Angel's Friends
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{{Infobox television
| image = AngelsFriendDVD.jpg
| image_upright = 0.81
| caption = Cover of the first original DVD.
| genre = Contemporary fantasy, romance
| creator = Simona Ferri
| writer = Francesco Balletta, Francesco Arlanch
| director = Orlando Corradi
| voices = (English version)
Liza Kaplan as Raf
Serra Hirsch as Uri
Lisa Adams as Sweet
Lisa Ortiz as Miki
Jason Griffith as Sulfus
Lisa Ortiz as Cabiria
Summer Crocket Moore as Kabale
Dan Green as Gas
(Italian version)
Patrizia Mottola as Raf
Benedetta Ponticelli as Urié
Francesca Bielli as Dolce
Marcella Silvestri as Miki
Simone D'Andrea as Sulfus
Maddalena Vadacca as Cabiria
Emanuela Pacotto as Kabalè
Luca Bottale as Gas
| theme_music_composer = Danilo Bernardi, Giuseppe Zanca
| opentheme = Angel's Friends performed by Cristina D'Avena
| endtheme = Angel's Friends performed by Cristina D'Avena
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| num_seasons = 2
| num_episodes = 104
| runtime = 13 minutes
| company = Mondo TV
R.T.I.
Play Entertainment
| channel = Italia 1
| first_aired = {{start date|df=yes|2009|10|12}}
| last_aired = {{end date|df=yes|2010|3|27}} (first season)
}}
Angel's Friends is an Italian comic series created by Simona Ferri that debuted in March 2007. On 12 October 2009, an animated series of the same name premiered on Italia 1.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.tvblog.it/post/16064/angels-friends-in-onda-dal-12-ottobre-su-italia1|title=Angel's Friends in onda dal 12 ottobre su Italia1.|date=12 October 2009|first=Francesca|last=Camerino}} A second season of 52 episodes was announced in January 2011.{{cite news|language=Italian |url=http://finanza.repubblica.it/News_Dettaglio.aspx?code=641&dt=2011-01-12&src=TLB |title=Mondo TV, accordo con Play Entertainment per 2^ serie Angel's Friends |date=12 January 2011 |accessdate=14 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928023356/http://finanza.repubblica.it/News_Dettaglio.aspx?code=641&dt=2011-01-12&src=TLB |archivedate=28 September 2013 }}
A television film, Angel's Friends – Tra Sogno e Realtà (Angel's Friends: Between Dream and Reality), premiered on 23 April 2011.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/anteprima_tv_del_film_di_angels_friend_1770.html|title=Anteprima TV del film di Angel's Friends.|work=Licensing Italia|date=8 April 2011|access-date=23 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115135759/http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/anteprima_tv_del_film_di_angels_friend_1770.html|archive-date=15 January 2012|url-status=dead}}
In the United States, the show is available via CBS, syndication and many local stations air the program on their secondary subchannel service to fulfill FCC mandates (at least three hours of E/I related material per week).{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.tvblog.it/post/19393/angels-friends-sbarca-in-america-e-diventa-anche-film-tv-in-onda-su-italia1-a-dicembre|title=Angel's Friends sbarca in America e diventa anche film tv in onda su Italia1 a dicembre|date=20 April 2010|first=Francesca|last=Camerino}}{{cite web|url=http://www.showplaceonline.com/demo/af_demo.html|title=Showplace Television Syndication – Angel's Friends}} The second season, dubbed in English, French and Russian, has been uploaded to YouTube by Mondo TV in September 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1H4TpuRT7msxfqG0jt3sNw/playlists?view=50&shelf_id=12&sort=dd|title=ANGEL'S FRIENDS – all versions|work=Mondo World|date=2014|accessdate=8 June 2015}}
A live-action adaptation of the animated series (either a TV series or a movie) is in talks. A teaser pilot titled Darkly was produced in 2016 by Play Entertainment and Mad Rocket Entertainment, adapted by Daniele Cosci and directed by Alessio Liguori, with Alessandro Danzi as Sulfus, Demetra Bellina as Raf and Denise Tantucci as Reina. The plot is aimed to an older audience and follows a darker storyline, where Raf and Sulfus are killed by Reina and reborn as humans without memories.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2016/02/16/edizioni/asti/il-giovane-attore-diventa-un-demone-O9AYRY16R0I083qHOnXVbI/pagina.html|title=Il giovane attore diventa un "demone"|date=16 February 2016}}
Plot
Four Angels (Raf, Uri, Sweet and Miki) and four Devils/Demons (Sulfus, Cabiria, Kabale and Gas) are sent to Earth in an unused area of the Golden School, where they learn everything they need to become Guardian Angels and Guardian Devils. The Angels and Devils are required to form pairs as part of their education, each of which will have to deal with a human being, known as Earthly Ones, and help them choose between the right and wrong way in life without being discovered. Angels and Devils cannot operate at the same time, so they decide, clashing in the Challenge Room, who will work first. Moreover, they are subject to the V.E.T.O. (Vetoed from Exposing, Touching or Obstructing/Overhearing in the comic – {{langx|it|Vietato Esporsi, Toccare, Ostacolare/Origliare}}).
