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Yuzuko Kurusu was initially seen donning costumes left and right (most noticable the rooster costume that made frequent brief appearances in the earlier episodes), but has since decided to focus on managing the Intelligence Club, of which the president is a black cat. She randomly follows other students and the only one who uses the club's talents seems to be Rebecca. |
Yuzuko Kurusu was initially seen donning costumes left and right (most noticable the rooster costume that made frequent brief appearances in the earlier episodes), but has since decided to focus on managing the Intelligence Club, of which the president is a black cat. She and the two other members of the Intelligence club (Akane and Akira) randomly follows other students and the only one who uses the club's talents seems to be Rebecca. |
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Akane Serizawa is an ethused student who likes to overdramatize things. She enjoys donning costumes and tricking her more slow-witted classmates (such as Himeko). The sharper characters (usually Rei or Miyako) see through her schemes easily but usually let her continue for a while for entertainment. |
Akane Serizawa is an ethused student who likes to overdramatize things. She enjoys donning costumes and tricking her more slow-witted classmates (such as Himeko). The sharper characters (usually Rei or Miyako) see through her schemes easily but usually let her continue for a while for entertainment. She eventually joins the Intelligence Club. |
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Akira Miyata has a reputation for being clumsy because she frequently trips and falls. She is very sensitive about her clumsiness, but she is, ironically, also a member of the Intelligence Club. |
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Revision as of 08:48, 2 January 2006
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| Created by | Hekiru Hikawa |
| Starring | Ai Nonaka, Chiwa Saitō, Fumiko Orikasa, Satsuki Yukino |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 23 minutes per episode |
| Original release | |
| Network | TV Tokyo (Japan) |
| Release | July 3, 2005 – December 26, 2005 |
Pani Poni Dash! (ぱにぽにだっしゅ!) is an TV anime series released in Japan, currently unlicensed in the USA. It is based on the manga series Pani Poni by Hekiru Hikawa.
Much of Pani Poni Dash!'s humour relies on numerous parodies and references to other manga or TV shows, including everything from The Exorcist, to Gundam to Super Mario Bros., much of which needs to be freeze-framed to catch. There are also many jokes and references about the Japanese culture and language, and the series can be quite unfriendly to foreign viewers. Japanese internet culture, such as on the infamous Japanese message board 2chan is another pillar of Pani Poni Dash!'s humour, with many references to Japanese emoticons. At stages in the series a character's facial features will be replaced by these emoticons.
Main Characters (Class 1-C)
Rebecca "Becky" Miyamoto
Rebecca Miyamoto is the homeroom teacher of class 1-C and mathematics teacher. She was born to an American father and a Japanese mother. Rebecca enrolled at M.I.T. at the age of nine and graduated at ten with a triple major. She then entered Momotsuki Academy at age eleven as a teacher. Normally lethargic and halfhearted, she dons a cool face to keep her genius reputation. However, when confronted with a frightening or uncomfortable situation, she immediately reverts to her childish state, weeping uncontrollably. Extremely popular and a confidant to the students.
Himeko Katagiri
Himeko Katagiri is a wastefully energetic girl who often shouts "maho!" ("マホ!", a meaning-less word) while speaking. She frequently annoys the other students in her class with her antics and inability to carry a straight train of thought. Her "ahoge" (the lock of hair on her head) contains a mysterious power that gives Himeko her limitless energy. Himeko's catchphrase is saying that a particular thing is "Omega", (e.g. "Omega kawaii!" (meaning "Omega cute!")). Himeko possesses the ability to eat as much as she pleases without ever getting fat. Out of all of the girls, Himeko is by far Becky's biggest fan, much to Becky's chagrin.
Rei Tachibana
Rei Tachibana is a girl with a heart as cold as ice. Rei is the mature one of the girls. Threatening bodily harm is Rei's way of enforcing order in the classroom, Himeko being her usual target. She's the one to put Becky in her place when she gets out of hand and also the one to lure Becky out from behind the curtain with candy after she's put the fear of God into her. Rei has the second highest GPA in the entire school, and works 4 days per week at a Chinese restaurant.
Ichijo
Ichijo is class 1-C's mysterious class representative, who's frequently shown drinking green tea. Her activities are normally limited to standing up, sitting down, and announcing that she's "The class representative, Ichijo". She is always calm about everything, but is prone to erratic behavior. In later episodes she often does the seemingly impossible without ever saying more than a word or two about it. She has a sister who is just as mysterious and who relies on drawing on a sketchpad to communicate (she is too young to converse).
Miyako Uehara
Miyako Uehara is known as a "study-bug", a name that she detests. Miyako is nearly always studying. She also has a very large and very shiny forehead which gets more extreme with each episode. It starts off with a simple sheen in the first episode, in the 2nd episode becomes a blinding flash and by the 3rd episode other are actually able to style their hair in the reflection on her forehead. In a later episode, her forehead becomes so bright that the other characters are forced to don welding masks to to be able to look at her. Possesses ESP.
Kurumi Momose
Kurumi Momose is girl who is above average in appearance, athletics, and academics, but who nonetheless suffers from being called plain. If there's even a hint that somebody has called her plain, she goes off to sulk in the rabbit cage with Mesousa. Kurumi is a very fast sprinter, and also played varsity basketball. She is the sister of Shu Momose of class 1-A who is known for his cooking skills.
Sayaka Suzuki (Rokugou)
Sayaka Suzuki, also known as "Rokugou" (meaning "#6"), is a good girl who often gets taken advantage of because of her kindness. Igurashi-sensei of class 1-A gave her the nickname Rokugou because the was the sixth girl in the school to bear the name Suzuki. Rebecca's nickame for Sayaka is "Oversized Ribbon". Sayaka's catchphrase is saying that something is "-of the year", (e.g "Teacher of the year").
