Angelic Layer: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Misaki Suzuhara is a sixth grader who has just moved to Tokyo to live with her aunt. She stumbles across a merchandising phenomenon known as Angelic Layer in which a person can purchase a doll and custom design it. Once their doll is finished, they can link to it through new technology and have it move however they want, as long as its within the confines of a field known as a "layer." In these fields there are battles to see who is the best at Angelic Layer that occur at tourist traps or at special tournaments; Misaki meets a strange man known only as Icchan who gets her involved in the games. The man for some reason believes that she has high potential to become one of the greatest players of all time.

Series details

• Title: Angelic Layer
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 2001-04-01
• Final broadcast date listed: 2001-09-30
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Tokyo
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 16724
• IMDb ID: tt0343274
• TVDB ID: 78909

Cast and credited roles

• Atsuko Enomoto — Misaki Suzuhara
• Satsuki Yukino — Tamayo Kizaki
• Yuri Shiratori — Hatoko Kobayashi
• Jun Fukuyama — Kotaro Kobayashi
• Yui Horie — Hiromi Fujimori
• Tomokazu Seki — Masaharu Ogata
• Kotono Mitsuishi — Shoko Asami
• Masaya Onosaka — Ichiro Mihara
• Souichirou Hoshi — Ohjiro Mihara
• Kikuko Inoue — Shuko Suzuhara
• Kappei Yamaguchi — Ryo Misaki
• Chiemi Chiba — Arisu Fujisaki

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2001-04-01; final listed air date 2001-09-30; episode order: 26.

Source and licence

Adapted from Angelic Layer on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.