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Main Title Twin Signal: Family Game (a1156)
Official Title javerified
Official Title en
Type OVA, 3 episodes
Year 21.09.1996 until 21.11.1996
Season Summer 1996
Tags actionAction anime usually involve a fairly straightforward story of good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. It often contains a lot of shooting, explosions and fighting., androidAn android is a robot or synthetic organism designed to look and act like a human., comedyAnime whose central struggle causes hilarious results. These stories are built upon funny characters, situations and events. A comedy anime is laced with humour and sets out to provoke laughter from the audience. Japanese humour can be a bit strange to westerners, so if you`re new to this type of humour, just bear with it; it`ll most likely grow on you if you`re a fan of other kinds of comedy., mangaManga is the lifeblood that drives the anime industry. Everything and its mother is based on manga. However! There are exceptions where the manga was not the basis for the anime. See also manhua and manhwa., mechaMecha in Japanese basically means mechanical things; everything from an electric whisk or a car to a spaceship or a robot. Here however we limit it to the more exotic things usually referred to as mecha anime: robots, whether controlled by a human or not, and their ilk., robot helperIn a science fiction setting, the robot helper is, in a comedic sense, pretty much equivalent to what the "cute comic relief animal sidekick" is in a fantasy setting. The usually small machine has artificial intelligence, enabling it to support their owner / master with advice or help with menial tasks.

Androids should not be considered robot helpers since these are far more complex; use the android tag instead., science fictionScience fiction stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilizations whom we have learned from., shounenIn the context of manga and associated media, shounen, literally meaning "youth" and often also specifically "boy", refers to a male audience roughly between the ages of 10 and 18. - [similar]
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Rating 4.02 (174)
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Added by hidden on 2003-11-09 18:49
Edited by hidden on 2016-08-29 14:45
Main Title Twin Signal: Family Game (a1156)
Official Title javerified
Official Title en
Synonym ツインシグナル ~ファミリーゲーム~
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Original Work: Ooshimizu Sachi
Direction: Sogabe Takashi
Character Design: Sasaki Toshiko
Robotics expert Dr. Otoi built Signal to be a powerful companion for his young grandson, Nobuhiko. However, a mishap during Signal's programming led to an unexpected glitch. Every time Nobuhiko sneezes, Signal transforms from a temperamental adult android into an adorable, chocolate-loving little baby. And then there is Chris, somewhat of an older sister to Nobuhiko, but actually a self-proclaimed beautiful robotic scientist, assistant to Dr. Otoi. Now if only her creations did not end in catastrophe. Despite these little problems, days are usually happy and fun around the Otoi household, where androids, robots, people and animals live in harmony. Except for the occasional feud over house cleaning chores or the affections of the ditzy female android Elara everything is relatively peaceful.

However, one day Signal is attacked by Pulse, one of the Doctor's previous creations and the prototype for Signal. Despite being critically near-sighted, Pulse is loaded down with weapons and has been reprogrammed by Dr. Otoi's mysterious rival. He is on a mission to steal the most recent android technology, MIRA, and obliterate anything that gets in his way.

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#5654 (#75)
#7606 (#98)

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Running Time

approx. 1h 30m

Completed

290 (41.5%)

Watching

8 (1.1%)

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393 (56.3%)

Dropped

7 (1.0%)
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Last Update Name State N Episodes HE SP Languages Source Rating Cmts
01.10.2009 A-H complete
3 0 ja en TV N/A (0) 0
07.11.2008 AniMecha complete
3 0 ja en en DVD N/A (0) 0
30.01.2006 AH-AZK complete
3 0 ja fr DVD N/A (1) 0
20.11.2005 OnP complete
3 0 ja es DVD N/A (1) 0
05.05.2004 Ripping Gods [RG] complete
3 0 ja en en DVD N/A (2) 0
09.11.2003 a4e complete
3 0 ja en en DVD N/A (4) 0
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