=Comic plot=
While the Angels and Devils are attending their stage on Earth, the planet is threatened by ancient creatures, the Reliveds, led by a mysterious man called Maliki. He was a Devil who gave up his eternal life because he loved a human woman named Vera. When she left him, he decided to take revenge on all Angels, Devils and humans. As a result, the Angels and Devils form an alliance to fight against him.
=Cartoon plot=
==First season==
The evil Neutral One, Reina, imprisoned in the Limbo with her servant Maliki, wants to take revenge of Angels and Devils who confined her. To get free, a sacrilege is necessary: because of this, she exploits the rising feelings between Raf, an Angel, and Sulfus, a Devil, forcing them to kiss. The sacrilege breaks the chains and Reina, once free, tells the truth about her origins to Raf: she was born a human, not an angel and was adopted by the High Spheres when her parents, two powerful sovereigns, died during the struggle between Angels and Devils. Reina persuades Raf to enter in the Hall of Portraits to see her parents' faces: while Raf is in, Reina steals all of the portraits to control the Earthly One's will. At the end of the first season, using the Prism Fly ability, Raf and Sulfus manage to defeat Reina. Raf discovers that her real father is Maliki, who sacrifices himself to save her, while her mom is imprisoned somewhere in an endless slumber by two warlords.
==Second season==
After the Summer vacations, Angels and Devils return to the Golden School to begin the second year of their stage, their new Earthly Ones are given to them. Meanwhile, Sulfus is blackmailed by two masked Eternals who hold in their possession Raf's mom, Angelie. In order to make sure Sulfus does not try to escape their control, a mysterious girl, Blu, watches over him. Raf and Sulfus' love is highly tested with the appearance of these new enemies and more mysteries about Raf's past are revealed. At the end of the second season, Raf and Sulfus learn that the School's Angel principal and also angelic army general, Cassidy, and Devil principal and also demonic army general, Kubral, manipulated them in order to destroy the V.E.T.O.'s scales and wage war against each other. The season ends on a cliffhanger of Blue, the princess of Limbo, who goes back to Limbo with what she wanted by the two warlords and frees Reina. Although there is no sign of a season 3 in the works.
Differences between comic and cartoon
- In the comic, the main characters are younger: in fact, while in the cartoon, they are the same age as Raf (15 "stars", as for the Angels, or "flashes", as for the Devils), in the comic, Raf is 12, Uri is 11 and Miki is 9; Sulfus is 13, Kabale and Gas are 10, Cabiria is 11.{{cite web|language=Italian |url=http://www.mondotv.it/MondoTVspa/sitoweb_mondotv/angelsFriends_personaggi.php |title=Angel's Friends Personaggi |work=Mondo TV }}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Sweet (whose original Italian name is Dolce), Misha and Reina don't appear in the comic, while the Angel Ang-Lì, the Devil Mephisto, and Raoul, the Earthly one loved by Raf, aren't shown in the cartoon.
