"Paranoia Agent" (2004) "Môsô dairinin" (original title), TV series 2004-

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

28 May 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Drama | Horror | Mystery

Plot:

Seemingly unconnected citizens of Tokyo are targeted for bludgeoning by a boy with a golden baseball bat. As detectives try to link the victims, they discover that following the assaults, the victims' lives have improved in some way.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball Bat | Assault | Detective | Hidden Camera | Ensemble Cast

Cast

Shôzô Iizuka	...	Keiichi Ikari (7 episodes, 2004)
Toshihiko Seki	...	Mitsuhiro Maniwa (7 episodes, 2004)
Michael McConnohie	...	Keiichi Ikari (7 episodes, 2004)
Liam O'Brien	...	Mitsuhiro Maniwa (7 episodes, 2004)
Mamiko Noto	...	Tsukiko Sagi (6 episodes, 2004)
Ryûji Saikachi	...	Old Man (6 episodes, 2004)
Michelle Ruff	...	Tsukiko Sagi / ... (6 episodes, 2004)
William Knight	...	Old Man (6 episodes, 2004)
Doug Stone	...	Akio Kawazu / ... (5 episodes, 2004)
Kotono Mitsuishi	...	Harumi Chono / ... (4 episodes, 2004)
Daisuke Sakaguchi	...	Shonen Bat (4 episodes, 2004)
Toshihiko Nakajima	...	Masami Hirukawa (4 episodes, 2004)
Makoto Tsumura	...	Shogo Ushiyama (4 episodes, 2004)
Mayumi Yamaguchi	...	Yuichi Taira (4 episodes, 2004)
Carrie Savage	...	Maromi / ... (4 episodes, 2004)
Erica Shaffer	...	Harumi Chono / ... (4 episodes, 2004)
Sam Riegel	...	Little Slugger / ... (4 episodes, 2004)
Deem Bristow	...	Masami Hirukawa (4 episodes, 2004)
Steven Bendik	...	Shogo Ushiyama (4 episodes, 2004)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Yuichi Taira (4 episodes, 2004)
Jonathan Klein	...	Additional Voices (4 episodes, 2004)
Haruko Momoi	...	Maromi (3 episodes, 2004)
Kenji Utsumi	...	Akio Kawazu (2 episodes, 2004)
Akio Suyama	...	Masashi Kamei (2 episodes, 2004)
Hisako Kyôda	...	Old Woman (2 episodes, 2004)
Patrick Seitz	...	Comic Hero / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Stephanie Sheh	...	Kamome / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Hunter Mackenzie Austin	...	Housewife A / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Jonathan C. Osborne	...	Masashi Kamei (2 episodes, 2004)
Gina Grad	...	Housewife C / ... (2 episodes, 2004)
Melora Harte	...	Old Woman (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Directed by
Satoshi Kon		(13 episodes, 2004)
Takuji Endo		(3 episodes, 2004)

Series Writing credits
Satoshi Kon		(13 episodes, 2004)
Seishi Minakami		(7 episodes, 2004)
Tomomi Yoshino		(2 episodes, 2004)

Series Produced by
Mitsuru Uda	....	producer (13 episodes, 2004)
Shinsaku Tanaka	....	assistant producer (8 episodes, 2004)
Satoshi Fujii	....	producer (5 episodes, 2004)

Series Original Music by
Susumu Hirasawa		(unknown episodes)

Series Film Editing by
Kashiko Kimura		(8 episodes, 2004)

Series Art Direction by
Kaoru Inoda		(2 episodes, 2004)

Series Production Management
Ryohei Takahashi	....	production manager (8 episodes, 2004)

Series Art Department
Hideki Hamazu	....	designer: Maromi (8 episodes, 2004)
Tomomi Yoshino	....	art setting coordinator (8 episodes, 2004)
Satoshi Hashimoto	....	color designer (6 episodes, 2004)

Series Sound Department
Masanori Chinzei	....	sound engineer (8 episodes, 2004)
Hiroyasu Maru	....	audio production: Techno Sound (8 episodes, 2004)
Tomokazu Mii	....	sound effects assistant: Sound Box (8 episodes, 2004)
Tomoko Nakashima	....	audio production: Techno Sound (8 episodes, 2004)
Yukari Tobase	....	recording assistant: Aoi Studio Co. Ltd. (8 episodes, 2004)
Makoto Uchida	....	recording engineer (8 episodes, 2004)

