UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

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UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ (UFO Princess Valkyrie)
Genre	Shounen, Comedy, Magical girl, Science Fiction
TV anime : UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie
Directed by	Shigeru Ueda
Studio	Media Factory Inc. TNK
Network	Kids Station UHF Group
Original run	July 4, 2002 – September 19, 2002
No. of episodes	12
Manga: UFO Princess Valkyrie
Authored by	Kaishaku
Publisher	Square Enix
Serialized in	Monthly Shonen Gangan
Original run	March 2002 –
No. of volumes	about 9

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (円盤皇女ワるきゅーレ, Yūfō Purinsesu Warukyūre^?), also known as UFO Princess Valkyrie, is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which ran for at least six volumes. It was created by Kaishaku, who is also known for creating Steel Angel Kurumi.

UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie ran for 12 episodes from July 4, 2002 to September 19, 2002. It was produced by Media Factory Inc. and directed by Shigeru Ueda. It follows the story of Kazuto Tokino, a human, and Princess Valkyrie, an alien, who gives half her soul to Kazuto after accidentally crashing into his bathhouse and nearly killing him. The price of her "gift" to him turns her into a child. Whenever she kisses Kazuto, Valkyrie regains her adult form for a short time. Four seasons of UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie is currently licensed by ADV Films and set for release in the United States with the first volume due out on March 7, 2006. There are two sequels to this series, UFO Princess Valkyrie 2 and an OVA under the title of UFO Princess Walküre: Seiresetsu no Hanayome.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Characters 3 Episode Titles 4 Music Themes 5 External links

[edit] Plot summary

On a world where aliens are commonplace, Kazuto Tokino decides on his own to run his grandfather's bathhouse despite the protests from his parents. Kazuto however lacks a lot of the skills needed to make such a venture successful and must get by on a sunny disposition. That alone might have made things hard enough for him, but an alien princess named Valkyrie destroys the bathhouse, and in the process mortally wounds Kazuto. However, she is able to save his life with a magical kiss, but that kiss costs her half of her soul and transforms her into an 8 year old child. Princess Valkyrie is then stranded on Earth, unable to look after herself as the entire solar system is out searching for her. Kazuto now owes her his life and must defend not only his grandfather's dream but the super sweet very hyper Princess Valkyrie from those alien invaders who are searching for her even as she shows how much she has come to care for Kazuto.

[edit] Characters

• Valkyrie (child) - (Japanese) Hisayo Mochizuki / (English) Kira Vincent-Davis

Walküre in the original Japanese, after transferring part of her soul to Kazuto and becoming the small 8-year-old child, Valkyrie became very different then her original self, and even at times refers to herself as "Val". Even though she is incredibly attached to Kazuto, she becomes very loud and finds ways to wreck Kazuto's house in her child form. She also gets jealous easily, and often says things that are easily misunderstood by others, such as saying she gave Kazuto her "special thing". This young Valkyrie is always cheerful and has an adoring follower in Sanada, her maid. Valkyrie in her 8 year old form also calls Kazuto "Kazie" (in the English dub) which is one of the ways she shows her childlike crush on him, which is stronger in her adult form.

• Kazuto Tokino - (Japanese) Kenichi Suzumura / (English) Greg Ayres

Kazuto is the owner of a bathhouse which he is trying to run in part to honor his late grandfather who loved the bathhouse. He is one of the few that actually likes the idea as his parents refer to it as a "money pit" and think him a fool to even try to run it. He is nearly killed in Valkyrie's crash landing but saved when she gives him half her soul. He also seems drawn to her in a way and finds himself falling in love with her, but unsure with how to deal with her childlike appearance at times. Eventually, he does see beyond her childlike appearance and loves the Valkyrie within. He plans to marry the princess... eventually, and is recognized as her official fiancé.

• Valkyrie (adult) - (Japanese) Megumi Ogata / (English) Kira Vincent-Davis

Heroine of the series and a princess from Planet Valhalla, in the Dolphin Constellation. Once Valkyrie learned that her father was planning a political marriage for her without her consent, she fled to Earth and crash landed on Kazuto's bathhouse. In order to save his life she had to give half of her soul to him, but that process turned her into an 8 year old girl. She can only regain her normal form by kissing Kazuto but it doesn't last long and she normally kisses him in order to protect him. She eventually develops deep feelings of love for Kazuto. Her powers include flight, energy manipulation and defensive shields, plus she wields an artifact called the Key of Time. When it is later revealed that Kazuto is the one that she will marry, she is overjoyed, but it is difficult for the ceremony to take place since she keeps on reverting back to her child form. At the end of the third series, due to a mishap with the Princess Mural, Valkyrie's older and younger selves split into two separate people.

• Hydra - (Japanese) Chinami Nishimura / (English) Nancy Novotny

Haidora in the original Japanese, she is a younger sister of Valkyrie, who she chased her to Earth. She knew that if Valkyrie ran away she would have to take her sister's place at the wedding which was not something she wanted to do; however she crash landed on Akina's temple, only to have her powers sealed by Akina making her become a child just like Valkyrie.However unlike Valkyrie her mind is that of her adult form, not a childs. Much like a kiss can restore Valkyrie, the seal on Hydra can be released at Akina's will. Hydra has a short temper and is rather tomboyish acting in a rash manner that shows action before thinking things through meaning she is prone to destroy things that get in her way.

• Sanada - (Japanese) Rie Tanaka / (English) Christine Auten

Chief maid of the royal family of Valhalla, the planet Valkyrie original comes from; Sanada, a catgirl, is a faithful and very loyal servant. Upon learning of the princess’s disappearance she tracked her down to Kazuto's house where she settled at once considering Kazuto to be Valkyrie's official fiancé. Even seeing how Valkyrie becomes a smaller version of herself doesn't seem to trouble Sanada at all as she finds the smaller Valkyrie to be very cute.In fact, Rika describes her as a 'Valkyrie fundamentalist'. In order to ensure her main goal of keeping Valkyrie safe, she sometimes causes more trouble then good. One of these instances is when she uses her "Cat Ear Gun" (Nekomata) to turn half of the city's girls into an army of catgirl maids. In later episodes, these maids are summoned to aid her by a whistle. (When not serving her, they act pretty much like normal, but wearing maid outfits...)

• Akina Nanamura - (Japanese) Saeko Chiba / (English) Cynthia Martinez

A neighbor and childhood friend of Kazuto. She sealed away Hydra's powers after Hydra crash landed on her family's shrine. She seems to have feelings for Kazuto as she is always stopping at his bathhouse. However, she never acts on these emotions, which she greatly regrets at times, as he and the princess Valkyrie grow closer together. She later has to face the fact that they are in love and intend to marry. A couple of things to note is that she is a horrendous karaoke singer, and that she is quite self-conscious about the size of her bosom.

• Maru - (Japanese) Haruko Momoi / (English) Nomed Kaerf

Maru (Maru Duke) is very short and gets stepped on a lot, but despite this he is actually a hardened warrior. He's involved with the galactic pirates and also has a history with Shiro. He's also an ace pilot. He was initially sent to kidnap Valkyrie and hold her for ransom, but was later swayed to Shiro's side.

• Rika Tokino - (Japanese) Omi Minami / (English) Monica Rial

Kazuto's sister, she helps him run the bathhouse but like her parents is concerned it is just a money pit and that they might soon be broke. She is also constantly studying in the hopes of getting into a good high school and later university. She doesn't seem very interested in having her own social life and even turned down the advances of the most popular boy at her school.

• Shiro - (Japanese) Tadahisa Saizen / (English) Andrew Love

He is called Spottenheim in the English version, though chibi Valkyrie calls him Spot. His introduction into the series isn't explained, but he seems to be designated as Valkyrie's pet. He's a white, doglike alien who happens to be a vetran fighter pilot who was once known as Spottenheim the Comet. He lives at the Tokino residence and does household repairs. Normally, he is the plaything of the child Valkyrie and is tossed, ridden, and swung about like a rag doll. He doesn't seem to mind being the lap dog, though he often tells Valkyrie not to pull on his ears.

• Kolasu (Chorus) - (Japanese) Kuwashima Hoko

She's one of the eight princesses of Valhalla, and she constantly refers to herself as a robot, though Hydra considers her as just plain nuts. She makes a cameo in the first series and plays a major role in the second season. Chorus likes to spam on the Internet in Rika's closet, much to Rika's annoyance. She has the ability to feel psychic wavelengths.

