A group of sad and determined white hair children has journeyed far and wide in search of a girl. They preserve on in their search despite feeling tired and weary. Who are they looking for? Even they do not know. The girl they seek may be an adult or child, a commoner or a Lady or perhaps even a princess. History shows that these children had made numerous appearances across different centuries and are being hot in pursue by a white haired boy. Where did they come from, what do hope for and why are they being pursued? Answers to these questions slowly unfold.
Separately, on a small island called "Papin Island" lived a boy named Thomas, together with his family. One day, he meets a girl named Helga, who has ran away from the orphanage, and instantly feels an attraction to her. What fate entwines them together? Over at another place, a government research facility called the GED group is conducting a secret experiment involving a slab of material of unknown origin. What is this group up to and what is the conspiracy involved? The mystery surrounding the white hair children and GED group is what an investigator, who is looking for a missing child, plans to find out.
Journey with us through time and space into this science fiction adventure and experience the feelings of love, jealousy, longing, hope etc. This 26-episode anime goes through a gradual slow process of building up the climax as you ponder over the mystery of various events for 13 episodes. Flashback recollections occur throughout the show and Episode 14 shows a summarized recollection of all the previous episodes. From Episode 15 onwards, the story unfolds and that is where the action and excitement starts with the climax reaching its peak in Episode 17.
The story in Fantastic Children undergoes a sad mood and closes with the best possible happy ending, given that in the present situation, things cannot go back to the way they were where everyone lives happily ever after in a fairytale kind of story. The ending shows events 10 years later. For the DVD version, there is an alternate ending showing events immediately after. Watching the alternate ending makes the story more complete although the official ending is better.
Fantastic Children is an excellent show for viewers who love good character development portrayed in a story, which is filled with mystery and science fiction adventure. However, viewers who are solely seeking action may want to give this anime a miss or watch the show patiently until the middle of the series as the main action only starts in the second half of the series.
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