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 byRyuji Masuda
Produced byShunsuke Koga
Original run January 10, 2006 (2006-01-10) December 25, 2006 (2006-12-25)
Episodes24

The sound effects were made by Shizuo Kurahashi.[1]

Plot edit

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 edit

  • 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 edit

  • 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 edit

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, as well as confusion in general.(first season note: 1,068/5 - second season note: 1,059/5)[5][6]

OST (soundtrack) edit

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:
  1. Opening (Lyrical)
  2. Title 1
  3. Candy
  4. Crescent Blues
  5. Funny
  6. Title 2
  7. Hunting
  8. Idea
  9. Arrows
  10. Candy 2
  11. Title 3
  12. Candy 3
  13. Crescent Blues 2
  14. Cabbage
  15. Title 4
  16. Candy 4
  17. Fear
  18. Candy 5
  19. Ghost
  20. Spanked
  21. Whale
  22. Picture Book
  23. Anger
  24. Showdown
  25. Walking The Rainbow
  26. Driving To The Rainbow
  27. Rainbow
  28. Flight
  29. Too High
  30. Inflated
  31. Ascension
  32. Birthday (Short Version)
  33. Crescent Blues
  34. Birthday (Long Version)
  35. Title 5
  36. Three Matches
  37. The Last Match
  38. Orbit
  39. Title 6
  40. Out Of Frame
  41. Canon
  42. Title 7
  43. Danger
  44. Candy 6
  45. Circle
  46. Crescent Blues 4
  47. Title 8
  48. Love
  49. Admiration
  50. Guitar
  51. Forced Dancing
  52. Kiss
  53. Heartbreak
  54. Title 9
  55. Guitar 2
  56. The Favor Is Repaid
  57. Guitar 3
  58. Title 10
  59. Frog’s Song (Vocals Only)
  60. Frog’s Song (Instrumental)
  61. Frog’s Song (Complete)
  62. Frog’s Song (Distorted)
  63. Music Notes
  64. Frog’s Song (Music Notes)
  65. Frog’s Song (Music Notes) (Complete)
  66. Title 11
  67. Cloud Pets
  68. Evil And Just
  69. Evil’s Theme
  70. Just’s Theme
  71. Candy 7
  72. Title 12
  73. At The Ocean
  74. Hiding The Evidence
  75. Title 13
  76. Discovered
  77. Grief
  78. Goldfish
  79. Dead Goldfish
  80. Haunted
  81. Book Thrower
  82. Candy 8
  83. Forbidden Game
  84. Graveyard Dance
  85. Title 14
  86. Crescent Blues 5
  87. Star’s Song
  88. Crescent War
  89. Chocolate Fight (Short Version)
  90. Chocolate Thieves
  91. Chocolate Trance
  92. Chocolate Fight (Long Version)
  93. Candy 9
  94. Back To The Home
  95. Back To Funny
  96. Candy 10
  97. Opening (Instrumental) [8]

Related edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
  2. ^ "Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  3. ^ "増田龍治『Funny Pets』 by 夏梅 - Niconico Video". www.nicovideo.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
  4. ^ "Funny Pets 2ndシーズン". アニメハック (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  5. ^ Funny Pets, 11 January 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
  6. ^ Funny Pets 2, 9 October 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
  7. ^ "Funny Pets OST - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
  8. ^ "Funny Pets - Full Soundtrack CD - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-14.

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