• Raine (Laine) - (Japanese) Mayumi Iizuka

The youngest of the eight princesses of Valhalla, she is basically a ditz and a horrible pilot. Unlike the other princesses, Raine constantly crashes her UFO. She originally came to Earth to seek out Valkyrie due to her intense affection for her, but later develops romantic feelings toward Kazuto. She has the ability to transform her outward appearance into anyone she chooses to within her own body's form. However, whatever appearance she takes, she will always have an antennae sticking out of her head. Pulling that antennae will immediately change her back. Her disguises aren't perfect, and anyone can figure her out by looking for the antennae, though her perverted personality usually gives her away before that.

• Inarva

She's the most serious-minded of the eight Valhallan princesses and stickler for the rules. She made a brief appearance in the first series, and plays a role in the third. She is considered the adjudicator of the Royal Family and has a special attack called the Thrust of Death, which sends anyone to the Punishment Dimension. Everyone fears her, even the violent Hydra. Inarva enforces the Law of Valhalla, and any offenders she meets will suffer the Punishment Dimension, which causes them to live out their greatest fears or some ironic punishment. She comes to Earth to judge the members of the Royal Family and to make preparations for Kazuto and Valkyrie's wedding during the Stellar Season. So far, only Kazuto's sister was able to counter Inarva's Thrust of Death, in which the impressed Inarva declares Rika to be her eventual successor.

• Nesti

Another of the eight princesses of Valhalla. She makes a brief appearance in the first series, and is not seen again until the final episode of the third series. Apparently she leads a sort of anti-pirate space fleet and she spends her time hunting down cosairs, criminals and such. She discovers an ancient artifact of Vahalla called the Princess Mural, in which past generations of princesses have had their weddings in front of it. She brings it to Earth so Kazuto and Valkyrie can be married in the same tradition, but that also causes the space pirates to come after it.

• Pharm

Like the other princesses, she only makes a momentary appearance at the end of the first season, but later shows up in the third. She crashlands her UFO on top of Kazuto and Akina's high school and sets herself up as their homeroom teacher. Pharm has a fetish for women wearing large spectacles like the one she has on. She begins converting the girls at school to wearing large eyeglassses, and comes into conflict with Sanada and the Catgirl Maid Squad.

• Valkyrie Ghost

The main opponent during the second season. She is not a single individual person, but rather the combined energies and emotions of the four missing Princesses of Valhalla from ancient times. She resembles Valkyrie in her adult form, but wears black clothes, and has different colored eyes. Valkyrie Ghost is searching for the legendary Illustrious Lover of myth in hopes that she could cure her eternal sadness and loneliness. She finds him in Kazuto after feeling the absolute joy and happiness in Valkyrie. The missing four princesses are also the creators of Valkyrie's Key of Time.

• Akidora (Akidra)

This is the combined form of Akina and chibi Hydra. When Akina began experimenting with some new incantations to fight against Valkyrie Ghost, she and Hydra are fused togther during an argument. The end result is a white-haired shrine maiden with the powers of a Valhallan princess. Their combined abilities are magnified, but there are two drawbacks. In order to combine, Hydra and Akina must be in a state of disagreement, then touch hands. Normally, this is achieved whenever one of them does something to anger the other, (usually Akina rattles Hydra by destroying some of Hydra's personal things). Secondly, if the two are in total agreement, they automatically separate. This condition makes it very difficult for them to cooperate during combat.

[edit] Episode Titles

(Currently using the Japanese titles can be changed to the English ones once they are known)

1. The Bathhouse that has an Angel
2. Transformation Princess Valkyrie
3. Cat Eared Maid Chief Sanada-san
4. What Your Wings Aim For
5. Rika-Chan's Diary
6. Hime-Sama Memorial
7. Off-Track Princess Raine
8. Cat Ear Relaxation Trip
9. Akina's Small Transformation
10. The Story of the Mail Ordered Asteroid
11. Tokino Bathhouse Space Branch
12. Valkyrie Fantasy Adventure

[edit] Music Themes

Opening Theme

"Meguriai" by Melocure

Ending Theme

"Marble" by Hisayo Mochizuki, Chinami Nishimura, Rie Tanaka and Saeko Chiba

Episode 1 "Love Song"

"Drive"

[edit] External links

• (English) Official ADV UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie site
• (Japanese) Official Tokinoyu: UFO Princess Valkyrie
• (English) UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia