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Danganronpa (ダンガンロンパ?) is a Japanese video game franchise created and developed by Spike Chunsoft (formerly Spike) for the PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, iOS, and Android. The series currently consists of three titles; two visual novel games, Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and a third-person adventure spin-off, Zettai Zetsubō Shōjo: Danganronpa AnotherEpisode, as well as various manga, novel, and anime adaptations. The series' name is compounded from the Japanese words for "bullet" (弾丸 dangan?) and "refutation" (論破 ronpa?).

Anime

Main article: List of Danganronpa: The Animation episodes
In December 2012, Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine announced that there would be an anime television series adaptation of the first game, titled Danganronpa: The Animation, produced by Lerche and directed by Seiji Kishi.[12] The series aired between July 4, 2013 and September 26, 2013 and was simulcast by Funimation. The final Blu-ray/DVD volume, released on February 26, 2014, features an extended final episode.[13]

Music

The original soundtracks for both the games and the anime are composed by Masafumi Takada. The soundtrack for Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc was released in Japan by Sound Prestige Records on February 14, 2011, with the ending theme, "Saisei -rebuild-" (再生 -rebuild- Playback -rebuild-?), performed by Megumi Ogata, which is also used as the anime's final ending theme. The soundtrack for Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair was released on August 31, 2012. The soundtrack for Danganronpa: The Animation was released by Geneon Universal Entertainment on August 28, 2013. The opening theme for the anime series was "Never Say Never", performed by TKDz2b with Jas Mace, Marchitect and Tribeca, the single of which was included with the first Blu-ray/DVD volume of the anime released on August 28, 2013. The ending theme is "Zetsubōsei: Hero Chiryōyaku" (絶望性：ヒーロー治療薬 Despairity: A Hero's Treatment?) by Suzumu feat. Soraru, the single of which was released on September 4, 2013. There have also been drama CDs, as well as bonus soundtracks included with limited edition releases of the games.

Monokuma

Voiced by: Nobuyo Ōyama (Japanese), Brian Beacock (English)
Monokuma (モノクマ?, lit. Monobear) is the main antagonist of the series. A strange, remote-controlled teddy bear who proclaims himself to be the principal of Hope's Peak Academy and initiates a life of mutual killing amongst the students. He has various copies of himself throughout the Academy and will punish, i.e. kill, anyone that attempts to attack him or otherwise break the academy's rules. Much like his name, he has a monochrome appearance, with one half looking like a cute white bear and the other half looking like a sadistic black bear. Just who the mastermind controlling him is, along with his motives for bringing the students together, serve as some of the game's main mysteries.

Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

The characters of Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc. From the back row (left to right): Yasuhiro Hagakure, Junko Enoshima, Celestia Ludenberg, Sakura Ogami, Hifumi Yamada, Mondo Owada, Chihiro Fujisaki, Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Byakuya Togami, Toko Fukawa, Leon Kuwata, Sayaka Maizono, Makoto Naegi, Kyoko Kirigiri, Aoi Asahina, and Monokuma.
Makoto Naegi (苗木 誠 Naegi Makoto?)
Voiced by: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Bryce Papenbrook (English)
The protagonist. An ordinary high school student who was accepted to the academy by raffle. He has no spectacular talents, aside from his belief that he is a bit more optimistic than most people, and was given the title of Ultimate Lucky Student (超高校級の「幸運」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Kōun"?, Super High School Level Good Luck) due to winning the lottery, though ironically, he often falls prey to bad luck more often than not. Whilst having the tendency to panic or let his emotions get the better of him, he can remain focused under pressure and shows a keen logic when piecing together mysteries. He is instrumental in solving all of the murder mysteries, and foils Monokuma's plans, earning the new title of Ultimate Hope (超高校級の「希望」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Kibō"?, Super High School Level Hope). He manages to escape from the academy alive and joins an organization called the Future Foundation, dedicated to fighting against Junko's legacy.
During the events of Danganronpa 2, he and the other survivors attempt to rehabilitate some of the Remnants of Despair by placing them inside a virtual world which would rewrite their memories of being Ultimate Despair students. However, because of a virus containing Junko's Alter Ego, the world is turned into another killing game, prompting Makoto, Kyoko, and Byakuya to eventually enter the virtual world themselves to help the other survivors activate a shutdown sequence to stop Junko once and for all. Makoto also appears in Danganronpa Another Episode.[1]
Kyoko Kirigiri (霧切 響子 Kirigiri Kyōko?)
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (Japanese), Erika Harlacher[2] (English)
A mysterious female who seemingly has amnesia but also possesses a cool head and reasoning skills. The skill for which she was accepted into the academy for is unknown, so her presented title is Ultimate ??? (超高校級の「???」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "???"?, Super High School Level ???). Whilst generally untrusting of others, she soon comes to believe in Makoto and helps him out on many occasions. She later finds out her true title is Ultimate Detective (超高校級の「探偵」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Tantei"?, Super High School Level Detective), having had more of her memories removed than the others due to how her talent would hinder Monokuma's plans. She always wears a pair of gloves, which is later revealed to be for hiding some burns she received on her hands when she was younger. She is also the daughter of Hope's Peak Academy's headmaster. She survives the game and manages to escape the academy (although a bad ending in the game depicts her getting executed), later reappearing in Danganronpa 2 as a member of the Future Foundation.
Byakuya Togami (十神 白夜 Togami Byakuya?)
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (Japanese), Jason Wishnov[3] (English)
The successor of a highly successful family corporation who considers himself superior to all the other students in the academy. He is initially extremely cold towards others, seeing them as competition and, as he hates losing, initially refused to co-operate with their attempts at escaping and investigations. However identifying Makoto as a potential competitor, after the second trial ended, he altered the crime scene as a test for Makoto. Eventually he became more amicable to the group, especially after the death of Sakura. He is one of the survivors that manages to escape the academy. His title is Ultimate Affluent Progeny (超高校級の「御曹司」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Onzōshi"?, Super High School Level Scion). He returns in Danganronpa 2 as a member of the Future Foundation alongside Makoto and Kyoko, and also appears in Danganronpa Another Episode, where he gives Komaru the megaphone hacking gun. [1]
Toko Fukawa (腐川 冬子 Fukawa Tōko?) / Genocide Jill (ジェノサイダー翔 Jenosaidā Shō?, Genocider Sho)
Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese), Amanda Celine Miller/Erin Fitzgerald (English)
A gloomy girl with a persecution complex who is a best selling novelist. She possesses a split personality, her other half being a homicidal maniac named "Genocide Jack" ("Genocider Sho" in the Japanese version), or as she prefers it, "Genocide Jill", who crucifies good looking males with sharp scissors. Toko switches between the two whenever she sneezes, or if the normal Toko passes out, usually due to the sight of blood, allowing Jill to take control. They each have their own set of memories, as one cannot remember the actions of the other, and have different personalities, though both share a habit of expressing lewd thoughts and have a rather disturbing crush on Byakuya. She is one of the survivors that manages to escape the academy. Her title is Ultimate Writing Prodigy (超高校級の「文学少女」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Bungaku Shōjo"?, Super High School Level Literary Girl) whilst Jill calls herself the Ultimate Murderous Fiend (超高校級の「殺人者」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Satzujinki"?, Super High School Level Serial Killer). She returns in Zettai Zetsubō Shōjo: Danganronpa AnotherEpisode spin-off game, assisting Makoto's sister Komaru.[4]
Aoi Asahina (朝日奈 葵 Asahina Aoi?)
Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō (Japanese), Cassandra Morris[5] (English)
Nicknamed "Hina" in the English version. A well meaning, air-headed student who excels in athletic sports, especially swimming, and has a love of donuts. She bonds with Sakura during the course of the game and, following her suicide, tries to steer the jury towards an incorrect verdict as penance. She is one of the survivors that manages to escape the academy. Her title is Ultimate Swimming Pro (超高校級の「スイマー」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Suimā"?, Super High School Level Swimmer).
Yasuhiro Hagakure (葉隠 康比呂 Hagakure Yasuhiro?)
Voiced by: Masaya Matsukaze (Japanese), Kaiji Tang[6] (English)
Nicknamed "Hiro" in the English version. A laid back student who is a rising star in the fortune telling community. He is the eldest in the group, as he was held back several grades, and often ends his sentences with "da be". He is one of the survivors that manages to escape the academy (whilst in trial versions and previews, he is depicted as the first victim). His title is Ultimate Clairvoyant (超高校級の「占い師」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Uranaishi"?, Super High School Level Fortune Teller).
Sayaka Maizono (舞園 さやか Maizono Sayaka?)
Voiced by: Makiko Ōmoto (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
A cheerful girl who is the leader of a five member nationally popular idol group and attended the same middle school as Makoto. She has a habit of jokingly claiming to be a psychic when really she just has good intuiton. Having learned about the death of her fellow idols, Sayaka tries to escape the academy by attempting to murder Leon and placing the blame on Makoto. However, her plan backfires and she is killed instead with a blade in her stomach, making her the first murder victim.[7] Her title is Ultimate Pop Sensation (超高校級の「アイドル」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Aidoru"?, Super High School Level Idol).
Leon Kuwata (桑田 怜恩 Kuwata Reon?)
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Grant George (English)
A brash teenager who is exceptionally good at baseball. Despite this, he desires to quit baseball and become a musician instead, as he dislikes the restrictions being a baseball player puts on his style. He ends up killing Sayaka, after she had attempted to kill him, and is subsequently found guilty and executed by being pelted by a million baseballs to kickstart the mutual killing. His title is Ultimate Baseball Star (超高校級の「野球選手」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Yakyū Senshu"?, Super High School Level Baseball Player).
Chihiro Fujisaki (不二咲 千尋 Fujisaki Chihiro?)
Voiced by: Kōki Miyata (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn[8] (English)
A shy, retiring student and a skilled programmer. Whilst initially presumed to be a girl, it is later revealed that Chihiro is in fact a boy with a deep insecurity about his weak physique, resorting to cross-dressing to hide his gender identity. After Monokuma threatens to expose everyone's secrets, Chihiro becomes determined to overcome his weakness and shares his secret with Mondo. However, this ends up angering Mondo who, in a fit of blind rage, inadvertently smashes Chihiro's head in with a dumbbell, making him the second murder victim. Before his death, Chihiro leaves behind a laptop containing the Alter Ego program to help the others. His title is Ultimate Programmer (超高校級の「プログラマー」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Puroguramā"?, Super High School Level Programmer).
Mondo Owada (大和田 紋土 Ōwada Mondo?)
Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese), Keith Silverstein[9] (English)
A hot-blooded student who is the head of the largest motorcycle gang in the country. He had been keeping a secret that he was responsible for his older brother's death after he protected him from getting hit by a truck during a motorcycle race. When his secret is threatened to be revealed by Monokuma, he becomes envious of Chihiro for his true strength and kills him in a fit of rage. He is eventually found guilty and is executed by being put on a motorcycle in an electric cage going so fast that his body is liquified, turning him into butter. His title is Ultimate Biker Gang Leader (超高校級の「暴走族」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Bōsōzoku"?, Super High School Level Biker).
Kiyotaka Ishimaru (石丸 清多夏 Ishimaru Kiyotaka?)
Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi (Japanese), Sean Chiplock[10] (English)
Nicknamed "Taka" in the English version. An enthusiastically straight laced student who is a stickler for rules and order. He bonds with Mondo, revering him as his brother, and becomes extremely traumatised following his execution. After Alter Ego cheers him up, he takes on Mondo's rude personality, represented by a change in his hair color. However, he is subsequently killed by Hifumi under orders from Celestia with a hammer to the head, making him the third murder victim. His title is Ultimate Moral Compass (超高校級の「風紀委員」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Fūki īn"?, Super High School Level Disciplinarian).
Hifumi Yamada (山田 一二三 Yamada Hifumi?)
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (Japanese), Lucien Dodge[11] (English)
An otaku student who is a popular dōjin manga artist. He proclaims that his interests are solely in the "2D World". After taking an unhealthy interest in Alter Ego, he is manipulated by Celestia into murdering Kiyotaka with the premise of escaping the academy alongside her. However, he is subsequently murdered by Celestia in a similar fashion in order to cover her tracks, making him the fourth murder victim. His title is Ultimate Fanfic Creator (超高校級の「同人作家」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Dōjinsakka"?, Super High School Level Dōjin Artist).
Celestia Ludenberg (セレスティア・ルーデンベルク Seresutia Rūdenberuku?, written as Celestia Ludenberck in the Japanese version)
Voiced by: Hekiru Shiina (Japanese), Marieve Herington (English) [12]
Known as Celeste (セレス Seresu?) for short. A student in Gothic Lolita costume who is a famous gambler and known as the "Queen of Liars." She claims to live by the ethic that one must adapt if they want to survive. Whilst typically calm and collected, she will occasionally have uncharacteristic outbursts if something really annoys her. Appealed by a cash reward for graduating, which she wished to use to buy a castle, she manipulates Hifumi into killing Kiyotaka, before killing him herself, hoping to pin the crime on Yasuhiro. She is soon found guilty when Hifumi's dying words are found to be referring to her real name, Taeko Yasuhiro (安広 多恵子 Yasuhiro Taeko?). She is executed by being almost burned alive at a stake, only to be abruptly run over by a speeding fire truck. Her title is Ultimate Gambler (超高校級の「ギャンブラー」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Gyanburā"?, Super High School Level Gambler).
Sakura Ogami (大神 さくら Ōgami Sakura?)
Voiced by: Kujira (Japanese), Jessica Gee-George[13] (English)
A fearsome student who is a world class fighter and is nicknamed "The Ogre" by Yasuhiro. She is occasionally mistaken for a man due to her muscular appearance and deep voice. Having been forced to become a mole for Monokuma due to her family being taken hostage, Sakura commits suicide by ingesting some poison in order to protect the others, making her the fifth 'murder' victim. Her title is Ultimate Martial Artist (超高校級の「格闘家」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Kakutōka"?, Super High School Level Fighter).
Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子 Enoshima Junko?)
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Amanda Celine Miller/Erin Fitzgerald (English)
A charismatic gyaru fashion model who has modeled for many popular magazines. She is thought to have been killed by Monokuma near the start of the game, having been impaled by several spears after assaulting Monokuma as punishment for breaking the school rules. It is soon revealed that she is actually the true mastermind behind the events of the game, who had erased the memories of all the students and put them in this death game, the one who was really killed being her twin sister, Mukuro. Her true personality is one that is constantly changing as she gets bored easily, and she thrives to drive people to despair. When her plans are foiled by Makoto's dedication to never give up hope, she begins to revel in the ultimate form of despair and commits suicide by subjecting herself to a combination of the executions she inflicted on the other students; but, at the last second before her death, she becomes bored with despair and dies without knowing the despair of death she was so excited about mere seconds ago. Her body is then dismembered by several members of Ultimate Despair and the parts grafted to their bodies. Her title is Ultimate Fashionista (超高校級の「ギャル」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Gyaru"?, Super High School Level Gal), but her true title is Ultimate Despair (超高校級の「絶望」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no Zetsubō?, Super High School Level Despair).
In Danganronpa 2, an Alter Ego Junko infiltrates the virtual world as a virus, turning what should have been a rehabilitation program into another killing game intended to both provide a physical host for her consciousness and to jog the memories and personalities of the students she was able to manipulate into her nihilistic philosophy. She attempts to get the remaining students to 'graduate' so that her personality can take over the real world bodies of those that died within the virtual world, but she is ultimately thwarted by Hajime and is destroyed when the virtual world is shut down. Her avatar appears as a fully three-dimensional giant version possessing a video cell phone that she uses to communicate with the students in the virtual world. She is defeated by Hinata and is deleted, but not before revealing that, after having failed twice, she doesn't even feel despair at her defeat; just disappointment.
Mukuro Ikusaba (戦刃 むくろ Ikusaba Mukuro?)
Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Amanda Celine Miller (English)
The elusive sixteenth student of Hope's Peak Academy, who the others only become aware of when she is announced as the sixth murder victim. She comes from a mercenary unit known as Fenrir and holds the title Ultimate Soldier (超高校級の「軍人」 Chō-kōkō-kyū no "Gunjin"?, Super High School Level Mercenary). It is soon revealed that Mukuro, who was actually Junko's twin sister and one of the Super High School Level Despair Students, was actually disguised as Junko at the beginning of the killing game and was killed by her in order to make the others believe Junko was the one who was killed. In the alternate story depicted in the Danganronpa IF novel included with Danganronpa 2, Mukuro is saved from being killed by Junko thanks to Makoto, deciding to turn against her sister and help everyone escape from the academy alive.
Alter Ego (アルターエゴ Arutā Ego?)
Voiced by: Kōki Miyata (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
An artificial intelligence program left behind by Chihiro following his death. He generally speaks with Chihiro's voice and likeness, but can also imitate other students. After the others discover him on a laptop Chihiro fixed, he helps them decrypt some data on the laptop to help the other students and is soon treated as a friend. Afterwards, Alter Ego asks Makoto and Kyouko to help connect him to the school network so he can find out more, but he is soon discovered by Monokuma and is destroyed by a bulldozer following the fourth trial. However, he manages to leave behind a virus in the network which helps save Makoto when Monokuma attempts to execute him. In Danganronpa 2, another Alter Ego (presumedly a different one) appears as an AI in the virtual world.
Jin Kirigiri (霧切 仁 Kirigiri Jin?)
Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi (game), Rikiya Koyama (anime)
The principal of Hope's Peak Academy and Kyouko's father, who had not been able to spend much time with her in her youth. When a terrible incident occurs in the world, he becomes determined to protect the students by locking them in the academy. However, he is captured by Junko and killed by being sent up in a rocket, burning to death from the intense heat of crash landing back down to earth. He was later discovered by Makoto and Kyouko when they find his remains in a gift box.

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Japanese: 機動戦士ガンダム00（ダブルオー） Hepburn: Kidō Senshi Gandamu Daburu Ō?, Mobile Suit Gundam Double-O) is an anime television series, the 11th incarnation of Sunrise studio's long-running Gundam franchise[1] comprising two seasons. The series is set on a futuristic Earth and is centered on the exploits of the fictional paramilitary organization Celestial Being and its efforts to rid the world of war and conflict with a series of unique and extremely advanced mechas mobile suits known as "Gundams".
It is directed by Seiji Mizushima and written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and features character designs by Yun Kōga. The 25-episode season was officially announced by Sunrise during a 15-second trailer on June 2, 2007.[1][2][3] The series aired on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System from October 5, 2007 to March 29, 2008. The second season began on October 5, 2008 and concluded on March 29, 2009. A movie sequel, titled Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer, premiered in Japan on September 18, 2010 and was released on DVD and Blu-ray on December 25, 2010, in Japan.[4] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is the first Gundam television series to be animated in widescreen and in high-definition.[5]

Plot

 

Season 1

The series is set in 2307 AD.[6] As a result of the depletion of fossil fuels, humanity had to search for a new source of power. The power was found in the form of massive arrays of solar power collectors orbiting the Earth, and supported by three orbital elevators, each one serving one of the three "power blocs" on the planet, namely Union, controlling the region surrounding North America; Human Reform League (Sino-Japanese: 人類革新連盟; Romaji: jinrui kakushin renmei; Pinyin: rénlèi géxīn liánméng), consisting of China, Russia and India; and AEU, which controls mainland Europe.[7] With this nearly inexhaustible source of energy benefiting only the major powers and their allies, constant warfare erupts around the globe among minor countries for fuels and energy. Countries that once economically relied on the sale of fossil fuels have plunged into poverty. Some even believe that solar energy threatened the "promised land of God", resulting in the 20-year Solar Wars. This chaos led to the formation of a private military organization, called Celestial Being (ソレスタルビーイング Soresutaru Bīingu?), dedicated to eradicating war and uniting humanity through the use of four advanced machines called Gundams.[1][3] Mobile Suit Gundam 00 follows four mobile suit pilots termed Gundam Meisters ( ガンダムマイスター Gandamu Maisutā?), sided with Celestial Being. The main protagonist is 16-year-old Setsuna F. Seiei, a taciturn Gundam pilot who grew up in the war-torn Republic of Krugis.[8][9]
Unable to counter Celestial Being's superior technology, the three major powers eventually unite into the United Nations Army in order to counter Celestial Being's armed interventions.[10] In order to fight the Gundams, the United Nations Army employed the help of Laguna Harvey. Harvey, a Celestial Being intelligence agent turned traitor, provides them with 30 GN-X, mobile suits equipped with pseudo-GN Drives. As the United Nations resist Celestial Being's interventions, a second team of Gundams, known as Team Trinity, appears and assists in the Meisters' eradication of war, albeit in a much more cruel and cold-blooded fashion.
Alejandro Corner, a former Celestial Being observer who plans to make use of the chaos and destruction created by Celestial Being to rule a reconstructed world, subsequently takes over Veda, Celestial Being's supercomputer which is located in the moon. Without the tactical aid from the organization's artificial intelligence, Celestial Being is easily overwhelmed and overpowered by GN-X units and their superior numbers.
The United Nations Army initiates Operation Fallen Angels to destroy the Gundams, having discovered the location of the Meisters' mothership, Ptolemaios. During the operation, Ali Al-Saachez kills Lockon Stratos after a climactic battle. Alejandro Corner, in his unique custom mobile armor Alvatore, attacks Setsuna as the GN-X units proceed to destroy the Ptolemaios and the remaining Gundams. Setsuna struggles with the monstrous Alvatore, but in the end succeeds in killing Alejandro. Graham Aker, an ace pilot of the United Nations Army, then challenges Setsuna to a fight, seeking revenge for his fallen comrades and questioning the purpose of Gundams' existence. The fight results in the destruction of the GN-Flag, while the Exia is heavily damaged.

Season 2

Four years have passed since the final battle between Celestial Being and the UN Forces. Humanity, having established the Earth Sphere Federation, forms an autonomous peace-keeping force, A-Laws, separate from and above the formal Federation army. Given unfettered discretion, A-Laws is charged with the duty to further unify nations, enforce the will of mankind, and dispose of terrorist cells. Unknown to the general public, however, is that the A-Laws misuse their power and employ inhumane tactics to oppress freedoms, doctrines, and ideologies, all in the name of 'unity'.
Meanwhile, Setsuna tries to confront the A-Laws by himself with his battered Gundam Exia, but is easily overpowered by their newer models. He is soon rescued by Tieria Erde, piloting his new mobile suit, the Seravee Gundam. By combining the GN Drives of Exia and 0 Gundam, Celestial Being's engineers manage to complete Aeolia's plans for an advanced mobile suit with twin GN drives - the 00 Gundam - which is entrusted to Setsuna. To pilot the two remaining new units, Lockon Stratos' twin brother is invited to assume his brother's codename and former position as the pilot of the Cherudim Gundam, and after Allelujah Haptism is rescued from the prison he was being detained in during the timeskip, he assumes the command of Arios Gundam. Saji Crossroad reclutantly joins Setsuna to pilot the upgraded 00 Raiser and confront his fiance Louise Halevy who has joined A-Laws.
Unknown to Celestial Being and the A-Laws, a third party is manipulating both sides of the conflict. This group call themselves "Innovators", composed of Alejandro Corner's former assistant Ribbons Almark, and his six subordinates. Subsequently, it is revealed that Aeolia Schenberg's plan is to ensure humanity's survival; unite the world's factions through Celestial Being's armed interventions and then advance humanity into deep space and undergo Innovation, a trans-human process.
After uncovering the truth about Ribbons' true intentions, Celestial Being joins forces with dissident members of the A-Laws to stop their oppression and bring the fight to the Innovators. Being continuously exposed to the GN particles of the fully completed Gundam 00, Setsuna undergoes Innovation, becoming the first true Innovator with powers far greater than Ribbons and his group. The conflict ends in a final showdown between Ribbons and Setsuna with the latter's victory. The story continues in 'Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer.

The series' music was composed by Kenji Kawai. There are four TV-series soundtracks released, the first on January 10, 2008, the second on March 26, 2008,[20] the third on December 24, 2008, and the fourth on April 1, 2009. Kawai continues to compose the music in the movie adaptation, and the soundtrack was released on September 22, 2010.
A series of character CDs has been announced; with the first one, featuring Setsuna F Seiei and the character's voice actor Mamoru Miyano, with a song written by the band Skoop On Somebody, to be released on August 13, 2008.[21][22][unreliable source?] The second entry to the series of character CDs, featuring Lockon Stratos and voice actor Shinichiro Miki, was released on September 24, 2008. The music for second character CD was done in collaboration with Eijun Suganami and Shinji Matsuda, members of The Back Horn.[23][unreliable source?]

Media

Main article: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 media

Publications

The cover to the first volume of Mobile Suit Gundam 00P
A novelized version of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 was published by Kadokawa, currently ongoing with two volumes and authored by Noboru Kimura.[24] The book series have been licensed by Bandai Entertainment and will have the first volume released on the December 29, 2009.[25] The manga adaptation have also been licensed and will be released in the United States on the August 24, 2009.[26]
A light novel series, Mobile Suit Gundam 00P was serialized in Dengeki Hobby Magazine and centers around the previous generation of Gundam Meisters. Like the anime, it was also divided into 2 seasons: First season is set 15 years before the anime series, while second season is set 10 years after season one. 00P features events that happened before the main story. It is penned by Tomohiro Chiba, with model conductions by Dengeki Hobby Magazine.[27] The first volume of the sidestory was released in May 2008 by Dengeki Hobby.[28] After the series ended, a sequel named Mobile Suit Gundam 00N was on serialization, taking place the same time as season one.
A graphic novel that features variations of existing mobile suits, Mobile Suit Gundam 00V, which was serialized in Hobby Japan, is told in the format of a mobile suit development history book published 20 years after the anime series, featuring photo guides of customized models.[27] It centers around the Mobile Suit observer Robert Spacey and his encounters with the different mobile weapons in the Gundam 00 universe. A sequel entitled Mobile Suit Gundam 00V Senki has replaced 00V after its serialization ended. 00V's timeline happens between the end of season one and beginning of season two, and 00V Senki's timeline is after the ending of season two.

Manga

Four TV broadcast-based manga series exist to date. One was serialized in Kerokero Ace and drawn by Kouzoh Ohmori. Minor changes are present compared to the anime, such as the use of more visually comedic facial expressions, and the omission of certain characters and subplots. The first volume to this version was released on March 26, 2008 by Kadokawa Comics.[29] It has been released in English in North America by Bandai Entertainment,[30] with the first volume released on September 23, 2009.[31]
The other manga adaptation series of the same name is also based on the television series, and is drawn by Auto Taguchi.[32] Unlike the first manga series, this title is published by Kodansha. The two manga series essentially follow the same story as the anime's main plot, but vary in the sequence of events that unfold and in artistic style.
A manga sidestory entitled Mobile Suit Gundam 00F was serialized in Gundam Ace. Illustrated by Kōichi Tokita, this manga series focuses on Fereshte, an autonomous branch of Celestial Being that is also in possession of several previous generation Gundams. The series acts as a link for the main story to the 2 other sidestories and introduces the characters and mecha from the other publications.[27] First volume to this title was released on March 26, 2008 by Kadokawa Comics.[33] A sequel for 00F, called Mobile Suit Gundam 00I, was serialized in Gundam Ace after 00F. It is also illustrated by Kōichi Tokita and takes place in the same time as season two. It mainly focuses on Innovades, and few characters from 00F has appeared.
Another manga series based on the anime, Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Aoi Kioku, runs monthly on Kadokawa's Gundam Ace. This series focuses on the Gundam Meisters' memories and is illustrated by Tarō Shiguma.[34]
A prelude to the film (drawn by Yun Kouga), "The place where the sky and earth meet", "Where Setsuna and Marina are... Two people tied together only by their spirits, divided by sky and earth," was published in Newtype in July 2010.[35] This was followed by a 50 page-long manga version of the movie by Kaishaku, published in Gundam Ace. in October 2010. This adaptation contained notable differences from the film, such as an alternate ending in which Setsuna uses his ELS powers to restore Marina's youth and marries her.

Film

Main article: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer
A theatrical release was announced at the end of episode 25 of season 2, called 'Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie: A Wakening of the Trailblazer A new character is revealed to be the first officially acknowledged true Innovator, whose name is revealed to be Descartes Shaman.[36] A new enemy appears to be a newly discovered alien life form, Extraterrestrial Livingmetal Shapeshifter (ELS). The Japanese premiere has been announced for September 18, 2010.[37] The year is 2314 AD, two years after Celestial Being's last great battle and the world faces a new crisis. A derelict Jupiter exploration ship, abandoned 130 years ago, has left its orbit and is approaching Earth. The ESF has also begun to exploit the power of Innovators through Descartes Shaman. The world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awakening as True Innovators. Realizing the military benefits of such individuals, the Earth Sphere Federation has begun to research Innovation and exploit the emerging Innovators' abilities.
Bandai Entertainment hosted the North American premiere of the film at New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival.[38] They later announced the license for the film.[39] It was announced on September 13 that Singapore is going to be the first country to screen Gundam 00 movie with English subtitles on the same day as Japan, running from September 18 to September 29 in the Alliance Francaise Theatre [40]
The movie was released on DVD & Blu-ray on December 25, 2010 in Japan.[4]

Video games

The cover to Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters
A 3D action game based on the anime entitled Mobile Suit Gundam 00, published by Namco Bandai Games and produced by BEC for the Nintendo DS, was released on March 27, 2008. This game follows the anime's plot with slight variations, but lacks the introduction of the GN-X, ending with the entrance and introduction of Team Trinity instead.[41]
A second video game, titled Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters and developed by Yuke's for the PlayStation 2, was released on October 16, 2008 Capcom and published by Bandai (now known as Namco Bandai Games).[42][unreliable source?][43][44] Unlike the first Nintendo DS game, Mobile Suit Gundam 00: Gundam Meisters covers the first season's plot completely, albeit with slight deviations.[45][unreliable source?]
The first season of Gundam 00 is also included in the game Another Century's Episode Portable and also in 2nd Super Robot Wars Z ~Hakai Hen~. The second season, however, was included in SD Gundam G Generation World. The film's storyline was adapted in Super Robot Wars UX.
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3, published by Namco Bandai Games, also features Gundam 00 characters.

CDs

Main article: List of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 albums
A drama CD prequel entitled Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story: Mission-2306 was released on July 23, 2008.[46][unreliable source?] In this drama CD, Setsuna F Seiei is tasked with the mission of preventing an assassination of Barry Halevy, the leader of a fossil fuel export regulation watchdog group, and protecting his daughter, Louise Halevy from terrorist organizations.[47] A second drama CD, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story: Road To 2307, has been announced and is currently slated for a September 24, 2008 release. This drama CD will focus on the Meisters, as well as the Union's story.[48][unreliable source?] Unlike the first prequel CD drama, the second will have a comparatively much more serious tone, with stories that link to the original TV series.[48][unreliable source?]
A series of character CDs based around the concept of being a message to the character from the cast member who plays them will be released, starting from Setsuna's on August 13, 2008.[21][unreliable source?] Three original soundtracks and five singles, featuring the theme songs used throughout the first season, have also been released.

Reception

Critical reception

After a sneak preview of Gundam 00 on September 1, 2007, Anime News Network remarked on "striking parallels" between the series and an earlier installment of the metaseries, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (1995): "Like Gundam Wing, Gundam 00's main story begins with hyper-powerful Gundam units appearing at various locales to execute slightly-less-than-Dynasty-Warriors-level mayhem in synchronized phases of a paramilitary operation."[5] Later on October 21, 2007, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network remarked that "its political flavour [...] is distinctly post-9/11", noting the political and cultural similarities between the series and our modern society.[49] Critics have praised the series for the smooth, detailed visual effects and animation.
"As for the production values, they're top-notch: the mecha and character designs are attractive, and the fights—especially the opening chase scene—are fluid and composed with an eye for maximum impact."
—Carl Kimlinger, Anime News Network[49]
Following the end of the first season, Gundam 00 has received much critical acclaim. Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network gave the first season a B+ rating, praising the second half of the season for its "unstoppable narrative momentum." He stated that its "sheer momentum is breathtaking, and even as coldly detached as the series is, the catastrophic fates in store for its cast make for compelling viewing," and concluded that "being swept up in the coalescing second half, the abrupt drop-off at the end only raises a raging thirst for season two."[50] Chris Beveridge of Mania.com gave the first season a B rating, stating that as "this part of the series comes to a close, events become bigger than they were before and nobody is safe from change – or death." He concludes that the "culmination of this season does give me all that I like from a Gundam series as it tries to change the world and then throws you for a loop by moving everything ahead four years."[51] Ross Liversidge of the UK Anime Network gave the first season a 9/10 score, concluding that it is "Everything Gundam should be - huge cast, lots of politics and big battles. Fans should be pleased."[52]
Mamoru Miyano, the voice actor for Setsuna F Seiei, won the "Best Voice Actor" award at the 2008 Tokyo International Anime Fair.[53] Miyano and Tieria Erde's voice actor, Hiroshi Kamiya, both won the "Best Main" and "Best Supporting Male Characters" respectively at the 2008 Seiyu Awards.[54] In the United Kingdom, Gundam 00 has been nominated for the 2009 NEO Award for Best Anime.[55]

Popularity

While critically acclaimed, the first season of Gundam 00 experienced lower average viewer ratings than its predecessors Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Over its 25 episode run, it averaged a television viewer rating of 4.85% and peaked at 6.1%. On a more positive note, Gundam 00's average rating was higher than the other previous Gundam shows set in alternative universes such as Gundam Wing (which averaged 4.3%) and G Gundam (which averaged 4.1%).[56] The viewer ratings for the second season of Gundam 00 had improved, reaching ratings as high as 6.3%.[citation needed]
The series was also a commercial success, with the DVDs showing consistently high sales figures. The third and seventh DVD release topped the anime DVD sales chart.[57][58]
In a top 20 anime poll published in the April 2008 issue of Newtype, Japanese readers voted for Gundam 00 as the best anime, higher than its predecessor Gundam SEED, which was voted ninth. In Newtype's poll for top 10 male anime characters, Setsuna F Seiei was voted second, Tieria Erde third, Lockon Stratos fifth, Graham Aker sixth and Allelujah Haptism at seventh; and in its poll for top ten female anime characters, Nena Trinity was voted eighth and Marina Ismail was voted tenth.[59]

Contents

Ash Like Snow

"Ash Like Snow"
Single by the brilliant green
Released February 6, 2008
Genre Rock
Length 16:33
Label DefSTAR
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 first season's second opening theme, used from episode 14 to episode 25. Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD containing a music video and making-of footage, a Gundam 00 sticker and Allelujah Haptism data card.[6] First press of the Regular Edition comes with a Gundam 00 sticker and Allelujah Haptism data card.[7]
Catalog Number
DFCL-1438 (Limited Edition)
DFCL-1440 (Regular Edition)
Track listing
  1. Ash Like Snow
  2. goodbye and good luck -Piano Arrange Version-
  3. Ash Like Snow -Original instrumental-

Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi

"Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi
(儚くも永久のカナシ)"
Single by Uverworld
Released November 19, 2008
Genre J-Pop
Length 15:23
Label gr8! records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 second season's first opening theme, used from episode 2 to episode 13. The song is also used as the ending theme for episode 1. Limited Edition includes a bonus DVD featuring footage of some songs from Uverworld's "PROGLUTION TOUR 2008", a Gundam 00 sticker and Setsuna F Seiei data card.[8] Gundam 00 Edition, which is a limited-time issue only available until the end of December 2008, includes Setsuna F Seiei data card, a bonus track ("Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (Anime ver.)"), and comes housed in a deluxe digipak case and illustration of Mobile Suit Gundam.[9] First press of the Regular Edition comes with a Gundam 00 sticker and Setsuna F Seiei data card.[10]
Catalog Number
SRCL-6892 (Limited Edition)
SRCL-6894 (Gundam 00 Edition)
SRCL-6895 (Regular Edition)
Track listing (Gundam 00 Edition)
  1. Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (儚くも永久のカナシ?, "Fleeting and Everlasting Sorrow")
  2. Taion (体温?, "Thermoregulation")
  3. Halzion (ハルジオン Harujion?)
  4. Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (Anime ver.)

Namida no Mukou

"Namida no Mukou
(泪のムコウ)"
Single by Stereopony
Released February 11, 2009
Genre J-Pop
Length 16:22
Label gr8! records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 second season's second opening theme, used from episode 14 onwards. Gundam 00 Edition, which is a limited-time issue only available until the end of March 2009, includes Allelujah Haptism data card and a bonus track ("Namida no Mukou ~Opening Edition~") and comes housed in a deluxe digipak case.[11] First press of the Regular Edition comes with Allelujah Haptism data card and a wide-cap sticker.[11]
Catalog Number
SRCL-6946 (Regular Edition)
SRCL-6947 (Gundam 00 Edition)
Track listing (Gundam 00 Edition)
  1. Namida no Mukō (泪のムコウ?, "Across the Tears")
  2. Stereopony no Tabi wa Tsuzuku (ステレオポニーの旅は続く?, "Stereopony's Journey Continues")
  3. Hitohira no Hanabira ~AIMI Acoustic Version~ (ヒトヒラのハナビラ?, "Petal Pieces")
  4. Namida no Mukō ~Opening Edition~
  5. Namida no Mukō ~Instrumental~

Wana

"Wana (罠)"
Single by THE BACK HORN
from the album Pulse
Released November 14, 2007
Genre Rock
Length 18:16 (Limited Edition)
Label Speedstar Records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 first season's first ending theme, used from episode 1 to episode 13. Limited Edition has a bonus track, "Serenade Live at NHK HALL in 2007", and comes with Lockon Stratos data card.[12]
Catalog Number
VICL-36361 (Limited Edition)
VICL-36362 (Regular Edition)
Track listing (Limited Edition)
  1. Wana (罠?, "The Trap")
  2. Mafuyu no Hikari (真冬の光?, "Midwinter Light")
  3. Mizubashō (水芭蕉?, "Skunk Cabbage")
  4. Serenade Live at NHK HALL in 2007 (セレナーデ Live at NHK HALL in 2007?)

Friends

"Friends (フレンズ)"
Single by Stephanie
Released January 30, 2008
Genre J-Pop
Length 14:23
Label SME Records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 first season's second ending theme, used from episode 14 to episode 24. First press comes with Tieria Erde data card.[13]
Catalog Number
SECL-594
Track listing
  1. Friends (フレンズ Furenzu?)
  2. LET’S GO!!
  3. because of you (Acoustic ver.)

Prototype

"Prototype"
Single by Chiaki Ishikawa
Released December 3, 2008
Genre Rock
Length 20:52
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 second season's first ending theme, used from episode 2 to episode 13. First press comes with Lockon Stratos data card.[14]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35055
Track listing
  1. Prototype
  2. squall
  3. Prototype (without Vocal)
  4. squall (without Vocal)

Trust You

"Trust You"
Single by Yuna Ito
Released March 04, 2009
Genre J-Pop
Length 20:23 (Gundam 00 Edition)
Label STUDIOSEVEN
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 second season's second ending theme. Gundam 00 Edition includes Tieria Erde data card and a bonus track ("Trust You -Gundam 00 Version-").[15] First press of the Regular Edition comes with Tieria Erde data card and a wide-cap sticker.[16]
Catalog Number
SRCL-6972 (Regular Edition)
SRCL-6973 (Gundam 00 Edition)
Track listing (Gundam 00 Edition)
  1. Trust You
  2. Brand New World
  3. Koi wa Groovy×2 -DJ-PASSION MORE PASSION REMIX-
  4. Trust You -Gundam 00 Version-
  5. Trust You -instrumental-

Love Today

"LOVE TODAY"
Single by Taja
Released March 26, 2008
Genre J-Pop
Length 19:46
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 first season's insert song, used in episode 19 and 24. It is described as a theme about the love between Saji Crossroad and Louise Halevy.[17]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35023
Track listing
  1. LOVE TODAY
  2. Boku ni ha Dekinai (ボクニハデキナイ?)
  3. LOVE TODAY (without vocal)
  4. Boku ni ha Dekinai (without vocal)

Tomorrow

"TOMORROW"
Single by Marina Ismail (Ayumi Tsunematsu)
Released February 25, 2009
Genre J-Pop
Length 26:15
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 second season's insert song, sung by Ayumi Tsunematsu as her character Marina Ismail.[18] It was used in episodes 14, 15, 18, 20, 21 and in the ending battle of episode 25 as well as the ending theme for episode 14.
Catalog Number
VTCL-35054
Track listing
  1. TOMORROW
  2. TOMORROW ~Episode 14 Ending Theme~
  3. TOMORROW for BGM ~Piano version
  4. TOMORROW for BGM ~Strings version
  5. TOMORROW (without vocal)
  6. TOMORROW ~Episode 14 Ending Theme~ (without vocal)

Tozasareta Sekai

"Tozasareta Sekai (閉ざされた世界)"
Single by The Back Horn
Released August 4, 2010
Genre Rock
Length 13:02 (Limited Edition)
Label Speedstar Records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie's opening theme.
Catalog Number
VIZL-377 (Limited Edition)
VICL-36592 (Regular Edition)
Track listing (Limited Edition)
  1. Tozasareta Sekai (閉ざされた世界?, "Closed World")
  2. Mayonaka no Raion (真夜中のライオン?, "Lion of Midnight")
  3. Keishō (警鐘?, "Warning Alarm")

Qualia

"Qualia (クオリア)"
Single by Uverworld
Released September 15, 2010
Genre Rock
Length 14:06 (Limited Edition)
Label gr8! records
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie's ending theme.
Catalog Number
SRCL-7361 - SRCL-7362 (Limited Edition)
SRCL-7363 (Regular Edition)
SRCL-7364 (Gundam 00 Edition)
Track listing (Limited Edition)
  1. Qualia (クオリア Kuoria?)
  2. Wakasa Yue Entelecheia (若さ故エンテレケイア?)
  3. Ultimate
Track listing (Gundam 00 Edition)
  1. Qualia (クオリア Kuoria?)
  2. Hakanaku mo Towa no Kanashi (儚くも永久のカナシ?, "Fleeting and Everlasting Sorrow")
  3. CHANGE
  4. Qualia ~for Movie~

Mō Nani mo Kowakunai, Kowaku wa Nai

"Mō Nani mo Kowakunai, Kowaku wa Nai (もう何も怖くない、怖くはない)"
Single by Chiaki Ishikawa
Released October 6, 2010
Genre J-Pop
Length 22:27
Label Flying DOG
Single of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 the Movie's insert song.
Catalog Number
VTCL-35099
Track listing
  1. Mō Nani mo Kowakunai, Kowaku wa Nai (もう何も怖くない、怖くはない?)
  2. TW
  3. Mō Nani mo Kowakunai, Kowaku wa Nai (without vocal)
  4. TW (without vocal)

Voice Actor Singles

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 1: Soup/Hakosora

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 1: Soup/Hakosora"
Single by Mamoru Miyano come across Setsuna F Seiei
Released August 13, 2008
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 19:31
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
The first character CD, featuring Mamoru Miyano as Setsuna F Seiei. Music is done in collaboration with Skoop On Somebody. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[19]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35030
Track listing
  1. "Soup"
  2. "Hakosora" (箱空?, "Empty Box")
  3. "Soup" (without vocal)
  4. "Hakosora" (without vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 2: Towa no Rasen/Answer

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 2: Towa no Rasen/Answer"
Single by Shinichiro Miki come across Lockon Stratos
Released September 24, 2008
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 18:51
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Second character CD, featuring Shinichiro Miki as Lockon Stratos. Music is done in collaboration with Eijun Suganami and Shinji Matsuda, members of THE BACK HORN. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[20]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35039
Track listing
  1. "Towa no Rasen" (永遠の螺旋?, "Eternal Spiral")
  2. "Answer"
  3. "Towa no Rasen" (without Vocal)
  4. "Answer" (without Vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 3: Idea/Elephant

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 3: Idea/Elephant"
Single by Hiroshi Kamiya come across Tieria Erde
Released October 22, 2008
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 16:39
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Third character CD, featuring Hiroshi Kamiya as Tieria Erde. Music is done in collaboration with Isamu Teshima, Unicorn's guitarist. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[21]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35042
Track listing
  1. "Idea"
  2. "Elephant"
  3. "Idea" (without Vocal)
  4. "Elephant" (without Vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 4: Taiyō/After Image

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 4: Taiyō/After Image"
Single by Hiroyuki Yoshino come across Allelujah Haptism
Released November 19, 2008
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 17:16
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Fourth character CD, featuring Hiroyuki Yoshino as Allelujah Haptism. Music is done in collaboration with Chiaki Ishikawa. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[22]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35041
Track listing
  1. "Taiyō" (太陽?, "Sun")
  2. After Image
  3. Taiyō (without Vocal)
  4. After Image (without Vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 5: Voice (Koko Kara Hajimaru Ai)/Paint the Sky

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 5: Voice (Koko Kara Hajimaru Ai)/Paint the Sky"
Single by Miyu Irino come across Saji Crossroad
Released August 26, 2009
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 19:28
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Fifth character CD, featuring Miyu Irino as Saji Crossroad. Music is done in collaboration with Deen. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[23]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35056
Track listing
  1. "Voice (Koko Kara Hajimaru Ai)" (VOICE～ここから始まる愛～?, "Voice (Love that Starts from Here)")
  2. Paint the Sky
  3. "Voice (Koko Kara Hajimaru Ai)" (without Vocal)
  4. Paint the Sky (without Vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 6: Inori/Justice

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 6: Inori/Justice"
Single by Ayahi Takagaki come across Feldt Grace
Released October 21, 2009
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 19:00
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Sixth character CD, featuring Ayahi Takagaki as Feldt Grace. Music is done in collaboration with Kokia. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[24]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35059
Track listing
  1. "Inori" (祈り†?, "Prayer")
  2. "Justice"
  3. "Inori" (without Vocal)
  4. "Justice" (without Vocal)

Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 7: Still More Ripple/Utsukushii Hero: Sayōnara no Humour

"Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Voice Actor Single 7: Still More Ripple/Utsukushii Hero: Sayōnara no Humour"
Single by Yuichi Nakamura come across Graham Aker
Released February 24, 2010
Genre Anime soundtrack
Length 18:53
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Writer(s) Yasunori Mitsuda
Seventh character CD, featuring Yuichi Nakamura as Graham Aker. Music is done in collaboration with game music composer Yasunori Mitsuda. First press comes with a collaboration card and housed in a deluxe digipak case.[25]
Catalog Number
VTCL-35059
Track listing
  1. "Still More Ripple"
  2. "Utsukushii Hello, Sayōnara no Humour" (美しいハロー さようならのユーモア?, "Beautiful Hello, The Humour of a Farewell")
  3. "Still More Ripple" (without Vocal)
  4. "Utsukushii Hero, Sayōnara no Humour" (without Vocal)

CD Drama Specials

CD Drama Special: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story MISSION-2306

CD Drama Special: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story MISSION-2306
Studio album audio drama
Released July 23, 2008
Genre Drama
Length 58:39
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
A prequel drama CD. In this drama CD, Setsuna F Seiei is tasked with the mission of preventing an assassination of Barry Halevy, the leader of a fossil fuel export regulation watchdog group, and protecting his daughter, Louise Halevy from terrorist organizations.[26] The story itself is a parody, framed as being a Veda simulation undertaken by Setsuna as part of his Gundam Meister training. After forcing an overtly bubbly fake persona, he is forced to call on the other Meisters in turn to help with his mission. This includes Tiera pretending to be a girl, Hallelujah acting as a delinquent and Lockon acting as his older brother. Graham is also featured as a homosexual teacher, with perverted tendencies towards his underage male students.
Catalog Number
VTCL-60063
Track listing
  1. Briefing Room (ブリーフィングルーム　)
  2. Setsuna, Move in (刹那、転入する)
  3. How Do You Do, Tieria (ごきげんよう、ティエリア)
  4. Leader of Hoodlums (不良番長)
  5. Intervention Begins (介入開始)
  6. The Exposed Truth (暴かれた真実)
  7. Goodbye, Mr. Ham (さよなら、ハム先生)
  8. Ending Toll ~ VA’s Comments (エンディング・ロール～声優コメント)
  9. CD Drama Extra [Hallelujah's Day] (CDドラマエクストラ「ハレルヤの日」)

CD Drama Special 2: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story ROAD TO 2307

CD Drama Special 2: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Another Story ROAD TO 2307
Studio album audio drama
Released September 24, 2008
Genre Drama
Length 42:10
Label flying DOG /
JVC Entertainment
Second drama CD. This drama CD will focus on the Meisters, as well as the Union's story. Unlike the first prequel CD drama, the second will have a comparatively much more serious tone, with stories that link to the original TV series.
Catalog Number
VTCL-60076
Track listing
  1. Meeting (出会い)
  2. Meisters (マイスターズ)
  3. Tieria's Defiance (ティエリアの挑戦)
  4. Exia VS Virtue (エクシア VS ヴァーチェ)
  5. 2 Years Later (2年後)
  6. Graham Maneuver (グラハム・マニューバ)
  7. The Notice from Howard (ハワードからの報せ)
  8. Slature's Motive (スレーチャーの理由)
  9. Mock Battle (模擬戦)
  10. The Sky Waits for You (キミを待つ空)
  11. Ending (エンディング)

