Flip Flappers
Japanese anime television series
Flip Flappers (Japanese: フリップフラッパーズ, Hepburn: Furippu Furappāzu) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Studio 3Hz. It was directed by Kiyotaka Oshiyama and written by Yuniko Ayana, with concept art by Tanu, character designs by Takashi Kojima, and music by To-Mas. The 13-episode series first aired from October to December 2016. Flip Flappers revolves around two girls, Papika and Cocona, as they travel through parallel universes to gather fragments of a wish-granting object.
Oshiyama, who previously worked on Den-noh Coil and Space Dandy, debuted as a series director with Flip Flappers. During production, several staff members departed from the project and the airing date was delayed from 2015 to 2016. The series has been examined for its thematic connections to psychology and fairy tales; Oshiyama has cited the influence Jungian psychology and theories of perception in developing the show's concept. Further analysis has focused on the yuri elements in Cocona and Papika's relationship.
Flip Flappers has received generally positive reviews: commentators praised its visual identity and treatment of intimacy between its protagonists, though many were critical towards the role of fanservice in the series and the production quality of later episodes. The series is licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America, who released an English-language dub in 2017, and by MVM Films in the United Kingdom.
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