God Eater (anime)
| God Eater | |
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| Original video animation | |
| Prologue | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Takayuki Hirao |
| Music by | Go Shiina |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Released | September 28, 2009 |
| Runtime | 23 minutes |
| Anime television series | |
| God Eater | |
| Directed by | Takayuki Hirao |
| Music by | Go Shiina |
| Studio | Ufotable |
| Licensed by | |
| Original network | Tokyo MX, SUN, KBS, BS11, KSS, EBC, OHK, JRT, Channel Neco |
| Original run | July 12, 2015 – March 26, 2016 |
| Episodes | 13 |
God Eater (Japanese: ゴッドイーター Hepburn: Goddo Ītā) is an anime adaptation of the God Eater video game series. It is animated by Ufotable and began airing on July 12, 2015 after a one-week delay.
Plot
Set in a post-apocalyptic country named New Asian Union[lower-alpha 1] in the year 2071, the world has been mostly destroyed by mysterious monsters known as the Aragami. An organization known as Fenrir was made to exterminate Aragami using 'God Arcs', weapons made from Aragami cells. Those who specialize in exterminating Aragami are known as God Eaters. Their God Arcs originally could only keep a single form, however a new type has been discovered that can switch between gun and blade form. Since then, they have been classified new-types and the previous as old-types.
Characters
| Characters | Japanese[1] | English[2] |
|---|---|---|
| Lenka Utsugi | Ryuichi Kijima | Robbie Daymond |
| Lindow Amamiya | Hiroaki Hirata | Kyle Hebert |
| Sakuya Tachibana | Sayaka Ohara | Michelle Ruff |
| Soma Schicksal | Kazuya Nakai | Crispin Freeman |
| Kota Fujiki | Daisuke Sakaguchi | Lucien Dodge |
| Alisa Ilynichna Omela | Maaya Sakamoto | Cherami Leigh |
| Licca Kusunoki | N/A | Karen Strassman |
| Hibari Takeda | Kanae Itou | Erika Harlacher |
Broadcast
A 24-minute prequel original video animation was made by Ufotable and aired on September 28, 2009.[3] Ufotable later animated an anime television series directed by Takayuki Hirao with character designs by Keita Shimizu.[4] The anime is part of the franchise's fifth anniversary. The series began airing on July 12, 2015 on Tokyo MX, BS 11, and other stations after the first episode was delayed by a week due to production issues and a special short titled God Eater Extra aired in its place.[5] Four "extra" episodes have preempted regular episodes that were previously scheduled. After episode nine aired as the final televised episode, the remaining episodes aired in March 2016.[6] The opening theme is "Feed A" by Oldcodex and the ending theme is "Ruined Land" performed by Go Shiina feat. Naomi. Ufotable uses hand-drawn animation to animate the God Arc weapons as opposed to CG.
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | "God Eater Burst Prologue" (ゴッドイーター) | September 28, 2009 |
| In 2065, six years before the events of God Eater Burst, God Eater Soma, a new member of the Fenrir Far East Branch, travels to a strategic command base in former Russia for his first mission, accompanied by teammate Lindow and his older sister Tsubaki. They are instructed to assist troops in guiding an Aragami colony towards a nuclear fusion reactor, which will be detonated to wipe them all out. Soon afterward, the Aragami attack the reactor and breach its primary defense. With the reactor still preparing to reach its critical point for an explosion, Soma, Lindow, and Tsubaki battle the Aragami to keep them rooted to their position and distracted. Though the God Eaters outmatch the Aragami forces, the soldiers retreat at the behest of their captain, abandoning the trio at the reactor. The captain then manually detonates the reactor, but an unknown force absorbs the nuclear explosion, preventing it from doing any cataclysmic damage. Soma, Lindow, and Tsubaki survive, and are evacuated by helicopter. As Lindow asks Soma if he is still willing to come with them in "this messed-up world", a mysterious figure watches the helicopter depart in the desert below. | ||
| 1 | "Lenka Utsugi" "Utsugi renka" (空木レンカ) | July 12, 2015 |
| In the midst of an Aragami attack, classmates Lenka Utsugi and Kota Fujiki begin training under Tsubaki's orders. Hoping to go out and destroy as much Aragami as he could, Lenka voluntarily undergoes a strict, daily training regiment set up by himself, but winds up constantly failing his training missions. Hoping to cheer him up, Kota takes him to the weapons factory, where he is allowed to see his God Arc early. Later on, Aragami breach the settlement from both sides. With low numbers on the defense force, Lenka volunteers to go out and defeat the Aragami. Though Tsubaki turns down his request, he takes his God Arc and runs outside, with attempts at stopping him proving to be useless when he activates his Burst Mode. Reaching the middle of town, Lenka confronts several Aragami as they try to kill another God Eater, but one of them knocks his God Arc out of his hand. He is then rescued by the First Unit, consisting of God Eaters Soma, Lindow, and Sakuya, who easily dispatch most of the Aragami. Lenka then notices one remaining Aragami trying to kill a woman. Retrieving his God Arc, he transforms it into its gun form and kills it, impressing the members of the First Unit. | ||
