F-Zero Falcon Densetsu
| Anime television series | |
|---|---|
| title | F-Zero Falcon Densetsu |
| Original title | F-ZERO フ ァ ル コ ン 伝 説 |
| transcription | F-Zero Farukon Densetsu |
| Country of production |
 Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2003 |
| Studio | Ashi Productions |
| length | 23 minutes |
| Episodes | 51 |
| Director | Ayumi Tomobuki |
| production | Fukashi Azuma , Kiyonori Hirase , Yutaka Sugiyama |
| music | Takayuki Negishi |
| First broadcast | October 7, 2003 on TV Tokyo |
F-Zero Falcon Densetsu ( Japanese F-ZERO フ ァ ル コ ン 伝 説 , F-Zero Farukon Densetsu ) is an anime television series from 2003. The adaptation of the video game F-Zero can be classified into the genres of adventure, action and science fiction . Internationally, the series also became known as F-Zero Falcon Legend or F-Zero: The Legend of Falcon .
action
In the year 2051, Ryū Suzaku is a hero: successful racing driver and criminal hunter. But on the day he wants to propose to his girlfriend Haruka, he is involved in an accident with his criminal opponent Zoda. To save him from death, Ryū Suzaku is put into a cryogenic coma. 150 years later he is led by Jody Summer and Dr. Stewart resuscitated to once again assist the police.
In the F-Zero glider race on galactic highways, the organization Dark Million also wants to drive Dark Shadow - to use the prize money to advance their plans to conquer the universe. As part of the Mobile Taskforce, Ryū Suzaku is supposed to prevent this by winning the races himself. During his adventures he gradually meets other racing legends, such as Captain Falcon. Zoda and Haruka were also frozen after the accident 150 years ago. But both were revived by Dark Shadow and are now fighting by his side.
Production and publication
The series was created in 2003 at Studio Ashi Production under the direction of Ayumi Tomobuki . The main author was Akiyoshi Sakai and the character design was created by Toyō Ashida . Masatoshi Muto was the artistic director .
The 51 episodes, each 23 minutes long, were first broadcast by TV Tokyo from October 7, 2003 to September 28, 2004 . Fox Network showed an English dubbed version in the United States, while Jetix aired an Italian version. The anime was also translated into Korean.
synchronization
| role | Japanese speaker ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Ryu Suzaku | Toshiyuki Morikawa |
| Captain Falcon | Hideyuki Tanaka |
| Zoda | Shinpachi Tsuji |
| Dark Shadow | Norio Wakamoto |
| Jody Summer | Kikuko Inoue |
| Dr. Stewart | Nobuo Tobita |
music
Takayuki Negishi composed the soundtrack for the series . The biasing song is The Meaning of Truth by Hiro-X and for the credits used to Resolution of Ai Maeda .
reception
According to the Anime Encyclopedia , the series is reminiscent of Demolition Man and Japanese Sentai series. The German magazine Mangaszene sums up the anime with the word "lame": The plot is full of logic gaps, the characters and character designs are silly to trashy and the CGI sequences are implemented carelessly. Falcon Densetsu would have "at best, at best, the entertainment value of a roundabout".
Web links
- Official website for the anime at TV Tokyo (Japanese)
- Entry at Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy: The Anime Encyclopedia. Revised & Expanded Edition . Stone Bridge Press, Berkeley 2006, ISBN 978-1-933330-10-5 , pp. 211 .
- ↑ a b Manga scene No. 19, p. 19.