# Literally all of the anime - Let's play Astro Boy: Omega Factor! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Twilight LPZone\ **Tags:** anime, actionadventure, video, informative\ **Created:** [April 4, 2017, 2:47am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/literally-all-of-the-anime-lets-play-astro-boy-omega-factor/1863 "2017-04-04T02:47:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 28
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Star #11: Fumoon ![](http://i.imgur.com/Gsto65D.png) Through the ages: [Next World manga](http://i.imgur.com/BMGVgsR.jpg), [Fumoon movie](http://i.imgur.com/FSsW3A9.png) See her in action: [Fumoon movie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Ee75N0DSU&t=31m40s) * * * ## You can read “Next World” [HERE](http://mangapark.me/manga/kitarubeki-sekai), credit to kickthekitty for scans and midhras for editing. Tezuka character list bio: Number 35 ![](http://i.imgur.com/dTUilVJ.gif) [b] - New type of human created on Batei Island. They are researching the Universe. Fumoon is actually the name of her race, and her real name is “Rococo.” She first appears in “The Next World” in 1951. The new design was based on the 1980’s anime episode, “Fumoon.” Sho Sakaguchi, student of Osamu Tezuka, acted in and developed that episode. It was rare for Tezuka to trust someone to have such a big role in his animations. Sakaguchi was also involved with the animes “Bunder Book” and “Phoenix 2772.” Sakaguchi was the concept artist for “Marine Express” as well. The title for “The Next World” came from H.G. Wells’ movie “Things to Come.” (“Noah” was apparently the initial title that Osamu Tezuka planned to use.) Titles of his early works were heavily influenced by Western movies. Some movie titles Tezuka was fond of are “Metropolis” and “Lost World”. Ironically, the futuristic world of “Metropolis” was supposedly Wells’ inspiration for “Things to Come.”[/b] Sometimes, less is more, and the above bio namedrops a stunning amount of different works that really would not translate well to commentary, so I’ve shortened it in the video. However, while the bio might not be bitesized, its subject certainly is – Fumoon, hereafter referred to as Rococo, is a tiny little thing [capable of being lifted by a single Wally hand](http://i.imgur.com/eXviXTl.png). She, and her race the Fumoon, debuted in (and are more-or-less exclusive to) a series known as “The Next World"; in it, they’re a race of nuclear mutants, created by extensive atomic testing on a remote (and, previously, extremely beautiful) [island known as Batei, a Japanese word meaning horseshoe](http://i.imgur.com/8634lUI.jpg). As intelligent as any human, they’ve made it their goal to protect the earth from any threat, external or internal, and as it so happens that includes mankind, who’ve been rather careless in their treatment of their planet as of late. However, we’re not their biggest concern – that’d be the giant death gas cloud that’s been radiating out from a decade-old supernova, one that’s been making its way steadily towards earth and extinguishing everything in its wake. The Fumoon people take it is their cue to get the hell out of Dodge, [altering and cramming as many animals as possible](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Ee75N0DSU&t=35m40s) onto their space gondola, in the hopes that they can find a new home and start anew – a small hitch in their plan arises, however, when a scientist surveying the island discovers a high-ranking Fumoon and takes it home in hopes of presenting it at a nuclear conference and bringing experimentation to a halt. ![](http://i.imgur.com/BkfVaUU.jpg) Fumoon’s story is chock-full of social commentary, featuring expies of the US and Russia and the damage their pigheadedness causes the world, and while the symbolism and metaphors to serious issues can get a little heavy-handed at times, it’s still worth a watch/read – [especially when the tension escalates a bit](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Ee75N0DSU&t=59m19s). As a race the Fumoon are highly inteligent, devoting much of their time to the scientific and scholarly arts, and while they’re generally a peaceful people, they DO have a certain superiority complex when it comes to dealing with others, which manifests itself in rather sarcastic dialogue, and a sassy Rococo. In terms of their species appearance, though, Rococo is hardly indicative of Fumoon as a whole. Whereas she’s as graceful and elegant as you’d expect an anime’s heroine to be, her compatriots are…[somewhat less so](http://i.imgur.com/Pt0tpXW.png), possessing stouter bodies and less vibrant coloring. However, they DO all share one particular trait – the antennae on their head. Said appendage is capable of doing all sorts of interesting things, like performing acts of telekinesis (complete with glowing eyes) or communing directly with the minds of other lifeforms, a necessary trait given their distinct lack of mouths. Their antennae even helpfully light up when speaking, so you know who’s who. ![](http://i.imgur.com/EJRkPEg.png) The Fumoon use their free time to pursue various hobbies, including the studying of the cosmos; this particular pastime is both what alerts them to Earth’s coming crisis, and, presumably, why Rococo is aware of some “Goddess of Justice” leaving the Universe. That particular line honestly never makes complete sense in the game for a multitude of reasons, but again, don’t worry about it too much; the game likes to allude to things in the dialogue of extra characters, and in the case of Rococo here I can’t imagine most people find her in their first playthrough. I sure as heck didn’t, but wanted to show off this bit of foreshadowing and make the trek through Tokugawa plant more visually appealing so you GET HER NOW. --- _[View the full topic](https://www.lp.zone/t/literally-all-of-the-anime-lets-play-astro-boy-omega-factor/1863)._