“Quiet girl Tsubasa bonds with alien twin Hikaru to battle Maguars as Figure 17 in Hokkaido.”
Figure 17: Tsubasa & Hikaru
フィギュア17 つばさ&ヒカル
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Synopsis
Quiet girl Tsubasa bonds with alien twin Hikaru to battle Maguars as Figure 17 in Hokkaido.
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. (Source: ANN)
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Derived from 12 sampled reviews
What 12 viewers settled on.
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σ 1.15 · some divergence
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Not enough recommend signal yet
↓ 1.00
Running avg · Aug 2007 → Jan 2026
- 7 “The first thing that captures your attention is the art. The cute characters and the flowing lines attract you to it. The background music is also very enjoyable and entered at the appropiate time....”
- 7 “The overall story is as thin as a shoestring, and long like one too, with its belabored duration. Without checking who did series composition, it has the feel of being written by someone not...”
- 10 “I had no preconceived notions about this anime when I bought it, but it had me rooted to the spot in the first episode. Not so much for the action sequences, but for the dynamics of the...”
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- Format 13 × 47′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 11m all episodes
- Aired May 2001 – May 2002 Spring 2001
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1025 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
- Genco Producer
- MediaNet Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor