Angel Friends: More Hellfire than Halo

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  • čas přidán 4. 11. 2023
  • An interesting little show. Well a pretty bad show actually. I only called it bittersweet because thats the only interesting title I could come up with. I try to be nice and pretty forgiving in reviews cuz sometimes its just not that serious but this was rough. I hope I didn't destroy anyone's nostalgia and if I did well, boo hoo
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  • @mel1935
    @mel1935 Před 7 měsíci +3312

    I would sell a kidney for a reboot with proper writing and a more mature target audience

    • @frillydress
      @frillydress Před 6 měsíci +162

      no cuz same, and I never even watched this show as a kid

    • @emmyuwu5403
      @emmyuwu5403 Před 6 měsíci +132

      the concept sounds so interesting!!!

    • @phxsqhenes
      @phxsqhenes Před 6 měsíci

      @@emmyuwu5403frrr. I mainly watched Winx Club as a kid and had never seen this show before so I’m intrigued. This concept can GO FAR with some passion, effort, and better writing.

    • @madmouse1016
      @madmouse1016 Před 6 měsíci +50

      I never even knew this show existed, so I too would adore a reboot-

    • @smart.but.stupid
      @smart.but.stupid Před 6 měsíci +42

      I would sell a kidney for a comic adaptation.

  • @kiwikatzkey
    @kiwikatzkey Před 6 měsíci +1450

    cannot take this show seriously cuz the devil dude is voiced by SONIC HIMSELF

    • @lordpeeps1
      @lordpeeps1 Před 5 měsíci +220

      Which is so funny to me cus he looks like shadow and the angel looks like maria

    • @lovomileen529
      @lovomileen529 Před 5 měsíci +144

      It's not even just a "hmm wait a minute have I heard this guy before," it's literally just Sonic.

    • @ondiiina
      @ondiiina Před 5 měsíci +41

      Bro sounds and talks like Stanzi Potenza's anime parody sketches and it sends me 💀 How did anime approve of this, much less PAY for that performance?!

    • @Yvonne-Bella
      @Yvonne-Bella Před 5 měsíci +22

      Raf is voiced by Bloom from the 4Kidz dub

    • @waddleplush
      @waddleplush Před 5 měsíci +26

      I mean there is a Sonic X reference at like
      4:38

  • @teodorapetkovic
    @teodorapetkovic Před 7 měsíci +2185

    Angel Friends was dubbed into my native language and showed on TV with other classics like Winx Club and Code Lyoko, so the fact that the English dub is this bad baffles me. Had no idea there was a second season, though!

    • @thesloth3699
      @thesloth3699 Před 6 měsíci +27

      isto sestro😔✌️

    • @frillydress
      @frillydress Před 6 měsíci +24

      I hope someone makes a new dub for it

    • @ember9361
      @ember9361 Před 6 měsíci +63

      i had the same reaction when I learned of the mockery Ghost Stories get in anglophonic communities 😭😭
      i watched a proper dub as a kid and it really spoke to me because I loved folklore and urban legends

    • @RS-yk7xh
      @RS-yk7xh Před 6 měsíci +18

      It really looks like a winx club ripoff.

    • @nneykobar_hali
      @nneykobar_hali Před 5 měsíci

      To my native language too!(but winx got ... well a bit weird dub.
      It is known for ... i ll wright later)

  • @wa_akii6873
    @wa_akii6873 Před 6 měsíci +1805

    the idea is fun, the execution is horrible, its still iconic tho lmao

    • @remixchild
      @remixchild Před 6 měsíci +37

      This feels…forgettable

    • @snowbunnie1113
      @snowbunnie1113 Před 5 měsíci +37

      I know. I can see the appeal. It feels a bit like Good Omens but for kids. If only the writing and voice dubbing was better this could’ve been huge.

    • @salwammilizayoussoufali2170
      @salwammilizayoussoufali2170 Před 5 měsíci +16

      The concept has so much dramatic potential. To this day I'm mad the writers never did something decent with it

    • @elafila6883
      @elafila6883 Před 5 měsíci +6

      the back and forth of sulfus and ralph was so entertaining to 9 yr old me, i'm sure they can make it work now too

    • @NeyamStar
      @NeyamStar Před 24 dny

      Animation is nice and the designs too but

  • @stacy8888
    @stacy8888 Před 7 měsíci +679

    Yea Angel Friends kinda had a lot of major plot holes, lots of filler, some lack of story development and characters...but it was FIRE fr

    • @snowbunnie1113
      @snowbunnie1113 Před 5 měsíci +39

      The bones of a good idea are there, it just fell flat in its execution.

