is a post-apocalyptic

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction

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 science fiction

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Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 TV series which began broadcasting on the WOWOW

WOWOW

WOWOW was the first private satellite broadcasting and pay TV station in Japan. It has its headquarters on the 21st floor of the Akasaka Park Building in Akasaka, Minato, Tokyo...

 network in Japan on July 26, 2006 at midnight. The series makes use of some 3D

3D computer graphics

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 cel-shaded animation

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, which achieves a more "hand drawn" look than traditional 3D animation

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. At Anime Boston

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 2007, ADV Films had announced they have licensed for the show. On July 11, 2008 ADV Announced that it was discontinuing print of the DVDs.

Plot

After the world population and economy is devastated by simultaneous hyper-hurricanes, many different faction

Political faction

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s and fledgling nations appear. In Japan, an elite

Elite

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 class

Social class

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 called Logos

Logos

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 appears, controlling special zones in the country which have most of the wealth and resources. The Logos exercise control over the Levinas, the lower class which struggles day to day in order to stay alive. The Levinas are restricted from entering the special zones, causing tension which creates a resistance group which fights back against the Logos.

With the tagline "A Near Future Late-Shogunate Action Animation", the story draws analogies with 19th Century Japan at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate

Late Tokugawa shogunate

, literally "end of the curtain", are the final years of the Edo period when the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end. It is characterized by major events occurring between 1853 and 1867 during which Japan ended its isolationist foreign policy known as sakoku and transitioned from a feudal shogunate...

 period, just before the Boshin War

Boshin War

The was a civil war in Japan, fought from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those seeking to return political power to the imperial court....

.

Jō and Jin escape from Phantom, an elite military group which is used to control the Levinas. When they escape, they take a young girl named Sana with them. The series follows them as they work to avoid being caught by Phantom and the regular military forces of the Logos.

Characters

Characters	Voice actor (Japanese)	Voice actor (English)
Sana Nobuto	Kaori Nazuka Kaori Nazuka is a freelance voice actress and singer. She is a graduate of the Toho Gakuen College of Drama and Music. She also announced that she got married in February 2011.-TV anime:1999:*Ojarumaru...	Jessica Boone Jessica Boone Jessica Boone is a classically trained American actress with extensive experience in Shakespeare and musical theatre. She has been a leading player with Prague Shakespeare Festival and Houston Shakespeare Festival where her roles have included Rosalind, Juliet, Helena, Regan, Thaisa and Innogen...
Jō Katsuragi	Kenji Nojima Kenji Nojima is a Japanese seiyū who was born in Tokyo. He is employed by Japanese voice talent agency Aoni Production. He is the son of veteran seiyū Akio Nojima and is the younger brother of seiyū Hirofumi Nojima...	Chris Patton Chris Patton Christopher David Patton is an American voice actor who works on anime for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000...
Jin Tsurasawa	Takahiro Sakurai Takahiro Sakurai is a voice actor who was born in Aichi. He is a member of 81 Produce; his height is .Many of his roles are handsome men. However, he has also voiced reluctant heroes as well as the occasional villain...	Vic Mignogna Vic Mignogna Victor Joseph "Vic" Mignogna is an American Anime Award winning voice actor and musician who has done voice work for many anime series, movies, and video games...
Toraji Shiba	Hideo Ishikawa Hideo Ishikawa is a male Japanese voice actor born in Hyōgo, Japan. His nicknames are "Hide" and "Hide-chan" and he works for Aoni Production. He is married and has two children....	Illich Guardiola Illich Guardiola Illich Auyapah Guardiola is an American actor and voice actor for ADV Films, Funimation Entertainment, and Seraphim Digital.-Anime roles:* A.D. Police - Paul Sanders* Air Gear – Kaito Wanijima...
Gora	Naoki Yanagi Naoki Yanagi is a Japanese voice actor who was born in Tokyo.-Notable voice roles:* John Whittard in Ashita no Nadja*Yashamaru in Basilisk*Nagiyo in Fushigiboshi no Futagohime*Manabu Yuuki in The Galaxy Railways*Mikoto Yutaka in The Day of Revolution...	Greg Ayres Greg Ayres Gregory Scott Ayres is an American voice actor who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films...
Maximus Drake	Tōru Ōkawa	John Swasey John Swasey John Swasey is an American actor, voice actor, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works at Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000...
Renī Vikuro	Megumi Toyoguchi Megumi Toyoguchi is a voice actress, born on January 2, 1978 in Machida, Tokyo, Japan. She is employed by the talent management firm 81 Produce.-Trivia:* Toyoguchi is the only seiyū to have the distinction of appearing in every anime in the Saturday 6 p.m...	Monica Rial Monica Rial Monica Jean Rial is an American voice actress, ADR Director, and Script Writer who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000...
Steve	Kenta Miyake Kenta Miyake is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with 81 Produce.He is known for his unusually low voice .After the death of Hirotaka Suzuoki in 2006, Kenta took over the role of Giovanni during Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. He has since expanded this role into the new series, Pokemon Best Wishes...	John Gremillion John Gremillion John Michael Gremillion is an American actor and voice actor who works for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, and OkraTron 5000. He has provided voices for a number of English language versions of Japanese anime films and television series.-Anime:* 009-1 - Ivan Godunov John...
Qing Lang	Jun Fukuyama Jun Fukuyama is a voice actor. He was previously represented by Aoni Production and Production Baobab, and is now represented by . In 2007, he won the first Seiyu Awards for the best actor in leading role as Lelouch Lamperouge in Code Geass...	Nomed Kaerf
Kyōshirō	Shintarō Ōhata	Josh Grelle Josh Grelle Joshua Grelle is an American voice actor and ADR Script writer for Funimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital and OkraTron 5000...
Riki	Riichi Nishimoto	Christopher Ayres Christopher Ayres For the journalist, see Chris Ayres.Christopher Owen Ayres is an American voice actor ADR Director and Script Writer, who works for anime series at FUNimation Entertainment, ADV Films, Seraphim Digital, New Generation Pictures and OkraTron 5000. He has provided voices for a number of English...

