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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)
GenreMecha, romantic drama, science fiction[1][2]
Anime television series
Directed byAtsushi Nishigori
Toshifumi Akai (Assistant)
Produced by
  • Yōsuke Toba
  • Mikio Uetsuki
  • Eiichi Kamagata
Written by
  • Atsushi Nishigori
  • Naotaka Hayashi
Music byAsami Tachibana
Studio
Licensed by
Original networkTokyo MX, GYT, GTV, BS11, ABC, Mētele, HOME, BSS, BBC, AT-X[5]
English network
Original run January 13, 2018 – July 7, 2018
Episodes24 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written byCode:000
Illustrated byKentaro Yabuki
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 14, 2018 – present
Volumes3 (List of volumes)
Manga
Written byMato
Published byShueisha
MagazineShōnen Jump+
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 14, 2018 – July 11, 2018

Darling in the Franxx (Japanese: ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス, Hepburn: Dārin In Za Furankisu), abbreviated as DarliFra (ダリフラ, DariFura),[6] is a 2018 Japanese science fiction romance anime television series produced by CloverWorks and animated by Trigger that premiered on January 13, 2018.[7][8] The series was announced at Trigger's Anime Expo 2017 panel in July 2017.[9] A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki and another four-panel comic strip manga began serialization on January 14, 2018.[10]

The anime began international distribution simultaneously upon its release, with the streaming service Crunchyroll internationally simulcasting the series, with Aniplus Asia simulcasting the series to Southeast Asia. Service partner Funimation began the dubbed release of the series on February 1.[11][12]

Synopsis

See also: List of Darling in the Franxx characters

Plot

In a post-apocalyptic future, humanity is under constant threat from giant creatures known as klaxosaurs (叫竜, kyoryū), which are sub-divided into at least four categories based on their size: "Conrad",[b] "Mohorovičić",[c] "Gutenberg"[d] and "(Super) Lehmann".[e] Pushed to the brink of annihilation, the mysterious organization known as APE has led the remnants of humanity to abandon the Earth's surface for the relative safety of mobile fortress-cities known as Plantations. To defend the Plantations, children called Parasites are raised to pilot giant mecha known as Franxx[f] (フランキス, Furankisu) in boy-girl pairs. Hiro is a former pilot-candidate prodigy who can no longer synchronize with his partner and they both fail to complete the training program. While skipping his class's graduation ceremony, Hiro encounters Zero Two, an infamous Franxx pilot with klaxosaur blood and red horns. After Zero Two's partner dies during a klaxosaur attack, Hiro volunteers to become her new partner, or "darling".

Setting

Darling in the Franxx takes place in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic future where the remnants of human civilization have abandoned the surface for the safety of the Plantations. Adults and children exist in contrasting environments from each other. Adults live in technologically-advanced cities within Plantations and are immortal, but procreation and relationships among them have become obsolete. Artificially-created children, termed "parasites", are educated only for piloting Franxx in boy-girl pairs to defend the adults and Plantations. Parasites are kept in isolation from adult society in environments nicknamed "birdcages", which emulate that of a bygone era, so that they can develop the emotional responses required to pilot a Franxx.

In the early 21st century, the progress of human civilization was accelerated by ground-breaking discoveries in mining technology, allowing extraction of magma energy for a new low-cost, all-encompassing energy source. Scientists contributing to the breakthrough formed "APE", an organization that would gain a large influence on world politics and the global economy as a result of their discoveries. After discovering human immortality, much of mankind opted to become immortal despite the side effect of losing their reproductive functions. Led by APE after the sudden emergence of Klaxosaurs, the remnants of human civilization abandoned the surface for the safety of the Plantations. The Franxx units were later created to combat the Klaxosaur threat.

Media

Anime

See also: List of Darling in the Franxx episodes

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.[14][15] The opening theme song, titled "Kiss of Death", is sung by Mika Nakashima and produced by Hyde,[8] 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), "Beautiful World" (ep 8-12, 14), "Hitori" (ひとり) (ep 13) and "Escape" (ep 16-20) are performed by XX:me (read as "Kiss Me"), a unit consisting of the series' main female casts—Zero Two, Ichigo, Miku, Kokoro, and Ikuno.[16] Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series, while Funimation has licensed the series and is streaming it with an English dub.[17] Aniplus Asia is simulcasting the series in South East Asia.[18]

Manga

A manga adaptation by Kentaro Yabuki and another four-panel comic strip manga by Mato started their serialization on the Shōnen Jump+ website on January 14, 2018.[10] The four-panel manga ended on July 11, 2018.[19]

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 February 2, 2018[20]978-4-08-881454-4
2 May 2, 2018[21]978-4-08-881493-3
3 October 4, 2018[22]978-4-08-881620-3

Soundtrack

Darling in the Franxx Original Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by
Asami Tachibana
ReleasedApril 25, 2018 (2018-04-25) (volume 1)
July 25, 2018 (2018-07-25) (volume 2)
August 29, 2018 (2018-08-29) (volume 3)
GenreSoundtrack
Length51:38 (volume 1)
48:34 (volume 2)
1:06:40 (volume 3)
2:46:52 (total)
LabelAniplex
ProducerAsami Tachibana
See also: Kiss of Death (song)

