List of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom episodes

Official DVD cover of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom released in Japan

This article lists the episodes of the Japanese anime series Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, which is animated by Bee Train and directed by Koichi Mashimo under the Project Phantom group.[1][2] The series went on air on April 2, 2009 on TV Tokyo.[3] Subsequently, the show also aired on AT-X, TV Aichi, and TV Osaka.[3] FUNimation Entertainment is streaming the series for its North American audience.[4]

The anime is based on the 2000 video game Phantom of Inferno.

The series is about a Japanese national who gets kidnapped by an assassin syndicate called Inferno after he personally witnesses an assassination while visiting the United States. Inferno is a criminal organization attempting to unite all known underworld mob gangs into one conglomerate. To achieve their goal, Inferno deploys its assassin operatives, who are codenamed Phantom. Among them is an amnesiac girl named Ein and the Japanese national, who was given the name Zwei as his codename after being brainwashed of his previous memory.

An announcement regarding the show was first announced in the January issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine with Yoshimitsu Yamashita, Mutsumi Sasaki and Yoko Kikuchi being the main animators with Bee Train being in charge of animation.[5] Soon afterwards, a promotional video of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom was broadcast on Biglobe.[6] Music for the series is created under Masumi Itō, using the alias Hikaru Nanase.[2] For the first 19 episodes, the opening song "Karma" is written and sung by Kokia and arranged by Hikaru Nanase, with the ending song "Jigoku no Mon" (地獄の門, Gates of Hell) is sung by Ali Project with CD singles released.[7] From episode 20 onwards, a 2nd opening song "Senritsu no Kodomotachi" (戦慄の子供たち, Children of Fear) is sung by Ali Project[8] with a 2nd ending song "Transparent" written and sung by Kokia and also arranged by Nanase.[9] In addition, the OST of the show with CD singles by Ayahi Takagaki and Miyu Irino have been released to the public on July 8, 2009.[7]

The Japanese DVD releases of Volume 1 came out on July 24, 2009 with subsequent releases from Volumes 2 to 10 on August 25, 2009, September 25, 2009, October 23, 2009, November 25, 2009, December 22, 2009, January 22, 2010, February 25, 2010, March 25, 2010 and April 23, 2010. FUNimation released the series on Blu-ray and DVD in 2011.[10][11] A manga adaptation of the show was published in tankōbon form on May 23, 2009 by Media Factory and Nitroplus,[12] with the manga being illustrated by Masaki Hiragi under Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive's February issue.[13]

  1. ^ "Official Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ Staff Page" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2009-02-07. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  2. ^ a b "Official TV Tokyo Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~ Staff/Cast Page" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  3. ^ a b "Official TV Tokyo Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~ On Air Page" (in Japanese). TV Tokyo. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  4. ^ Chris Beveridge (2009-04-23). "Requiem of Phantom Streamed at FUNimation". Archived from the original on 2009-04-25. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
  5. ^ "Nitroplus to Launch Visual-Novel-Based Phantom TV Anime (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  6. ^ "Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ Promo Video Streamed". Anime News Network. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  7. ^ a b "Official Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~ CD Page" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  8. ^ "日韓大碟推薦：ALI PROJECT - 戦慄の子供たち(TVアニメ「Phantom」OP2)" (in Japanese). 2009-08-19. Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  9. ^ "Amazon Japan's Transparent Single Page" (in Japanese). Amazon Japan. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  10. ^ "Official Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~ DVD Page" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-04-12.
  11. ^ "Requiem for the Phantom Due on DVD/BD in 2011". Archived from the original on 2010-06-26. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
  12. ^ "Official Phantom ~Requiem of the Phantom~ Comics Page" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-05-22.
  13. ^ "Phantom Visual Novel Gets Manga from Nitroplus". Anime News Network. 2008-12-12. Retrieved 2009-05-22.