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The Cosmopolitan Prayers (超変身コス∞プレイヤー, Chō
Henshin Kosu∞Pureiyaa
?, translates to Super Transformation
Cosmopolitan Prayers) is an eight episode anime that aired in early 2004. It
is closely related to the anime Love Love? and Hit wo
Nerae (Smash Hit).
Plot
17 year old high school student Koto Hoshino wants nothing more
than to be as courageous as her favourite game character Misuzu. On
a school excursion, she visits the Izumo temple, where a ceremony
for Misuzu is being held, and is attracted to the temple's tower
top when she finds a strange watch. When she gets to the top, she
performs a strange ritual, but does not seem to realise. Suddenly,
a portal of evil appears! Luckily, she is saved by a boy named
Kurusu, who tries to overcome the mirror, but is sucked inside. A
girl named Scarlet arrives, but he tells her to protect Koto. The
next moment the holy ground shakes tremendously, and Koto is
knocked out. When she regains her consciousness, everything has
changed. Koto finds herself in what seems to be a parallel world,
where Earth does not have a single soul except her and the
Cosmopolitan Prayers, priestesses who combat evil. The daughter of
the Sun Goddess Amaterasu appears, and explains that Koto
was tricked into performing the sealing ritual and imprisoning her
mother Amaterasu, who is being held prisoner by the forces of evil.
Now, as part of the 'cosprayers', Koto must fight the evil forces
that sealed the Earth. The Cosmopolitan Prayers, a team of seven
beautiful girls, pure in heart and body and skilled in spiritual
seals, must use their skills to purify the dark towers. But can
they overcome heartache and betrayal to become the White Goddess of
Light? And can Koto overcome herself to save her new friends and
the world?
Each episode in CosPrayers runs for twelve minutes and
has a color in its title. The continuity of many episodes is
sporadic which may be due to editing of the original material to
fit into the twelve minutes.
Characters
Koto Hoshino/Miko Rayer:
- Koto always wanted to be a hero, but the fact that she is easily scared
prevents anything of the sort from happening. She loves cosplaying. When she finds a strange
bracelet at the Izumo temple, she gets the chance to be a hero for
real. She is guilt-stricken when she learns that she has sealed
away Amaterasu (even though she was tricked). At first, she cannot
transform like the others, no matter how hard she tries, leading to
severe punishment from Scarlett. When she sees In-chan and You-chan
severely hurt, she becomes so angry she transforms and destroys a
monster by herself. She is the only one who does not believe Kurusu
about the towers, and regrets it when she destroys the final one.
She is the group leader. At the end, she realises that all the
girls must sing in order to defeat the Woman of the Night.
- Her colour is red and she uses a sword to battle. Her theme is
based on Japanese culture.
Scarlett Church/Sister Rayer:
- Scarlett does not seem to be the nicest member of the team.
When Koto asks if she is a cosplayer as well, she hits her. She is
cold and distant, and trains Koto in a very harsh way, even going
as far as to drive a car at her in order to get her to transform.
Even when Koto does transform, she is not impressed, stating that
it is incomplete. She tells Koto to call her "Mistress", but upon
seeing Koto battle, decides to let her call her "Onee-Sama". She
has romantic feelings for Kurusu, or Crus-sama as the group call
him, but knows she cannot love him until the mission is over. Her
name is a play on Charlotte Church.
- Her colour is blue and she uses a three-bladed staff to battle.
Her theme is based on European culture.
Iko Sue/Dian Rayer:
- She is the most intelligent member of the group. She has a hand
puppet.
- Her colour is green and she uses either a bow and arrows or a
whip made of green light to battle. She has a Native American
theme.
Remuria Sharia/Rabian Rayer:
- Her nickname is Remi. She is afraid of growing up, and wants to
remain a child forever.
- Her colour is purple and she uses a laser bazooka to battle.
She has an Arabic theme
Priscillaria Shamaran/Sari Rayer:
- She appears to be rather calm, as when she is attacked by a
monster she puts up a shield and finishes breakfast before
fighting, even remarking about its "rudeness". She has a pet dog
named Inosuke. She loves curry.
- Her colour is yellow and she uses a veil as either a weapon or
a shield to battle. She is of Indian heritage.
In-chan and You-chan:
- Twin sisters and the youngest members of the team.
- Their colours are purple and orange and they use scrolls to
battle, although they only battle once. They sport Chinese
design.
Priest Kurusu:
- He is the head of the CosPrayers. In the first episode, he is
pulled into a portal of evil after saving Koto. He reappears in the
fifth episode, having been turned into the evil Black Knight. He is
not happy when he learns that the girls have been destroying the
Black Towers, and claims not only that Amaterasu doesn't exist, but
by destroying the Black Towers, which he created, they are breaking
the seal imprisoning the evil Woman of the Night. In the seventh
episode, he and Himiko sacrifice themselves.
Takitsu:
- She appears in the first episode claiming to be the daughter of
Amaterasu the Sun Goddess. She claims that her mother has been
imprisoned, and the girls can only free her by destroying the Black
Towers. This is a lie. When the last tower is destroyed, she
reveals that she is the Woman of the Night. Her true form is a
black swirling vortex. She is destroyed when all the girls sing as
one.
The Dark Mikos:
- A group of four girls who possess dark magic, and the ability
to turn into a huge monster. They appear to be lesbians.
The White Goddess:
- A powerful mecha summoned when the girls remove the Limiter on
their bracelets when they transform. They are connected to her by
cables.
Himiko:
- The Miko Reiya before Koto. She tried to seal Takitsu, but
failed. She is the one who lead Koto to the top of the temple. She
and Kurusu sacrifice themselves in order to defeat the Woman of the
Night.
Hit wo Nerae!, or Smash Hit! in English, has
the lead character Mizuki Ikuta as a producer of Houchiku
Corporation's anime CosPrayers. Mizuki is a drama otaku and is often teased for this
and for her size, being called Oko-chama which means little girl.
She longed to produce a detective series and did not want to work
on CosPrayers. Her only producing experience is with
R-rated films and she has difficulty with her staff as the
storyboard and the script do not match. Mizuki consults the writer
of CosPrayers, Naoto Ooizumi, who is the main character of another
sequel, Love Love?.
Naoto is the protagonist of the third installment of the
trilogy, Love Love?. The first male main character of the
series, he is a quiet high school student that suddenly finds
himself involved with five girls in typical harem anime fashion.
This anime also has many scenes of nudity and sexual
references.
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