- In the comic, the hobbies of Angels and Devils are shown, while in the cartoon, they are not. For example, Raf is keen on ecological remedies, such as beauty masks and infusions, Miki is a music expert, Kabale loves chemistry, alchemy and numerology. Cabiria likes films, cartoons and comics and she's a director and an illustrator. Gabe is a genius of technology and uses a handheld.
- In the comic, Angels are part of a funk band, in which Raf is the vocalist, Gabe plays the keyboard, Miki the bass, Uri the drums and Ang-Lì the sax. The Devils have their own rock band: Sulfus plays the bass, Kabale the electric guitar, Cabiria the drums, Gas the keyboard and Mephisto is the vocalist.
- In the comic, Miki is repeating the school year because she tried to heal her Earthly one, breaking the V.E.T.O. Sulfus behaves like a seducer, which doesn't happen in the cartoon.
- The character design of the cartoon is far different than that of the comic.
- In the comic, Arkhan and Temptel don't teach "positive Earthly life" and "negative Earthly life", but "positive Earthly infancy" and "negative Earthly infancy", as the characters are younger.
Characters
{{see also|List of Angel's Friends characters}}
Places
Angie Town
:Angels' city, it's a peaceful home located in the Paradise. It's ruled by the High Spheres ({{langx|it|Alte Sfere}}), whose messengers are the seraphims.
Sulfur City ({{langx|it|Zolfanello City}})
:Devils' city, it's a chaotic place, located in Hell. It's ruled by the Low Spheres ({{langx|it|Basse Sfere}}), whose messengers are the malebolge. Also called "Match City".
;Earthly city
:It's the city where the Earthly ones live. Its name is unknown, but it looks like European metropolis.
;Golden School
:It's the school where the Earthly ones study, an old building located in the Earthly city. In an unused area, Angels and Devils attend their classes. In the middle, there is the Central Ala, where classrooms are located; in the same hallway, there's the Challenge Room ({{langx|it|Aula Sfida}}), where Angels and Devils clash. In the tower, there are the Dreaming Rooms ({{langx|it|Sognatori}}), Angels' dormitories, while underground there are the Incubators ({{langx|it|Incubatori}}), Devils' dormitories.
;Mistery House
:Reina and Maliki's house after leaving the Limbo. Previously, it was Raf's family's house.
;Limbo
:It's the place where Reina was imprisoned since her exile, a place outside the control of both the High and Low Spheres. Only a sacrilege between an Angel and a Devil is powerful enough to break the wall of the prison. Maliki also lives here with his mistress, but he's allowed to go to the real world.
;Path of Metamorphosis
:A legendary path, rich in trials and obstacles, which, if passed, would allow Angels or Devils to become human. Tyco and Sai decided to try it, but after reaching the end, they didn't manage to transform and were obliged to separate. In it, the Sigh of Deception (or Wind of Metamorphosis) blows: it's a powerful wind that inhibits reasons and pulls humans, Angels and Devils to act impulsively. The Path of Metamorphosis appears for the first time in the movie Between Dream and Reality. At the end of the second season, Raf and Sulfus made the decision to walk the path together.
;Sunny College
:It's the place where the Angels and Devils went to take summer classes together. They were taught about Earthly Acting.
;Princess Theater
:While the Angels and Devils were taking summer courses, the Earthly Ones were assigned to perform a play at a nearby abandoned theater. The theater was closed down because Tyco didn't want to see plays that reminded him of his feelings for Sai.
Episodes
The cartoon is produced by R.T.I., Mondo TV and Play Entertainment, directed by Orlando Corradi and written by Francesco Arlanch and Francesco Balletta. However, the first one who released the cartoon (26 episodes lasting 20 minutes each) was the Italian company Stranemani,{{cite video|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2doLuUh6Klg|title=Trailer of the first cartoon}}{{cite web|url=http://www.stranemani.com/|title=Angel's Friends|work= Stranemani website}} but during the comic festival in Cannes, the version by Mondo TV was chosen, despite the Stranemani version using the same character designs from the comic.
