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Characters:

Adagio

VA: unknown
Meaning: In a slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than andante but faster than larghetto. Used chiefly as a direction.
Info: She's one of the townspeople of Staccato village Hamel and Flute know. She's the wife of Vocalist.

Alto

VA: unknown
Meaning: The range between soprano and tenor.
Info: She's the Queen of Slur, though deceased as of the beginning of the show. She's the wife of King Zithern.

Hell King Bass

VA: Ishizuka Unshou
Meaning: A low-pitched sound or tone. Also used for naming a Bass Violin or Bass Guitar.
Info: He's the head of the demons in this world. He took over control of Lute's body since he lost his own body in an earlier battle with Horn.

Birdie

VA: Yamakado Kumi
Meaning: unknown
Info: She's part of the band of traveling performers. She's the singer in the group.

Brick

VA: Miura Urara
Meaning: unknown
Info: He's part of the band of traveling performers. He's the drummer.

Demon Lord Chestra (short for Orchestra - Hamel's father)

VA: unknown
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's the demon's king, leader, and inspiration for everything they do. However, he was locked up in Pandora's Box many years ago. The demons are waging battle with the humans to try to recover this box and release him.

Clarinet (Clary for short)

VA: Madono Mitsuaki
Meaning: The clarinet is a single-reed woodwind instrument. It consists of a reed, a straight tube, and a bell-shaped end. Its resonance frequencies are controlled similarly to a flute's, by the covering of holes by fingers or keys. A deeper variation, the bass clarinet, also exists, and sounds an octave lower than a normal clarinet.
Info: He's the Grand Commander of Sforzando's army. He's Cornet's brother.

Cornet (Corn for short)

VA: Nishimura Chinami
Meaning: An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. Also a brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras.
Info: She's a lot less powerful than her brother, Clarinet. She seems to have become attached to Trombone and can compliment him quite well in battle.

Dance

VA: Nakayama Eriko
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's part of the band of traveling performers. He's the clown in the group.

Dragon King Drum

VA: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the kings of the demon world. He is not very smart, but he makes up for it with brute strength. He doesn't have two heads for just show, either.

Princess Flute

VA: Iizuka Mayumi
Meaning: obvious
Info: She's the princess of Sforzando, daughter of Horn. She and Hamel grew up together, and she's been sheltered from the harshness of the world thus far.

Gaita

VA: Miki Shin'ichirou
Meaning: A form of Spanish Bagpipes.
Info: He's one of the siblings, son of King Zithern of the Slur Republic. His body can produce fire.

Gong

VA: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the siblings, son of King Zithern of the Slur Republic. His body can produce lightning.

Beast King Guitar

VA: Matsuyama Takashi
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the kings of the demon world. He uses his cunning to win battles... Quite different from Drum. He will also use any sort of cheap tactic he can think of, even at the expense of his allies.

Hamel

VA: Ueda Yuuji
Meaning: Hameln is the name of the Northern Capitol, never mentioned in the anime itself, only the manga. Hameln is the town in Germany where the Pied Piper legend to ok place. Hamel's name is derived from Hameln. was born.
Info: Hamel goes back and forth between good and evil in this anime. He's wanted to be used by both sides to aid in their struggle. He has the ability to play magical music which can do many things, such as make the dead rise again and fight, give strength to those he wants, revitalize his friends, and the list goes on.

Queen Horn

VA: Shimamoto Sumi
Meaning: The horn is a class of wind or brass instruments whose chief characteristic is a flaring or increase in radius of the tube at one end of the instrument. The word "horn" is also used to refer to the trumpet, which can be found in various forms, and which can produce a variety of notes controlled both by valves and by manipulation of the user's mouth and blowing force at the mouthpiece.
Info: She's the queen of Sforzando, mother of Flute. She's very stern and doesn't seem to show much compassion. However, she has the weight of all humanity on her shoulders, since she's the only one who had been stopping the evil from spreading out into the world.

Horo

VA: Maruyama Eiji
Meaning: unknown
Info: He's the head of the band of traveling performers. He's a ventriliquest and uses his puppet, Scope.

Kokyuu

VA: Arima Katsuaki
Meaning: It's the name of a Japanese instrument like the Biwa, a traditional stringed instrument.
Info: He seems to be the oldest brother among his siblings, Gaita, Gong, Lyra, and Show. He takes charge of them somewhat. He's son of King Zithern of Slur. He has swords built into his body.