    Kuroko's Basketball, known in Japan as Kuroko no Basuke (黒子のバスケ?), is a Japanese sports manga series written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki. The rendering The Basketball Which Kuroko Plays also appears in the artwork of the Japanese version. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since December 2008; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on April 3, 2009, and the 28th volume released as of July 2014. The series concluded on September 1, 2014,[1] but an extra chapter will appear in Jump during December 2014.
    Kuroko's Basketball tells the story of a high school basketball team trying to make it to the national tournament. The manga has been adapted into two anime series by Production I.G which aired between 2012 and 2014. A third season will be released March 2015.[2]

    Plot

     The basketball team of Teikō Middle School rose to distinction by demolishing all competition. The regulars of the team became known as the "Generation of Miracles". After graduating from middle school, these five stars went to different high schools with top basketball teams. However, a fact few know is that there was another player in the "Generation of Miracles": a phantom sixth man. This mysterious player is now a freshman at Seirin High, a new school with a powerful, if little-known, team. Now, Kuroko Tetsuya, the sixth member of the "Generation of Miracles", and Kagami Taiga, a naturally talented player who spent most of middle school in the US, are aiming to bring Seirin to the top of Japan, begin taking on Kuroko's former teammates one by one.

    anga

    Main article: List of Kuroko's Basketball chapters
    Written and illustrated by Tadatoshi Fujimaki, Kuroko's Basketball has been serialized in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Jump since December, 2008. The chapters have been published into tankōbon volumes by Shueisha since April 3, 2009.[3] As of July 4, 2014, 28 tankōbon volumes have been released.[4][5] The manga ended on September 1st, 2014 in Weekly Shonen Jump's 40th issue.

    Anime

    Main article: List of Kuroko's Basketball episodes
    The anime adaptation based on the Kuroko's Basketball manga chapters is produced by Production I.G.[6] The series premiered on April 7, 2012 and ended on September 22, 2012. On April 5, 2012, Crunchyroll announced that they would simulcast the anime as part of their spring lineup of anime titles. As of September 22, 2012, the anime ended with a total of 25 episodes. The second season premiered on October 6, 2013[7][8] and ended on March 29, 2014. According to the Shounen Jump news, the third season will be released on March, 2015 .[2]

    Audio CDs

    Main article: Kuroko's Basketball discography
    The music for the Kuroko's Basketball anime series were directed by four different composers. Ryosuke Nakanishi, R・O・N, and Alpha Eastman[fn 1] were in charge of the first season[9] while Yoshihiro Ike was in charge of the second season.[10]

    Video games

    Two video games based on Kuroko's Basketball have been released. The first game Kuroko's Basketball: Kiseki no Game (黒子のバスケ キセキの試合 Kuroko no Basuke Kiseki no Gāmu?, Kuroko's Basketball: Miracle Game) was released on August 9, 2012 for PlayStation Portable.[11] A second game Kuroko's Basketball: Shōri e no Kiseki (黒子のバスケ -勝利へのキセキ-?, Kuroko's Basketball: The Path to Victory) was released on February 20, 2014 for the Nintendo 3DS.[12] Shōri e no Kiseki sold 45,681 copies in its first four days on sale.[13] Kuroko also appears as a support character in the Jump crossover fighting game J-Stars Victory Vs.

    Reception

    The Kuroko no Basuke manga has sold nine million units in Japan as of September 2012.[14] Individual volumes frequently appeared on the lists of best-selling manga in Japan,[15][16] and many editions have been in the 2012 Top-Selling Manga.[17][18][19] DVD sales of the series have also been featured in the Japanese anime DVD ranking various times.[20][21][22] Kuroko's Basketball was the third highest selling manga series of 2013, with 8,761,081 copies sold in a year.[23] As of 2013 the manga has sold over 23 million manga copies.[24]

    Controversies

    After the anime began airing in 2012, the series became popular with dōjinshi circles, particularly for yaoi dōjinshi, though there is no yaoi in the series itself. Several events at which doujinshi of the series were to be sold, as well as several other locations linked to the series and the author Tadatoshi Fujimaki, including a television station airing the anime, a convenience store chain selling items of the series, and Fujimaki's alma mater Sophia University, received threatening letters containing a powder or liquid substance. It is still unknown if it is one individual behind all the threatening letters, nor is the reason for the threats known. [25][26] Multiple doujinshi events, including Comiket, banned content related to the series, barring creators from selling Kuroko no Basuke-themed doujinshi at their events.[27] The suspect, who was later revealed to be a 36-year old man named Hirofumi Watanabe, was eventually caught and was arrested on December 15, 2013.[28] Due to the loss of Kuroko's Basketball doujinshi because of the threats, there will be a special event that will specifically focus on doujinshi related to the series affectionately named Kuroket, organized by the Comic Market Preparatory Committee, to be held during the Comiket Special 6 - Otaku Summit 2015 on March 29, 2015.[29]

    Characters

    Seirin High

    Seirin High's basketball team was founded only the year before the manga; despite this setbacks and only including freshmen, the team made it all the way to the final league in that year's inter-high school tournament. This year, the team's notable newcomers include Tetsuya Kuroko, the main character of the manga, as well as Taiga Kagami.
    Tetsuya Kuroko (黒子 テツヤ Kuroko Tetsuya?)
    Voiced by: Kenshō Ono, Ami Koshimizu (VOMIC)
    He is the sixth man and the "phantom" member of the "Generation of Miracles" (キセキの世代 Kiseki no Sedai?) (Teiko Middle School's basketball team). Kuroko is Seirin's secret weapon. Although he was an essential member of his middle school basketball team, unlike his former teammates, Kuroko is unknown. This is largely because he is so small, frail, and easy to miss. Kuroko possesses the skill of misdirection which allows him to steal the ball and shift the trajectories of passes to suit his team without being noticed by the opponents. His near-invisibility makes him highly susceptible to on-court injuries however,[1] and is not effective indefinitely. If he is left in play too long, opponents grow used to his misdirection tactics; as such, he must be placed on the bench at varying points in any match to prevent this.[2] During the second season of the anime series and the eleventh volume of the manga, he developed a new technique, called the "Vanishing Drive". As the name states, he makes a drives towards an opponent player and seemingly vanishes in front of their eyes, appearing again behind them. This technique combined with his misdirection makes him a powerful player. Kuroko considers himself a "Shadow", whose goal is to help his "Light" achieve greatness. He also has a tendency to speak and act completely deadpan, and a running gag involves his teammates, thinking they are alone, talking to themselves only for Kuroko to answer them, apparently having been in the area long before they arrived.
    Taiga Kagami (火神 大我 Kagami Taiga?)
    Voiced by: Yūki Ono, Katsuyuki Konishi (VOMIC)
    A naturally gifted basketball player, Kagami easily makes his way into Seirin's starting line-up as a freshman power forward. When he first returned to Japan, he was disappointed by its relatively low level of basketball skill compared to that in the United States. However, since starting high school, Kagami has been spurred on by his desire to compete with the "Generation of Miracles". While he is a powerful all-around player, Kagami's unique skill lies in his ability to jump to great heights. This skill facilitates not only his most common move, the dunk, but also allows him to defend well against taller players. The drawback to this capability is that his body is still underdeveloped thus he often injures himself. As Kuroko has chosen Kagami as his new "Light", Kagami is also bolstered by Kuroko's techniques.
    Junpei Hyūga (日向 順平 Hyūga Junpei?)
    Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya, Shinji Kawada (VOMIC)
    Captain of the Seirin team, Hyuuga is a clutch shooter, his capabilities escalating immensely when the team is in a pinch.[3] Along with Hyuuga's change in skill comes a change in personality; normally Hyuuga is a collected and calm individual, but when he isn't, he becomes heated and rude. He is the best shooter on the team, regularly making three-point shots throughout the course of a game. Prior to the addition of Kuroko and Kagami, he was one of the centerpieces of the Seirin team's 'run and gun' play style, catching balls scooped by Kiyoshi near the net to shoot as three-pointers.
    Shun Izuki (伊月 俊 Izuki Shun?)
    Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima, Takashi Ōhara (VOMIC)
    Acting as the team's on-court tactician, Izuki is always calm and collected.[4] While he has no special physical abilities, he has the "Eagle's Eye", a mental skill that helps him visualize the court from any point of view.[5] He loves puns, a running gag being that he makes them quite frequently much to the chagrin of his teammates.
    Shinji Koganei (小金井 慎二 Koganei Shinji?)
    Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi, Atsushi Abe (VOMIC)
    Considered a jack of all trades, master of none, Koganei is a fairly skilled all-rounder.[4] This is driven home when his coach denotes his special skill as 'being able to shoot from any point on the court, with a so-so accuracy rate'; a decidedly normal ability.[6] He serves as the sixth man of Seirin's team, often coming off the bench for the other players, and has the most energetic personality out of all the players on the team. He is, however, quite intelligent, ranking in the top 20% of his class, though he does not excel in any particular subject.
    Rinnosuke Mitobe (水戸部 凛之助 Mitobe Rinnosuke?)
    Voiced by: Fumihiro Okabayashi (VOMIC)
    A stalwart player, Mitobe is very quiet and reserved.[4] Although he is never shown speaking (except for in VOMIC), Koganei seems to understand his gestures and expressions perfectly. A hard worker with excellent defensive skills, he is also an accomplished hook shooter.[7] He lives in a small house with a very large family, and is tasked with making and serving breakfast. He was the team's starting center while Kiyoshi was injured.
    Satoshi Tsuchida (土田 聡史 Tsuchida Satoshi?)
    Voiced by: Gō Inoue
    While a regular member of the team in his first year, Tsuchida now sees little game-time due to the addition of Kuroko and Kagami. Good with rebounds, he is apparently not quite as skilled as the other regulars, but remains a key component of the old team's playing style.[8]
    Teppei Kiyoshi (木吉 鉄平 Kiyoshi Teppei?)
    Voiced by: Kenji Hamada
    The progenitor of Seirin's basketball team and its ace, Kiyoshi is the last of the original Seirin team members to be introduced, due to a hospitalization for a knee injury he received during a game. Rumored to be very capable, his preferred position is point guard, but since their team lacked any other player with the body size to play center, he offered to fill that hole. On Koganei's suggestion, he tried to play both, despite the inherent impossibility. With big hands that allow him to palm the ball with ease, Kiyoshi possesses impressive ball-handling skills for a center, and an uncanny sense of timing that allows him to make a move, observe his opponents' reaction, and then counter it, all in the blink of an eye. This ability is referred to as the Right of Postponement. He is renowned and respected by many players in the realm of high-school basketball, and is one of the few players to have held his own against the Generation of Miracles during their peak. While he is currently able to play, the knee injury he sustained during his freshman year was quite severe: formally speaking it required surgery, but the process would make him unable to play basketball for the rest of his high school career. He instead opted to rehabilitate without invasive procedures, though he would only be able to do so for one year at the most. Despite this setback, he vows to make the most of the time he has.
    Among high school basketball players, he is one of the "Uncrowned Five" (無冠の五将 Mukan no Goshō?), a group of five players, though overshadowed by the Generation of Miracles, of similarly great prowess and skill. Known for his stabilizing presence and extreme unpredictability due to the Right of Postponement, he is known as "Iron-Heart" (鉄心 Tesshin?).
    Koki Furihata (降旗 光樹 Furihata Kōki?), Hiroshi Fukuda (福田 寛 Fukuda Hiroshi?), Koichi Kawahara (河原 浩一 Kawahara Kōichi?)
    Voiced by: Naoki Mizutani, Voiced by: Tetsuo Sasaki, Voiced by: Yasuhiro Yoshimoto
    The rest of Seirin's team, Furihata, Fukuda and Kawahara see extremely limited playing time due to the skill of their starters (only the former has ever played in a game) and are mostly found on the bench. However, Furihata played an important role in the second match with Kaijo. They play point guard, center and small forward respectively.
    Riko Aida (相田 リコ Aida Riko?)
    Voiced by: Chiwa Saitō, Ayumi Fujimura (VOMIC)
    Riko, the team's coach, is a second-year student. One reason for her unique position as a student coach is her ability to immediately scan and evaluate the physical capabilities of players at a glance. She gained this ability from going to work with her father, who works as a sports trainer, and spending her time looking at the muscles of athletes and their related data.[9] She is very devoted to her job as coach, so she diligently researches other teams to devise strategies against them. Riko even uses her father's sports facilities for the team's unique training, which eschews weights for activities like practicing in the pool and drilling basics. Nevertheless, while extremely intelligent, her emotions are often flighty, switching from intensely heated to happily nonchalant at the drop of a hat.
    Tetsuya #2 (テツヤ二号 Tetsuya Nigō?)
    Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima
    Kuroko's pet dog found in the streets. He was taken in by the team as a sort of mascot, picking up the name Tetsuya #2 for his eerily similar eyes to Kuroko. He is an Alaskan Malamute pup that now wears a Seirin jersey numbered #16. Though Kagami is the only one reluctant to accept their new teammate, he eventually does after the dog proves to be surprisingly helpful and saving Kagami from a possible injury from torn shoes. He now joins the team wherever they go, most often hiding in a bag carried by Kuroko.