  • @EugenioScamardella
    @EugenioScamardella Před 7 měsíci +848

    I'm Italian (born in 2002) and I can clearly remember how popular (kind of) Angel Friends was back then. I was quite into this series both comic and cartoon-wise BUT I felt like there was some clear unbalance in them. The comic had a far better artstyle, the characters looked and acted like actual pre-teens, the terrestrials' storylines were more grounded to reality, there wasn't the concept of transformation into human (Raf does that only once to meet the boy she has a crush on, and the transformation only consists in getting rid of her invisibility and intangibility, hiding her halo and wings by making them look like a backbag). Angels and devils used chibi projections of themselves (through their sidekick animals, which had special devices to do that) in order to recreate the classical image of the tiny angel and devil protecting or tempting humans while floating on their shoulders. The ideas were fine, original enough to make it stand out among other Italian fantasy properties such as W.I.T.C.H. or Winx Club (more specifically, western magical girl shows). The whole concept behind the school and the division between angels and devils was interesting enough not to make it look like an Hogwarts ripoff. There were genuine stakes and dilemmas. The threat was rather unique. The story had an organic building and pacing.
    On the other hand, the comic struggled with its secondary characters (unlike Winx Club from season 1 to season 3, the golden era of Winx Club to put it in other words), who had barely any personality and you had the chance to get to know them better only by reading the page descriptions at the end of each publishing. The focus was almost entirely on Raf and Sulfus, and on any other character who was involved in their plot (such as Gabi).
    Plus, the worldbuilding and the way the school was conceived was very confusing. We only got to see our main characters, we had no clue about any other kid's consciousness (the comic shares this issue with the series, as you can tell).
    The comic had a lot of bad luck due to the whole Mondo TV series thing. They interrupted the release of the comic since they decided to wait for the animated series to be approved and release. Had they picked the Stranemani pilot, now we would have Angels Friends as it was conceived by its author, the story would have its conclusion, maybe a new saga, maybe some more deep diving into that world, maybe the series would have granted all this. But no... They picked the cheap and generic Mondo TV project, a quite ugly-to-look-at Winx Club ripoff (they gave Cabiria a new design that makes her look like Stormy with straightened hair). The characters look like generic expressionless fashion dolls (both terrestials and supernatural characters). The pacing was very awkward and clumsy, all those transformation sequences were just pointless padding that they kept showing and showing and showing AND SHOWING AND SHOWING EVERY SINGLE TIME. It was not like in Winx Club, where the transformations received some editing put into it in order to make those sequences flow quicker.
    I don't think Miki's original design was that racist or problematic. She looked quite cute! But I can also understand thosewho prefer to avoid any implication of yellowface. All those fat and food jokes about Gas though...
    The animation was awful. That's the standard of Mondo TV's cheap series animated in North Korea with flash animation (I might be wrong but I guess it's the same studio that worked on the huge disaster that was "ADRIAN La serie evento": Studio SEK). Stranemani's pilot animation looked rather great for an Italian animated series from the '2000s waiting to be produced.
    And then... Not only did the Mondo TV series built its own lore and its ideas (which had potential, if put in good hands), but it just left us with NOTHING. No conclusion, no continuiation of the story, no fulfilling of that cliffhanger at the end of season 2.
    Angels Friends died both as a comic and an animated series.
    What a shame.
    I don't know if this franchise is going to have its resurrection, but I still think this story taught us a lesson about NOT wasting a good concept.

    • @AmicaSecret
      @AmicaSecret Před 7 měsíci +60

      I'm italian too, I remember watching angel friends on tv when I was pretty little... I got no idea why we never got the second season in italian even if the serie was italian!

    • @smart.but.stupid
      @smart.but.stupid Před 6 měsíci +19

      I strongly disagree on secondary comic characters having no personalities whatsoever. The only one who isn't highlighted enough imo are Urie and maybe Gas, but that's pretty much it (the cast is huge, after all, and the comic isn't even finished).
      Everyone else has a special kind of quirk to their character, like for example, Mephisto is far from being one of the main characters, but we know he mispronounces the words, likes music, and we actually know how his character would've reacted to various situations.
      Also same thing goes for human characters, all of them are different and interesting enough to read about them. Even for such a small amount of time the comic had given tge viewer more than a TV series could imo.

    • @EugenioScamardella
      @EugenioScamardella Před 6 měsíci +12

      @imstupidbut2307 Yeah, I can quite remember Mephisto's ungrammatical lines, and I can remember how Ang Li was involved in all those sleepwalking shenanigans induced by that weird devil-oath that produces such effects on an angel.
      On the other hand I was more talking about the huge amount of details and information about side characters which were presented only in those description pages (for example, the fact that Ang Li is quite lazy, or Cabiria is into moviemaking).
      Speaking of the terrestrials, as I already said, the comic book was more subtle in treating its characters as actual preteens (both characterization and look-wise). This also applies to angels and devils.
      I do still have a problem with both the comics and the series though... HOW ON EARTH it looks like the only students in that school are our characters and no other terrestrial seems to have an angel or a devil guarding them? In the comic they try to put some other student in some of the backgrounds, ok, I can assume there's more than just one class but the worldbuilding of that school and how the education works is still quite clumsy. They did what they could, I shouldn't have expected Hogwarts. But while the comic at least tried to build something on that idea and leave the rest of the worldbuilding to your imagination, the series makes the school look like there are just our main characters and no other human (such as the Bully Boys or the Bad Girls) has an angel and a devil guarding/tempting them. And what about the adults? You can spot some random extras in the classroom's background, but no teacher ever addresses to them and they are more like living furniture.
      This franchise had such a great and interesting potential... I really wish we'll get a reboot which mixes the strongest elements from both comic book and series.
      P.S. Are you Italian?

    • @smart.but.stupid
      @smart.but.stupid Před 6 měsíci +9

      @@EugenioScamardella well that's fair, but on the other hand Cabiria's interest in movies and the fact she is also a geek was shown in the comics, she even forms a bond with Ang Li at some point. About Ang Li being a slacker - I dunno, I definitely see him as this type of character haha
      On the other hand, TV series did aBsOlUtElY nothing with establishment of side characters. Like, we see Kabale being into potion making in the comics - in the cartoon she mentions smth about her them but it never goes further. Comic had so much less time to work with, but it was so much better.
      I don't think the world-building of the original story is That clumsy. It was a cozy little story after all meant for kids but could've been enjoyed and understood by everyone. Yes, maybe on the level of first HP books, it needed no further explanation. I wish we could've just got the ending.
      TV series is just not my cup of tea so I never tried to go further into the lore. I felt it was pretentious and somewhat annoying so I never cared haha
      Ps: no, I'm in fact russian, but I'm friends with probably the first and loyalest Angel's Friends comic Italian fan. Also we have somewhat of a following of the franchise in the post-soviet countries community haha

    • @EugenioScamardella
      @EugenioScamardella Před 5 měsíci +8

      ​@@smart.but.stupid Really? That's interesting.
      The comic book has its small yet affectionate nostalgic fanbase, you are another confirmation to this knowledge. If I had to pay attention only on what should be fixed or changed in the comic and in the series, the latter would be the most in the need.
      Plus the series' artstyle and animation feels just so... cheap, uncanny and souless. There was some effort put in the outfits and in some character design, I grant the artists who worked on it, but if we have to talk about how the series looks in general and how it's animated, boy there's so much need of a bigger budget and a different artstyle. Those eyes, those off-model poses and expressions, those movements, the way they DANCE (Gosh you have to check the dancing scenes, it's like looking directly at the sun)... That was a huge downgrade.
      If you give a look at the promotional trailer of the original concept of the series (which was an adaptation of the comic) you can't help but feel the waste of potential and the void left by this scrapped idea.

  • @acsaudiodramas
    @acsaudiodramas Před 6 měsíci +515

    This looks a lot like puppet animation. It's cheaper than actually doing drawing by drawing. The comic looks so interesting! A lot like W.I.T.C.H. I missed so much media in the 2000's since I had grown up and had started working. I read the WITCH comics for a while, ignored the TV show since I found the designs too flat and disliked the minor plot changes. Though I heard it was a good show.

    • @Corgipon
      @Corgipon Před 6 měsíci +29

      It is puppet animation for sure.

    • @smart.but.stupid
      @smart.but.stupid Před 6 měsíci +5

      The comic version is what I'm here for.

    • @riotkitty
      @riotkitty Před 5 měsíci +7

      Oh the WITCH show is really good.

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@Corgiponestoy tan feluz de que exista esta serie y el comic pero no tan feliz de que se acabara es una tragedia almenos para mi

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci +1

      ​@@smart.but.stupiddeseo renacer siendo una shinigami osea ni angel ni demonio

  • @sweets_Cat88
    @sweets_Cat88 Před 7 měsíci +777

    11:05 - 11:07
    That’s pretty ballsy for this kid show to actually show a man slap a woman.
    Most kids show would censor out any violence of men hitting women

    • @EugenioScamardella
      @EugenioScamardella Před 5 měsíci +176

      Plus, they don't fall in any kind of double standard concerning male-to-female or female-to-male violence. Raf slapped Sulfus first (thus violating the V.E.T.O.) and Sulfus slapped her back, pushing her to embrace a new "devil" power. The scene is short but it criticizes them both: Raf for having been violent towards Sulfus, and Sulfus for responding with another act of violence.
      That was a quite brilliant moment. I wish this franchise gets a proper reboot that mixes the strongest elements and points from both the comic and the series. There's a great potential, but the series was unable to make it shine due to its various problems we all noticed.

    • @Nonelovesyou
      @Nonelovesyou Před 5 měsíci +26

      It’s more normalized than you think 😂

    • @cookiecat7759
      @cookiecat7759 Před 5 měsíci +7

      @@EugenioScamardellareal

    • @mintallylost222
      @mintallylost222 Před 5 měsíci +15

      ​@@Nonelovesyou It is, but people like to focus on double standards more than what's actually happening.

    • @happijak9240
      @happijak9240 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Have u ever seen Steven universe

  • @uphillmarrow
    @uphillmarrow Před 5 měsíci +275

    the art style of this show is SO cute. it's like an edgier winx. all the designs are really fun, overdesigned but in an appealing way. i didnt grow up with this show but im really glad this video exists so i can experience it vicariously :P

  • @atzidraws
    @atzidraws Před 6 měsíci +104

    I know for a fact 13 year old me would have had a MAJOR crush on Sulfus if i knew about this show

  • @ashotoftea
    @ashotoftea Před 4 měsíci +11

    THAT DANCE CONTEST SCENE LITERALLY TRAUMATIZED ME BEING SO CRINGE WHEN I FIRST SAW IT YOU'RE A MONSTER FOR USING IT THIS OFTEN😭😭😭😭

  • @user-io9rs9cd9i
    @user-io9rs9cd9i Před 6 měsíci +341

    This show really had so much potential but wasted it with stupid plot holes,bad story/character development and tbh by not focusing on Raf and Sulfus love story. Come on now we all watched the show for them cause they had an amazing chemistry,they are cute together,THE KISS SCENE WAS EPIC. I loved seeing Sulfus havıng a soft spot for Raf and Raf taking risks for Sulfus. Everybody loves a bad boy falling love with a good girl,enemies to lovers,forbidden love tropes. I had high expectations to see how their love story would develop but they just made it boring in season 2. Raf and Sulfus carried the show and they are one of my fav couples. Since they basically wasted all the potential, fanfics now have to give me what I want

  • @Bloomkyaaa
    @Bloomkyaaa Před 6 měsíci +274

    How did I never watch this semi-bootleg version of Winx, but instead of fairies we have... angels and devils?!