Lute

VA: Miyata Harunori
Meaning: A stringed instrument having a body shaped like a pear sliced lengthwise and a neck with a fretted fingerboard that is usually bent just below the tuning pegs.
Info: He's the son of Queen Horn of Sforzando, brother of Flute. He was taken control of by Bass many years ago... His body speaks at the same time Bass's head speaks.

Lyra

VA: Asaoka Natsumi
Meaning: It's another way to spell Lyre, a stringed instrument of the harp family used to accompany a singer or reader, especially in ancient Greece.
Info: She's one of the siblings, son of King Zithern of the Slur Republic. Her body is a flexible, secretive whip.

Mifa

VA: unknown
Meaning: unknown
Info: She's a little child Hamel meets after nearly drowing in the water. Look near the end of the show and you'll see her a few more times :) She's cute :)


Mouthpiece

VA: unknown
Meaning: The part of a musical instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it.
Info: He's one of the demons Hamel, Trom, Flute, Raiel, and Obo encounter. He seems to be living in under the earth.

Obo (german spelling of Oboe)

VA: Chiba Shigeru
Meaning: The oboe is a double-reed wind instrument, formerly called the hautbois or hautboy, which forms the treble to the bassoon. Older variations of this instrument included the oboe da caccia, which was a fifth of a pitch lower than a normal oboe and can be heard in some baroque music; and the oboe d'Ramore, which was of a pitch a minor third below a normal oboe.
Info: You could think of Obo as an advisor to Hamel and Flute. He doesn't usually say much, but when he does, they should pay attention and listen, because he has many years of experience to draw upon and he knows many things... Many things you wonder how he knows... He also happens to be Ocarina's father.

Ocarina

VA: unknown
Meaning: A small terra-cotta or plastic wind instrument with finger holes, a mouthpiece, and an elongated ovoid shape.
Info: She's the daughter of Obo. She works for the demons as part of Sizer's fleet. She seems to be working directly under Sizer and she would do anything for Sizer's sake.

Operetta

VA: unknown
Meaning: A theatrical production that has many of the musical elements of opera but is lighter and more popular in subject and style and contains spoken dialogue. Also called light opera.
Info: He's the eighth division commander in Sforzando's Magical Army.

Pandora (Hamel's mother)

VA: Miura Urara
Meaning: The first woman, bestowed upon humankind as a punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. Entrusted with a box containing all the ills that could plague people, she opened it out of curiousity and thereby released all the evils of human life. It's also another name for the Pan-pipes, an ancient Greek woodwind instrument.
Info: Pandora is being held in what looks like a kind of suspended animation inside a crystal coffer of sorts. We see a lot of flashbacks with her, though. She is always very happy-looking. She's the one who taught Hamel and Raiel to play magical music. We never see her do this herself, but we can assume she's able to.

Percuss (possibly short for Percussion)

VA: Uemura Tatsuo
Meaning: Percuss is a term which means to shake or strike, as with a drum.
Info: He seems to be like the head of the state of affairs of Sforzando. He is good with transportation magic and uses it throughout the show.

Raiel (Raiel is a form of wind-up piano/organ that plays by itself)

VA: Tsujitani Kouji
Meaning: A Raiel is a form of wind-up piano/organ that plays by itself.
Info: One of Hamel's childhood friends, we see Raiel as part of a traveling band of performers. He plays his piano (which he stores on his back using magic) and is also capable of magical music. He creates a white bird as opposed to Hamel's black bird. What significance is there to the colors? Nothing, maybe... A lot, possibly...

Resik

VA: unknown
Meaning: unknown
Info: He's Cornet and Clarinet's grandfather. He acted as Hamel and Flute's grandfather in Staccato Village. He was there to make sure no harm came to Flute.

Scope

VA: unknown
Meaning: unknown
Info: This is the name of Horo's marionette that he uses for ventrilliquism.

Show

VA: Miura Urara
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the siblings, son of King Zithern of the Slur Republic. His body is a black belt of steel.

Phoenix King Sizer (short for Synthasizer)

VA: Ogata Megumi
Meaning: obvious
Info: Sizer's another of the kings of the demons. She is in charge of her Phoenix troops, who have huge Jigs for air battle. She, as Hamel's sister, looks like she may be capable of magical music, as can be seen from one of the episodes where she plays on her Sythe, but it's a bit unclear.

King Syrinx

VA: unknown
Meaning: An ancient pipe instrument, also referred to as a mouth organ or Pan-pipes. The syrinx has existed since antiquity; its origin is, in Greek legend, ascribed to the god Pan.
Info: He's the King of Dal Segno, father of Trombone. Their country is a warrior country, there to serve and protect Sforzando. Alas...

