| Funny Pets | |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Ryuji Masuda | 
|---|---|
| Produced by | Shunsuke Koga | 
| Original run | January 10, 2006 – December 25, 2006 | 
| Episodes | 24 | 
Funny Pets is a Japanese digital computer (CGI) anime series created and directed by Ryuji Masuda that was made in 2006.[1]
The sound effects were made by Shizuo Kurahashi.[1]
Plot
The plot of the series is that a UFO carrying two aliens from another planet ends up falling into Earth, where they are saved by a moody air-headed showgirl called Funny (ファニー). The two aliens, the moon-like Crescent (クレセント) and the sun-like Corona (コロナ), must adjust to life as Funny's pets. There are 24 episodes and two seasons in this series, all of which are available on YouTube[2] and NicoNico Douga, a Japanese video sharing website.[3]
Characters
- Funny (ファニー)
 - Corona (コロナ)
 - Crescent (クレセント)
 - Horley (ホーリーとその家族)
 
Staff
- Director - Ryuji Masuda
 - Character Design and Art Settings - Wakako Masuda
 - Music - Meynable Co.
 - Sound Design - Hiroshi Nakano
 - Sound Effects - Shizuo Kurahashi
 - CG Director - Takayuki Ito
 - CG Designers - Akio Koizumi, Reiko Muto, Yoshiaki Higa, Taeko Kawagoe
 - VFX - Kohei Yamamoto
 - Producer - Shunsuke Koga
 - Production - Funny Pets Production Committee (RumbleFish, tvk, KBSKyoto, Rent-Track Japan, S1-T3CG)[4]
 
Reception
Anime-Planet: The anime received overwhelmingly negative reviews on review site Anime-Planet, criticizing the show for its violent and nonsensical plots, simplistic 3D animation and unlikable characters, as well as confusion in general.(first season note: 1,068/5 - second season note: 1,059/5)[5][6]
OST (soundtrack)
The music is composed and mixed by Meyna Co, who also created the soundtrack for another of Masuda's shows called Ga-Ra-Ku-Ta: Mr. Stain On Junk Alley.[7]
- Tracks:
 
- Opening (Lyrical)
 - Title 1
 - Candy
 - Crescent Blues
 - Funny
 - Title 2
 - Hunting
 - Idea
 - Arrows
 - Candy 2
 - Title 3
 - Candy 3
 - Crescent Blues 2
 - Cabbage
 - Title 4
 - Candy 4
 - Fear
 - Candy 5
 - Ghost
 - Spanked
 - Whale
 - Picture Book
 - Anger
 - Showdown
 - Walking The Rainbow
 - Driving To The Rainbow
 - Rainbow
 - Flight
 - Too High
 - Inflated
 - Ascension
 - Birthday (Short Version)
 - Crescent Blues
 - Birthday (Long Version)
 - Title 5
 - Three Matches
 - The Last Match
 - Orbit
 - Title 6
 - Out Of Frame
 - Canon
 - Title 7
 - Danger
 - Candy 6
 - Circle
 - Crescent Blues 4
 - Title 8
 - Love
 - Admiration
 - Guitar
 - Forced Dancing
 - Kiss
 - Heartbreak
 - Title 9
 - Guitar 2
 - The Favor Is Repaid
 - Guitar 3
 - Title 10
 - Frog’s Song (Vocals Only)
 - Frog’s Song (Instrumental)
 - Frog’s Song (Complete)
 - Frog’s Song (Distorted)
 - Music Notes
 - Frog’s Song (Music Notes)
 - Frog’s Song (Music Notes) (Complete)
 - Title 11
 - Cloud Pets
 - Evil And Just
 - Evil’s Theme
 - Just’s Theme
 - Candy 7
 - Title 12
 - At The Ocean
 - Hiding The Evidence
 - Title 13
 - Discovered
 - Grief
 - Goldfish
 - Dead Goldfish
 - Haunted
 - Book Thrower
 - Candy 8
 - Forbidden Game
 - Graveyard Dance
 - Title 14
 - Crescent Blues 5
 - Star’s Song
 - Crescent War
 - Chocolate Fight (Short Version)
 - Chocolate Thieves
 - Chocolate Trance
 - Chocolate Fight (Long Version)
 - Candy 9
 - Back To The Home
 - Back To Funny
 - Candy 10
 - Opening (Instrumental) [8]
 
Related
References
- 1 2 Clements, Jonathan; McCarthy, Helen (2014). The Anime Encyclopedia, 3rd Revised Edition: A Century of Japanese Animation. Stone Bridge Press. ISBN 9781611729092.
 - ↑ "Funny Pets Plus: Poetic and Lunatic - YouTube". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
 - ↑ "増田龍治『Funny Pets』 by 夏梅 - Niconico Video". www.nicovideo.jp. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
 - ↑ "Funny Pets 2ndシーズン". アニメハック (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-12-13.
 - ↑ Funny Pets, 11 January 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
 - ↑ Funny Pets 2, 9 October 2006, retrieved 2020-12-13
 - ↑ "Funny Pets OST - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2020-12-13.
 - ↑ "Funny Pets - Full Soundtrack CD - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-20. Retrieved 2020-12-14.
 
External links
- Funny Pets (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
 - Funny Pets Official Site - Closed (Archives as of July 3, 2006).