroha Irodori (彩 いろは Irodori Iroha)
Voiced by: Saori Ōnishi[4]
An upperclassman in the Art Club at Cocona's school. While usually spending a lot of time painting in the art room by herself, her personality changes after Cocona and Papika alter things within her Pure Illusion world.
Cocona's grandmother (ココナのおばあちゃん Kokona no Obaa-chan)
Voiced by: Tamie Kubota[4]
Cocona's grandmother who has looked after her since her parents died.
Mimi (ミミ)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano
A mysterious girl who is allegedly Papika's previous partner.

Media

Anime

The series by Studio 3Hz began airing in Japan from October 6, 2016. The series is licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks[5] and is being simulcast by Hulu, Crunchyroll and the Anime Network.[6] The opening theme is "Serendipity" by ZAQ, while the ending theme is "Flip Flap Flip Flap" by To-Mas feat. Chima. The anime will be released across six Blu-ray & DVD volumes totalling 13 episodes.[7]

Episode list

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "Pure Input"
"Pyua Inputto" (ピュアインプット) 		October 6, 2016
Cocona, an ordinary schoolgirl uncertain about her future career, meets a peculiar girl named Papika. Along with a robot named TT-392, the two girls fall into a tunnel and wind up in a snow-laden world known as Pure Illusion. Just as Papika informs Cocona that she is searching for a treasure somewhere in Pure Illusion, the girls suddenly come up against giant snow-covered beasts, with Cocona losing her glasses in the process. As Papika tries to get the glasses back, falling into the ocean in the process, Cocona suddenly awakens a power inside of her and rescues her. Afterwards, the two manage to return to the real world, with Cocona now in possession of a mysterious blue fragment, before the two girls are suddenly captured. 
2 "Pure Converter"
"Pyua Konbāta" (ピュアコンバータ) 		October 13, 2016
Having managed to escape from whoever captured her, Papika, who is unable to go through the tunnel again without Cocona, transfers into her school, much to the annoyance of Cocona's childhood friend, Yayaka. On top of dealing with Papika, Cocona also has to deal with her pet rabbit, Uexkull, coming to school with her. Upon following Uexkull after he gets sucked up by a strange device, Cocona and Papika end up in yet another Pure Illusion, where they happen to grow rabbit ears and start to develop a desire to nibble things. While retrieving another fragment, Papika inadvertently activates a device with Cocona and an anthropomorphic Uexkull trapped inside of it. Just as Cocona and Uexkull are about to be dipped in lava, Papika awakens her own power and rescues them, helping them escape back to the real world. Afterwards, Papika takes Cocona to her organization, FlipFlap, where the leader, Salt, sends them to another Pure Illusion world. 
3 "Pure XLR"
"Pyua Ekusu-eru-āru" (ピュアXLR) 		October 20, 2016
Papika ends up in a desert wasteland separated from Cocona, where she is rescued by some villagers who are under tyranny by an evil gang. As Papika stands up to the gang members, she is confronted by the gang's leader, who is revealed to be Cocona under the control of a mask. After Papika gets knocked out after freeing Cocona from the mask's control, one of the villagers reveals herself to be the evil villain who put the mask on her. However, Papika manages to regain her strength after eating something and rescues Cocona. Cocona and Papika then use their fragments to transform themselves into magical girls named Pure Blade and Pure Barrier, combining their powers to defeat the villain after she transforms into a monstrous form. Just as the villain launches a surprise attack, she is destroyed by the arrival of Yayaka who, along with her two cohorts Toto and Yuyu, escapes with the amorphous fragment the creature left behind. 
4 "Pure Equalization"
"Pyua Ikoraizēshon" (ピュアイコライゼーション) 		October 27, 2016
Stating that their transformations are dependent on them syncing their impedences together, Hidaka, a scientist at FlipFlap, suggests that Cocona and Papika spend some time living together. The next day at school, the girls come across Yayaka, who briefly hints that her organisation is gathering the amorphous fragments for world conquest. After school, the girls begin their mutual living lifestyle, staying at the tunnel from earlier which Papika had decorated. The next day, the girls visit a deserted island for some food, only to wind up becoming stranded after Papika's hoverboard gets washed away. While making the most of the situation, Cocona explains how she always wanted to meet her parents, who died around the time of her birth. With their feelings synced by the experience, Cocona and Papika set off together towards another Pure Illusion world. 
5 "Pure Echo"
"Pyua Ekō" (ピュアエコー) 		November 3, 2016
Cocona and Papika arrive in another Pure Illusion, set in a gloomy version of their school, where they briefly spot Yayaka before she disappears somewhere. The girls soon come across some spooky looking schoolgirls, who dress them up in their uniform and have them join in their school activities. As the girls find themselves doing the same activities everyday while getting oddly close with each other, Yayaka informs Cocona that they are stuck in a loop. Realising that they must escape before the clock strikes eleven and time loops again, Cocona and Papika discover a hidden exit and follow Yayaka's group to a suspicious clock tower. Cocona and Yayaka get ensnared by some mysterious limbs, but Papika manages to transform and save them, allowing Cocona to stop the loop and retrieve a fragment before Yayaka helps them escape to the real world. 
6 "Pure Play"
"Pyua Purei" (ピュアプレイ) 		November 10, 2016
Following another encounter with Yayaka, Cocona and Papika end up going through a strange gate. During this time, they enter a world in which they are both parts of a girl named Iro. As Cocona experiences being an Iro beloved by her grandmother, Papika experiences being an Iro who is abused by her parents, the two of which would occassionally switch places. As the two look more into this world, Iro falls into despair after her grandmother loses her memories of her due to having Alzheimer's disease, leading the two Iros to realise they are one and the same. Finding hope in a bottle of nail polish left behind by her, Iro is able to get her to recognise her. Realising that Iro was actually their upperclassman from the Art Club, Iroha Irodori, the girls find her wearing the nail polish her grandmother gave her. 
7 "Pure Component"
"Pyua Konpōnento" (ピュアコンポーネント) 		November 17, 2016
Cocona and Papika notice that Iroha has been acting differently, throwing away all of her old paintings and spending more time with others, which Hidaka suspects is a ripple effect caused by what they did while in the gate. As Cocona becomes hesitant about going to Pure Illusion again out of fear of changing reality further, she ends up in Pure Illusion identical to her own world where she encounters several versions of Papika, each with different personalities ranging from a little sister to a delinquent gang leader. Despite spending time with the various Papikas, Cocona ultimately decides that she prefers the original Papika, who manages to find her before she is sucked into a hole. After returning with Cocona to the real world, Papika's fragment glows, showing her a vision of a woman named Mimi. 
8 "Pure Breaker"
"Pyua Burēka" (ピュアブレーカ) 		November 24, 2016
While at the pool, Cocona and Papika end up in another Pure Illusion resembling a futuristic city. After being saved from mutant animals by Yayaka's group, the girls come across a short scientist, who they nickname "Pops", before a giant humanoid monster containing a fragment appears. As Pops states his determination to protect his city, he gives Cocona and Papika some battle vehicles, which combine into a giant robot known as PapinaKing. When even this doesn't seem to be enough, Yayaka reluctantly steps in with her own robot, Yapico Boy, which combines with PapinaKing to become Great Pacoya, giving them the strength to defeat the monster. After returning with the fragment, which Yayaka relinquishes to the confusion of Toto and Yuyu, Cocona is taken aback when Papika suddenly calls her "Mimi". 
9 "Pure Mute"
"Pyua Myūto" (ピュアミュート) 		December 1, 2016
Threatened with being replaced in her organization, Yayaka is given one more chance to steal all of Cocona and Papika's amorphous fragments. Meanwhile, Cocona has a falling out with Papika as she keeps presumably confusing her for someone else. As this feud carries over into the next Pure Illusion, Cocona gets caught in a defense trap alongside Toto and Yuyu, who declare a ceasefire until they can find a way to escape. Observing Papika and Yayaka fighting outside, Cocona, whose wavering emotions start to effect the trap, recalls how she first became friends with Yayaka. When Yayaka attacks Papika when she tries to rescue her, Cocona manages to break free from the trap, only to be thrust into a confrontation against Yayaka. Yayaka manages to beat Cocona but is unable to bring herself to remove the fragment in Cocona's leg, leading Toto and Yuyu to turn against her. As Yayaka is brought back to FlipFlap for medical attention, Papika starts asking about Mimi, who she reveals to be her old partner. 
10 "Pure Jitter"
"Pyua Jittā" (ピュアジッター) 		TBA

Notes

  1. ↑ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ↑ "Animax Asia to Simulcast Flip Flappers, Poco's Udon World". Anime News Network. September 28, 2016. Retrieved October 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Flip Flappers TV Anime Teased With Countdown Site". Anime News Network. March 20, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Studio 3Hz's Flip Flappers October TV Anime Revealed". Anime News Network. March 25, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Flip Flappers TV Anime Reveals Additional Cast in 2nd Promo Video". Anime News Network. August 8, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sentai Filmworks Licenses Flip Flappers Anime". Anime News Network. September 28, 2016. Retrieved September 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Anime Network Online to Stream Matoi the Sacred Slayer, Flip Flappers, ClassicaLoid, Girlish Number Anime". Anime News Network. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 1, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Blu-ray&DVD".

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