Series Special Effects by
Ayumi Arahata	....	special effects / special effects technician (7 episodes, 2004)
Kumiko Taniguchi	....	special effects (7 episodes, 2004)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Norio Yamamoto	....	animation camera: Studio Ipse / animation camera operator: Studio Ipse (8 episodes, 2004)
Hiroshi Murakami	....	animation camera: Studio Ipse / animation camera operator: Studio Ipse (7 episodes, 2004)
Mari Gomyo	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Takeshi Katsurayama	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Yukihiro Masumoto	....	animation camera operator: Madhouse / animation camera: Madhouse (4 episodes, 2004)
Fumihiko Morohashi	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Masayuki Narai	....	animation camera operator: Madhouse / animation camera: Madhouse (4 episodes, 2004)
Minoe Ohkubo	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Kou Oizumi	....	animation camera operator: Madhouse / animation camera: Madhouse (4 episodes, 2004)
Kenji Takahashi	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Yoshihiro Tomita	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Ryuta Undo	....	animation camera: Madhouse / animation camera operator: Madhouse (4 episodes, 2004)
Naoyuki Wada	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (4 episodes, 2004)
Hitoshi Yamaguchi	....	animation camera operator: Madhouse / animation camera: Madhouse (4 episodes, 2004)
Koji Takahashi	....	animation camera: Madhouse / animation camera operator: Madhouse (3 episodes, 2004)
Shinya Ueda	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (3 episodes, 2004)
Suguru Oidaira	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2004)
Kayoko Takaya	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2004)
Kazuki Watanabe	....	animation camera: Asahi Production (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Animation Department
Ikumi Fukumoto	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (8 episodes, 2004)
Soo-jung Ha	....	background artist: DR Movie (8 episodes, 2004)
Mi-young Houng	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (8 episodes, 2004)
Daiki Imamura	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (8 episodes, 2004)
Akiko Ohshima	....	animation checker (8 episodes, 2004)
Tae-yong Sung	....	background artist: DR Movie (8 episodes, 2004)
Megumi Tonegawa	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (8 episodes, 2004)
Shinichi Uehara	....	background artist (8 episodes, 2004)
Yoshie Fujiwara	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (7 episodes, 2004)
Naoko Masui	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (7 episodes, 2004)
Yuya Nishida	....	digital paint checker (7 episodes, 2004)
Natsumi Okumoto	....	inbetween animator: Madhouse (7 episodes, 2004)
Youn-jong Pil	....	background artist: DR Movie (7 episodes, 2004)
Mi Kyoung An	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (6 episodes, 2004)
Michiya Katou	....	designer: eye catch animation (6 episodes, 2004)
Rio Kono	....	background artist (6 episodes, 2004)
Young Sim Lee	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (6 episodes, 2004)
Hyun-ah Park	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (6 episodes, 2004)
Eun-ju Yoon	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (6 episodes, 2004)
Hyun Ji An	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Sun-hee Baek	....	background artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Soon Lee Choi	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Kaoru Inoda	....	background artist (5 episodes, 2004)
Eun-sook Jeong	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Youn Hee Jeong	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Shigeyo Kiriyama	....	background artist (5 episodes, 2004)
Yeon-suk Na	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Masako Okada	....	background artist (5 episodes, 2004)
Jung-ah Park	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Yong Kyoung Park	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Myung Hee Youn	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (5 episodes, 2004)
Hyeon Ok Choi	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (4 episodes, 2004)
Jin Young Han	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (4 episodes, 2004)
Kazuaki Imai	....	key animator (4 episodes, 2004)
Masayuki Ojima	....	key animator (4 episodes, 2004)
Young-ae Park	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (4 episodes, 2004)
Yu-Mi Sung	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (4 episodes, 2004)
Itadu Yoshimi	....	key animator (4 episodes, 2004)
Hee-kyoung Choi	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Ki-Jeong Choi	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Chihiro Hayashi	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Fumie Hayashi	....	digital paint checker (3 episodes, 2004)
Yurika Higashisaka	....	inbetween animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Yoshinori Horikawa	....	digital paint checker (3 episodes, 2004)
Su Jin Hwang	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Tomomi Ishikawa	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Yuriko Kadomoto	....	digital paint checker (3 episodes, 2004)
Jeong-dae Kim	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Mi Ok Lee	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Su-yeon Lee	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Ryotaro Makihara	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Hyun-kyoung Oh	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Yoshiko Okuda	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Hou-Jung Park	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Su-Gyong Park	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Seo Saeng-Hoe	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Yoshiaki Saito	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Azusa Sasaki	....	digital paint checker (3 episodes, 2004)
Song-hee Seo	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Hye Mi Shin	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Michiyo Suzuki	....	animation director / key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Aiko Wakatsuki	....	key animator (3 episodes, 2004)
Heo Pil Won	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Jung-eun Yi	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Il-sun You	....	background artist: DR Movie (3 episodes, 2004)
Masashi Ando	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Akiko Asaki	....	animation director / key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Park Hae Eon	....	background artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Choung Youn Hee	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Pil-won Heo	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Takayuki Hirao	....	animation director / assistant animation director (2 episodes, 2004)
Akiharu Ishii	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Cho-hye Jung	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Lee-jung Jung	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Nam-Sun Jung	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Chikako Kamata	....	digital paint checker (2 episodes, 2004)
Kumiko Kawana	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Noriko Kikui	....	digital paint checker (2 episodes, 2004)
Hae-jin Kim	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Ji Hyun Kim	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Kang-in Kim	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Kyoung-hwan Kim	....	background artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Mi-kyung Kim	....	background artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Min Ju Kim	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Min-sung Kim	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Young-joe Kim	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Ji-sun Ko	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Hideto Komori	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Akiko Konno	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Jeong-eun Lee	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Kun-hae Lee	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Mi-yeun Lee	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Yong-hyun Lee	....	background artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Young-ae Lee	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Hiroshi Nishimura	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Su-im Oh	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Se-ra Park	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Yun Hee Park	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Tomohisa Shimoyama	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Seung-hee Song	....	digital paint artist: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Zung Young Sun	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)
Hiroshi Takaguchi	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Yuichi Takahashi	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Kiyoshi Tateishi	....	key animator (2 episodes, 2004)
Yi Chang Yun	....	inbetween animator: DR Movie (2 episodes, 2004)