Episodes

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Staff

• Director: Jun Kawagoe
  Jun Kawagoe
  Jun Kawagoe is a Japanese anime director. He's known for directing anime based on the works of Go Nagai, Ken Ishikawa and once, Shotaro Ishinomori.- Works :* Getter Robo Armageddon 1998 episode 4-13...
  
  
• Series Organization: Shinsuke Ōnishi
• Original Character Design: Shō Kōya
• Character Design: Hideki Nagamachi
• Mechanical Design: Hiroshi Ogawa
  Hiroshi Ogawa
  is a former Japanese pitcher of the Chiba Lotte Marines and murderer.On November 18, 2004, Ogawa murdered a 67-year-old woman Kazuko Nishiuchi. The murder shocked the Nippon Professional Baseball. His uniform number 26 has been retired since 2005 though the Chiba Lotte Marines did not say that the...
  
  
• Art Design: Jirō Kōno, Minoru Yasuhara
• Art Director: Katsuhiro Haji
• Color Design: Kōchi Usui
• Cinematography Director: Megumi Saitō
• 3D Director: Yūichi Gotō
• Editor: Masaki Sakamoto
• Audio Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
• Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
• Sound Production: Half H•P Studio
• Music: Tomohisa Ishikawa
• Music Production: Lantis
  Lantis (company)
  is a Japanese company that specializes as a music publisher label for Japanese musicians, anime soundtracks and video game soundtracks. It was established on November 26, 1999, and in May 2006, it was bought by, and became a subsidiary of, Bandai Visual...
  
  
• Animation Production: Brains Base
• Produced by Bandai Visual
  Bandai Visual
  , is a Japanese anime, film production and distribution enterprise, established by Bandai Co., Ltd. and a subsidiary of Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc., which is based in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. Since the reorganisation of Namco Bandai Holdings in 2006, Bandai Visual now heads the group's Visual and...
  
  

Music

• Opening Theme

Noble Roar by Yōsei Teikoku

• Ending Theme

Brand New Reason by Fleet