:Futakoi Alternative
{{Short description|Japanese anime television series}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name = Futakoi Alternative
| image = Futakoi_Alt.jpg
| caption = Cover of the DVD box release by King Records
| ja_kanji = フタコイ オルタナティブ
| ja_romaji = Futakoi Orutanatibu
| genre = Drama, romance, comedy
| creator = Hina Futaba, Mutsumi Sasaki
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type = tv series
| director = Takayuki Hirao
| producer = Gō Shukuri
Kiyoshi Takano
Kazuya Watanabe
| writer = Ryunosuke Kingetsu
| music = Toshimichi Isoe
Tatsuya Murayama
Shunsuke Suzuki
| studio = Feel
Studio Flag
Ufotable
| licensee = {{English anime licensee|NA=Discotek Media}}
| first = April 7, 2005
| last = June 30, 2005
| episodes = 13
| episode_list =
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Game
| title = Futakoi Alternative: Koi to Shōjo to Machine Gun
| developer =
| publisher = Marvelous Interactive
| released = June 23, 2005
| genre = Adventure
| platforms = PlayStation 2
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type = manga
| title =
| author = Hina Futaba
Sasaki Mutsumi
| illustrator = Kanao Araki
| publisher =
| publisher_en =
| demographic = Shōnen
| imprint =
| magazine = Dengeki Daioh
| magazine_en =
| published = 2006
| volumes = 1
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}
{{nihongo|Futakoi Alternative|フタコイ オルタナティブ}} is a Japanese anime television series created by character designer Mutsumi Sasaki and planner & scenario writer Hina Futaba. The series was produced by MediaWorks, King Records, Lantis and Yomiko Advertising and animated by Feel, Studio Flag and Ufotable. It ran for 13 episodes from 7 April 2005 to 30 June 2005. The show features many of the characters from the original Futakoi, though the story and settings are completely different. A manga adaptation of the show is illustrated by Kanao Araki.{{cite web|url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-27/lucky-star-yoshimizu-futakoi-alternative-araki-launch-manga|title= Lucky Star's Yoshimizu, Futakoi Alternative's Araki Launch Manga|date= 2010-07-27|access-date= 2015-03-26|work= Anime News Network|archive-date= 2017-02-02|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170202110035/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-07-27/lucky-star-yoshimizu-futakoi-alternative-araki-launch-manga|url-status= live}}
Story
Futakoi Alternative tells the story of Rentarō Futaba and his detective agency. One day a set of twins, Sara and Sōju, show up at his doorstep. They move in with him and work as secretaries for his agency.
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Classifying Futakoi Alternative as a specific genre is extremely difficult, although at its core, it is most similar to a romantic comedy. The first handful of episodes are lighthearted, but the series becomes more serious as it approaches its conclusion. The criticisms about the show are normally the same as its accolades: namely, that it never settles completely into any one genre or style and switches between them from episode to episode (being almost equal parts romance, action, scifi/fantasy and comedy). However, it is a love story at its core. {{Citation |title=Futakoi Alternative |date=2005-04-07 |url=https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/futakoi-alternative |access-date=2023-10-14 |language=en}}
Characters
Protagonist
;{{nihongo|Rentarō Futaba|双葉恋太郎|Futaba Rentarō}} {{Anime voice|Tomokazu Seki}}
:Rentarō Futaba is the main protagonist character and the son of a legendary detective. He is very good at fighting, though he does not fight often. He has a lot of luck around twins and eventually they all fall for him.
Twins Heroines
;{{nihongo|Sara Shirogane|白鐘沙羅|Shirogane Sara}} {{Anime voice|Kaori Mizuhashi}}
:Sara Shirogane is high spirited and more outgoing than her twin sister. She is always bossy with Rentarō, although she really respects him and seems to have a strong affection toward him.
;{{nihongo|Sōju Shirogane|白鐘双樹|Shirogane Sōju}} {{Anime voice|Mai Kadowaki}}
:Sōju Shirogane is a foil for her sister; she is quiet, and not as outgoing as Sara. She is good at cooking, and also has a strong affection toward Rentarō.
;{{nihongo|Kaoruko Ichijō|一条薫子|Ichijō Kaoruko}} {{Anime voice|Horie Yui}}
:Kaoruko Ichijō is a shrine maiden along with her twin sister Sumireko.
;{{nihongo|Sumireko Ichijō|一条菫子|Ichijō Sumireko}} {{Anime voice|Ami Koshimizu}}
:Sumireko Ichijō is Kaoruko's twin sister, and like her twin, a shrine maiden.
;{{nihongo|Kira Sakurazuki|桜月キラ|Sakurazuki Kira}} {{Anime voice|Yui Itsuki}}
:Kira Sakurazuki is one of the twin granddaughters of the local yakuza boss. Occasionally the twins dress up as masked heroines battling against the yakuza's various underground activities.
;{{nihongo|Yura Sakurazuki|桜月ユラ|Sakurazuki Yura}} {{Anime voice|Hiromi Tsunakake}}
:Yura Sakurazuki is Kira's twin sister.
;{{nihongo|Ruru Hinagiku|雛菊るる|Hinagiku Ruru}} {{Anime voice|Shizuka Hasegawa}}
:Ruru Hinagiku is one of the pair who are the youngest twins in the series. She along with her sister Rara appear to be involved in some sort of military special operations, being experts in various weapons from handguns to rifles, and even explosives and rocket propelled weapons, carrying all their weapons in their backpacks. They appear in the first episode locked in a battle against an invading alien on board a stricken military transport plane, before they detonate the plane and bail out with their parachutes.
