Popolocrois

Characters

First series

Pietro PakaPuka

Voiced by: Ai Orikasa

The son of the King of Popolocrois, King Paulo, and Sania, one of the daughters of the Ryu clan (which are dragons). He has blond hair, and unlike the game, he wears the clothes that he had in the first two PlayStation games, at the beginning of Popolocrois Monogatari II and in the beginning of the PSP game (with no cape and no crown). It seems like Pietro is still 10 years old rather than 12 because of his childish personality, but he cares deeply about the kingdom.

Narcia

Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori

She is able to fly without a broom and has a crush on Pietro, and she has less childish personality than Pietro in the beginning. Narcia is able to turn into Kai with her Golden Key, but even though they are the same person, they have split personality. Narcia turns into Kai when she is deeply shy or when she is too scared in some situation, but most of the time she prefers to be just herself.

Kai

Voiced by: Yuri Shiratori

Kai is a human-kind that Narcia can transform into, thanks to the help of the Golden Key. Kai shows up in the beginning of the first episode as "Tobikera", which is the stripped dragon form that it's shown from Kai's attack in the game "Dino". She has a complete personality change, it's very weird because she also refers herself as Narcia, so she speaks about all the things that Narcia knows in a different way.

Shirokishi

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara

Shirokishi literally translates to ¨White Knight¨. Shirokishi is first shown as he is traveling to find the King Knight Sword. Shirokishi speaks in an old-samurai dialect and shows great respect toward Pietro and Narcia. He is extremely skilled in swordsmanship despite his appearance, and also he's very kind and likes to help others (which was the main reason to help everyone he finds in trouble).

Second series

Pinon PakaPuka

Voiced by: Omi Minami

He has short vanilla white hair, wears a white shirt, pants, vest, with the PakaPuka Emblem, also carries around King Paulo's sword (later, he carries the dragon sword). He is the son of Pietro and Narcia and the new prince of Popolocrois, he is very passive in the beginning of the series and just want to read books and study in the castle rather than practice swordplay, go to school, and make friends. He is often compared to his father, Pietro, because everyone expects him to be as great as Pietro was when he was young, but Pinon hates the fact everyone is expecting too much from him. Later, Pinon becomes courageous and starts to stand up for himself, but gets a little discouraged in tough situations, but he is now a man with a strong heart and wants to be a king who can create a world without sadness. Pinon uses the power of the Wind Seirei to use a tornado attack (or an attack that resembles the "Wind Cutter"/"Kaze no Yaiba" tech) with his sword. At first he is not mastering it well, but he is able to use it consistently during the fight with Zephys. He actually falls for Luna at the first sight, and he accepts her identity as a water sprite. He is always the one who comfort her when she got very sad.

Luna (Lunattress Andolink)

Voiced by: Tomoe Hanba

She has a long aqua blue hair, wears a white dress along with a white bandana, and the Golden Key as her necklace. She was first shown when Pinon tried to save Papuu when it was stuck on a little island just off shore, Luna saved Pinon when he almost drowned. Luna seems to know about Pinon but Pinon has no idea why. Later on in the series, Luna reveals her true form when Pinon was once again drowning in the sea, a Mermaid-like Water Sprite. According to Pion (and Marco), when she is in her true form, she is very bright and beautiful. Luna is supposed to be the Princess of the Ocean Sprites but got into a fight with her mother, running away to the Popolocrois beach. Such caused Seilene, her mother to be possessed by Zephys. She is also very kind to others, even to the water sprites who serve her, and she loves them even if they were turned into dark sprites by Zephys. The fact that dark sprites can never turned back to once they were and her mother need to sacrifice herself to seal Zephys that saddens her very much, even after the incident, but she is OK now because Pinon always comfort her when she wanted to cry. She actually loves Pinon, knowing him since very small, and the prime reason she wants to be on land, and she sometimes get jealous when Punpun flirts with Pinon (which Pinon often reluctant to do so). In the last episode, she became the heir after her mother died, and she held hands with Pinon in the ending like Pinon's parents did.

Music

First series

The soundtrack of the first series was composed by Kow Otani, who has composed the soundtracks of many other well known anime series and video games.

Opening theme: Natsu Kikyuu (夏気球; lit. 'Summer Balloon') by Rie Otsuka (大塚 利恵)

Ending themes:

1. Kaze no Mahou (風の魔法; lit. 'Magic of the Wind') by Fumi Oto (大藤 史) (Eps: 1-24)

2. Kaze no Mahou (風の魔法; lit. 'Magic of the Wind') by Eri Miyajima (宮島 依里) (Ep: 25)

Insert songs:

1. "シークレット・カーニバル"/"Secret Carnival" by Kitamura Takako (北村岳子) (Ep: 4)

2. "The 男のロマン"/"The Otoko no Roman" ("Man's Romance") by Furuta Arata (古田新太) (Eps: 7, 8, 11, 16)

3. "わたしぼっち"/"Watashi-bocchi" ("By Myself") by Miyajima Eri (宮島依里) (Ep: 8)

4. "君がいてくれる"/"Kimi ga Ite Kureru" ("You'll Be There for Me") by Orikasa Ai (折笠愛) (Ep: 11)

5. "空を見上げて"/"Sora wo Miagete" ("Look Up to the Sky") by Dounowaki Kyoko (堂ノ脇恭子) (Ep: 15)

Second series

Opening themes:

1. "トロイメライ"/"Toroimerai" ("Träumerei") by Rurutia (ルルティア) (Eps: 1-13)

2. "ともだちの歌"/"Tomodachi no Uta" ("Song of Friends") by CORE OF SOUL (Eps: 14-26)

Ending themes:

1. "月千一夜"/"Tsuki Sen'ichi-ya" ("1001 Nights in the Moon") by Rurutia (ルルティア) (Eps: 1-13)

2. "桜見丘"/"Sakuramioka" ("Hill for Watching Cherry Blossoms") by Local Bus (Eps: 14-26)