Tambourine

VA: unknown
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the guardians who is protecting the city of Sforzando.

Trombone (Trom for short)

VA: Kojima Tomoko
Meaning: obvious
Info: Trombone is the prince of Dal Segno. He is a warrior at heart, yet he still lacks actual experience. He seems to gain this throughout the show, though.

Vocalist

VA: Matsuyama Takashi
Meaning: obvious
Info: He's one of the townspeople of Staccato village Hamel and Flute know. He's the husband of Adagio.

Zampano

VA: Yanada Kiyoyuki
Meaning: unknown
Info: He's part of the band of traveling performers. He's the strong man.

King Zithern (may be Zither, Cittern, or Sitar)

VA: Nishimura Tomomichi
Meaning: A Zithern is an instrument composed of a flat sound box with about 30 to 40 strings stretched over it and played horizontally with the fingertips or a plectrum.
Info: He's the king of Slur. As you can see from his body, he's kind of like a cyborg, just as his sons and daughters are. His wife, Alto, was killed by Sizer, where as everyone else was just very injured. He has his own agenda, even different from that of his sons and daughters.

Episode info:

Note:
I have only watched the entire series once unsubbed and watched episodes 1-4 subtitled many times, so my understanding of the story may be wrong. I'll try to list what I understand about each episode, but it is still very confusing to me... I'll update the episode information as I understand more about the show and as I get to watch more of it with translations :)


Okay...finished subbing it all and watching it all so will try to update this page soon. I'll also try to update this will all the corrections and meanings I have as far as names of things go.

Episode 1: "Requiem"
The first part of this episode takes place near the middle or so of the series showing a battle between the "good" warriors and the evil minions. Then we switch over to before this all has happened, but the beginning of the end. Queen Horn's powers have been getting weak and she is the only one who can stop the Hell King Bass from breaking the barrier and bringing the demonic creatures to this world... Or is she? We find out that there are many mysteries surrounding this show and especially Hamel. Why does he wake up one day to discover he has a horn on the top of his head? Who is this woman who he keeps having flashbacks of her telling him that he has two ways to choose from? This episode does not have an opening or an ending animation and song, but it fills that time with useful plot information and animation. It is the beginning of a great epic adventure.
Episode 2: "Destiny Of The Nutcracker, Marionette Version"
In this episode, Bass tries to attack Princess Flute with his skeleton warriors. However, the townspeople are there to defend her, and that they do...but at what cost? Hamel does not sit idle while this all is happening. Instead, he plays the Nutcracker to give the men "courage."
Episode 3: "Swan Lake"
In this episode, we meet a new main character, Raiel. Raiel is a pianist who is also able to play magical music, like Hamel can. He knows about Hamel's past somewhat, since they had actually grown up together. Hamel's mother had taught Raiel how to play the piano. What mysteries surround their past and why can they play this magical music. Hell King Bass has sent out a search for anyong playing magical music and has discovered Raiel. Can the two succeed in fending off another attack from Bass's minions?
Episode 4: "Memories Of Anthem"
We find out about some more of Bass's head minions in this episode. There seem to be three of them, Drum (the two-headed dragon), Guitar (the beast-man), and Sizer. (the phoenix-woman) Also, we meet another of the heroes, Trombone. He stumbles upon Flute when she is in a well...awkward situation :) He is still a little kid, but can he defend Flute from the minions attacking her? Find out!
Episode 5: "Dal Segno In Flames"
Episode 6: "In The Name Of The Five Warriors"
Episode 7: "Hamel The Successor"
Episode 8: "Pandora's Box"
Episode 9: "The Outbreak. The Sforzend War II"
Episode 10: "Between Men And Demons"
Episode 11: "The Mirror Of The Truth"
Episode 12: "At The End Of The Journey"
Episode 13: "Scars From Battles"
Episode 14: "A New Journey"
Episode 15: "The Town Of Farewell, Senza"
Episode 16: "Ruined Nation, Slur"
Episode 17: "As A Demon"
Episode 18: "The Last Show"
Episode 19: "Disordered Mind"
Episode 20: "The Curtain Is Raised For Revenge"
Episode 21: "Zigunerweisen"
Episode 22: "The Last Emperor"
Episode 23: "Unbreakable Ties"
Episode 24: "The Opened Box"
Episode 25: "The Neverending Road"

Merchandise available:

Manga volumes 1-28.
LD, first movement volumes 1-3.
LD, second movement volumes 1-3.
LD, movie.

page last updated 4-13-2001 3:35 PM EST