= First season (2009–2010) =
In Italy, Mondo Home Entertainment released the first season in ten DVDs, starting in November 2009.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.animangaplus.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=214:mondo-he-uscite-dicembre-2010&catid=40:recuscite&Itemid=59|title=MONDO HOME ENTERTAINMENT – le uscite di dicembre|accessdate=30 January 2012|date=9 November 2010|author=Andrea Consonni}} DVDs were also sold in Czech Republic (8 DVDs titled Andílci){{cite news|language=Spanish|url=http://angelsfriends-pretty.blogspot.com/2011/06/la-primera-temporada-de-angels-friends.html|title=La primera temporada de Angels Friends en 8 Dvds en Chequia|date=24 June 2011|accessdate=30 January 2012}} and Russia (6 DVDs).{{cite news|language=Spanish|url=http://angelsfriends-pretty.blogspot.com/2011/08/dvds-de-angels-friends.html|title=Dvds de Angels Friends|date=1 August 2011|accessdate=30 January 2012}}{{cite news|language=Spanish|url=http://angelsfriends-pretty.blogspot.com/2011/08/angel-friends-en-dvd-en-rusia.html|title=Angel Friends en DVD en Rusia|date=1 August 2011|accessdate=30 January 2012}}
{{Episode table |overall= |title= |titleT= English and Italian titles |airdate= |airdateT=Italian air date
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title= Flying with her own Wings
|AltTitle= Volare con le proprie ali
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|12}}
|AltDate= 27 September 2010
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title= Friends Forever
|AltTitle= Amiche per la pelle
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|13}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title= Poor Devil
|AltTitle= Povero Diavolo
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|14}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title= Real Beauty
|AltTitle= La vera bellezza
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|15}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title= The Rules of the Game
|AltTitle= Le regole del gioco
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|16}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title= Protection
|AltTitle= Protezione
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|19}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title= Truth and Lies
|AltTitle= Verità e bugie
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|20}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title= "Who sows wind, reaps a storm"
|AltTitle= Chi semina vento raccoglie tempesta
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|21}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title= Life on Earth
|AltTitle= Vita da Terreno
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|22}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title= Divided
|AltTitle= Divisi
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|23}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title= A Secret Meeting
|AltTitle= Appuntamento segreto
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|26}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title= Prisoners of the heart
|AltTitle= Prigionieri del cuore
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|27}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title= The Deadly Labyrinth
|AltTitle= Labirinto mortale
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|28}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|Title= Face to Face
|AltTitle= Scontro frontale
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|29}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|Title= Reina's Deception
|AltTitle= L'inganno di Reina
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|10|30}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|Title= Guardian Angel, Guardian Devil
|AltTitle= Guardian Angel, Guardian Devil
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|02}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|Title= Playing with Fire
|AltTitle= Giocare col fuoco
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|03}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|Title= The Caves of Obscurity
|AltTitle= Alle Grotte di Oscuria
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|04}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|Title= Life in Danger
|AltTitle= Vite in pericolo
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|05}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|Title= From Sunset to Sunrise
|AltTitle= Dal tramonto all'alba
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|06}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|Title= Threats on the Horizon
|AltTitle= Minacce all'orizzonte
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|09}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|Title= 24 Hours
|AltTitle= Ventiquattro ore
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|10}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|Title= On the Edge of the Abyss
|AltTitle= Sull'orlo del baratro
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|11}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|Title= Revenge of the Angels
|AltTitle= La rivincita delle Angels
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|12}}
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|Title= The Trap of Time
|AltTitle= Nella trappola del tempo
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|13}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=26
|Title= Two couples, a destiny
|AltTitle= Due coppie, un destino
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2009|11|16}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=27
|Title= Sacrilege
|AltTitle= Sacrilegio
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|09}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=28
|Title= Disciplinary Procedures
|AltTitle= Procedimento disciplinare
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|10}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=29
|Title= Goodbye to the Golden School
|AltTitle= Addio alla Golden School
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|16}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=30
|Title= The Last Chance
|AltTitle= L'ultima chance
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|17}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=31
|Title= Everlasting detective
|AltTitle= Detective sempiterni
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|30}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=32
|Title= Dream or Reality?
|AltTitle= Sogno o realtà?
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|01|31}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=33
|Title= Innocent
|AltTitle= Innocenti
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|06}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=34
|Title= The Legend of Reina
|AltTitle= La leggenda di Reina
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|07}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=35
|Title= Dangerous Shortcuts
|AltTitle= Scorciatoie pericolose
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|07}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=36
|Title= Blow under the belt
|AltTitle= Colpi bassi
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|13}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=37
|Title= To Regain "Terrestrial"
|AltTitle= Riconquistare "Terreno"
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|14}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=38
|Title= Mistery Party
|AltTitle= Mistery Party
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|14}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=39
|Title= Little Sweet... or Little Joke?
|AltTitle= Dolcetto... o scherzetto?
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|20}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=40
|Title= Together Forever
|AltTitle= Per sempre insieme
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|21}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=41
|Title= Face to Face with Reina
|AltTitle= Faccia a faccia con Reina
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|21}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=42
|Title= The Test
|AltTitle= La prova
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|27}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=43
|Title= Someone to Trust
|AltTitle=Qualcuno di cui fidarsi
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|27}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=44
|Title= Duel and Temptation
|AltTitle= Duello e tentazione
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|28}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=45
|Title= Capable of Anything
|AltTitle= Disposta a tutto
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|02|28}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=46
|Title= The Room of Portraits
|AltTitle= La Stanza dei Ritratti
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|06}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=47
|Title= War Atmosphere
|AltTitle= Aria di guerra
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|07}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=48
|Title= Ultimatum to the Earth
|AltTitle= Ultimatum alla Terra
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|13}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=49
|Title= In the Wolf's Den
|AltTitle= Nella tana del lupo
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|14}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=50
|Title= Sacrifice
|AltTitle= Sacrificio
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|20}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=51
|Title= Final Clash
|AltTitle= Scontro finale
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|21}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=52
|Title= Goodbye Golden School
|AltTitle= Arrivederci Golden School
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2010|03|27}}
|AltDate=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=Movie
|Title=Angel's Friends: Between Dream and Reality
|AltTitle=Angel's Friends – Tra Sogno e Realtà
|OriginalAirDate={{start date|df=yes|2011|04|23}}
|AltDate=
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}}
= Second season (2011–2012) =
{{Episode table |overall= |title= |titleT=English and Italian titles |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|Title= A New Beginning (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|Title= A New Beginning (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|Title= Earthling Alarm (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|Title= Earthling Alarm (Part Two)
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|Title= The Best Friend (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|Title= The Best Friend (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|Title= Magic Miki and DJ Gas (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|Title= Magic Miki and DJ Gas (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|Title= Foolish Pride (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|Title= Foolish Pride (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|Title= Geography Lesson (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|Title= Geography Lesson (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|Title= Battle at the Coliseum (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|Title= Battle at the Coliseum (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|Title= Nobody Is Perfect (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|Title= Nobody Is Perfect (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|Title= Imprisoned (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|Title= Imprisoned (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|Title= Group Projection (Part One)
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|Title= Group Projection (Part Two)
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|Title= The Gorth Castle (Part One)
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|Title= The Gorth Castle (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|Title= Love And Hate (Part One)
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|Title= Love And Hate (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|Title= Spring Dance (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=26
