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セイントオクトーバー (Seinto Okutōbā) |
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Genre | Magical girl, Mystery, Parody, Action, Supernatural, Tarot cards |
TV anime | |
Directed by | Masafumi Satō |
Studio | Studio Comet |
Network | Chiba TV |
Original run | January 4, 2007 – June 28, 2007 |
Episodes | 26 |
Manga | |
Written by | Kiira~☆ |
Published by | Mag Garden |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Monthly Comic Blade |
Original run | June 30, 2006 – July 30, 2007 |
Volumes | 2 |
Saint October (セイントオクトーバー Seinto Okutōbā ) is a Japanese anime television series created by Konami Digital Entertainment and animated by Studio Comet. It was also adapted into a manga series by Kiira, which was serialized in the Japanese magazine Monthly Comic Blade published by Mag Garden in August 2006. The anime series premiered on Chiba TV on January 4, 2007 in Japan. The series revolves around three young girls who work for a detective agency who one day receive magical powers from a mysterious boy. The series' portrayal of magic makes extensive use of tarot symbolism.
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Saint October concerns a group of three girls and the detective agency they work for called the Kuroki Detective Agency (黒木探偵社 Kuroki Tanteisha ) in Alkana City (アルカナシティ Arukana Shiti ). The story begins during a case to catch a mysterious masked kidnapper who has been kidnapping young boys for a strange man he answers to as his boss and leader. Kotono is a young girl and a member of the agency, who, due to her young age, is working harder during this case. One night after returning home late alone, Kotono runs into a young boy who's crying alone. With nowhere else to take him, Kotono brings him back to her home at Joshuna's church where it is discovered that he has amnesia and cannot remember even his own name. While there, Natsuki Shirafuji, Kotono's friend and fellow detective, arrives to add further information to the kidnapping case. Suddenly, the masked kidnapper appears and successfully kidnaps the boy, but Kotono chases after him and gets the boy back after a short scuffle. Just when all looks lost, the boy uses a magical power to bestow unto Kotono a similar power in order to defeat the kidnapper. After she won, he reveals that he has remembered what his name is: Juan. Now the focus has turned to who is the kidnapper's boss who has been pursuing Juan.
The Saint October anime series, created by Konami Digital Entertainment, first aired in Japan on January 4, 2007 on Chiba TV and is set to contain 26 episodes. The first DVD will go on sale on March 21, 2007.
Ep# | Title | Original air date | ||
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01/26 | "Loli Born! A Girl Becomes Super Goth-Loli!" (ロリ誕生!少女が超ゴスロリに!) |
January 4, 2007 | ||
A masked man has been kidnapping young boys for an unknown purpose and the Kuroki Detective Agency is hot on the case. Kotono meets a young boy named Juan who is mysteriously connected to the whole ordeal. | ||||
02/26 | "Loli Surprised! The Rumored Beauty Super Invades!" (ロリ吃驚(びっくり)!噂の美女が超襲来!) |
January 11, 2007 | ||
Firena, a washed up TV personality with breast implants, has been enlisted by Company Reverse to attempt to kidnap Juan, but is ultimately stopped by Kotono. | ||||
03/26 | "Loli United Battle! Even the Young Lady Super Transforms!" (ロリ共闘!お嬢様だって超変身!) |
January 18, 2007 | ||
Natsuki becomes jealous of Juan because Kotono is constantly spending time with him and worrying about him, to the point that Kotono forgot about the plans Natsuki and her had made to go shopping after school, instead going to the Reverse company headquarters to ask about Firena and what she wanted with Juan. When Kotono realizes why Natsuki is acting strangely, she brings Juan with her to apologize at Natsuki's mansion. Meanwhile, a black cat that Kurtz enlisted to make him look more like a villain is being controlled by Kurtz to find Kotono. Back a Natsuki's, Natsuki's various attempts to eliminate Juan have failed, and she, Kotono, Juan, and Koushirou are outside having tea. When Juan says he has to go to the bathroom, Natsuki jumps on the chance and offers to take him. Even then, her plots fail. But when Juan finds a Kotono doll in Natsuki's room, she realizes she's been attempting to terrorize a young boy with no memory out of spite, and feels guilty when she thinks about Kotono being all he has. She is beginning to warm to him when Kurtz's black cat finds Kotono, turning into a huge, panther-like cat with the fangs of a saber-tooth tiger. Kotono runs away into the woods, but the panther is close behind. Juan gives Natsuki powers like Kotono's and the two defeat the cat. | ||||
04/26 | "Loli Troubled! The Vampire from the Super Daytime!" (ロリ迷惑!超昼間から吸血鬼!) |
January 25, 2007 | ||
05/26 | "Loli Rematch! Elrock's Super Revenge!" (ロリ再戦!エルロックの超リベンジ!) |
February 1, 2007 | ||
06/26 | "Loli Formation! The Super Detective Squad of Gothic Girls!" (ロリ結成!ゴスな少女の超探偵団!) |
February 8, 2007 | ||
07/26 | "Loli Suspicion! Joshua, His Super Hidden Love.." (ロリ疑惑!ヨシュア、超秘められたその愛··) |
February 15, 2007 | ||
08/26 | "Lolis Devotion! Why? The Super Bowling with You!" (ロリ熱投!何故なの?あなたとの超ボーリング!) |
February 22, 2007 | ||
09/26 | "Loli Infiltration! At That Moment, the Super Big Thing on TV!" (ロリ潜入!その時、TVに映った超大物が!) |
March 1, 2007 | ||
10/26 | "Loli First Love! My Super Heart Reaches You!" (ロリ初恋!あなたに届け超マイハート!) |
March 8, 2007 | ||
11/26 | "Loli Suspicion! Joshua, His Super Hidden Love!" (ロリ激突!女の意地が超ごっつんこ!) |
March 15, 2007 | ||
12/26 | "Loli Pure Love! Sophia's Love Super Shines.." (ロリ純愛!ソフィアの愛は超輝いて··) |
March 22, 2007 | ||
13/26 | (ロリ慟哭!悩んで迷って、超乙女!!) | March 29, 2007 | ||
14/26 | (ロリ復讐!あたちのうらみを超くらえでち!!) | April 5, 2007 | ||
15/26 | (ロリ昔日!記憶のあなたに超会うために...) | April 12, 2007 | ||
16/26 | (ロリ桃色!フォーリンラブに超ホーミータイトでち!) | April 19, 2007 | ||
17/26 | (ロリ抹殺!山で遭難超二人きり!) | April 26, 2007 | ||
18/26 | (ロリ救出!お嬢の決意が超マグマ!) | May 3, 2007 | ||
19/26 | (ロリ水着!波に消えた超片思い...) | May 10, 2007 | ||
20/26 | (ロリ救急!友情?同情?過剰に超看病!) | May 17, 2007 | ||
21/26 | (ロリ帰国!世界よ、われに超ひざまづけ!) | May 24, 2007 | ||
22/26 | (ロリ公開!超NAZO·NAZOな私のヒミツ!) | May 31, 2007 | ||
23/26 | (ロリ窮地!いつの間にやら超敵だらけ!) | June 7, 2007 | ||
24/26 | (ロリ激怒! 愛を奪還、超突入!) | June 14, 2007 | ||
25/26 | (ロリ激戦! 信じて見つめて超正義!) | June 21, 2007 | ||
26/26 | (ロリ決着! めくるめくあなたと超運命!) | June 28, 2007 | ||
The Saint October manga adaptation was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine Monthly Comic Blade in August 2006, published by Mag Garden. It is illustrated by Kiira~☆.