Mesousa
Mesousa is a parody of the "cute mascot" type characters often seen in anime, with one huge difference. Mesousa has a severe case of depression. His lack of fingers make everyday tasks almost impossible, deepening his depression. Practically useless in every way, Mesousa serves as the slapstick of the series, being blown up in one episode and having his legs broken in another, all without complaint. Mesousa is not Becky's pet, but rather, her companion.
Support Characters (Class 1-A)
Miyuki Igarashi
Miyuki Igarashi is the homeroom teacher of class 1-A, and has a reputation for being a hard drinker. She is frequently tardly or daydreaming in class, either because she is suffering from a hangover or because she is simply bored with teaching. She frequently stares out the window and says that she wishes she was a cloud.
Shu Momose
Shu Momose is the older brother of Kurumi Momose. Shu is a laid-back character and a skilled cook. However, even he cannot resist calling Kurumi "plain" from time to time. He helps his irresponsible (and often drunk) homeroom teacher, Miyuki Igarashi, take care of class 1-A.
Yuuna Kashiwagi
Yuuna Kashiwagi is the more timid of the twins, and often the victim of Yuuma's pranks and goes along with whatever Yuuma plans. They both get annoyed when Miyuki calls on either of them as "Kashiwagi twins" as if they are one person.
Yuuma Kashiwagi
Yuuma Kashiwagi and Yuuna Kashiwagi are identical twins, but Yuuma has the more outgoing personality. She and her twin are interested in fashion and dressing up, but when her twin auditions or performs for anything, Yuuma enjoys secretly using her pen to writing large and clearly visible characters on Yuuna's forehead for good luck. Often Yuuna is disqualified from whatever she was auditioning for because of this.
Support Characters (Class 1-B)
Saotome
Saotome is the homeroom teacher for class 1-B, and also the physical education teacher. He is often highly energetic and enthusiastic, but due to this he also often makes a scene in front of his students. He is almost never seen without his jersey.
Suzune Shiratori
Suzune Shiratori is a tall, athletic girl, and the best friend of Otome Akiyama. Suzune's favorite hobby is to put Otome in a hold and press on a spot on her head, saying that this will keep Otome, who is very sensitive about her short stature, from growing taller. When she is angry or annoyed her hand mysteriously becomes larger and she lets loose a "chop".
Otome Akiyama
Otome Akiyama is very athletic, and especially known for her track and field abilities. Her short height becomes a running joke in the series but Suzune is the one that teases her about it most of the time. She has a very foul mouth and is often disrespectful to her superiors, especially Saotome.
Yuzuko Kurusu
Yuzuko Kurusu was initially seen donning costumes left and right (most noticable the rooster costume that made frequent brief appearances in the earlier episodes), but has since decided to focus on managing the Intelligence Club, of which the president is a black cat. She and the two other members of the Intelligence club (Akane and Akira) randomly follows other students and the only one who uses the club's talents seems to be Rebecca.
Akane Serizawa
Akane Serizawa is an ethused student who likes to overdramatize things. She enjoys donning costumes and tricking her more slow-witted classmates (such as Himeko). The sharper characters (usually Rei or Miyako) see through her schemes easily but usually let her continue for a while for entertainment. She eventually joins the Intelligence Club.
Akira Miyata
Akira Miyata has a reputation for being clumsy because she frequently trips and falls. She is very sensitive about her clumsiness, but she is, ironically, also a member of the Intelligence Club.
Yankee
Yankee usually makes very brief appearances, portrayed as a nerdy, fat character. He hates physical education class and frequently skips that class. He also frequently adds "dot com" to everything he says. (i.e. "He's totally lost it, dot com.")
Support Characters (Class 1-D)
Jijii
Jijii is the homeroom teacher of class 1-D. He always has an armband on his left arm that has different text every time it's shown, the text being anything from the title of the episode to an adage. He is surprisingly lively for his old age, and is seen as strange by his students, but the feeling is actually mutual.
Misao Nanjo
Nisao Nanjo is an animal-loving, energetic girl who frequently loses her exotic pets. Her pet collection is extensive and contains strange animals such as alligators. Her idiosyncrasy is giving her pet bland names, frequently simple wordplays on the pet's natural name. She frequently enlists Tsurugi Inugami's help in finding her pets when she loses any of them.
Tsurugi Inugami
Tsurugi Inugami often helps Misao find her lost pets. He has a serious, conservative character and gets top grades in the class. His "caring for lost children" stat in the image refers to episode 7, in which he returns Ichijo's missing little sister.
Behoimi
Behoimi describes herself as a "healing type magical girl" wears an eye-grabbing pink costume to prove it. Her character is a reference to Dragon Quest V, but she never actually shows any magic powers. She claims that she can only use her powers when no one is around. After episode 8 she completely changes her appearance by donning glasses, dying her hair black, and dressing normally.
Media
Media enrolls in class 1-D after her first appearance in episode 9 as an archaeologist's assistant. She posses superhuman strength and is always cheerful. She resembles Ichijo in that she does the seemingly impossible, but she does this much less frequently than Ichijo. She and Behoimi have a past together that they vaguely allude to but never explain fully.
External links
- Summary of Pani Poni Dash! by Anime News Network
- Official website
- Official website (TV Tokyo)
- Official website (Square-Enix)
- Official site of original writer (comics)
- Paniponi Wiki - Summary site of animation and original comic written by fan. (used Wiki system)