anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series by
Studio Fantasia
was a Japanese animation studio. It was founded on October 12, 1983, by Tomohisa Iizuka, then an employee of Tsuchida Production, as its CEO.
On November 16, 2016, the company filed for bankruptcy.
Productions
TV series
*''Najica Blitz Tactic ...
Japan
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from October to December 2001. The series is similar to that of '' Agent Aika'', both being directed by Katsuhiko Nishijima and animated by Studio Fantasia, with much of the same content.
Though ''Najica'' was later adapted into a
manga
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by , the majority of the difference in content were in the context of the missions and especially the ending.
Story
Najica Hiiragi is a noted perfumer for CRI Cosmetics, famous for being able to identify over 500 scents. Secretly, however, she is actually a
field agent In espionage, a field agent is an agent who works in the field as opposed to one who operates at the office or headquarters. A field agent can work alone or in a group but usually has a case officer who is in charge.
Field agents can be undercov ...
for CRI's Intelligence Bureau, an agency unknown to the public and even to most of its own employees for the sake of their own protection.
Najica is assigned the mission to recover a
gynoid
A gynoid, or fembot, is a feminine humanoid robot. Gynoids appear widely in science fiction film and art. As more realistic humanoid robot design becomes technologically possible, they are also emerging in real-life robot design.
Name
A gynoid ...
known as a Humaritt code-named "ZZZ" and referred to as "Lila". Najica becomes suspicious when CRI Intelligence is contracted by Shinba Industrial to recover more lost and possibly rogue Humaritts; especially since most of them are in the hands of criminals, revolutionaries, guerrillas or terrorist groups. Her suspicions increase when Lila is assigned to be her partner, even though Najica insists she be allowed to continue working alone. As time goes on, however, Najica begins to trust Lila, even if Lila's lack of social graces make her wince.
Characters
* is the
title character
The title character in a narrative work is one who is named or referred to in the title of the work. In a performed work such as a play or film, the performer who plays the title character is said to have the title role of the piece. The title of ...
. She is a world-class perfume maker by day at CRI Cosmetics and a special agent for CRI's Intelligence Bureau. She works to develop cosmetics with her assistant Kirala as well as partake in missions given to her by the company. All of her missions are received with a single rose.
* is a
gynoid
A gynoid, or fembot, is a feminine humanoid robot. Gynoids appear widely in science fiction film and art. As more realistic humanoid robot design becomes technologically possible, they are also emerging in real-life robot design.
Name
A gynoid ...
known as a Humaritt code-named "ZZZ" who was rescued from a bisexual countess. She becomes Najica's partner for the series. Although at first, her lack of social grace irritates Najica, the two eventually care for one another.
* is the CRI head and Najica's commander. He is usually seen with Gento during a mission briefing.
* is a brown-haired secretary working for the CRI.
* is a green-haired secretary working for the CRI.
* is often Najica's informant when it comes to missions involving Humaritts. He is in love with her, and he often tries to ask her out or hit on her.
* is Najica's assistant. She is currently working with her to perfect "The Day Series" of perfumes.
Theme music
; Opening theme: "Najica", by Diligent Circle of Ekoda
; Ending theme: "Body & Mind", by Natsumi Harada
Broadcast
The ''Najica'' anime television series premiered on
Television Kanagawa
(tvk for short) is an independent television station in Japan serving Kanagawa Prefecture and parts of the Greater Tokyo Area with favorable reception. The station was founded on April 20, 1971 and began broadcasting on April 1, 1972. Its call si ...
the Thursday broadcast night of October 4, 2001 at 25:40 (October 5, 2001 at 1:40am) with broadcasts on
Chiba Television Broadcasting , doing business as , is a Japanese commercial terrestrial television broadcasting company headquartered at 11-25 Miyako-chō 1-chōme, Chūō-ku, Chiba serving Chiba Prefecture but spill-over is received in the neighbouring prefectures. It is a m ...
and
Television Saitama
abbreviated TVS, doing business as is a Japanese fee-free terrestrial commercial television broadcasting company headquartered in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. Its intended coverage is Saitama Prefecture but with some s ...
the following night. It was broadcast on
Kids Station Kids Station ( Japanese: キッズステーション, ''Kizzu Sutēshon'') is a Japanese children's television channel showing anime and other cartoon material. Kids Station also airs some anime aimed at teens and adults during the night, such as '' ...
the following Thursday at 23:30, starting October 11. During the week of November 15, the first three channels did not air a new episode. Starting with episode 7 on November 22, the Kids Station Thursday night broadcast then preceded TV Kanagawa's broadcast, with the final episode airing on December 27, 2001.Najica broadcast schedules
* Marumegane.com (TVK and Kids Station). showing rerun on TVK on November 15:
* CCSF bulletin board thread list, showing rerun of episode 1 on November 15:
* CTT table of schedule, showing no episode on November 15:
* Biglobe table of TV Saitama schedule, with no episode airing on November 15 week: