Terror in Resonance
Terror in Resonance | |
残響のテロル (Zankyō no Teroru) | |
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Genre | Detective, Mystery, Thriller |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Shinichirō Watanabe |
Produced by | Koji Yamamoto Makoto Kimura Takamitsu Inoue |
Music by | Yoko Kanno |
Studio | MAPPA |
Licensed by | |
Original network | FNS (Fuji TV (Noitamina)) |
English network | |
Original run | July 10, 2014 – September 25, 2014 |
Episodes | 11 |
Terror in Resonance (残響のテロル, Zankyō no Teroru, lit. "Terror of the Echo"), also known as Terror in Tokyo, is a Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA. The anime was directed by Shinichirō Watanabe, with character designs by Kazuto Nakazawa and music by Yoko Kanno. The anime began airing on Fuji TV's Noitamina block on July 10, 2014 and its final episode aired on September 25, 2014. In total, it was made up of 11 episodes.[1] Funimation acquired North American streaming rights and released an English dub on DVD on January 19, 2016. Anime Limited and Madman Entertainment acquired streaming rights for the UK and Australia, respectively.[2] Funimation premiered the series at Anime Expo on July 5, 2014.[2]
Synopsis
In an alternate iteration of the present, Tokyo has been hit by a terrorist attack that has devastated the city. The only evidence of the culprits is a cryptic video uploaded to the Internet, which sparks paranoia across Japan. Unbeknownst to the authorities is that the terrorist masterminds—who call themselves "Sphinx" (スピンクス, Supinkusu)—are two teenaged boys who go by the names Nine and Twelve. Though they apparently should not exist, they have nonetheless decided to "wake up the world" with their heinous plans of destruction, with their fingers on the trigger.[3]
Characters
Main characters
- Nine (ナイン, Nain)
- Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English)[3]
- A secretive young man with a bright mind and calm demeanor, who moves to Tokyo and attends high school alongside Twelve under the name Arata Kokonoe (九重 新, Kokonoe Arata).[4] He is one of the masterminds behind Sphinx.
- Twelve (ツエルブ, Tsuerubu)
- Voiced by: Sōma Saitō (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English)[3]
- A childish but mysterious young man who is always seen with Nine, also operates Sphinx with him. He is skilled at operating vehicles like motorbikes and snowmobiles. His civilian identity is Tōji Hisami (久見 冬二, Hisami Tōji).[5]
- Lisa Mishima (三島 リサ, Mishima Risa)
- Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese); Jād Saxton (English)[3]
- A girl in the same school that Nine and Twelve transfer into. Her problematic life both at home and school leads her into their world, and changes her fate forever.
- Kenjirō Shibazaki (柴崎 健次郎, Shibazaki Kenjirō)
- Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English)[3]
- A member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who used to be an ace of the police force's investigations division, but now works for its records division instead. His contemporary is in charge of looking into the terrorist attack in Tokyo.
- Five (ハイヴ, Haivu)
- Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English)[3]
- An American FBI government operative who travels to Japan as part of her duties with NEST to lend support to the terrorist attack investigations. A master hacker, she also has a connection to Nine and Twelve. Possessing a sadistic nature, she is willing to endanger, even deliberately kill, innocent people to get close to Nine and Twelve.
Supporting characters
- Kurahashi (倉橋)
- Voiced by: Hideaki Tezuka (Japanese); Sean Hennigan (English)
- The chief of police, who heads the investigation into Nine and Twelve's bombings.
- Hamura (羽村)
- Voiced by: Keisuke Aigasa (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)
- A passionate, young police officer who collaborates with Shibazaki.
- Okano (岡野)
- Voiced by: Kunpei Sakamoto (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)
- Kinoshita (木下)
- Voiced by: Yūsuke Kuwahata (Japanese); Anthony Bowling (English)
- Mukasa (六笠)
- Voiced by: Mitsuaki Kanuka (Japanese); Jeremy Inman (English)
- Shibazaki's co-worker from the records division who helps him solve Sphinx's riddles in the most unlikely of times.
- Shimada (島田)
- Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
- The head of Shibazaki's team and later the chief.
- Hamada (浜田)
- Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato (Japanese); Kenny Green (English)
- A scientist working to identify the bombing techniques used by Sphinx.
- Kato (加藤, Katō)
- Voiced by: Kei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)
- Fukuda (福田)
- Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)
- Clarence
- Voiced by: Daisuke Takahashi (Japanese); David Wald (English)
- Five's partner and a FBI agent.
