Infinite Ryvius

Infinite Ryvius
Infinite Ryvius anime series logo
無限のリヴァイアス (Mugen no Ryvius)
Genre	Science fiction, psychodrama
Anime television series
Directed by	Gorō Taniguchi
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Music by	Katsuhisa Hattori M.I.D.
Studio	Sunrise
Licensed by	NA: Sentai Filmworks
Original network	TV Tokyo
Original run	October 6, 1999 – March 23, 2000
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
Manga
Written by	Yōsuke Kuroda
Illustrated by	Shinsuke Kurihashi
Published by	MediaWorks
English publisher	ComicsOne (volume 1) DrMaster (volume 2)
Magazine	Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh
Demographic	Shōnen
Original run	December 18, 1999 – September 18, 2000
Volumes	2
Original net animation
Infinite Ryvius: Illusion
Studio	Sunrise
Released	June 30, 2000
Runtime	5–7 minutes
Episodes	6
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Infinite Ryvius (Japanese: 無限のリヴァイアス, Hepburn: Mugen no Rivaiasu) is a 26-episode science fiction drama series produced by Sunrise.

The character and mecha designs in Ryvius were created by Hisashi Hirai, who later went on to act as the character designer for Gundam SEED.

The series is also noted for its music, which blends western R&B/hip-hop with J-pop vocals, including in its title song "dis–", performed by bilingual Japanese-American singer Mika Arisaka. Most of the songs were composed by M.I.D., while background instrumentals were created by Katsuhisa Hattori.

The anime was originally licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America before it went out of print in 2012. Following the 2012 closure of Bandai Entertainment, Sunrise announced at Otakon 2013 that Sentai Filmworks had rescued Infinite Ryvius, along with a handful of other former BEI titles.^[1]

A two-volume manga adaptation was released concurrently with the series in 1999–2000, which was then published in English in 2004. A parody spin-off original net animation (ONA) series Infinite Ryvius: Illusion, was released in 2000.^[2]