"X" (2001) TV series 2001-2002

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Directors:

Mokona Apapa
Yoshiaki Kawajiri

Writers:

Mokona Apapa (writer)
Satsuki Igarashi (writer)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

3 October 2001 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

Two sides. Two choices. One future.

Plot:

Kamui Shirou and Fuuma Monou have been best friends ever since they were kids. Fate, however, separates...

Plot Keywords:

Fate | Angel | Buddhist Monk | Female Nudity | Anime

Cast

Mona Marshall	...	Girl / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Bob Papenbrook	...	Kanoe's Boss (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Jamieson Price	...	Additional Voices / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Philece Sampler	...	Tokiko Magami / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Tony Schnur	...	Fisherman / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Terrence Stone	...	Gang Member / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Karen Strassman	...	Satsuki Yatouji / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Julie Ann Taylor	...	Hokuto Sumeragi / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Dave Wittenberg	...	Basketball Player / ... (25 episodes, 2001-2002)
Barbara Goodson	...	Maid / ... (23 episodes, 2001-2002)

Runtime:

24 min (24 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Certification:

Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Germany:16

Company:

Mad House

Trivia:

Steven Blum is the only voice actor out of both the Japanese and English language casts to retain the same role (Seiichiro Aoki) for both this series and the feature film X (1996).

Quotes:

Kamui Shirô: [after Sorata talked about Kamui's mother] You came to Tokyo to die!

Movie Connections:

Remake of X (1996)

a world full of love

I came to love manga for the first time when I read Tokyo Babylon. Also this manga made me know Clamp and induced me to read RG Veda and the uncompleted X and further TV series of X. Heaven and Earth, Protection and Destruction; Felicity and Agony; Tenderness and Brutality…… all these seeming like antonyms penetrates into the fate of Kamui and Fuuma and "torture" the loyal fans of Clamp. It's really frustrating when Clamp announced the serialization of X stopped in 2002 and I believe many adherents of X and Tokyo Babylon had to face the reality after years of waiting. Anyway, the TV series give us an ending: Fuuma stabbed Kamui and declared that all living things would be destroyed together with Kamui's death, while Kamui told him that he had been living in Fuuma's heart all along and had brought the Wish into the latter's heart. I could not help being sobbing at the scene and this was the first and only time I almost cried my heart out for Kamui. I have to confess that my great love in X shall attribute to Subaru and Seishiro. Subaru is timid, solitary, shy, soft-hearted, angelic, pure…… so I have to love him so much. So I had to extremely desire to visit Tokyo to take a full view of this city going to end in prosperity from the top of that symbolic tower as well as pay a visit to Rainbow Bridge in memory of someone; So I kept the brand –Mild Seven in my mind even though I hate smoking and got jubilant when I happened to see a pack of cigarettes named Mild Seven in a street cigarette stand; So I got to be in love with Sakura and convinced that pink Sakura is unique and sentient; So I felt an impulse to learn Japanese language even Japanese culture……Most of all, I become easily agitated at hearing about Subaru, clamp, TB or X or anything related. Sometimes I feel lonely in the manga world Clamp created because there's few people around me knows Clamp, but when I saw the touching story Clamp fans created on BBS, I got an undescribable sense of contentment. Though Clamp does not give an answer to the destiny of seven angels and seven seals due to its ramdon decision, I really enjoyed the X very much because genial affection and tenderness prevail in depressing and dark backdrop.