    Kaijō High

    Kaijō is a National-level school that makes it to the interhigh tournament each year. Although it is the first team Seirin plays, it is not in the Tokyo district like Seirin, Shūtoku, Seihō, Shinsenkan and Tōō Academy.
    Ryōta Kise (黄瀬 涼太 Kise Ryōta?)
    Voiced by: Ryōhei Kimura, Takashi Ōhara (VOMIC)
    Now a freshman at Kaijō High, Ryōta Kise was the rookie of the "Generation of Miracles". Kise started playing basketball because he wanted to do something that was challenging because he mastered whatever he wanted to do. After seeing how Aomine played he decided to join. Since he only started playing basketball in his second year of middle school, Kise was his team's least experienced member, and notes himself the weakest of the five.[10] Kise's unique skill is his ability to mimic the moves and plays of other players. He originally could not copy the special skills of truly exceptional players, like the other members of the "Generation of Miracles". Beyond being a strong player in his own right, Kise takes liberal advantage of his good looks and poses as a model after school. He now seems able to mimic the exceptional: faced against Daiki Aomine, he copied his former Ace's nearly impossible style precisely during their game, matching him blow for blow throughout. While he lost when he passed the ball to a team mate, something Aomine himself would never do and could thus predict, he proved his boundless potential. Later, Kise finally overcame his inability to copy the skills of more skilled players, and gains the ability to create a Perfect Copy- a state in which Kise can use all the skills of the Generation of Miracles at once. While he is almost unstoppable in this state, it only lasts for a short period of time.
    Yukio Kasamatsu (笠松 幸男 Kasamatsu Yukio?)
    Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi, Tooru Sakurai (VOMIC)
    The captain of Kaijō's basketball team, Kasamatsu is a nationally credited point guard. Possessed of a short temper and often exceedingly serious demeanor, he can become quickly enraged over the antics of his teammates, Kise in particular, and often vents his feelings with sudden fits of violence. As he takes his responsibility as team captain very seriously, he is extremely devoted to his team and does his best to trust in their abilities and lead them to glory. Though crushed that he was unable to take his teammates to the Inter-High School Championship, he repressed his own furious sorrow in front of them in order to spur them forward to prepare for the Winter Cup, later anguishing alone rather than burden his team.
    Mitsuhiro Hayakawa (早川 充洋 Hayakawa Mitsuhiro?)
    Voiced by: Kazunori Nomata
    A lively and excitable second-year, Hayakawa excels in offensive rebounds and is a ferocious Power Forward. Very energetic and modestly immature, he has a strange tendency in his speech to skip over certain letters, making it difficult even for his teammates to understand him.
    Yoshitaka Moriyama (森山 由孝 Moriyama Yoshitaka?)
    Voiced by: Tomoyuki Higuchi
    The flirtatious, third-year Shooting Guard of the Kaijō team, Moriyama is a reliable player with a unique shooting form. He is quick to notice pretty women and often claims to fight for them on the court.
    Kōji Kobori (小堀浩二 Kobori Kōji?)
    Voiced by: Yoshihito Sasaki
    A tall and muscular third-year Center, Kobori can hold his own defensively against most centers and can score in the low post. He is rather calm and prefers to stay out of the spotlight and out of trouble. He is focused and passionate.

    Shūtoku High

    Shūtoku High is one of the three "Kings" of Tokyo, along with Seihō High and Senshinkan High- three teams that have made it to the final league, and thus represent Tokyo in the finals, in the interhigh tournament every year for the past ten years. Beyond the Tokyo finals, in the Nationals they made it to the Final Eight. Last year, the newly established Seirin High was defeated by Shūtoku by three times the points. Now, with a member of the "Generation of Miracles" playing for the team, Shūtoku is more powerful than ever.
    Shintarō Midorima (緑間 真太郎 Midorima Shintarō?)
    Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
    Once a member of the "Generation of Miracles", Midorima now serves as the shooting guard of Shūtoku High's basketball team. With his great height and unwavering calm, his skill is a super-accurate shot that can be taken from anywhere on the court; as long as his form is unaltered and his defender doesn't block him, his shots are said to never miss. With the range of his shots covering the entire court, Midorima allows himself and his team to conserve energy during a game by shooting full-court threes from their own side of the court, immediately ready to mount a defense when the shot goes in. Midorima is so dedicated to basketball that he tapes his fingers when not playing, presumably to protect them for game time. Midorima also believes in the absolute nature of fate, so he frequently checks the horoscope and follows its predictions and recommendations to the letter.
    Due to his superstitious nature, he doesn't like to talk to Kuroko, as Kuroko has A' blood type and he has B' type, and it's said that people of those two types don't get along with each other.
    Midorima's superstitions and the seemingly resultant success he experiences from carefully keeping with his beliefs extend even to his normal life. Beyond being lucky in games of chance, like the flipping of coins, Midorima owns a carved pencil, which he sometimes uses on tests. Rolled randomly to give an answer to a multiple choice question, the pencil is correct the vast majority of the time. Midorima's Zodiac sign is Cancer.
    Kazunari Takao (高尾 和成 Takao Kazunari?)
    Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki
    A freshman at Shūtoku High, Takao is much like Kuroko in that he is a passing expert. However, unlike Kuroko, Takao has none of Kuroko's invisibility. Instead, Takao possesses the "Hawk's Eye", a mental skill superior even to Seirin's Izuki's "Eagle's Eye."[11] The main difference between the "Hawk's Eye" and the "Eagle's Eye" is scope; the "Hawk's Eye" has an even wider range of vision, allowing the player to see everything on the court without focusing on anything. Because of this, Takao is not fooled by Kuroko's misdirection, which utilizes both Kuroko's naturally invisible nature and techniques to divert the attention of those trying to focus on him in particular. Takao's "Hawk's Eye's" only weakness results from when Kuroko purposely draws attention to himself, which forces Takao to unconsciously focus on him. This allows Kuroko to use misdirection successfully and disappear from Takao's view.
    Takao often hangs out with Midorima in his spare time, as he is constantly seen driving Midorima around in a rickshaw-like cart attached to his bicycle. Although they always play paper-rock-scissors to determine who will drive the other, Midorima wins every time.
    Taisuke Ōtsubo (大坪 泰介 Ōtsubo Taisuke?)
    Voiced by: Kensuke Satō
    Shūtoku's third-year Center and captain, he was largely responsible for the team's success the previous year.[12] Possessed of a size and skill that surpasses most other Centers in high school basketball, he can devastate opposing defenses single-handedly and control the inside of the court with impunity.
    Kiyoshi Miyaji (宮地 清志 Miyaji Kiyoshi?)
    A third-year Shūtoku regular and the starting small forward. He dislikes Midorima's attitude and special status greatly; whenever Midorima makes an outlandish demand he frequently responds with a violent threat, often asking if anyone has a pineapple or durian, assumed to be for throwing at the object of his dislike. He is hardworking and skilled, and is known as the most intimidating of the upperclassmen by the first-years.
    Shinsuke Kimura (木村 信介 Kimura Shinsuke?)
    A third-year Shūtoku regular and the starting power forward. He shares Miyaji's distaste for Midorima, and frequently offers support of the latter's violent proposals, often offering to help Miyaji acquire fruit to throw. He shares a similar history with Miyaji, being very hardworking and having entered the Shutoku first string his second year, having been placed in the second string during his first year. Despite his height and position as a power forward, he is apparently unable to dunk.