;{{nihongo|Rara Hinagiku|雛菊らら|Hinagiku Rara}} {{Anime voice|Yurika Ochiai}}
:Rara Hinagiku is the twin sister of Ruru Hinagiku.
;{{nihongo|Ui Chigusa|千草初|Chigusa Ui}} {{Anime voice|Kozue Yoshizumi}}
:Ui Chigusa and her twin sister Koi Chigusa run a veterinary clinic. They request the aid of the Futaba Detective Agency to track down a missing dog.
;{{nihongo|Koi Chigusa|千草恋|Chigusa Koi}} {{Anime voice|Natsuko Kuwatani}}
:Koi Chigusa is the twin sister of Ui Chigusa.
;{{nihongo|Ai Momoi|桃衣愛|Momoi Ai}} {{Anime voice|Chiaki Takahashi}}
:Ai Momoi and her twin sister Mai Momoi were once classmates with Rentarō and had a relationship with him similar to his current relationship with the Shirogane twins. Since their school days, they have had a falling out, both with Rentarō and with each other.
;{{nihongo|Mai Momoi|桃衣舞|Momoi Mai}} {{Anime voice|Minako Sango}}
:Mai Momoi is the twin sister of Ai Momoi.
Other
Video game
A video game adaptation for PlayStation 2 titled {{nihongo|Twin Love Alternative: Love, Girls, and Machineguns|フタコイ オルタナティブ 恋と少女とマシンガン|Futakoi Orutanatibu Koi to Shōjo to Mashingan}} was released by Marvelous Interactive on June 23, 2005.{{cite web | url = http://www.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0503/30/news047.html | script-title=ja:「フタコイオルタナティブ 恋と少女とマシンガン」6月21日に発売決定――初回限定版の特典情報あり | access-date = 2013-02-17 | date = 2005-03-30 | publisher = ITmedia | language = ja}}{{cite web | url = http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/26/futatabi-futakoi | title = Futatabi Futakoi | access-date = 2013-02-17 | last = Gantayat | first = Anoop | date = 2005-04-26 | publisher = IGN Entertainment | archive-date = 2021-01-27 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210127180100/https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/04/26/futatabi-futakoi | url-status = live }}{{cite web|url=http://www.gpara.com/comingsoon/futakoi/index.htm |title=発売まで待てない『フタコイオルタナティブ』SS集公開 |access-date=2013-02-17 |date=2005-06-17 |publisher=Gpara.com |language=ja |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080830004415/http://www.gpara.com/comingsoon/futakoi/index.htm |archive-date=2008-08-30 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.vridge.co.jp/consumer/index.html|script-title=ja:家庭用ゲーム開発実績|trans-title=Home Game Development Record|publisher=Vridge|access-date=April 28, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=May 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521055313/http://www.vridge.co.jp/consumer/index.html|url-status=dead}}
Music
Episode list
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| {{Episode list
| EpisodeNumber = 1 | Title = Croquettes, Helicopters, Underground Boxing and I | NativeTitle = コロッケとヘリと地下ボクシングと私 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|6}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 2 | Title = No-name Day | NativeTitle = ノーネーム·デイ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|13}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 3 | Title = Emerald Mountain Yeah! | NativeTitle = エメラルドマウンテン·ハイ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|20}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 4 | Title = NIKOPAKU Rhapsody | NativeTitle = ニコパク·ラプソディ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|4|27}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 5 | Title = 7 Dayz (...and Happy Dayz) | NativeTitle = 7DAYZ(...and Happy Dayz) | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|5|4}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 6 | Title = Why Did You Separate, Even Though You Love Each Other? | NativeTitle = どうして好きなのに別れちゃったの? | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|5|11}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 7 | Title = Futaba Rentarou's First Case | NativeTitle = 双葉恋太郎最初の事件 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|5|18}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 8 | Title = Sa is for Sayonara | NativeTitle = サはさよならのサ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|5|25}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 9 | Title = Futakoi | NativeTitle = フタコイ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|6|1}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 10 | Title = Dance Like a Bear, Sting Like a Squid | NativeTitle = クマのように舞い イカのように刺す | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|6|8}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 11 | Title = Futagotamagawa in Flames | NativeTitle = 燃える二子魂川 | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|6|15}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 12 | Title = To the Place Where There is Light | NativeTitle = 光ある場所へ | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|6|22}} }} {{Episode list | EpisodeNumber = 13 | Title = We Want to Be Three | NativeTitle = 3人でいたい | NativeTitleLangCode = ja | OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2005|6|29}} }} |
See Also
- Futakoi - by use same twins characters original
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060412193903/http://ufotable.com/2koi/ ufotable's official Futakoi Alternative website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/hutakoi/ufo/index.html Starchild's official Futakoi Alternative website] {{in lang|ja}}
- [http://www.maql.co.jp/special/game/ps2/futakoi/ Marvelous Interactive's website for Futakoi Alternative: Koi to Shoujo to Machinegun] {{in lang|ja}}
- {{ann|anime|5062}}
- {{vndb|4686|title=Futakoi Alternative: Koi to Shoujo to Machinegun}}
{{Feel}}
{{Ufotable}}
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