| 2 | "Lindow Amamiya" "Amamiya rindō" (雨宮リンドウ) | July 19, 2015 |
| Lenka and the members of the First Unit, most notably Sakuya, remark on the transformation of Lenka's God Arc before more Aragami arrive. As the First Unit dispatches the Aragami, Lenka wishes to help, but Lindow dismisses him, telling him to hide. However, Lenka disobeys orders and fires upon multiple Aragami, but is injured and rushed to a medical facility. When he regains consciousness, he is locked in a holding cell by Tsubaki to await court-martial for disobeying orders. The superiors at Fenrir eventually rule that Lenka must surrender his God Arc as punishment. When Johannes von Schicksal tries convincing them to let Lenka keep his God Arc due to the rarity of new-type users, he learns that another New-Type, Alisa, is on her way from the Russia Branch. During a dinner between members of the Defense Unit, Hibari Takeda mentions Lenka's attempts to fight the Aragami without a God Arc; Lindow mentions that there was another person sharing those capabilities, but claims to not remember his identity. He then visits Lenka and asks him about the incident, where Lenka begs Lindow to teach him how to fight. Meanwhile, the planes transporting Alisa come under attack from a swarm of flying Aragami. Tsubaki issues orders to dispatch Lindow and Sakuya, but Lindow mentions Lenka as an addition, which Tsubaki accepts. Lenka is released and joins Lindow and Sakuya on the battlefield. | ||
| 3 | "Alisa Ilynichna Omela" "Arisa Irīnichina Amiēra" (アリサ・イリーニチナ・アミエーラ) | July 26, 2015 |
| Lindow, Sakuya, and Lenka arrive to rescue Alisa, but she insists on continuing to fight. As a new swarm of Aragami approaches, Lenka and Lindow descend onto Alisa's plane, with Lindow instructing Lenka to capture Alisa. However, Alisa retaliates, announcing her refusal to leave the plane or go with Lenka and Lindow so she could tend to other survivors of the attack, including Daigo Oguruma. Lenka explains the situation to Lindow, who explains that their only option of survival is rescuing Alisa only. Lenka refuses that course of action, and Alisa forges an alliance with him. After engaging the last of the Aragami, Alisa questions Lindow about the Far East Branch's practices, displeased by their apparent disregard for anyone who is not immediately useful to them. Suddenly, Sakuya announces the approach of a new, massive Oracle reaction and jumps out of the helicopter, intending to use it as a decoy. A massive Ouroboros arrives, stunning Lenka and Alisa into silence. A flashback displays the ability of Oracle cells to multiply and divide massively, as an induced reaction causes the formation of what appears to be the first Aragami. | ||
| 4 | "Aegis" "Eijisu" (エイジス) | August 9, 2015 |
| Tsubaki introduces Johannes to Lenka and Alisa to the Director, and Johannes tells Lenka that his actions in protecting Alisa's transport have resulted in the suspension of all charges against him for insubordination. Tsubaki informs Lenka and Alisa that they will be formally assigned to the First Unit along with Kota Fujiki. While out with Kota, Lenka sees Aegis Island on the horizon and learns that the island will be able to shelter every human on Earth once completed. Later, Lenka and Kota accompany the rest of the First Unit on a mission to take down six Aragami. During the battle, Lindow laments Alisa's inability to fight as a team. After the mission, the First Unit encounters a group of civilians who lost most of their numbers in an Aragami attack, and intended to head to the Far East Branch for shelter. Though the First Unit agrees to take them to the base, Lenka witnesses the entire group being turned away upon arrival because none of them were judged to be compatible with a God Arc. He attempts to intervene but is stopped by Lindow. In a flashback, Johannes looks over a report regarding the incident with the Oracle cell mutation, then deletes a portion of it and replaces it with falsified information. | ||
| 5 | "An Eye for An Eye (All In Vain)" "Adabana" (仇（徒）花) | August 16, 2015 |
| Returning to the base, Lenka inquires about the Aegis Project with Hibari, who explains that the project is not yet complete. Meanwhile, Tsubaki gives Lenka, Sakuya, Kota, and Alisa their next mission, which is to extract the cores of two large-type Aragami, but Sakuya has her give another mission, much to the dissatisfaction of both Lenka and Kota, who wish to hunt a large-type instead. During the mission, the four kill two of the four targets, but are cornered by the other two. They are saved by a Dyaus Pita wreathed in a dark aura, which Alisa recognizes as the Aragami type that killed her parents. Flying into a rage, she charges at the Dyaus Pita, but it incapacitates her and the others, then begins attacking nearby civilians. With Sakuya and Kota still paralyzed, Lenka and Alisa attack the Dyaus Pita to stop it from killing more civilians, but it incapacitates both, breaks Lenka's God Arc, and massacres the rest of the civilians before Lenka's eyes. Kota and Sakuya recover and distract the Dyaus Pita long enough for Lenka to carry Alisa to safety, but the Dyaus Pita, continuing its attack on him, breaks the fragile land bridge supporting the three of them, sending them all plummeting into a river below. | ||