- Lisa's mother (リサの母親, Risa no Hahaoya)
- Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)
- Lisa's unnamed mother, who due to her husband leaving is extremely protective of Lisa to the point of abuse.
- Haruka (はるか)
- Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English)
- Shibazaki's daughter who is studying particles.
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- Voiced by: Shuichiro Moriyama (Japanese); Grant James (English)
- The creator of the Athena Project and the supreme antagonist of the series.
Episode list
No. | Title | Original air date |
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Soundtrack
Untitled | |
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The series' soundtrack is composed by Yoko Kanno. The opening theme song is "Trigger", composed by Kanno and performed by Galileo Galilei vocalist Yuuki Ozaki. The ending theme song is "Dare ka, Umi o." (誰か、海を。, "Somebody, the Ocean."), composed by Kanno and performed by Aimer.[3] "Terror in Resonance Original Soundtrack 2 -crystalized-" was released on October 22, 2014.[6] Artwork design by Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir.
Director Shinichirō Watanabe stated in interview with Otaku USA Magazine that the music of Icelandic band Sigur Rós was the inspiration for the show and its soundtrack.
When I was listening to Sigur Rós, I got the visual image of two boys standing in the ruins of a destroyed city and that led to the idea of Terror In Resonance. ... we actually went to Iceland to record our music ...
— Shinichirō Watanabe[7]
No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist | Length |
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1. | "lolol" | 1:39 | ||
2. | "von" | Bragi Valdimar Skúlason | Arnór Dan | 6:14 |
3. | "ess" | 3:36 | ||
4. | "saga" | 4:54 | ||
5. | "fugl" | 2:28 | ||
6. | "hanna" | Yoko Kanno | Hanna Berglind | 4:30 |
7. | "veat" | 3:46 | ||
8. | "lava" | Christopher Chu | POP ETC | 4:51 |
9. | "walt" | 3:14 | ||
10. | "birden" | Arnór Dan | 4:45 | |
11. | "Fa" | 5:38 | ||
12. | "nc17" | 4:43 | ||
13. | "ís" | Christopher Chu & Keisuke Tominaga | POP ETC | 2:41 |
14. | "22" | Christopher Chu & Keisuke Tominaga | Ryo Nagano | 2:44 |
15. | "seele" | 2:03 | ||
16. | "lev low" | 2:34 | ||
17. | "ili lolol" | 5:41 | ||
18. | "bless" | Arnór Dan | 3:11 | |
Total length: | 69:12 |
Untitled | |
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Trigger" | Yuuki Ozaki (from Galileo Galilei) | Yuuki Ozaki (from Galileo Galilei) | 5:05 |
2. | "kvak" | 3:00 | ||
3. | "crystalized" | 2:57 | ||
4. | "cket" | 1:39 | ||
5. | "ioloi" | 2:52 | ||
6. | "wilhelm" | 4:45 | ||
7. | "ドブと小舟と僕らの神話(Full Ver.)" | Yuuki Ozaki (from Galileo Galilei) | Yuuki Ozaki (from Galileo Galilei) | 4:44 |
8. | "velle" | 4:25 | ||
9. | "orfn" | 1:34 | ||
10. | "juno" | 2:03 | ||
11. | "wolke" | 3:15 | ||
12. | "alois" | 3:13 | ||
13. | "future terror" | 3:42 | ||
14. | "vad" | 3:40 | ||
15. | "pcp" | 3:14 | ||
16. | "vial" | 2:05 | ||
17. | "elan" | 2:46 | ||
18. | "誰か、海を。" | Ichiko Aoba | Aimer | 4:54 |
Total length: | 59:53 |
References
- ^ "Cowboy Bebop Director Watanabe, Composer Kanno Make Zankyō no Terror Anime". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
- ^ a b "Funimation to Stream Terror in Resonance Anime by Cowboy Bebop's Watanabe". Anime News Network. 2014-05-27.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Terror in Resonance Second Promo Reveals Cast, Theme Song". Anime News Network. 2014-06-12.
- ^ 九 is the kanji for 9
- ^ |冬 is homophonous with 十, the kanji for 10, and 二 is the kanji for 2
- ^ "_サウンドトラック第2弾発売決定!". Retrieved August 29, 2014.
- ^ Connor Foley (August 9, 2016). "Cowboy Bebop's Shinichiro Watanabe and Dai Sato Talk Genre, Storytelling and Sigur Rós". otakuusamagazine.com. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
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- Terror in Resonance (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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