“Cocona joins Papika at Flip Flap to collect crystal shards in Pure Illusion, becoming magical girls to battle rivals.”
Flip Flappers
フリップフラッパーズ
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Synopsis
Cocona joins Papika at Flip Flap to collect crystal shards in Pure Illusion, becoming magical girls to battle rivals.
Cocona is an average middle schooler living with her grandmother. And she who has yet to decide a goal to strive for, soon met a strange girl named Papika who invites her to an organization called Flip Flap. Dragged along by the energetic stranger, Cocona finds herself in the world of Pure Illusion—a bizarre alternate dimension—helping Papika look for crystal shards. Upon completing their mission, Papika and Cocona are sent to yet another world in Pure Illusion. As a dangerous creature besets them, the girls use their crystals to transform into magical girls: Cocona into Pure Blade, and Papika into Pure Barrier. But as they try to defeat the creature before them, three others with powers from a rival organization enter the fray and slay the creature, taking with them a fragment left behind from its body. Afterward, the girls realize that to stand a chance against their rivals and the creatures in Pure Illusion, they must learn to work together and synchronize their feelings in order to transform more effectively.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 76 sampled reviews
What 76 viewers settled on.
Mostly aligned
σ 1.40 · some divergence
5.4 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.0
↓ 0.97
Running avg · Dec 2016 → Sep 2025
- 10 “"Flip Flappers" is an outstanding show and I highly recommend it if you are looking for a short anime that is really engaging. The story line has so many great plot twist and will keep you watching...”
- 9 “Flip Flappers boasts a weird yet extremely pretty art style that fits the show perfectly, delivering a magical girl narrative that proves far more complex than its basic premise suggests while...”
- 9 “Flip flappers is one of the only magical girl animes that don't re-use the same plot over and over again. It's not repetitive like most of magical girl animes. I honestly can't recommend this...”
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- Format 13 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 59m all episodes
- Aired Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 Fall 2016
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-11271 catalog
Produced by
- Sotsu Producer
- Lantis Producer
- AT-X Producer
- GAGA Producer
- Happinet Pictures Producer
- BS Fuji Producer
- Tokyo MX Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures Producer
- Medicos Entertainment Producer
- Infinite Producer
- RAY Producer
Licensed by
- Sentai Filmworks Licensor