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Darling in the Franxx
Key visual
ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス
(Dārin In Za Furankisu)
GenreScience fiction, mecha[1]
Anime television series
Directed byAtsushi Nishigori
Produced by
  • Yōsuke Toba
  • Mikio Uetsuki
  • Eiichi Kamagata
Written by
  • Atsushi Nishigori
  • Naotaka Hayashi
  • Masahiko Ōtsuka
  • Rino Yamazaki
Music byAsami Tachibana
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, ABC, Mētele, HOME, BSS, BBC, AT-X[2]
Original run January 13, 2018 – present
Episodes24
Manga
Written byKentaro Yabuki
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 14, 2018 – present
Volumes1
Manga
Written byMato
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 14, 2018 – present

Darling in the Franxx (Japanese: ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス, Hepburn: Dārin In Za Furankisu) is a 2018 Japanese science fiction anime television series co-produced by Trigger and A-1 Pictures that premiered on January 13, 2018.[3][4] The series was announced at Trigger's Anime Expo 2017 panel in July 2017.[5] A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki and another caricature began serialization on January 14, 2018.[6] The anime began international distribution on Saturday, January 13, 2018 on the Crunchyroll streaming service, with a dubbed release on partner service Funimation starting February 1.[7][8]

Synopsis

The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where humanity has been driven to endangerment by giant beasts known as klaxosaurs (叫竜, kyoryū). According to the size of individuals, "Conrad"[a], "Moholovicic"[b] and "Gutenberg"[c] are used to distinguish. The remainder of humanity soon establishes a military city known as Plantation, where children are bred to be partnered in boy-girl pairs called Parasites and pilot giant mecha known as Franxx[d] (フランクス, Furankusu). One of these children, Hiro, is initially viewed as a prodigy, but after failing one of his tests, his resulting emotional stress leaves him unable to pilot a Franxx, making him lose any desire he had in life. While skipping out on his class's graduation ceremony, Hiro encounters Zero Two, an infamous Franxx pilot who is a member of a race of humans with klaxosaur blood, leaving her with red horns on her head. After Zero Two's partner is killed in a klaxosaur attack, she convinces Hiro to become her new partner, or "darling" as she puts it.

Characters

Main characters

The main characters of the series are part of the current Squad 13. This squad is considered as special one, notably seen from their uniquely designed Franxx. The squad also the only one who refer each other by nicknames rather than their code numbers (with the exception of Zero Two, who prefers her current name). These nicknames are based on how their code number are read in various Japanese ways.