The series' soundtrack is composed by Asami Tachibana and published by Aniplex. The first disc containing 21 tracks is enclosed with the first home video release volume of the anime which was released on April 25, 2018.[23] The second disc also containing 21 tracks is enclosed with the fourth home video release volume which was released on July 25, 2018.[24] The third disc containing 22 tracks is enclosed with the fifth home video release volume which was released on August 29, 2018.[25]

All music is composed by Asami Tachibana

Darling in the Franxx Original Soundtrack Volume 1[23]
No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
1."cÅGE"cAnON.Anna Pingina4:56
2."Vanquish"Benjamin, mpiMonique Dehaney2:40
3."Odds and ends"  2:23
4."o-DOR"  1:48
5."Dino-S"  2:01
6."BEAST"  2:46
7."Counterattack"  3:03
8."Operation"  3:04
9."Reversal"  2:47
10."In the FRANXX"  2:09
11."Trente"  1:51
12."Distopia"  1:52
13."Godliness"  2:20
14."Aile"  2:24
15."Clarity"  2:29
16."Nuance"  1:50
17."Miel"  1:30
18."Dropping"  2:08
19."CODE:002"  2:36
20."VICTORIA"  3:06
21."Torikago (BGM-Rearrange)" (composed by Katsuhiko Sugiyama, arranged by Kohta Yamamoto)  1:55
Total length:51:38
Darling in the Franxx Original Soundtrack Volume 2[24]
No.TitleLyricsPerformer(s)Length
1."FUSE"Benjamin, mpiClaudia Vazquez3:01
2."Battle Cry"Dj L-SpadeDj L-Spade3:30
3."Your smile"  2:17
4."Abandoned Places"  1:41
5."The Seven Sages"  1:43
6."Klaxosaur"  2:23
7."Gutenberg"  2:23
8."Shady History"  2:37
9."ADuLt"  1:35
10."One's Word"  1:52
11."Vita"  1:53
12."CHiLDRen"  1:31
13."CODE:015"  2:52
14."Lilac"  1:52
15."Red Hibiscus"  2:28
16."The Sands"  2:09
17."Boys×Girls"  1:44
18."VICTORIA -piano ver.-"  3:10
19."Lilac -guitar ver.-"  1:51
20."Mistilteinn"  2:30
21."D#regards"cAnON.Anna Pingina4:12
Total length:48:34
Darling in the Franxx Original Soundtrack Volume 3[25]
No.TitleLength
1."CODE:016"2:29
2."RoCco"1:59
3."Lotus"1:59
4."CODE:001"2:26
5."CoiL"3:16
6."DESPAIR"2:25
7."InVaDeR"2:44
8."GLADIOLUS"3:52
9."JUSTICE"2:20
10."Requiem"2:55
11."Cherry blossoms"2:23
12."HIRO and ZERO TWO"3:41
13."cÅGE -piano ver.-"1:57
14."JUSTICE -Epiano ver.-"2:28
15."Pray for.."5:49
16."cÅGE -SPS ver.-"2:43
17."FUSE -instrumental-"3:01
18."Battle Cry -instrumental-"3:30
19."Vanquish -instrumental-"2:40
20."D#regards -instrumental-"4:12
21."cÅGE -instrumental-"4:55
22."Torikago (BGM-Rearrange) -guitar ver.-" (composed by Katsuhiko Sugiyama, arranged by Kohta Yamamoto)2:56
Total length:1:06:40

Reception

Darling in the Franxx was well received by critics, but with harsh reaction to its ending. Eric Van Allen of Kotaku described the series as having "moments of brilliance that will stick with me as much as its hasty, rough conclusion", and was "truly fascinating to follow", despite the ending.[26] A Piece of Anime appreciated the series as an "excellent, if flawed, coming of age mecha story with a lot of heart behind it", but described the concluding portion as a "thematically incoherent mess". [27] Kyle Rogacion of Goomba Stomp called the series "an endearing character-driven coming-of-age story", but criticized it for having by the end "eschewed everything that made it great and settled for the easy way out”.[28] However, Random Curiosity voiced a more positive opinion to its ending, stating the series will be "well-remembered for seasons to come" and "kept us all fixated and eagerly anticipating every episode set to air".[29]

The series was nominated for Anime of the Year for Anime Trending Awards 2019.[30] In addition, the series was awarded Best Sci-Fi or Mecha, and Best Action or Adventure from Anime Trending's Winter 2018 Anime Awards. Zero Two placed first in Favorite Female Character.[31]

Notes

  1. ^ A-1 Pictures' subsidiary Kōenji Studio rebranded to CloverWorks during production.[3][4]
  2. ^ Miniature klaxosaurs (few meters large) are called "Conrad" level, originally from Conrad discontinuity named after the Austria-Hungarian seismologist Victor Conrad.[13]
  3. ^ Midsize klaxosaurs (dozens of meters large) are called "Mohorovičić" level, originally from Mohorovičić discontinuity named after the Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić.[13]
  4. ^ Giant klaxosaurs (hundreds of meters large) are called "Gutenberg" level, originally from Core–mantle boundary named after the German seismologist Beno Gutenberg.[13]
  5. ^ The largest klaxosaur class as of episode 15, spanning kilometers, originally from Lehmann discontinuity named after Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann.[13]
  6. ^ It has a nickname of "Steel maiden".[13]

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