Funny Pets
Funny Pets is a Japanese digital computer (CGI) anime series created and directed by Ryuji Masuda that was made in 2006.[1]
| Funny Pets | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ryuji Masuda |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Shunsuke Koga |
| Original run | January 10, 2006 – December 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 24 |
The sound effects were made by Shizuo Kurahashi.[1]
Plot
The plot of the series is that a UFO carrying two aliens from another planet ends up falling into Earth, where they are saved by a moody air-headed showgirl called Funny (ファニー). The two aliens, the moon-like Crescent (クレセント) and the sun-like Corona (コロナ), must adjust to life as Funny's pets. There are 24 episodes and two seasons in this series, all of which are available on YouTube[2] and NicoNico Douga, a Japanese video sharing website.[3]
Characters
- Funny (ファニー)
- Corona (コロナ)
- Crescent (クレセント)
- Horley (ホーリーとその家族)
Staff
- Director - Ryuji Masuda
- Character Design and Art Settings - Wakako Masuda
- Music - Meynable Co.
- Sound Design - Hiroshi Nakano
- Sound Effects - Shizuo Kurahashi
- CG Director - Takayuki Ito
- CG Designers - Akio Koizumi, Reiko Muto, Yoshiaki Higa, Taeko Kawagoe
- VFX - Kohei Yamamoto
- Producer - Shunsuke Koga
- Production - Funny Pets Production Committee (RumbleFish, tvk, KBSKyoto, Rent-Track Japan, S1-T3CG)[4]
Reception
Anime-Planet: The anime received overwhelmingly negative reviews on review site Anime-Planet, criticizing the show for its violent and nonsensical plots, simplistic 3D animation and unlikable characters (first season note: 1,068/5 - second season note: 1,059/5)[5][6]
OST (soundtrack)
The music is composed and mixed by Meyna Co, who also created the soundtrack for another of Masuda's shows called Ga-Ra-Ku-Ta: Mr. Stain On Junk Alley.[7]
- Tracks:
- Opening (Lyrical)
- Title 1
- Candy
- Crescent Blues
- Funny
- Title 2
- Hunting
- Idea
- Arrows
- Candy 2
- Title 3
- Candy 3
- Crescent Blues 2
- Cabbage
- Title 4
- Candy 4
- Fear
- Candy 5
- Ghost
- Spanked
- Whale
- Picture Book
- Anger
- Showdown
- Walking The Rainbow
- Driving To The Rainbow
- Rainbow
- Flight
- Too High
- Inflated
- Ascension
- Birthday (Short Version)
- Crescent Blues
- Birthday (Long Version)
- Title 5
- Three Matches
- The Last Match
- Orbit
- Title 6
- Out Of Frame
- Canon
- Title 7
- Danger
- Candy 6
- Circle
- Crescent Blues 4
- Title 8
- Love
- Admiration
- Guitar
- Forced Dancing
- Kiss
- Heartbreak
- Title 9
- Guitar 2
- The Favor Is Repaid
- Guitar 3
- Title 10
- Frog’s Song (Vocals Only)
- Frog’s Song (Instrumental)
- Frog’s Song (Complete)
- Frog’s Song (Distorted)
- Music Notes
- Frog’s Song (Music Notes)
- Frog’s Song (Music Notes) (Complete)
- Title 11
- Cloud Pets
- Evil And Just
- Evil’s Theme
- Just’s Theme
- Candy 7
- Title 12
- At The Ocean
- Hiding The Evidence
- Title 13
- Discovered
- Grief
- Goldfish
- Dead Goldfish
- Haunted
- Book Thrower
- Candy 8
- Forbidden Game
- Graveyard Dance
- Title 14
- Crescent Blues 5
- Star’s Song
- Crescent War
- Chocolate Fight (Short Version)
- Chocolate Thieves
- Chocolate Trance
- Chocolate Fight (Long Version)
- Candy 9
- Back To The Home
- Back To Funny
- Candy 10
- Opening (Instrumental) [8]
References
- Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
- "Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- "増田龍治『Funny Pets』 by 夏梅 - Niconico Video". www.nicovideo.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- "Funny Pets 2ndシーズン". アニメハック (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- Funny Pets, 11 January 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
- Funny Pets 2, 9 October 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
- "Funny Pets OST - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
- "Funny Pets - Full Soundtrack CD - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
External links
- Funny Pets (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Funny Pets Official Site - Closed (Archives as of July 3, 2006).