|Title= Spring Dance (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=27
|Title= Disharmonic Vibration (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=28
|Title= Disharmonic Vibration (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=29
|Title= Guilty And Innocent (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=30
|Title= Guilty And Innocent (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=31
|Title= Friendship Proof (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=32
|Title= Friendship Proof (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=33
|Title= Friends Forever (Part One)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=34
|Title= Friends Forever (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=35
|Title= Secret Meeting (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=36
|Title= Secret Meeting (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=37
|Title= Mission Impossible (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=38
|Title= Mission Impossible (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=39
|Title= In Enemy Territory (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=40
|Title= In Enemy Territory (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=41
|Title= Apocalypse! (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=42
|Title= Apocalypse! (Part Two)
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=43
|Title= And If They Would Win (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=44
|Title= And If They Would Win (Part Two)
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|EpisodeNumber=45
|Title= Brothers in War (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=46
|Title= Brothers in War (Part Two)
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|EpisodeNumber=47
|Title= Darklight Fly (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=48
|Title= Darklight Fly (Part Two)
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|EpisodeNumber=49
|Title= The Last Embrace (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=50
|Title= The Last Embrace (Part Two)
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|EpisodeNumber=51
|Title= The Universe Balance (Part One)
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|EpisodeNumber=52
|Title= The Universe Balance (Part Two)
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Film
A television movie based on the animated series and settled between the first and the second season aired, in Italy, on 23 April 2011. The movie focuses on the Angels attending the Summer School at the Sunny College in Alpinville, where Raf hopes she will not meet Sulfus. The Devils show up at the school and Raf tells Sulfus she has fallen in love with someone else. Meanwhile, the Earthly ones receive the task of refurbishing the Theatre of Princes ({{langx|it|Teatro dei Principi}}) and organising a play, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. However, they are attacked by a mysterious hooded man who wants them to leave the theatre. The Angels and the Devils decide to investigate and find out the truth about Tyco and Sai's fate. At last, Raf and Sulfus conclude that they'll decide what to do about their future together once returned to the Golden School for the new term.
CD
On 2 November 2010, a CD dedicated to Angel's Friends was released.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.digitalizzandotv.net/post/3888/disponibile-il-cd-angels-friends-nei-negozi-e-download-digitale|title=Disponibile il CD Angel's Friends nei negozi e download digitale.|date=2 November 2010|author=Simone Ziggiotto}} The album, produced by Mediaset record company, contains the full Italian opening theme performed by Cristina D'Avena and several songs named after the characters of the series, 11 songs totally.{{cite news|language=Italian |url=http://www.tv.mediaset.it/quimediaset/articolo_2377.shtml |title=Il cd di "Angel's Friends" |accessdate=14 January 2012 |date=2 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110106035021/http://www.tv.mediaset.it/quimediaset/articolo_2377.shtml |archivedate=6 January 2011 }} The tracks are in English, but the opening theme.
- Angel's Friends – Cristina D'Avena
- Cabiria – Kate Kelly
- Kabalè – Gabriella Vainiglia
- Malachia – Silvio Pozzoli
- Gas – Antonio Divincenzo
- Miki – Maria Concetta Montesano
- Raf – Gisella Cozzo
- Sulfus – Mark Evans
- Reina – Jacobs Sewit Villa
- Dolce – Fabiana Vitellio
- Uriè – Barbara Comi
International broadcast
Angel's Friends was distributed all over the world,{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.everyeye.it/anime/notizia/mediaset-e-hiro-acquisiti-i-cartoni-angel-s-friends-e-les-miserables-shoujo-cosette-_58192|title=Mediaset e Hiro: acquisiti i cartoni Angel' s Friends e Les Miserables – Shoujo Cosette|accessdate=14 January 2012|date=15 July 2009|author=Luca Rosati}} in countries like Spain, Portugal, Latin America,{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/nuovi_accordi_di_licensing_per_angels_friends_932.html|title=Nuovi accordi per il licensing di Angel's Friends|date=3 September 2009|access-date=31 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927113044/http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/nuovi_accordi_di_licensing_per_angels_friends_932.html|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}} Belgium, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ex-Yugoslavia.{{cite news|language=Italian|url=http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/Mondo-TV-e-Angels-Friends-da-ottobre-su-Mediaset.php|title=Mondo TV e Angel's Friends: da ottobre su Mediaset|date=8 July 2009|accessdate=29 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927113047/http://www.licensingitalia.it/news/Mondo-TV-e-Angels-Friends-da-ottobre-su-Mediaset.php|archive-date=27 September 2013|url-status=dead}} As of April 2010, the license has been sold in 37 countries.
