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“12-year-old prodigy Misaki enters Angelic Layer tournaments with electronic doll battles, aiming to become national champion.”
Battle Doll Angelic Layer
機動天使エンジェリックレイヤー
7.31
3,311 rank · 63,160 viewers · 332 favorites
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Comedy
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Synopsis
12-year-old prodigy Misaki enters Angelic Layer tournaments with electronic doll battles, aiming to become national champion.
12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 25 sampled reviews
6.9
/10
What 25 viewers settled on.
88%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 7
σ 1.49
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.49 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.9 pts
Recommenders 7.9 · others 4.0
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Score over time
↓ 0.08
Running avg · May 2008 → Oct 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “The anime, Angelic Layer, isn't recognized very often. Among us otakus and maybe the older audience may be able to recognize it. The story is very lighthearted and predictable at moments but its...”
- 9 “The story line is simply sublime although I would of expected Misaki Suzuhara to be more annoyed with her mum at the end but this would have been an expected reaction. I like the idea of using...”
- 7 “Angelic Layer: When it first started out, the story gets you hooked with dolls battling one another in an in-zone layer. i thought that was pretty cool and the fight scenes were well done...”
Verbosity
Short · 32%
Medium · 36%
Long · 32%
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- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2001 – Sep 2001 Spring 2001
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-0034 catalog
Produced by
- Dentsu Producer
- TV Tokyo Music Producer
Licensed by
- ADV Films Licensor
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor