Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono

Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono
Promotional poster for Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono
Genre	Horror, tokusatsu
Created by	Keita Amemiya
Written by	Itaru Era Makoto Yokoyama Kei Taguchi Hisako Fujihira Sumiko Umeda
Directed by	Makoto Yokoyama Ryu Kaneda Akihito Shimoda Mitsuyoshi Abe Yoshiomi Umetsu
Starring	Wataru Kuriyama Tsunenori Aoki Junya Ikeda Miki Nanri Kohei Otomo Hiroko Sato Kanji Tsuda
Voices of	Hironobu Kageyama
Theme music composer	Yoshichika Kuriyama Shiho Terada
Opening theme	"Theme of Yami o Terasu Mono" "Isshokusokuhatsu ~Trigger of Crisis~" by JAM Project
Ending theme	"So Long" by Kohei Otomo "PLATONIC" by JAM Project featuring Masami Okui
Composer(s)	Shunji Inoue
Country of origin	Japan
Original language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	25 (list of episodes)
Production company(s)	Omnibus Japan, Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Broadcast
Original channel	TV Tokyo
Original run	April 5, 2013 (2013-04-05) – September 20, 2013 (2013-09-20)
Chronology
Preceded by	Garo: Makai Senki
Followed by	Garo: Makai no Hana
Related shows	GARO
External links
牙狼〈GARO〉～闇を照らす者～

Garo: Yami o Terasu Mono (牙狼〈GARO〉～闇を照らす者～, lit. "The One Who Shines in the Darkness") is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. that premiered on April 5, 2013, on TV Tokyo. Written and directed by Makoto Yokoyama, Yami o Terasu Mono is the third television series in the Garo continuity, set years in the future of the previous installments and featuring a new main cast of characters.^[1] The catchphrase for the series, referred to as the Vol City Chapter (ボルシティ篇, Boru Shiti-Hen), is "Get back your gold." (金色を、取り戻せ。, Konjiki o, Torimodose.).

Story

Yami o Terasu Mono takes place at some undetermined point in the future in Vol City (ボルシティ, Boru Shiti), a metropolis build around a volcano and infested by evil demons known as Horrors. Ryuga Dougai, a Makai Knight who has inherited the title of Garo the Golden Knight, is tasked to hunt them down. However, the Garo Armor had long lost its golden radiance and it's not as powerful as it used to be. Joining forces with fellow Makai Knights Aguri and Takeru, along Makai Priests Burai and Rian, Ryuga confronts the dark side of the city that is plagued by a rare breed of Horrors called Madō Horrors (魔導ホラー, Madō Horā), and the mystery behind why a portion of the Garo Armor's golden light is restored every time he destroys one of them.^[2]

Episodes

Sequels

Garo: Gold Storm Sho (牙狼〈GARO〉－GOLDSTORM－翔, Garo -GOLDSTORM- Shō) will be both a film and a television series that serves as a sequel to Yami o Terasu Mono where Ryuga and Rian face a renegade humanoid Madōgu named Agō who believes that the extermination of humans would wipe out the darkness that guides the Horrors to the human world.

The film adaptation was in theaters on March 28, 2015, while the television series began broadcast on April 3, 2015.^[4][5]

In addition to Wataru Kuriyama, Miki Nanri, and Hironobu Kageyama reprising their roles, they are joined by new cast members: Shigeru Izumiya (泉谷 しげる, Izumiya Shigeru) as D Ringo (D・リンゴ), Momoko Kuroki (黒木 桃子, Kuroki Momoko) as Yukihime (ユキヒメ), Sakina Kuwae (桑江 咲菜, Kuwae Sakina) as Ryume (リュメ), Shunya Isaka (井坂 俊哉, Isaka Shunya) as Agō (阿号), Akira Emoto (柄本 明, Emoto Akira) as Priest Soutastu (双竜法師, Sōtatsu Hōshi), Masahiro Inoue (井上 正大, Inoue Masahiro) as Jinga (ジンガ), Miyavi Matsunoi (松野井 雅, Matsunoi Miyabi) as Amiri (アミリ), Hiroki Nakajima (中島 広稀, Nakajima Hiroki) as Garudo (ガルド), and Tomohito Wakizaki (脇崎 智史, Wakizaki Tomohito) as Daigo Akizuki (秋月 ダイゴ, Akizuki Daigo).

JAM Project performs "Opening Theme of ~Gold Storm Sho" (Opening THEME OF ～GOLD STORM 翔～, Opening THEME OF ~GOLD STORM Shō~), the opening theme for both the film and the television series, and "Gold Storm Sho ~The Ending Theme~" (GOLD STORM 翔 ～The Ending Theme～, GOLD STORM Shō ~The Ending Theme~), the ending theme for the film. Makai Kagekidan (魔戒歌劇団) (REKKA, RYUME, YUKIHIME, ANNA) performs "PRAYERS", the ending theme for the television series.

Cast

• Ryuga Dougai (道外 流牙, Dōgai Ryūga): Wataru Kuriyama (栗山 航, Kuriyama Wataru)
• Aguri Kusugami (楠神 哀空吏, Kusugami Aguri): Tsunenori Aoki (青木 玄徳, Aoki Tsunenori)
• Takeru Jakuzure (蛇崩 猛竜, Jakuzure Takeru): Junya Ikeda (池田 純矢, Ikeda Jun'ya)
• Rian (莉杏): Miki Nanri (南里 美希, Nanri Miki)
• Burai (符礼): Kohei Otomo (大友 康平, Ōtomo Kōhei)
• Enhou (燕邦, Enhō): Hiroko Sato (佐藤 寛子, Satō Hiroko)
• Rivera (リベラ, Ribera): Kumi Imura (井村 空美, Imura Kumi)
• Sonshi (尊士): Yasuaki Kurata (倉田 保昭, Yasuaki Kurata)
• Hakana (波奏): Megumi Yokoyama (横山 めぐみ, Yokoyama Megumi)
• Tousei Kaneshiro (金城 滔星, Kaneshiro Tōsei): Kanji Tsuda (津田 寛治, Tsuda Kanji)
• Madō Ring Zaruba (魔導輪ザルバ, Madōrin Zaruba, Voice): Hironobu Kageyama (影山 ヒロノブ, Kageyama Hironobu)

Songs

Opening themes

• "Theme of Yami o Terasu Mono" (THEME OF 闇を照らす者)
  • Composition: Yoshichika Kuriyama, Shiho Terada
  • Episodes: 1-12, 24
• "Isshokusokuhatsu ~Trigger of Crisis~" (一触即発 ～Trigger of Crisis～)
  • Lyrics & Composition: Hironobu Kageyama
  • Arrangement: Yoshichika Kuriyama, Shiho Terada
  • Artist: JAM Project
  • Episodes: 13-23

  In episode 24, it is used as the ending theme.

Ending themes

• "So Long"
  • Composition: Yūji Toriyama
  • Lyrics & Artist: Kohei Otomo
  • Episodes: 1-12, 22
• "PLATONIC"
  • Lyrics & Composition: Masami Okui
  • Arrangement: Yoshichika Kuriyama, Shiho Terada
  • Artist: JAM Project featuring Masami Okui
  • Episodes: 13-21, 23
• "Brave Heart"
  • Composition: Yūji Toriyama
  • Lyrics & Artist: Kohei Otomo
  • Episodes: 25

JAM Project, performer on the theme songs for all previous entries in the franchise, will also perform the series theme songs.^[6] Kageyama, a member of the cast and JAM Project, says that the song he has written has already put him in tears in how much it has moved him.^[7]

References

External links

• Official website
• TV Tokyo website