Pilots of the Franxx Strelizia (ストレリチア, Sutorerichia)
The Franxx piloted by Hiro and Zero Two. It is equipped with a giant spear called "Queen Pike" to battle with klaxosaurs.
Code:016 (コード:016, Kōdo:016) / Hiro (ヒロ)
Voiced by: Yūto Uemura, Ami Koshimizu (childhood) (Japanese); Matt Shipman, Mikaela Krantz (childhood) (English)[9][10]
Once called a prodigy, but is now a dropout pilot cadet after he "lost his ability" to deal with the Franxx. He searches for his place among the "Mysteltainn." He is currently the only one who received no physical damage after riding the Strelizia, despite having some memory loss. Hiro used to be the leader among his friends and the one who gave them nicknames.
Code:002 (コード:002, Kōdo:002) / Zero Two (ゼロツー, Zero Tsū)
Voiced by: Haruka Tomatsu (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)[9][10]
A very beautiful and mysterious girl with two red horns who carries the blood of klaxosaurs. An elite pilot belonging to the APE special forces unit with a "teammate killer" alias.
Pilots of the Franxx Delphinium (デルフィニウム, Derufiniumu)
The Franxx piloted by Goro and Ichigo. As the Franxx for the squad leader, it is armed with two sword type weapons named "Envy Shop."
Code:056 (コード:056, Kōdo:056) / Goro (ゴロー, Gorō)
Voiced by: Yūichirō Umehara (Japanese); Austin Tindle (English)[9][10]
Hiro and Ichigo's best friend since childhood.
Code:015 (コード:015, Kōdo:015) / Ichigo (イチゴ)
Voiced by: Kana Ichinose (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English)[9][10]
Hiro and Goro’s best friend since childhood, the squad leader of her class. She has a repressed crush on Hiro, maintaining a stoic disposition around everyone.
Pilots of the Franxx Argentea (アルジェンティア, Arujentia)
The Franxx piloted by Zorome and Miku. As a Franxx that specializes in close combat and speed, it is loaded with a fist claw type weapon called "Night Claw."
Code:666 (コード:666, Kōdo:666) / Zorome (ゾロメ)
Voiced by: Mutsumi Tamura (Japanese); Ryan Reynolds (English)[9][10]
A loud, obnoxious, and lecherous Parasite. He admires the adults and the place where they live and aspires to become an adult someday.
Code:390 (コード:390, Kōdo:390) / Miku (ミク)
Voiced by: Nanami Yamashita (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)[9][10]
A childish Parasite who often clashes with Zorome.
Pilots of the Franxx Genista (ジェニスタ, Jenisuta)
A heavy weaponry Franxx orignally piloted by Futoshi and Kokoro, until Futoshi and Mitsuru switch partners. It is covered with heavy armor and is loaded with a fist bayonet type artillery named "Rook Sparrow," which can cause great damage at close distances.
Code:326 (コード:326, Kōdo:326) / Mitsuru (ミツル)
Voiced by: Aoi Ichikawa (Japanese); Bryson Baugus (English)[9][10]
A quiet but overpowering Parasite. Mitsuru originally admired Hiro, and underwent a very risky procedure to become able to pilot a Franxx, but becomes isolated when Hiro claims he forgot the promise they made, leading him to shun everybody arround him, until Kokoro gets close to him, and witnessing his suffering, decides to become his partner.
Code:556 (コード:556, Kōdo:556) / Kokoro (ココロ)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese); Jeannie Tirado (English)[9][10]
A meek yet kind Parasite.
Pilots of the Franxx Chlorophytum (クロロフィッツ, Kurorofittsu)
A support type Franxx for long distance attacks, originally piloted by Mitsuru and Ikuno, until Futoshi and Mitsuru switch partners. Its arms are equipped with the heat sink called "Wing Span," which allows the mecha to fly for a long time.
Code:214 (コード:214, Kōdo:214) / Futoshi (フトシ)
Voiced by: Hiroki Gotō (Japanese); Blake Shepard (English)[9][10]
A plump Parasite who eats constantly and was infatuated with Kokoro. He ends up devastated when Kokoro decides to become Mitsuru's partner instead.
Code:196 (コード:196, Kōdo:196) / Ikuno (イクノ)
Voiced by: Shizuka Ishigami (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)[9][10]
A calm, insightful Parasite. It is implied that she has feelings for Ichigo, as evidenced by her attempting a pistil to pistil Franxx connection along with other subtle cues from earlier episodes.

APE related

Nana (ナナ)
Voiced by: Marina Inoue (Japanese); Michelle Rojas (English)[11][10]
APE combat headquarters' parasite manager. She is in charge of parasites in Mistilteinn.
Hachi (ハチ)
Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)[11][10]
APE combat headquarters' defense operation commander. He sent out combat strategy and command to parasites in the fight aganist klaxosaurs approached Plantation 13.
Dr. Franxx (フランクス博士, Furankusu Hakase)
Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)[11][10]
The scientist who developed Franxx. He is very concerned about the klaxosaurs.
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Voiced by: Tessho Genda, Nobuo Tobita (chairman), Mitsuo Yokoi (vice president) (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat (chairman) (English)[12][10]
Seven supreme commanders of the human dominion organ, APE, administrators of parasites and the leadership of Franxx. They wear white clothes and masks, led by an individual called "Papa" (パパ).

NINES

9'α (ナインアルファ, Nain Arufa)
Voiced by: Sōma Saitō (Japanese); Justin Briner (English)[12][10]

Other characters

Code:703 (コード:703, Kōdo:703) / Naomi (ナオミ)
Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English)[12][10]
Hiro's former partner who was hospitalized after a klaxosaur attack.
Code:081 (コード:081, Kōdo:081)
Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino (Japanese); Jeff Johnson (English)[12][10]
Zero two's former partner who is killed in a klaxosaur attack.
Code:090 (コード:090, Kōdo:090)
Voiced by: Makoto Furukawa (Japanese); Josh Grelle (English)[12][10]
The squad leader of Plantation 26. He lost his former partner two years ago because of Zero Two's arbitrariness.