    • @MagicalStarChan
      @MagicalStarChan Před 6 měsíci +33

      also the voices are 100% some of the voices from the 4kids winx dub lol

    • @tropicaldisaster8135
      @tropicaldisaster8135 Před 5 měsíci +3

      This! This is the first time I'm hearing about it 😅

    • @alextheawkward8792
      @alextheawkward8792 Před 4 měsíci +5

      they're both are italian cartoons which came around in the same period, that's why the style is so similar

  • @usasanas
    @usasanas  Před 4 měsíci +21

    I cut this out of my original script because I didn't think too many people would care but yes, Sulfus is voiced by Jason Griffith. The past voice actor of Shadow.

  • @beastgirlsara
    @beastgirlsara Před 5 měsíci +66

    I definitely think this show would've worked a lot better if they just gave the moral questions the depth they deserved. Have the angels and devils actually get conflicted over what they should do that would qualify as good or bad.
    Hell, I think an episode where the angel and devil come to the same decision on what their human should do, but coming at it from their good/evil perspectives would be so much more interesting.
    For example, the kid with the absent dad. Having the devil pointing out that the dad is awful, so he deserves the misery of his kid pushing him away. And the angel not knowing what to do, because by the logic of their jobs it means the "good" path is to see his dad anyway. But at the same time knowing that it's not what would be good for the kid himself.

  • @anyawentworth2864
    @anyawentworth2864 Před 6 měsíci +55

    “fOr OnCe, We aGrEe” said for the 50th time in a row

  • @munchomonkey3003
    @munchomonkey3003 Před 7 měsíci +152

    You know I kind of wish. They went with the original version of angel's friends now that one had more personality.

  • @Bboychriz82
    @Bboychriz82 Před 5 měsíci +28

    I cant get it out of my head that Sulfus sounds like emo Sonic

  • @ernie39
    @ernie39 Před 5 měsíci +76

    omg these character designs rule, ive never heard of this show/story before now!! theres someone on Tumblr who posted an unofficial English translation of 14 volumes of the comic (though im not sure if that's the complete series or not) and i really like it so far; thank you for introducing me to this!!!

    • @thefieriestredhead8913
      @thefieriestredhead8913 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Where omg I’ve been looking for this for years, I speak Italian, but an English translation is just as fine too.

    • @ernie39
      @ernie39 Před 5 měsíci

      @@thefieriestredhead8913 the ones I read were posted by the Tumblr user everafterrebel! they have a directory as their pinned post

    • @What-rr5my
      @What-rr5my Před 5 měsíci +4

      Please give us the link to the comic I'm begging you 😫😫😫🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @chosoistryinghisbest
    @chosoistryinghisbest Před 6 měsíci +63

    its like the fashion, especially the devil designs, are so good, it's truly a shame the plot and writing just isn't up to par. well at least the dubbing is kinda off, which is to be expected from the 2000s lmao
    but if this got a reboot where they updated the animation, kept the fashion, updated the writing of the show, and make it a little morally grey issue about how both angels and devils aren't completely right, i think it has a good chance of getting huge. make this for an older audience and have the moral issue of these two beings a real plot point, a lot of people will like it
    i think a lot of these western cartoon magical girls in the 2000s had AMAZING fashion. the mini skirts, crop top, high socks are so in fashion rn. and in all these reboots, i wish so many of them didn't sacrifice the fashion. like the winx club reboot had be upset if you couldn't tell. the fashion was such a core part of winx club and they threw away the unique fashion in the netflix reboot to make a half baked show that no one wanted to watch.

  • @connorbeith3232
    @connorbeith3232 Před 6 měsíci +26

    It's kinda funny hearing the voices of the Sonic X 4Kids cast coming out of some of these characters lol

  • @rinina
    @rinina Před 6 měsíci +87

    I would love to hear you talk about pop pixie, the winx spinoff. I was super obssessed w it as a kid and i remember the pixie designs being super cute but the storylines being kinda meh

    • @bepybipebomb6938
      @bepybipebomb6938 Před 5 měsíci +2

      terezi !! (also id love that video too)

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@bepybipebomb6938desearia ser una sinigami que tiene la habilidad inusual de convertirse en humana y ser de carne y hueso para no levantar sospechas

    • @bepybipebomb6938
      @bepybipebomb6938 Před 4 měsíci

      so true spanish skinwalker@@mariaelsamarquez8733

  • @hellomanul
    @hellomanul Před 6 měsíci +50

    The show is not good, but its fun in how bad it is and how wacky it is, and I love how rafs hair moves, im sure I watched it back in 2020 for that alone.

  • @Kittyboi.
    @Kittyboi. Před 6 měsíci +107

    Honestly the show, especially with the angels, gives me major winx club vibes. The stand amanii version looks so much better not gonna lie, I wish that’s what we got cause the concept is genuinely pretty interesting.

    • @serenitysubs933
      @serenitysubs933 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Well it also helps that raf was voiced by the same va as Bloom in winx club 4kids

    • @_Starmuel_
      @_Starmuel_ Před 2 měsíci

      ​@@serenitysubs933and that one asian girls is voiced by Lisa Ortiz who voices Musa and Icy in the 4kids dub (Digit and Mitzy also)

  • @lulylulyanka2676
    @lulylulyanka2676 Před 5 měsíci +86

    I think the reason I really liked this show, is because to me it was a simple concept, simple design, the girl being blond blue eyed and good , guy being dark emo and bad. Them falling in love, devils and angels. Just simple and cute! The friend aspect to me wasn't even needed. The villain reina was pretty cool though I almost wish the show just focused on the good parts and dropped the friendship part but it was probably targeted to young girls. Too bad it has so much potential.
    BTW am I the only one that things its weird the Angels had such revealing outfits for being angels? They're not winx they could have much girlier cuter designs that are more covered up to portray the angelic modesty.