Publications
= Comic =
{{Infobox comic book title
| image =
| caption =
| schedule = Monthly, then bimonthly
| genre =
| Fantasy = y
| Magic = y
| School = y
| publisher = Play Press
| startmo =March
| startyr =2007
| endmo =January
| endyr =2008
| issues = 11
| writers = Bruno Enna
| artists = Giada Perissinotto
| creators = Simona Ferri
| sort = Angel's Friends
}}
The monthly publication of the comic Angel's Friends by Play Press began in March 2007. The printed version was edited by Red Whale and Yellow Whale, scripted by Bruno Enna and drawn by Giada Perissinotto. The publication was discontinued in January 2008 with the release of Chapter 14, A Spark in the Heart.
A second version of the comic, based on the cartoon, was published bimonthly by Preziosi Collection since 2009, in Angel's Friends Magazine.{{cite news|language=Italian |url=http://www.preziosicollection.com/on-line/Home/Publishing/Archiviopubblicazioni2009/scheda1617.html |title=Angel's Friends Magazine N°1 |year=2009 |accessdate=30 January 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814044349/http://www.preziosicollection.com/on-line/Home/Publishing/Archiviopubblicazioni2009/scheda1617.html |archivedate=14 August 2012 }} It was discontinued after the release of No. 4.
== Chapters of Play Press comic ==
- The Eternal Day ({{langx|it|Il Giorno Eterno}})
- The Watcher ({{langx|it|L'Osservatore}})
- Only Two Steps ({{langx|it|Solo Due Passi}})
- A Tiny Evil ({{langx|it|Un Piccolo Male}})
- Angels' City ({{langx|it|La Città degli Angeli}})
- Sulfus's Shadow ({{langx|it|L'Ombra di Sulfus}})
- The Neutralmancer ({{langx|it|Il Neutromante}})
- Secret-Blurter ({{langx|it|Spiffera-Segreto}})
- The Guardian ({{langx|it|Il Custode}})
- Never More Together ({{langx|it|Mai Più Insieme}})
- The Other Side of Love ({{langx|it|L'Altra Faccia dell'Amore}})
- The Susceptible Point ({{langx|it|Il Punto Sensibile}})
- Between Dream and Reality ({{langx|it|Tra Sogno e Realtà}})
- A Spark in the Heart ({{langx|it|Una Scintilla nel Cuore}})
== Chapters of Preziosi comic ==
- Chasing the wind ({{langx|it|Rincorrere il vento}})
- Unsaid things ({{langx|it|Le cose non-dette}})
- The storm ({{langx|it|La tempesta}})
- Between Good and Evil ({{langx|it|Fra Bene e Male}})
= Books =
- {{Cite book
|title= Angel's Friends – Diario segreto
|year= 2009
|publisher= Giunti Junior
|isbn= 978-88-09-74428-8
|pages= 130
}}
- {{Cite book
|first=Rosalba
|last=Troiano
|title= Il mondo di Angel's Friends
|year= 2009
|publisher= Giunti Junior
|isbn= 978-88-09-05839-2
|pages = 132
}}
= Novels =
- {{cite book
|first= Rosalba
|last= Troiano
|title= Segreti e ombre alla Golden School
|year= 2009
|publisher= Giunti Junior
|isbn= 978-88-09-74427-1
|pages= 288
}}
- {{cite book
|first= Rosalba
|last= Troiano
|title= Tutta colpa di un bacio
|year= 2009
|publisher= Giunti Junior
|isbn= 978-88-09-74982-5
|pages= 256
}}
- {{cite book
|first= Rosalba
|last=Troiano
|title= Tra sogno e realtà
|year= 2011
|publisher= Giunti Junior
|isbn= 978-88-09-75887-2
|pages= 128
}}
Reception
References
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External links
- {{in lang|it}} {{Official website|http://www.angelsfriends.it}}
- [http://www.mondotv.it/scheda-singola-angels-friends.html Angel's Friends] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901092506/http://www.mondotv.it/scheda-singola-angels-friends.html |date=1 September 2016}} on Mondo TV website
- {{IMDb title|1731708}}
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Category:Television series about angels