Media

Anime

The logo of Darling in the Franxx.

The 24-episode anime series is directed by Atsushi Nishigori, with Nishigori and Naotaka Hayashi handling series composition, Masayoshi Tanaka designing the characters, Shigeto Koyama acting as mechanical designer, Hiroyuki Imaishi serving as action animation director and Asami Tachibana composing the music.[13][9] The opening theme song, titled "Kiss of Death", is sung by Mika Nakashima and produced by Hyde,[4] while the several ending themes titled "Torikago" (トリカゴ) (ep 1-6), "Manatsu no Setsuna" (真夏のセツナ) (ep 7), and "Beautiful World" (ep 8-) are performed by XX:me (read as "Kiss Me"), a unit consists of the series' main female casts—Zero Two, Ichigo, Miku, Kokoro, and Ikuno.[14] Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series, while Funimation have licensed the series and will stream it with an English dub.[15]

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Manga

A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki and another caricature by Mato started their serialization on the Shōnen Jump+ website on January 14, 2018.[6]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 2, 2018[16]978-4-08-881454-4
2 May 2, 2018[17]978-4-08-881493-3

Notes

  1. ^ Miniature klaxosaurs are called "Conrad" level, orginally from Conrad discontinuity named after the Austria-Hungarian seismologist Victor Conrad.
  2. ^ Midsize klaxosaurs are called "Moholovicic" level, orginally from Mohorovičić discontinuity named after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić.
  3. ^ Giant klaxosaurs are called "Gutenberg" level, orginally from Core–mantle boundary named after the German seismologist Beno Gutenberg.
  4. ^ It has a nickname of "Steel maiden".
  5. ^ All English episode titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

  1. ^ "The Winter 2018 Anime Preview Guide DARLING in the FRANXX". Anime News Network. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on February 5, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; January 31, 2018 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "On Air". Darling in the Franxx Official Website (in Japanese). December 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "DARLING in the FRANXX Anime Video Reveals Story Teaser, January Premiere". Anime News Network. October 18, 2017. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 18, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b "DARLING in the FRANXX Anime Reveals January 13 Premiere, Opening Theme Song". Anime News Network. December 13, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Studio Trigger Announces 3 New Anime Titles (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on July 3, 2017. Retrieved July 3, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ a b "To Love-Ru's Kentaro Yabuki's New Manga is DARLING in the FRANXX". Anime News Network. December 16, 2018. Archived from the original on December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "Funimation Announces Start of DARLING in the FRANXX SimulDub". Twitter. Retrieved February 4, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Winter 2018 Simulcast License Acquisitions". Crunchyroll. January 8, 2018. Archived from the original on January 31, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "DARLING in the FRANXX Anime's Promo Video, TV Ads Streamed". Anime News Network. November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on November 9, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "DARLING in the FRANXX". Funimation. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
  11. ^ a b c "DARLING in the FRANXX Anime's 2nd Promo Reveals More Cast". Anime News Network. December 26, 2017. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ a b c d e "Character" (in Japanese). February 25, 2018. Archived from the original on February 25, 2018. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; December 26, 2017 suggested (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ "Studio Trigger, A-1 Pictures' DARLING in the FRANKXX Anime Reveals Video, Visual, Staff". Anime News Network. July 5, 2017. Archived from the original on July 8, 2017. Retrieved August 9, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Music". Darling in the Franxx Official Website (in Japanese). Retrieved 12 March 2018. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  15. ^ "Crunchyroll, Funimation Announce 7 Anime for Winter 2018 Simulcast Season". Anime News Network. December 14, 2017. Archived from the original on December 14, 2017. Retrieved December 14, 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス　　1 [Darling in the Franxx 1]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved February 10, 2018.
  17. ^ ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス　　2 [Darling in the Franxx 2]. Shueisha (in Japanese). Retrieved March 20, 2018.

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