    Tōō Academy

    Daiki Aomine (青峰 大輝 Aomine Daiki?)
    Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe
    Aomine Daiki was the ace player of the renowned "Generation of Miracles". Embracing an aggressive and liquid style, made even more powerful by Kuroko's misdirection.[13] However, other players like Wakamatsu dislike him, and his style of playing in particular. Incredibly fast and versatile, Aomine's strength lies in his unpredictability, as well as an uncanny ability to shoot from virtually any position, getting the ball in even from behind the backboard; possessing supreme speed coupled with surgical acceleration, very few can block and him, and only Ryōta Kise, a fellow member of the Generation of Miracles, has been able to pass him. As a middle schooler, he had a pure love of basketball; but during his second year his talent and skills suddenly blossomed, single-handedly bringing his team to victory in point leads of up to 170. As his skill grew more renowned and feared, many players would simply give up in trying to stop him. Coming to the conclusion that he would never find an opponent capable of matching him in skill, Aomine has grown very jaded and sardonic, skipping practice altogether and arriving late for important games. He has been barred from playing in the last games of the Inter High-School Championship due to injuries he sustained in a match against Ryōta Kise, who pushed Aomine far harder than he expected was possible. Despite his already supreme skill, he is capable of more, under the right circumstances; when faced against an appropriate opponent, he can enter his 'zone', where he is able to exert 100% of his capabilities. Though players of a certain caliber can all do this, only he is said to be able to do so at least partially of his own will.
    Satsuki Momoi (桃井 さつき Momoi Satsuki?)
    Voiced by: Fumiko Orikasa
    Formerly the manager of Teikō's "Generation of Miracles", she is now the manager of Tōō Academy's team. Proclaiming herself to be Kuroko's girlfriend, she harbors a vivid fascination for her former teammate, hugging him with extreme glee whenever they meet; Kuroko never fails to return her advances with kindness (though in rebuke).[14] Shrewd, calculating and observant, Momoi is renowned for her exceptional ability to plan nearly flawless strategies.
    She is Aomine's childhood friend, and one of the few people he makes any effort to behave jovially to. Though she expresses devotion to Kuroko, she cares deeply for Aomine's welfare and state of mind, and is heavily concerned about his opinion of her.
    Shōichi Imayoshi (今吉 翔一 Imayoshi Shōichi?)
    Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai
    Tōō Academy's captain and Point Guard, he is a well-spoken and superficially kind on first glance, but hides a somewhat darker personality that more subtly reveals itself in conversation. Speaking in the typically polite Kansai dialect, Imayoshi laces what would be pleasant conversation with slight jabs at others' weaknesses and understated but absolute expressions of his own confidence. While he displays no unique skills, he is a highly effective captain, culling the collective efforts of the Tōō team (widely known for being composed of individuals with very specialized styles and poor compatibility with other teammates).
    Ryō Sakurai (桜井 良 Sakurai Ryō?)
    Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki
    A first-year of the Tōō team, Sakurai is the team's Shooting Guard and 'Preemptive Strike Leader', and is skilled at releasing the ball in the middle of a jump shot with great accuracy. He possesses a very weak and delicate personality, frequently feeling blame for things out of his control and apologizing for them frequently and comically.
    Kōsuke Wakamatsu (若松 孝輔 Wakamatsu Kōsuke?)
    Voiced by: Kōsuke Toriumi
    Second-year regular and center of the Tōō team, Wakamatsu is easily agitated and extremely loud. Being a player of notable stature, he performs commendably on the defensive, and scoops up rebounds with relative ease. He despises Aomine and frequently expresses his distaste for the latter's lackluster attitude and special treatment within the team, both out of personal jealousy and concern for their team's longevity.

    Yōsen High

    Atsushi Murasakibara (紫原 敦 Murasakibara Atsushi?)
    Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura
    Formerly playing center for the "Generation of Miracles", he does the same now for Yōsen High School. Beyond possessing shoulder-length, purple hair, Murasakibara is immediately recognizable for his great height, at least ten centimeters taller than any other currently revealed member of the Generation of Miracles. Though his ability as a basketball player has never been disputed, he actually finds the sport uninteresting, simply playing the sport because he is excruciatingly good at it. Mildly sadistic and bemusingly childish, he is easily riled though generally laid-back, and can often be found with some form of candy in his mouth. His abilities have yet to be seen in full, but no one debates dubbing him the greatest center among high school players in Japan.
    His true abilities are shown during the match between Seirin and Yōsen. Using his incredible height of 208 cm (roughly 6 feet 10 inches) and strength from his weight of 95 kilograms (roughly 210 pounds) to dominate the area around the basket, he is able to tower any opposing player and block any attempts of jump shots, layups, and dunks. In offense, he utilizes his strength and height in conjunction in order to break free of any defense regardless of the players on defense, and overwhelm the opponents. His strength is seen when he breaks free of 3 defenders and is able to break down a basket through sheer talent and force.
    Tatsuya Himuro (氷室 辰也 Himuro Tatsuya?)
    Voiced by: Kishō Taniyama
    One of the players in Yōsen's basketball team, Himuro was Kagami's mentor and rival in the United States. Originally around the same level of skill as Kagami, he has since apparently evolved to equal the members of the Generation of Miracles. Though little of his playing has been seen, he possesses uncannily beautiful form, and the ability to somehow slip through an opponent's defense. Perpetually collected and quietly friendly, he is said to be willing to do anything to fulfill his objectives.

    Rakuzan High

    Seijūrō Akashi (赤司 征十郎 Akashi Seijūrō?)
    Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
    The final member of the "Generation of Miracles". He stood at their head as captain, leading their team to uncontested victory during the three years he played for Teikō Middle School. He is uninterested in winning, simply because victory in his eyes is an absolute given, requisite to his own life as much as breathing. But he has grown tired of victory in the absence of a chance of defeat; thus when it became clear that Aomine would not be able to participate in the final rounds of the inter-high school championship, he also withheld himself from playing and demanded Murasakibara do the same, wanting to make the games at least a little interesting. He upholds an extreme 'winner-take-all' philosophy, believing that victors are granted absolution in all things, while losers are denied everything. He claims never to have lost at anything, and as such he believes himself right in all things; he grows violent towards those who thus defy him, attempting to stab Kagami with a pair of scissors when the latter refused to leave even when told to do so. Respected and feared by the Generation of Miracles, they assemble as he demands, and can't help but heed his words.His abilities were finally shown during his match against Shuutoku: The ability to see what the opponent will do next, known as the "Emperor's Eyes." This, combined with his naturally developed perfection as a point guard, allows him to stop all moves that approaches him and nullifies them, be it offense or defense. Furthermore, he is shown using this in conjunction with an ankle break while attacking so the opponent won't "look down on him" as he's naturally short.
    Kotarō Hayama (葉山 小太郎 Hayama Kotarō?)
    Hayama is one of the Uncrowned Kings. He is energetic to the point of annoyance. He often fools around carelessly. His special ability is the Lightning Dribble, which he uses to get past opponents.
    Reo Mibuchi (実渕 玲央 Mibuchi Reo?)
    Mibuchi is the second one of the Uncrowned Kings of Rakuzan. Mibuchi is pretty uptight. He likes to keep things in line and gets annoyed easily when others fool around or act weird. He criticizes them and tries to correct them, but is not always successful. He is Rakuzan's best shooter, and one of the best in the series, only surpassed by Midorima. Hyuuga patterned his shooting style to him, to the point of being in awe of his shots.
    Eikichi Nebuya (根武谷 永吉 Nebuya Eikichi?)
    The third and final member of the Uncrowned Kings of Rakuzan. He is 190 cm tall and has a well-muscled body, as he believes that brute strength is enough to beat his opponents. Nebuya is a glutton who is shown to be able to eat comparable amounts to or even more than a particularly talented basketball player, and owes his spot to Akashi, who discovered and exploited his potential.

    Kirisaki Daīchi High

    Makoto Hanamiya (花宮 真 Hanamiya Makoto?)
    Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama
    Hanamiya is the coach and captain of the Kirisaki Daīchi team and the final Uncrowned King. An intelligent and shrewd point guard, his dishonest and underhanded playing style has earned him the nickname "Bad Boy" (悪童 Akudō?). He was the cause of Kiyoshi's knee injury in the previous year.

    Others

    Kagetora Aida (相田 景虎 Aida Kagetora?)
    Voiced by: Shinichirō Miki
    Riko's father, he use to play on one of the Japanese national basketball teams before.
    Alexandra Garcia (アレクサンドラ・ガルシア Arekusandora Garushia?)
    Voiced by: Yuki Kaida
    An American who was Kagami and Himuro's basketball teacher, back when they both lived in the US as middle school boys. She was a former WNBA player and now teaches kids basketball in the local neighborhood. She had taken up studying the Japanese language & learning how to speak it with the help of Kagami, so therefore she can speak Japanese fluently with ease.
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