    • @tortillasconsal4441
      @tortillasconsal4441 Před 4 měsíci +13

      You're not alone on the angels' outfits thing, that's the first thing I noticed when I watched the video. It's specially weird with how the devils' outfits show way lesser skin in comparison
      The outfits are alright, but I'm more surprised that parents didn't threw a fit over Raf's outfit

    • @yunabroadway3033
      @yunabroadway3033 Před 4 měsíci +3

      Honestly I don’t care about their outfit, but I rewatched it very recently (comfort show). There was a line in one episode where the angels are criticizing the demon’s outfit. Like they were saying their clothes were revealing and they wore too many make up. I laughed out loud, the only difference between the Angel and Devil is the color palette.
      And I also hated the connotation behind this.
      But other than that, I really loved the romance between Sulfus and Raf. I swear, their relationship in the first season is better developed than a lot of today romances who want to the same « bad boy/good girl » or « ennemi to lover ».
      Like I loved how even though they were forced to fall in love, the show truly made us believe that they were real chemistry between them. I like to believe the spider intensifies their feelings for one and another, like they could have naturally developed feelings for each other but they would be less intense and they would probably not act on their feelings

    • @katgreer6113
      @katgreer6113 Před 4 měsíci +2

      No. I think that adds to the whole "ppl who cover up= good and people who show off= bad" narrative. I'm glad they switched it up for once. Angels can show some skin too, no problem.

  • @BinglesP
    @BinglesP Před 5 měsíci +72

    Never heard of this show before, so this review is all new info to me.
    What a textbook example of missed potential. I love the idea of there being a Magic School based on the whole "Angel and Devil on each shoulder" trope. The contrast between the wholesome old-fashioned Angels and the punky rebellious Devils is really appealing, and I can see the moral dilemma of chaos and order's balance bringing a lot more drama overall(and not just romantically).

  • @claudiafernandes1150
    @claudiafernandes1150 Před 6 měsíci +38

    this show was litterally my childhood XD I learnt english while watching season 2 on youtube since it was never dubbed in my language... plus i watched the movie in french (which is also not my language) so many times that i started to understand it

  • @sharzinlalebazri5673
    @sharzinlalebazri5673 Před 5 měsíci +17

    I love how I can immediately recognize Jason Griffith's voice.

  • @HemiLeo_
    @HemiLeo_ Před 5 měsíci +10

    "I'M SONIC THE KIDNAPPER" - Sulfus probably
    I grew up with the comic as a kid, so when I saw the show in reviews and retrospectives here on yt. I wasn't a fan of the "teen" designs for some of the characters- I loved the devils designs (regardless). Rip Jason Griffith being in most 4kids dubs tho - love that Sulfus was his dark sonic / werehog voice. 😭

  • @MILDMONSTER1234
    @MILDMONSTER1234 Před 5 měsíci +15

    This is easily the most early to mid 00s piece of media I’ve ever seen since maybe WITCH and like … The 00s Batman cartoon. Emos? Goths? anime inspired artstyle? Some edge and some Angst? Oh god it’s perfect

  • @darkredsmiley8196
    @darkredsmiley8196 Před 6 měsíci +23

    Want a Devil-Angel love story with a twist? I would recommend Your Wings and Mine (it's a webtoon and it's really cool, I specially like the comedy/drama mix and the world building)

    • @kavo1460
      @kavo1460 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I mean I live the webtoon, found it in the comedy section a year ago and it’s the funniest thing ever. But it’s nothing like the cartoons premise where there are guardian angles and demons that influence other humans 😅

    • @z3onix
      @z3onix Před 5 měsíci

      Omg I love that webtoon

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@z3onixdeseo renacer como la hija de raf y sulfus de un mundo paralelo donde el es un angel y ells una diabla la peor de todas

  • @scawydemon
    @scawydemon Před 7 měsíci +80

    I haven't seen this show, but the idea of it is fun. I'm glad you went over it!

  • @iva6865
    @iva6865 Před 5 měsíci +14

    Tbh its a very cool but very challenging idea for a show! Would love to get a reboot with more mature writing!

    • @Corgipon
      @Corgipon Před 5 měsíci

      I agree. Though it’s best for it to be PG-13; we definitely don’t want another Fate.

  • @AmicaSecret
    @AmicaSecret Před 7 měsíci +36

    I loved this serie when I was a kid... I still wait for the second season in italian (the serie was italian...)

    • @berserker3414
      @berserker3414 Před 6 měsíci +9

      Man, what's up with Italians and magical girls tho?

    • @AmicaSecret
      @AmicaSecret Před 6 měsíci +7

      @@berserker3414 idk, I Always was a big Magical girl/Fairy fan XD I Guess It looks odd cuz if u compare like, Japan Magical girls or american Magical girls with italian Magical girls, they are probably Much Less, but since they are Less, u notice that a bit more XD

  • @ritzi3692
    @ritzi3692 Před 6 měsíci +49

    I genuinely didn't remember this show, but i Can 100% say I watched it as a kid, im pretty sure it was pretty well known in Italy at that time, yet no one seems to recall it almost ever?? Tldr, i just had a major identity crisis, bcs i FEEL i watched it, i feel it in my bones, but i cannot recall it

    • @shark_bee
      @shark_bee Před 6 měsíci +4

      Same 😭 I’m sure I’ve seen the main characters and the animation style feels familiar but I don’t remember watching it

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@shark_beedeseo renacer en este anime como la hija de raf

  • @rinaantler4790
    @rinaantler4790 Před 5 měsíci +21

    I watched the italian version when I was a kid and I rewatched it on youtube as a teen. The italian dubbing was much better than the english one and that saved most of the plot since the emotions of the characters where expressed really well by the dubbers and that made it easier to forget about the plot holes. 16:57 This part in particular was an important moment for Raf, she was expressing her longing for Sulfus in a subtle way, it was still a filler episode where pretty much nothing happened, but in the italian version at least you get a feeling of what the protagonist is going through and the eanglish version just erased that completely.
    I agree with pretty much everything you said about the cartoon but you didn't mention the fact that there's also a movie in between season 1 and 2 where everybody goes to summer camp. In my opion it's the best part of Angel friends: Raf and Sulfus romance comes to its peak (probably one of the few times where they express their feelings more openly without reservation before their relationship gets strained again in season 2), we get to know what happened to the couple of angel and devil that fell in love before them and the plot point of becoming humans is introduced as a foreshadowing of the decision that Raf and Sulfus will make at the end of season 2.

  • @monoex
    @monoex Před 5 měsíci +17

    I had no idea this show existed til this video, but Sulfus sharing the same English voice actor (Jason Griffith) as Sonic & Shadow in Sonic X was absolutely killing me during this entire video loll. I just keep hearing Sonic.

  • @ChoomOfDoom
    @ChoomOfDoom Před 5 měsíci +8

    They got Sonic the Hendgehog as the main love interest

  • @Saratheartist
    @Saratheartist Před 6 měsíci +19

    I remember the animation and artstyle being better😭
    Me and my friends used to pretend we are them. My friend was the main one I was the pink one and the other friend was the blue one.

  • @ariannebrodeur
    @ariannebrodeur Před 5 měsíci +40

    I've never heard of this show and the concept is actually so fire.. it's crazy how many amazing concepts exist in the form of underdeveloped poorly written kids cartoons like this sounds genuinely interesting af and the romance looks really loveable. I genuinely wanna watch this even if it is only somewhat subpar lmao

  • @mourningmars
    @mourningmars Před 5 měsíci +14

    The dance kills me each time

  • @poohbear4515
    @poohbear4515 Před 6 měsíci +19

    I watched the first season before like years ago. Didn’t watch the movie, nor see much of the second season. However, I watched the first bit of it again recently, and just then realized that Sulfus is Jason Griffith, the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog, Professor Arkhan is Mike Pollock, the voice of Doctor Eggman, and Maliki is Dan Green, the voice of Knuckles the Echidna. And I’m a big fan of those three actors and the Sonic series! Probably the three and only three best out of the entire series

    • @Honeyr0ck
      @Honeyr0ck Před 5 měsíci +1

      Liza ortiz (amy's voice) also worked here, i can't remember as who though

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@Honeyr0ckdesearia ser una humana que ha reencarnado en esa serie y murio atropellada mientras salvo a un gato paso tan rapido que el camion no la vio debido a que tambien estabs borracho y drogado

    • @Honeyr0ck
      @Honeyr0ck Před 4 měsíci

      @@mariaelsamarquez8733 ok?

    • @ihatehumans487
      @ihatehumans487 Před 4 měsíci

      But Italian dub has Simone D'Andrea, which has the hottest voice in Italian dubs

    • @Honeyr0ck
      @Honeyr0ck Před 4 měsíci

      @@mariaelsamarquez8733 k?

  • @viktor504
    @viktor504 Před 5 měsíci +7

    The English voices bring back so many memories I remember every time I’d take a bath I’d watch this with a shitty phone protector

  • @klemontyme
    @klemontyme Před 5 měsíci +12

    the animation is uncanny to say the least

    • @ihatehumans487
      @ihatehumans487 Před 4 měsíci +2

      I know it sucks. I didn't like in my childhood either

  • @LadyL2121
    @LadyL2121 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I randomly found this show online and looked it up on CZcams back in 2016 or around that time. I feel in love with it and even rewatched a few times.

  • @Barakon
    @Barakon Před 5 měsíci +13

    The emo frog shirt is fucking hilarious! Why? It predicted bullfrog from Captain Laserhawk a blood dragon remix.

    • @screwy4076
      @screwy4076 Před 5 měsíci +4

      Help I love captain laserhawk bullfrog was the best character

  • @nothing7666
    @nothing7666 Před 5 měsíci +12

    I remember watching the greek dub of this as a kid and being down bad for so many characters 😭✋

  • @jewelvang8242
    @jewelvang8242 Před 5 měsíci +12

    Honestly I think it would have been cool if the battles were done internally as a struggle for the humans, the "cheats" being an internal conflict the human is having that starts leaning to one side or getting stronger

  • @OrderOTCB
    @OrderOTCB Před 5 měsíci +16

    Never watched the show but found it interesting, so I gave this a watch. It’s a very good video, first and foremost!
    However, I had never heard Sulfus’s voice before.
    The amount of psychic damage I underwent when I went “why does he sound like Sonic Unlesshed Sonic” and learned Jason Griffith voiced him? I will never recover.

  • @lunabi3586
    @lunabi3586 Před 5 měsíci +8

    I started laughing when you showed the scene with the angel girl slapping the devil guy and him retaliating with a slap back 😂

  • @simpanzee1006
    @simpanzee1006 Před 5 měsíci +10

    I love how both in the show and the comic they kept the devil teacher pretty much the same. perfection achieved

  • @freshcupofangst
    @freshcupofangst Před 5 měsíci +7

    7:28 I'm crying why does the boy in the picture look like light yagami

  • @lizabee
    @lizabee Před 6 měsíci +53

    This was a great video! I love the concept of the show and i think the designs are so pretty, I really wish it had been done justice 😞

  • @arthurluna6189
    @arthurluna6189 Před 5 měsíci +9

    As a Brazilian, I have to say I've never heard of this cartoon in my life.

  • @sapphirejynx
    @sapphirejynx Před 6 měsíci +76

    If I could put this show in one word....it would be...Soulless. From the Dead vacant doll eyes, Their LIMITED expressions, to the tone of their voices and writing. It's all so...empty and well...SOULLESS.

  • @CarliMartinez-nj1ye
    @CarliMartinez-nj1ye Před 5 měsíci +10

    Angel Friends always confuse me because the title promises a series about friendship but literally all the villians target Raf/Sulfus for their relationship

  • @emred4653
    @emred4653 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I remember this. This was so bizarre. As a kid i thought it was a winx club knock off

  • @khrystiekitten
    @khrystiekitten Před 6 měsíci +6

    until he went HUH at 20:44 i dead ass did not realize that's the sonic x sonic va and im losing my mind

  • @frenchhufflepuffie83
    @frenchhufflepuffie83 Před 5 měsíci +11

    I watched it in French, I don't remember if the dubbing was better than the English one seems to be. However I remember that Sweet's name wasn't translated in the French dub, she's just called Dolce

    • @manuproulx2764
      @manuproulx2764 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Actually, I think that Sweet was known as "Dolce" in the original dub (Italian).

    • @frenchhufflepuffie83
      @frenchhufflepuffie83 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@manuproulx2764 I'm pretty sure yeah

  • @dustbunny6381
    @dustbunny6381 Před 6 měsíci +11

    I have never heard of this show and I think if I watched it as a kid it would've rearranged my brain chemistry HARD

  • @anonboy7095
    @anonboy7095 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Angel friends was more something before hazbin hotel and helluva boss came

  • @digitalhuman5943
    @digitalhuman5943 Před 5 měsíci +15

    Dude, there was also the whole troubling storyline where Raf and Soulfist’s guardians wanna smash each of them respectively even though it seems like they’re just starting high school, and the guardians seem like they’re in college or possibly just graduated college and training for their careers in education. It had me doing so much math every time they popped up!

  • @monicacreator3168
    @monicacreator3168 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Sometimes I remember that dance battle scene.... that crap gave me PTSD

  • @thickgrater
    @thickgrater Před 6 měsíci +11

    Lmao, they really animated bro magical-girling out of a burger?

  • @freshcupofangst
    @freshcupofangst Před 5 měsíci +5

    2:04 what in the deviantart did I just witness 💀

  • @MDreamerIsBi
    @MDreamerIsBi Před 5 měsíci +5

    Dude Sulfur lookin' too much like Zuko lmao

  • @katiebowins8841
    @katiebowins8841 Před 5 měsíci +2

    This animation reminds me of old school Trollz and Sabrina cartoons

  • @generalmclovin7104
    @generalmclovin7104 Před 6 měsíci +6

    2:57 you know an easy way they could have made that work is by, taking a page from pro wrestling’s play book, and having a referee for the challenges. If the Ref doesn’t see it, it didn’t happen.

  • @remixchild
    @remixchild Před 6 měsíci +13

    Was made by the same people who thought having an animated titanic franchise was a good idea (sek studio/mondo italia)

    • @Corgipon
      @Corgipon Před 6 měsíci

      Not to mention the low budget cartoon of the toyline Puppy in My Pocket that I just happened to make a rewrite/AU out of just for kicks. It really baffles me on how MEG, a company based in America, got a studio with a not-so-great reputation to make a show for one of their toylines.

    • @remixchild
      @remixchild Před 4 měsíci

      @@Corgipon but hey for a plus, the toy company who co-okayed this (MEG) is dead

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@remixchilddeseo ser como najimi pero no tan ingenua aparte con una enfermedad terminal que la hace vomitar sangre

    • @fhrbhthht968
      @fhrbhthht968 Před 2 měsíci

      Also isn’t this the same company that dubbed a North Korean kids show, made two character brothers cause they thought it was too gay and cut out a scene with a rainbow for the exact same reason?

  • @_politefrog_8892
    @_politefrog_8892 Před 5 měsíci +5

    I would have loved to have these as dolls! Their character designs are super cool :)

  • @purplefox3356
    @purplefox3356 Před 6 měsíci +1

    I just started watching your videos and I love your editing style and your replies to these shows!

  • @CerealfoalLL
    @CerealfoalLL Před 5 měsíci +1

    You just triggered an old memory of watching a few episodes of this at my grandma's house then never thinking about it ever again

  • @visko6203
    @visko6203 Před 5 měsíci +9

    Not him attracting refrigerators in a mile radius I am dying.

  • @IvyAltdrachen
    @IvyAltdrachen Před 3 měsíci +2

    it's like the ancestor of hazbin hotel... just absolutely fumbling the angel and demon, heaven and hell theme

  • @edencreator5945
    @edencreator5945 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I love that you used the dance as a segue 😂

  • @flyingmintbunny1286
    @flyingmintbunny1286 Před 6 měsíci +3

    You literally unlocked a memory for me!

