Fireball

ファイアボール

2008–2020 1 min 4 Seasons 39 Episodes

★ 6.6 / 10 7 ratings

AnimationComedySci-Fi & Fantasy

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Synopsis

Fireball is a series of CGI anime shorts created by Jinni's Animation Studios in conjunction with Disney. The designer is Hitoshi Fukuchi. It is animated entirely in 3D with no cel-shading of any sort, as would be typical for the medium. The show takes place in the distant future of the 49th millennium, and revolves around the happenings inside a giant manor inhabited by two robots; the gynoid duchess Drossel von Flügel and her massive cyclopian arachnoid servant, Gedächtnis. The episodes are usually nonsensical in nature, normally showing the two characters making idle conversation in the midst of a war with humanity. A third character, a monkey-robot named "Schadenfreude", joins them later.

About

Fireball premiered on April 7, 2008. and was created by Wataru Arakawa. It falls under the Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy genres. The series has aired across 4 seasons and 39 episodes. with each episode running approximately 1 minutes. It airs on TOKYO MX, Dlife, Disney Channel. and concluded its run on December 10, 2020.

Why viewers enjoy Fireball

Fireball targets fans of Animation anime, especially viewers who appreciate stories that blend Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy elements. This combination of Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi & Fantasy sets the show's pacing and tone, and explains why it resonates with that specific audience over more general animated programming.

Production

Fireball was animated by TMS Jinni's, The Walt Disney Company (Japan), under the creative direction of Wataru Arakawa, and broadcast on TOKYO MX, Dlife, Disney Channel.

Critical reception

Fireball holds a rating of 6.6 out of 10 based on 7 user reviews on TMDB, a solid score that signals a stable, dedicated viewership.

Voice cast

Miyuki Kawasho
Toru Okawa
Hiroshi Kamiya
Fumihiko Tachiki
Kenso Kato
Hochu Otsuka
Hideyuki Tanaka
Kinryu Arimoto
Daisuke Gori
Hiroshi Isobe

Production credits

Created by: Wataru Arakawa
Direction: Wataru Arakawa

Release dates

Premiered

April 7, 2008

Last aired

December 10, 2020

Seasons & episodes

Season1

Fireball

April 7, 2008·13episodes

Drossel, an heiress from a long aristocratic line of the House of Flügel, resides in a castle called the Tower of Tempest. She lives there with her large robotic butler Gedächtnis, who has been serving the family for generations. He reveres Drossel’s late father and diligently serves as her caretaker. Drossel also cares for Gedächtnis with whom she has grown up. They pass the time with supposedly intellectually stimulating conversations, only to be interrupted by unexpected, wacky events at times.

Season2

Fireball Charming

April 4, 2011·13episodes

Drossel confesses she has had a “dream” about a human. When she insists that the first step toward achieving peace with him is to find common ground through words, Gedächtnis lectures her about the characteristically human phenomenon of “evolving language.”

Season3

Fireball Humorous

October 6, 2017·3episodes

On an ordinary planet in the distant future. Humans have long been at war with the mechanical aristocrats called "Hyperion." This is the story of Drossel, a Hyperion and the daughter of the Duke von Flügel, and her butler Gedächtnis in the Tower of Tempest, isolated from the outside world. Their daily tasks revolve around managing problems that occur in their high-rising castle-tower while awaiting the day the stars realign themselves.