Series Casting Department
Tsutomu Kashiwakura	....	casting manager (6 episodes, 2004)

Series Music Department
Mika Hirano	....	music production coordinator: Chaos Union (8 episodes, 2004)
Rihito Yumoto	....	music production coordinator: Chaos Union (8 episodes, 2004)

Series Other crew
Masao Maruyama	....	planner (13 episodes, 2004)
Mayu Hayashida	....	public relations supervisor (8 episodes, 2004)
Mitsuyuki Iizawa	....	television public relations: Wowow / television public relations (8 episodes, 2004)
Joe Ikeda	....	marketing (8 episodes, 2004)
Kiyoshi Inagaki	....	public relations designer: Tristero Design / public relations designer (5 episodes, 2004)
Atsuhito Isoda	....	public relations producer (5 episodes, 2004)
Yasuyuki Iwanami	....	marketing (5 episodes, 2004)
Kozo Ohara	....	marketing (5 episodes, 2004)
Fumie Takeuchi	....	public relations producer (5 episodes, 2004)
Kazuo Watanabe	....	production coordinator (4 episodes, 2004)
Namiko Abe	....	production coordinator (2 episodes, 2004)
Azusa Sasaki	....	digital paint checker (2 episodes, 2004)
Masako Torigata	....	digital paint checker (2 episodes, 2004)

Production Companies

• Asmik Ace Entertainment
• Madhouse Studios
• Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
• WoWow

Distributors

• Cartoon Network (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Cuatro (2006) (Spain) (TV)
• Geneon Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Horror TV (????) (Japan) (TV)
• Madman Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• WoWow (2004) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Mad House

Also Known As:

"Môsô dairinin" - Japan (original title)

Runtime:

Japan:316 min (13 episodes)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Canada:14A | USA:TV-MA | UK:18 (episode 8) (heavily cut) | New Zealand:M | Australia:MA | South Africa:13V (DVD volume 1) | South Korea:15 (DVD volume 2) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (DVD rating) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) (volume 2) | Canada:18A (two episodes)

Company:

Asmik Ace Entertainment

Trivia:

This series is shown on satellite networks in Japan as it was deemed unsuitable for prime time network television.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lil' Slugger is about to attack Hirukawa, the shot of the golden bat tip hovering over the ground features the infamous bend a lot closer to the tip than usual.

Quotes:

Lil' Slugger:I'm home.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Episode #34.4" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Shirogaoka - Maromi no Têma

First episode is looking promising

I only watched the first episode of this series, ("Paranoia Agent" in English), and it is looking good. The animation, as is always the case with Satoshi Kon productions is excellent. Characters have way more depth than too many of those silly redundant anime. For those of you familiar with Kon's world, you will notice some characters common to his world: the homeless, the working folk, the psychotic killer.

The mood of the show at the beginning is similar to that of the excellent "lain" series. Despite this it is very original in its treatment, though some element or "camera" angles are very much like any (live-action) thriller, in the same way that "Perfect Blue" reflected a classic thriller style. There are also some fantasy bits which will arise in the show if I must believe the walking-talking Maromi doll (a doll designed by the main character of the first show). From the looks of it, this is very much worth seeing.