Angel's Friends

Four Angels (Raf, Uri, Sweet and Miki) and four Devils/Demons (Sulfus, Cabiria, Kabale and Gas) are sent to Earth, in an unused area of the Golden School, where they learn everything they need to become Guardian Angels and Guardian Devils. The Angels and Devils are required to form pairs as part of their education, each of which will have to deal with a human being, known as Earthly Ones, and help them choose between the right and wrong way in life without being discovered. Angels and Devils cannot operate at the same time, so they decide, clashing in the Challenge Room, who will work first. Moreover, they are subject to the V.E.T.O. (Vetoed from Exposing, Touching or Obstructing/Overhearing in the comic – Italian: Vietato Esporsi, Toccare, Ostacolare/Origliare).

• In the comic, the main characters are younger: in fact, while in the cartoon, they are the same age as Raf (15 "stars", as for the Angels, or "flashes", as for the Devils), in the comic, Raf is 12, Uri is 11 and Miki is 9; Sulfus is 13, Kabale and Gas are 10, Cabiria is 11.[8]
• Sweet (whose original Italian name is Dolce), Misha and Reina don't appear in the comic, while the Angel Ang-Lì, the Devil Mephisto, and Raoul, the Earthly one loved by Raf, aren't shown in the cartoon.
• In the comic, the hobbies of Angels and Devils are shown, while in the cartoon, they are not. For example, Raf is keen on ecological remedies, such as beauty masks and infusions, Miki is a music expert, Kabale loves chemistry, alchemy and numerology. Cabiria likes films, cartoons and comics and she's a director and an illustrator. Gabe is a genius of technology and uses a handheld.
• In the comic, Angels are part of a funk band, in which Raf is the vocalist, Gabe plays the keyboard, Miki the bass, Uri the drums and Ang-Lì the sax. The Devils have their own rock band: Sulfus plays the bass, Kabale the electric guitar, Cabiria the drums, Gas the keyboard and Mephisto is the vocalist.
• In the comic, Miki is repeating the school year because she tried to heal her Earthly one, breaking the V.E.T.O. Sulfus behaves like a seducer, which doesn't happen in the cartoon.
• The character design of the cartoon is far different than that of the comic.
• In the comic, Arkhan and Temptel don't teach "positive Earthly life" and "negative Earthly life", but "positive Earthly infancy" and "negative Earthly infancy", as the characters are younger.

Angie Town

Angels' city, it's a peaceful home located in the Paradise. It's ruled by the High Spheres (Italian: Alte Sfere), whose messengers are the seraphims.

Sulfur City (Italian: Zolfanello City)

Devils' city, it's a chaotic place, located in Hell. It's ruled by the Low Spheres (Italian: Basse Sfere), whose messengers are the malebolge. Also called "Match City".

Earthly city

It's the city where the Earthly ones live. Its name is unknown, but it looks like European metropolis.

Golden School

It's the school where the Earthly ones study, an old building located in the Earthly city. In an unused area, Angels and Devils attend their classes. In the middle, there is the Central Ala, where classrooms are located; in the same hallway, there's the Challenge Room (Italian: Aula Sfida), where Angels and Devils clashes. In the tower there are the Dreaming Rooms (Italian: Sognatori), Angels' dormitories, while underground there are the Incubators (Italian: Incubatori), Devils' dormitories.

Heaven

Hell

Mistery House

Reina and Maliki's house after leaving the Limbo. Previously, it was Raf's family's house.

Limbo

It's the place where Reina was imprisoned since her exile, a place outside the control of both the High and Low Spheres. Only a sacrilege between an Angel and a Devil is powerful enough to break the wall of the prison. Maliki also lives here with his mistress, but he's allowed to go to the real world.

Path of Metamorphosis

A legendary path, rich in trials and obstacles, which, if passed, would allow Angels or Devils to become human. Tyco and Sai decided to try it, but after reaching the end, they didn't manage to transform and were obliged to separate. In it, the Sigh of Deception (or Wind of Metamorphosis) blows: it's a powerful wind that inhibits reasons and pulls humans, Angels and Devils to act impulsively. The Path of Metamorphosis appears for the first time in the movie Between Dream and Reality. At the end of the second season, Raf and Sulfus made the decision to walk the path together.

Sunny College

It's the place where the Angels and Devils went to take summer classes together. They were taught about Earthly Acting.

Princess Theater

While the Angels and Devils were taking summer courses the Earthly Ones were assigned to perform a play at a nearby abandoned theater. The theater was closed down because Tyco didn't want to see plays that reminded him of his feelings for Sai.

The cartoon is produced by R.T.I., Mondo TV and Play Entertainment, directed by Orlando Corradi and written by Francesco Arlanch and Francesco Balletta. However, the first one who realized the cartoon (26 episodes lasting 20 minutes each) was the Italian company Stranemani,[9][10] but during the comic festival in Cannes, the version by Mondo TV was chosen, despite the Stranemani version using the same character designs from the comic.

A television movie based on the animated series and settled between the first and the second season aired, in Italy, on 23 April 2011. The movie focuses on the Angels attending the Summer School at the Sunny College in Alpinville, where Raf hopes she will not meet Sulfus. The Devils show up at the school and Raf tells Sulfus she has fallen in love with someone else. Meanwhile, the Earthly ones receive the task of refurbishing the Theatre of Princes (Italian: Teatro dei Principi) and organising a play, Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare. However, they are attacked by a mysterious hooded man who wants them to leave the theatre. The Angels and the Devils decide to investigate and find out the truth about Tyco and Sai's fate. At last, Raf and Sulfus conclude that they'll decide what to do about their future together once returned to the Golden School for the new term.

On 2 November 2010, a CD dedicated to Angel's Friends was released.[15] The album, produced by Mediaset record company, contains the full Italian opening theme performed by Cristina D'Avena and several songs named after the characters of the series, 11 songs totally.[16] The tracks are in English, but the opening theme.

1. Angel's Friends – Cristina D'Avena
2. Cabiria – Kate Kelly
3. Kabalè – Gabriella Vainiglia
4. Malachia – Silvio Pozzoli
5. Gas – Antonio Divincenzo
6. Miki – Maria Concetta Montesano
7. Raf – Gisella Cozzo
8. Sulfus – Mark Evans
9. Reina – Jacobs Sewit Villa
10. Dolce – Fabiana Vitellio
11. Uriè – Barbara Comi

Angel's Friends was distributed all over the world,[17] in countries like Spain, Portugal, Latin America,[18] Belgium, Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ex-Yugoslavia.[19] As of April 2010, the license has been sold in 37 countries.[4]

In Italy, the first season got an average share of 8.2%, sometimes reaching 11%.[4]

• (in Italian) Official website
• Angel's Friends Archived 1 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine on Mondo TV website
• Angel's Friends at IMDb