Death Parade ( デ ス ・ パ レ ー ド Desu Pare: Do , Death Parade ) is an anime series by Japanese director Yuzuru Tatikawa and Madhouse Studios. The series is based on the short animated film Death Billiards ( Japanese: デ ス ・ ビ リ ヤ ー ド Desu Beria: Do , Deadly Billiards ) , created as part of Anime Mirai 's 2013 Young Animators Education Project. The premiere of the anime series took place in Japan on January 9, 2015 on the Nippon TV channel .
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| Genre / Theme | psychological drama melodrama Mystic | ||
| Animated film "Death Billiards" | |||
| Producer | Yuzuru Tatikawa | ||
| Screenwriter | Yuzuru Tatikawa | ||
| Producer | Takuya Tsunoki | ||
| Composer | Kotaro Tanaka | ||
| Studio | Madhouse | ||
| Premiere | March 2, 2013 | ||
| Duration | 25 minutes | ||
| Anime series | |||
| Producer | Yuzuru Tatikawa | ||
| Screenwriter | Yuzuru Tatikawa | ||
| Studio | Madhouse | ||
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| TV network | Nippon tv | ||
| Premiere screening | January 9, 2015 - March 27, 2015 | ||
| Series | 12 | ||
Content
Story
The series takes place in a bar called Quindecim, which is unremarkable at first glance. Visitors to this bar are involuntarily people who have already died, but have not yet gone to heaven or hell. The manager of the institution, and part-time and a bartender named Dakim, invites visitors to play a game where their life will be a bet (which is shocking to many at first, but since they have no right to refuse the game, they simply have no choice) and find out who worthy of reincarnation , and who goes into oblivion .
Characters
Decim ( Japanese デ キ ム Dekimu ) is the main character of the series and the film. The manager of the Quindecim bar ( Jap. ク イ ー ン デ キ ム Kui: ndekimu ) (before Quimdecim controlled the bar) is located on the 15th floor (the name of the bar is related to its location and is translated from Latin as “fifteen”). The bartender, as well as the curator of deadly games. Calm and cold-blooded, does not show emotions. She is proud of her role as a judge, while not forgetting the respectful attitude towards visitors as a duty of the bar manager. Has the ability to control threads. Judging by the fact that they can lift a person, as well as several objects at the same time, these threads are very durable. As a hobby, he creates mannequin dolls . According to Nona, preparing first-class cocktails . Translated from Latin, his name means "ten" ( lat. Dècim ). In subsequent events, he manifests human emotions that changed him. At the end of the series he was able to smile sincerely.
- Seiyu : Tomoaki Maeno
Tiyuki ( 知 幸 п ) , formerly known as the Woman with black hair ( 黒 髪 の 女 Kuroki no Onna ) is the main character of the series and the film. Decim could not condemn her, as she remembered the events of her life. Nona erased her memory and offered to stay in Quindecim. Now she helps Dekim in conducting games already as an assistant and meets newly arrived visitors. Clever, not shy to say what he thinks. In recent events, she recalls her house, relatives, friends, the way she loved to skate (figure skater). But once she severely injured her leg and it soon became clear that she could no longer ride. From the inability to understand herself and others around her after an injury, she committed suicide.
- Seiyu: Asami Seto
Nona ( ノ ー ナ No: na ) - the manager of the Nona Ginta bar ( ノ ー ナ ー ギ ン タ ー ー But: na: ginta :) located on the 90th floor of the same building as Quindecim. Works in the tower for about 82 years. He is the head of Decim, Ginti and the rest of the owners of bars in this building. He looks young, but smart and very experienced. Very strong (spiritually and physically) Sometimes present at deadly games as a jury. Often plays billiards with Oculus. He wants to create judges with emotions.
- Seiyu: Rumi Okubo
Ginti ( ギ ン テ ィ Ginti ) is the manager of the Vi Ginti bar ( ウ ィ ー ギ ン テ ィ Wu: ginti ) , located on the 20th floor. It has a rather rude character. He does not like Decim. He does not trust a woman with black hair. Able to control water by creating balls from it. Afraid of Nona. And Ginti has a hobby of collecting kokeshi dolls . Also, Maya is constantly bored with him - the only one of his visitors whom he could not condemn and who is still loitering in the bar. After he has to send the girl to the void because of her choice, even the cat leaves him.
- Seiyu: Yoshimasa Hosoya
Klavis ( Jap. ク ラ ヴ ィ ス Kuravisu ) - lifter with green hair. He has a cheerful disposition, is friendly, and at the same time is rather mysterious. Often he can be seen paired with Nona. Likes to laugh at the failures of Ginti. Always smiling.
- Seiyu: Koki Utiyama
Quinn ( ク イ ー ン Quin ) is an information desk employee who owned the Quindecim bar until Decim. A lover of a drink with Nonna, especially wine from the human world.