| 6 | "Stay True" "Deichu no Hachisu" (泥中の蓮) | August 30, 2015 |
| Lenka and Alisa are rescued from the river. Regaining consciousness at the hospital, Alisa learns her God Arc is missing, so she leaves to retrieve it, but stops upon seeing how injured Lenka is. Returning to his side, she performs basic first aid before noticing Lenka's destroyed God Arc. When an Aragami attacks the area, Lenka and Alisa take shelter; Lenka comments on the effectiveness of Alisa's first aid and wonders if his God Arc can be fixed, but Alisa remarks that his God Arc is dead. The two then decide to sneak out to search for Alisa's God Arc. Arriving back at the river, they notice the hilt of Alisa's God Arc in the water, but as she goes to pick it up, she is attacked by Aragami and is unable to fight, being held back by her triggered flashbacks of her parents' deaths. Lenka tries to save her and even uses his body as a human shield to protect Alisa, but Lindow arrives on the scene and saves them both. He then admonishes Lenka for his actions. | ||
| 7 | "A Flower in Bloom" "Hokorobi" (綻び) | September 6, 2015 |
| Lindow decides to take Lenka and Alisa to a secret sanctuary instead of heading to the extraction point. He reveals that the area is guarded by Aragami-infused trees, which are monitored and protected by Lindow. Lenka accompanies Lindow as he harvests Aragami cells from the trees and witnesses its offensive capability when an Aragami accidentally touches the tree. Meanwhile, Alisa muses about her previous encounter with the Aragami, which continues to traumatize her. An Aragami later breaches the sanctuary and manages to evade the trees. Lindow tells Lenka to protect the sanctuary and its people, and to believe in his God Arc despite its damage. Coming up with a strategy, Lenka distracts the Aragami with various attacks until he could uses ampule to inflict damage. However, the Aragami puts up its defense mechanism and Lenka uses the last ampule by powering his damaged God Arc, turning it into a monster that defeats the Aragami. Lindow notices Lenka's success while Alisa helplessly watches the events. In a flashback, Johannes and his team discover the Oracle cells evading a certain cell. Afterwards, their report is denied by the government. In the present day, Johannes oversees the development of Aegis on his computer. | ||
| 8 | "Sakuya Tachibana" "Tachibana Sakuya" (橘 サクヤ) | September 20, 2015 |
| Lenka and Alisa are rescued and brought back to the Far East Branch. Lenka's God Arc is sent in for repairs, while Alisa is transferred to a psych ward. Meanwhile, Tsubaki tells Lindow about the Dyaus Pita, the type of Aragami Lenka fought, and mentions that Alisa has some connection to it. Lindow then goes off to explore Aegis Island. During a medical and physiological examination, Lenka learns that his internal wounds from the battle against the Pita have completely and miraculously healed. During a mission to kill a swarm of Aragami, the joint force assigned to the mission is outnumbered. Tsubaki orders a retreat, but Lenka, observing from the command center, instructs the joint force to go underground, explaining that retreating above the ground will only result in further disaster and that the joint force should find an underground exit. When it becomes clear that Lenka's plan is more efficient, he is given command of the team. Following the success of the mission, Lenka is congratulated on his leadership. In the God Arc maintenance room, Sakaki informs Lenka that it was his own overwhelmingly powerful compatibility rate, not the Dyaus Pita's attack, that caused his God Arc to snap. However, because of this compatibility rate, he has only a few years to live. In a flashback, Johannes, Sakaki, and Aisha remark upon test results of the Managarm Project. An earthquake rocks the entire planet, and enormous Oracle Cell spires rise from the ground all over the world, destroying anything in their vicinity. A colony of Oracle Cells is seen gathering, as the first Aragami emerges from the ground. | ||
| 9 | "Soma Schicksal" "Sōma Shikkuzāru" (ソーマ・シックザール) | September 27, 2015 |
| Lenka learns his heightened compatibility rate is caused by his God Arc's Oracle cells invading his body, and that this rate will increase even more and hasten his death should he wield his God Arc further. In a flashback to the first days of the Aragami outbreak, Johannes, Sakaki, and Aisha meet in a room overlooking the destruction, and they notice a building tipped with anti-Oracle cell lights, which they later call "Bias Factor". Johannes wonders if the Bias cell can be used as a weapon. In the present day, Lenka, curious about Soma’s "grim reaper" nickname, realizes that Soma's surname is Schicksal, the same as Johannes. Later, Tsubaki outlines further details of the placement of the Aragami guidance devices with Lenka, before being called to train new recruits. Lenka asks why she stepped down as a God Eater, and she responds that, had he seen an Aragami being born, he would have no hope that the Aragami could ever be exterminated, while simultaneously explaining that she still has faith that the next generation will be able to end this. Lenka and Soma are later sent on a mission to destroy more Aragami. When Soma hesitates to use his special attack against them, Lenka reaffirms that he has every right to exist as his own person, as a beacon of hope rather than a harbinger of death. Hearing these words, Soma lets loose his special attack, killing the Aragami. Later, he confronts Lenka about having viewed his file, then explains the futility of the Aegis plan and that the Aragami can never be truly destroyed. In response, Lenka implores Soma to pass his own hope for the future onto the next generation. In another flashback, it is revealed that Aisha is Soma's mother. As the episode ends, Sakaki finishes restoring Lenka's God Arc, which has taken a new form. | ||
| 10 | "Scattered Petals" "Sange" (散華) | March 5, 2016[7] |
| Fifteen years earlier, a child named Iroha Utsugi and her parents are among the people who are denied entry into Fenrir since they test negative for God Arc compatibility. Fenrir only allows God Arc candidates and their blood related family members to accompany inside the gates. Iroha's family find an abandoned baby and decide to adopt him naming him 'Lenka'. Eight years later, the mother falls ill and Iroha and Lenka join a search party to find medicine for the sick. Everyone else except the two are killed after an Aragami attacks. They escape only to be cornered by multiple Aragami, but are saved by Lindow. He leaves a test kit with the thankful Iroha. Soon after that Lenka too falls sick and their mother dies after choosing to use the remaining medicine on him. Meanwhile Lenka tests positive for compatibility with God Arc, but Iroha hides it from him. After a few years, Aragami attack their camp and the father gets trapped under debris. Before getting eaten, he lets the now grown up Lenka and Iroha escape. Some time later, her earlier wound infests and immobilizes her. He refuses to abandon her when Aragami surround their hideout, so she fatally slices her neck to force him to leave her. She reveals to a shocked Lenka about his test results and that they are not blood related and requests him to join Fenrir. Iroha apologizes to him, stating she hid the truth because she did not want to be separated from him. Saddened, Lenka escapes after making a promise to her "to overturn this world". Before getting eaten by the Aragami, Iroha apologizes to her parents for not being able to watch over him any more and realizes her feelings for him. The story switches over to present time, where Lenka has successfully merged with his new and evolved God Arc. | ||
| 11 | "OPERATION METEORITE" "Meteoraito" (メテオライト) | March 12, 2016 |
| 12 | "United They Stand" "Dai-Ichi Butai" (第一部隊) | March 18, 2016 |
| There is a high possibility that the irregularity in the guiding devices may have been due to internal hacking. Surrounded by Vajra, Lindow continues his lone battle. Lenka acquires a new God Arc and gets Lindow out of harm's way in the nick of time. Reasoning that someone must have set another guiding device that suddenly distracted the Aragami, Lindow sets out to find and... | ||
| 13 | "Lotus" "Renge" (蓮華) | March 26, 2016 |
| Lenka fights against Pita and kills it. After the clash Lenka collapses due to accelerated Oracle cell erosion. In the last part of the episode, Lenka becomes the new captain of the first unit with Alisa, Kota, Soma and Sakuya (it is unknown how he survived, but the Oracle cell erosion seems to have lessened). While Soma is on a mission, a shadow can be seen looking over him...this person brings various canned foods to an unseen man....this man was smoking. | ||
Notes
- ↑ This country is a union of Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Philippines and Taiwan
References
- ↑ "CAST&STAFF｜ゴッドイーター TVアニメ公式サイト". anime.godeater.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved June 21, 2017.
- ↑ "Aniplex USA Announces God Eater's English Dub, AkibaFest in LA (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
- ↑ "Watch The Animated Gods Eater Burst Prequel (In English!)". Siliconera. February 22, 2011.
- ↑ "The Garden of Sinners' Hirao Directs God Eater Anime". Anime News Network. October 12, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ↑ "God Eater Anime's 1st Episode Delayed, Replaced with Special". Anime News Network. July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 13, 2015.
- ↑ "God Eater Broadcast resumes from March 5th 2016". Anime Corner. February 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Delayed God eater episodes 10-13 slated for tv starting march 5". Anime News Network. December 25, 2015. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
- God Eater (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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