Anime Spotlight - Myriad Colors Phantom World
by Anthony Foronda,Key Staff
- Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
- (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Clannad After Story)
- Series Composition: Fumihiko Shimo
- (Aria the Scarlett Ammo Double A, Air)
- Character Design: Kazumi Ikeda
- (Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! , Clannad)
Introduction
What is the world?
Story
"Phantom" - including ghosts, monsters, and UMAs, they are existences that humans kept believing were mere "illusions". To combat those phantoms, the academy set up a "Brain function error countermeasure room". Haruhiko Ichijo, a member of that room, was struggling day to day along with his senpai, Mai Kawakami eliminating phantoms. Another request comes flying into their office again today... A school superpower fantasy of charm, temptation, and fascination. KA Esma Bunko "Musaigen no Phantom World" finally is turning into anime!!
Characters
Haruhiko Ichijo Hosea Academy High School DivisionVA:Hiro Shimono Class 1-1 age 15 Having read an immense amount of books, he has a reliable side where he overcomes all sorts of difficult situations from his ample knowledge. On the other hand, he often speaks passionately of useless trivia. People around him call him "Unfortunate Knowledge". Hobby is to draw art, and always hides a sketch book in his bag. Seals away phantoms by drawing them as art, and fights by summoning phantoms that he draws. The bag that he always carries is a gift from his mother that went missing. |
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Mai Kawakami Hosea Academy High School DivisionVA:Sumire Uesaka Class 2-1 age 16 A blonde quarter-blood beautiful girl with big breasts, active life, and a ponytail. The beauty marks under both eyes are charming. Aggressive type that finds her body moving before she thinks. Due to the personality, nobody forms a team with her, so Haruhiko is her only teammate. Fights phantoms with special martial arts that combine "Five Elements of Chi" with all forms of combative sports including Chinese boxing styles that her father taught her. She doesn't care that she's wearing a skirt. |
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Reina Izumi Hosea Academy High School DivisionVA:Saori Hayami Class 1-2 age 15 A transfer student that arrived at Hosea Academy in April. Long, shiny black hair waves in the wind as she always speaks politely. A well-to-do girl from the noble class. As with any well-to-do girl, her actions are elegant, and she also practices in aikido. Not used to dealing with members of the opposite gender, and sometimes pins Haruhiko down with her aikido skills. Loves to eat, and even sucks in and eats phantoms, which gives her the nickname "Phantom Eater". However, she doesn't want to eat things she doesn't like to eat. |
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Koito Minase Hosea Academy High School DivisionVA:Maaya Uchida Class 1-3 age 16 A cool beauty whose trademarks are her red hair and her headphones. Not a member of the "Brain function error countermeasure room" that Haruhiko and the others are part of, but her high skills are appreciated. A lonely warrior that defeats phantoms by herself. Hobby is music, and that lovely "singing voice" creates chains to tie opponents down before they are burned down by flames. Believes phantoms should be "disposed" instead of sealed away. The cute starry hairpin is her style. |
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Ruru A hand-held sized fairy phantom.
VA:Azusa Tadokoro A mischievous, carefree, stupid phantom that is always together with Haruhiko. Gets away with not being defeated as she does no bad deeds. Lives freely and highly psyched, so each time Haruhiko and company face problems, she shows interest and butts in. Everything is fine if it is amusing. She may be small, but her contours are that of an adult. |
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Kurumi Kumamakura Hosea Academy Elementary DivisionVA: Misaki Kuno Class 1-B age 10 A shy, timid grade-school girl with unusual pigtails that point out like antennae. Always totes along a plush bear named Albrecht, and sometimes talks to it. Simply loves bears. Anything is fine as long as it's a bear. A "dollmaster" who fights by giving Albrecht commands to move about, and just watches from the side. |
Cast
- Haruhiko Ichijo
- Hiro Shimono
- Mai Kawakami
- Sumire Uesaka
- Reina Izumi
- Saori Hayami
- Koito Minase
- Maaya Uchida
- Ruru
- Azusa Tadokoro
- Kurumi Kumamakura
- Misaki Kuno
- Arisu Himeno
- Kikuko Inoue
Staff
- Original Story
- Sōichirō Hatano (KA Esma Bunko / Kyoto Animation)
- Illustrations
- Shirabi
- Director
- Tatsuya Ishihara
- Series Composition
- Fumihiko Shimo
- Character Design/Chief Animation Director
- Kazumi Ikeda
- Art Director
- Mikiko Watanabe
- Color Coordination
- Kana Miyata
- Prop Design
- Yo Karata
- Phantom Design
- Shinpei Sawa
- Director of Photography
- Ryūta Nakagami
- Sound Director
- Yota Tsuruoka
- Music
- EFFY
- Animation Production
- Kyoto Animation
- Produced by
- Musaigen Production Committee
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