- Seiyu: Ruoko Shiraishi
Okulus ( Japanese オ ク ル ス Okurusu ) - often plays billiards with Nona (5770 times) and often loses. The main candidate for the office of God. The beard and hair of the Oculus has the shape of a lotus, also, if the beard of the Oculus, that is, the lotus, opens, then it has the ability to cover it with someone's head (for example, like Clavis) thereby seeing his memories. Against Nona's idea of creating a judge with emotions. He wears purple shorts and a blue striped shirt. A bit narcissistic.
- Seiyu: Tessho Ganda
Anime
Movie
Madhouse Studios Death Billiards was created as part of Anime Mirai 2013, a training project for young animators [1] . Death Billiards and three other films created as part of Anime Mirai each received 38 million yen from the Japan Association of Animators with funding from the Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs [2] . The screenwriter and director of the film was Yuzuru Tatikawa, for whom this film was his first original work. Death Billiards and the rest of the short films were shown in 14 movie theaters on March 2, 2013 [3] .
| Title | Premiere in Japan | ||
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| Death Billiards “Desu Beria: Before” (デ ス ・ ビ リ ヤ ー ド) | March 2, 2013 | ||
| An old man and a young man get into the Quindecim bar, who do not remember how they ended up here. The mysterious bartender Decim and his assistant, a girl with black hair, offer visitors to play a game where their life turns out to be a bet. Until a game is played, they cannot leave the bar. Roulette chose the game of billiards . During the game, the heroes begin to recall the circumstances of their lives and ... death. Billiards reveals the hidden secrets of the soul of each player when it turns out that every ball scored by an opponent inflicts impossible pain on the opponent. | |||
Series
The 12-episode anime series Death Parade was created at Madhouse based on the plot of a short film. The director and screenwriter of the series is also Yuzuru Tatikawa. The broadcast of the series began on January 9, 2015 on the Nippon TV channel [4] .
The opening is the composition Flyers performed by Bradio. Ending - Last Theater performed by NoisyCell.
| No. series | Title | Broadcast in Japan | |
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| one | Seven Deadly Darts "Daesu Sabun Yes: tsu" (デ ス ・ セ ブ ン ダ ー ツ) | January 9, 2015 | |
| Newlyweds who died during a honeymoon arrive at the bar. Bartender Decim makes them play darts. Each sector on the darts board is associated with some human organ, that is, in which sector the dart will fall, that organ will be damaged. It turns out that the bride and groom were not always honest with each other. During the deadly game, their dark side is exposed. | |||
| 2 | Deadly reverse “Daesu Riba: su” (デ ス ・ リ バ ー ス) | January 16, 2015 | |
| A girl (Tiyuki) leads to the bar at Decima Nona, who does not remember who she is. She observes the trial of the newlyweds, and then makes an unexpected discovery: the verdict was issued incorrectly. Nona leaves the girl with black hair to work in the bar. | |||
| 3 | Rolling ballad “Ro: Ringsu Bara: before” (ロ ー リ ン グ ・ バ ラ ー ド) | January 23, 2015 | |
| Two people who died in a bus accident get into the bar. Miuro Shigeru and Miyazaki Tesato in childhood were very friendly and Miyazaki fell in love with Miuro, but the guy did not pay attention to her and perceived him as a friend. The girl underwent plastic surgery to meet the guy. They had a bowling game, where instead of simple balls - balls with hearts of the players themselves. After the game and before the announcement of the verdict, they went on a date. | |||
| four | Deadly Arcade "Desu A: ke: do" (デ ス ・ ア ー ケ ー ド) | January 30, 2015 | |
| Tataeshi Yoski and large mother-TV presenter Tachibana Misaki enter the bar. They have a game of slot machines. During the game, Decim provokes them to aggression to reveal the dark sides of their souls. Yoski committed suicide by jumping out of the window of his own apartment. Prior to that, he lived in a foster family. Misaki died after a short fight with her administrator. Both heroes repent of what they did in life. | |||
| 5 | Death march "Desu Ma: tee" (デ ス ・ マ ー チ) | February 6, 2015 | |
| Girl Tiyuki begins to gradually get used to her new position. She constantly has a strange dream, like a children's book. Meanwhile, unexpected visitors are being sent to the Quindecim bar, and an ambulance is also expected. | |||
| 6 | Cross heart attack “Kurosu Ha: then Atakka” (ク ロ ス ・ ハ ー ト ・ ア タ ッ ク) | February 13, 2015 | |
| To the Vi Ginti bar strange visitors are sent to Ginti: pop singer and dancer Haradu and his fan May. May died slipping on a bar of soap in the bathroom. Harada, a famous lovelace, died during an explosion caused by a girl whose sister committed suicide after breaking up with a musician. Roulette chose a game - a twister. The players have a question: one must throw the other into the abyss. Maya sacrifices herself to save Harada, but he does not intend to let her go just like that. Maya, learning that she is dead, throws a fit of temper, forcing Ginti to temporarily postpone the judging. At the end of the series, Harada arranges a concert specifically for Maya, which is attended by Tiyuki, Decim, May herself, Ginti and the elevator - Klavis. | |||
| 7 | Alcohol poisoning "Aruko: Ru Poizun" (ア ル コ ー ル ・ ポ イ ズ ン) | February 20, 2015 | |
| Ginti does not know what to do with Maya. Decim recalls his first day at Quindecim, when everything in the bar was controlled by Quinn, now working in the department of memories. Decim tells why he is keen on repairing mannequins. | |||
| 8 | Deadly rally "Dasu Rari:" (デ ス ・ ラ リ ー) | February 27, 2015 | |
| Two men get into the bar, one of whom committed murder. This is police detective Tatsumi and the guy who raised his sister after the death of his parents, Shimada. They play air hockey, where the opponent’s organs are painted on the puck. When hit on target, the player feels pain. Tiyuki asks Decima to send the memories of the dead to her as well. It turns out that they are both killers. | |||
| 9 | Deadly counter "Desu County:" (デ ス ・ カ ウ ン タ ー) | March 6, 2015 | |
| It turned out that Tatsumi witnessed the rape of Shimida's sister, but did nothing to have irrefutable evidence. Both the detective and the guy came to the rapist to kill him, but Simida was the first, it was he who later killed Tatsumi. After the game, Simida wanted to kill the detective, but Tiyuki tried to dissuade him. Decim, for the first time in several years, felt at least some emotions. | |||
| 10 | Narrator "Suto: ri: Tera:" (ス ト ー リ ー ・ テ ラ ー) | March 13, 2015 | |
| Decim came to Nona and said that judging a person with a game is wrong, because the game does not reveal the dark sides of the soul, but creates them. Nona asked Queen to look for Tiyuki's memories. Tiyuki realized that she was a man. The time allotted for her sentencing is running out, the soul will soon leave the body, so the flesh of the mannequin begins to appear through the girl’s skin, into which the person’s soul temporarily moves. Tiyuki will play cards with Decim and illustrator Safiko Wimura (the wife of an old man who has been judged in " Deadly Billiards "). Tiyuki remembered her name and again stayed with Decim, who asked her to tell about her life. | |||
| eleven | memento Mori Mamento Mori (メ メ ン ト ・ モ リ) | March 20, 2015 | |
| Tiyuki tells the story of his life. She was a professional skater, but after a knee injury, the doctors said that she would never be able to go on the ice again. Not finding a way out of this situation, the girl cut her veins. Decim and Tiyuki drank the Remember Me Death cocktail, after which the girl passed out. Decim took her to the first floor. Ginti, meanwhile, sends May and Harada to oblivion | |||
| 12 | Suicide tour “Su: Saido Tsua:” (ス ー サ イ ド ・ ツ ア ー) | March 27, 2015 | |
| Dekim returns Tiyuki to her house and offers a deal: she can be resurrected, no one will remember that she was dying, but someone else must die together with her. As it turned out, it was a test, that is, the trial of Tiyuki. Decim begins to feel emotions. Tiyuki sets off for rebirth. In the meantime, Oculus is opposed to creating judges with human emotions. | |||
Criticism
Shortly after the premiere of the series, ANN critics generally welcomed the continuation of the short film. The original “bewitching” style and realistic characters were noted. Also, according to critics, the target audience of the series is quite old, as it talks about the cruel fate of people and shows their negative side. The plot is compared with the play by Jean-Paul Sartre, "Behind Closed Doors . " Despite the positive reviews, critics expressed concern that the original idea of the film, used in the 12-episode series, may bother the viewer who is used to the rapid development of the plot [5] .
Notes
- ↑ Gonzo / ZEXCS / Trigger / Madhouse's Full Anime Mirai Trailer . Anime News Network (February 5, 2013). Date of treatment December 18, 2013.
- ↑ Gonzo, Trigger, Pierrot, Madhouse Make Anime Mirai 2013 . Anime News Network (June 6, 2012). Date of treatment December 18, 2013.
- ↑ Anime Mirai 2013 Slated for March 2 . Anime News Network (December 16, 2012). Date of treatment December 18, 2013.
- ↑ Death Billiards' Death Parade TV Anime Slated for January 9 , Anime News Network (December 9, 2014). Date of treatment January 31, 2015. (English)
- ↑ The Winter 2015 Anime Preview Guide. Death Parade , Anime News Network (January 9, 2015). Date of treatment January 31, 2015. (English)
Links
- Death billiards
- Death Billiards on the Anime Mirai project site (jap.)
- Death Billiards on Madhouse Studios website (jap.)
- Anime "Death Billiards" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Death Billiards" in the AniDB database
- Death parade
- deathparade.jp (jap.) - official website of Death Parade
- Anime "Death Parade" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
- Anime "Death Parade" in the AniDB database