  • @lovomileen529
    @lovomileen529 Před 5 měsíci +5

    Played this video while multitasking and got mentally flashbanged by Jason Griffith, 10/10

  • @my-V-
    @my-V- Před 5 měsíci +4

    I can’t believe Sonic the Hedgehog turned into an emo devil boy

  • @Frankie-Ak
    @Frankie-Ak Před 6 měsíci +5

    I remember this show as "lesser Winx Club" so i never watched much of it.

  • @noctisinferi3333
    @noctisinferi3333 Před 5 měsíci +3

    i really enjoy some of these character designs, especially the devils

  • @mayanlogos92
    @mayanlogos92 Před 5 měsíci +3

    As a angel's friends lover i really needed this to wake me up...

  • @nneykobar_hali
    @nneykobar_hali Před 5 měsíci +2

    God i remember it so vividly now.
    2000 strike so weirdly now.

  • @certified_l0ser
    @certified_l0ser Před 6 měsíci +14

    this honestly seems like an interesting show I would def watch it

    • @litlustre
      @litlustre Před 5 měsíci

      Read the comic it was posted on tumblr it’s really good😊

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​@@litlustredeseo renacer siendo una medio ghoul que tiene el deseo de cumplir los deseos de uruka chan o uruka minami o eso es lo que hizo crer a todos por las personas que mataban las cuales eran las malas pero su verdadero deseo es volver a verla a ella ese es su secreto y la unica forma de vencerme esque yo lo confiese cosa que jamas pasara

    • @litlustre
      @litlustre Před 4 měsíci

      @@mariaelsamarquez8733 ⁉️

  • @xaidil8459
    @xaidil8459 Před 5 měsíci +2

    My cousin and I used to love this show as kids but I don't think the second season was ever dubbed to our language, and if it was it certainly was hard to find.
    I have fond memories of seasons one but I don't think I would rewatch any time as an adult in an effort to not break them.

  • @cjhedrick6418
    @cjhedrick6418 Před 6 měsíci +3

    1:25 In other words...
    Oh, we are The Buddy Bears, we always get along,
    Each day we do a little dance, and sing a little song,
    If you ever disagree, it means that you are wrong,
    Oh, we are the Buddy Bears, we always get along!

    • @remixchild
      @remixchild Před 6 měsíci

      Don’t do an encore

    • @mariaelsamarquez8733
      @mariaelsamarquez8733 Před 4 měsíci

      ​​@@remixchilddesearia ser como najime pero no tan ingenua pero sin con problemas de ira aun mas serios de los que ella tenia ya que yo me enojo por cualquier cosa y mu sed de sangre y venganza es mayor a la de cualquier persona asi como mi inteligencia y habilidad para manipular y convencer tentar incluso siendo humana

  • @Pastel_Dreams
    @Pastel_Dreams Před 5 měsíci +2

    1:18 Had to stop, relisten, then google search to realize that I wasn't crazy and that this was indeed Bloom's voice coming out of this girl's body 😅😮

  • @ichi_san
    @ichi_san Před 5 měsíci

    Thank you for reviving so many lost childhood shows. Now I see where my love of enemies to lovers came from LOL. A very good series

  • @dianamorales2608
    @dianamorales2608 Před 4 měsíci +2

    The comic had so much potential and personality... we were robbed.

  • @mr.knightthedetective7435
    @mr.knightthedetective7435 Před 5 měsíci +3

    The only thing I remember from this show is being thirsty for angel/demon taboo relationships and whoever the hell was the lady villain of the show

  • @aalvaroo
    @aalvaroo Před 5 měsíci +4

    I love the style and looks, that’s real y2k right there

  • @junaglacierz1929
    @junaglacierz1929 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I finally found it. That random series that I found as a kid that came on Sunday morning cartoons

  • @FrenkTheJoy
    @FrenkTheJoy Před 5 měsíci +3

    Let's all dream of a better world where shows like Angel's Friends and Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir have better animation, a BETTER PRODUCTION SCHEDULE, and are aimed at a slightly older audience so they can actually portray more mature storylines but not to the extent of like the Joker beating Robin to death with a crowbar levels of mature.

  • @MichellaneousMe
    @MichellaneousMe Před 4 měsíci +2

    11:58 he really busted out of a burger 💀

  • @romypotash7114
    @romypotash7114 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Angel frinds is a rare case of a show that can actually benefit from a remake.
    Takes some of the comic, some of the show, some new things.

  • @tutsebhatu6495
    @tutsebhatu6495 Před 5 měsíci +4

    I rlly like this analysis especially when you got deep into how theres no personality to angels friends 😭

  • @GlennCantBreatheREAL
    @GlennCantBreatheREAL Před 5 měsíci +4

    I watched this as a kid and loved it, Ngl this was my tans awakening because I really really wanted to be sullfix (idk how you spell it) but I was an emo kid who really wanted to be punk boy

  • @Love_Araney
    @Love_Araney Před 6 měsíci

    Omg thank you so much for your review!! No one talks about this show and honestly this was like my whole childhood

  • @M1naxxzz
    @M1naxxzz Před 5 měsíci +2

    1:19 MY CHILDHOOD CRUSH..

  • @mer9663
    @mer9663 Před 5 měsíci +2

    I was devastated when as a kid I realized that this show ended without a satisfying conclusion.

  • @Thecutestpookie
    @Thecutestpookie Před 5 měsíci +2

    I watched this when I was younger and I completely forgot about it until this video 😂