Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
2001 • Bandai Visual
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 2001
- Episodes
- 13
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Bandai Visual · OLM · Genco · MediaNet
- Genres
- Science fiction · Slice of Life
Tsubasa Shiina is a 10-year-old girl who recently moved to Hokkaido to live with her father. In school, she is very quiet and unsociable with her classmates. Then one night, she witnesses a UFO crash in the forest near her home. She rushes to the scene and finds the pilot, codenamed "D.D.", in a barely stable condition. Also in the scene is a Maguar, a hideous alien that hatched aboard D.D.'s ship. As the Maguar is close to taking Tsubasa's life, an alien lifeform fuses with her body to form the Riberus battle armor Figure 17, which shortly destroys the alien threat. The life form takes the name Hikaru and turns into an identical twin of Tsubasa. As time passes, Tsubasa becomes more open to everyone around her, thanks to her new twin sister Hikaru. However, with Maguar eggs scattered all over Hokkaido, their ability to form Figure 17 is needed to eliminate all hatched Maguars until backup from D.D.'s home planet arrives on Earth.
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Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru was produced by Bandai Visual and aired as a thirteen-episode television series in 2001. Developed as a character-driven science fiction drama, the story follows a young girl named Tsubasa who encounters an extraterrestrial life form capable of assuming the identity of a missing girl named Hikaru. The series is notable for its deliberate, atmospheric pacing, which prioritized the emotional development of its protagonists over the fast-paced action typical of the genre at the time.
The production was helmed by director Katsuichi Nakayama, who sought to blend elements of coming-of-age storytelling with subtle alien-invasion themes. The design aesthetic reflects the clean, minimalist look popular in early 2000s Japanese animation, focusing on grounded, relatable character models rather than stylistic artifice. While it remained a niche title in international markets, the series is respected by enthusiasts for its sincerity and for its unconventional approach to the magical girl and sci-fi fusion subgenres.
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