Red Garden

Red Garden
Genre
Manga
Written byKirihito Ayamura
Published byGentosha Comics
MagazineComic Birz
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 30, 2006 – January 30, 2009
Volumes4
Anime television series
Directed byKou Matsuo
Written byTomohiro Yamashita
Mari Okada
Music byAkira Senju
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
Original networkTV Asahi
English network
Original run October 3, 2006 – March 13, 2007
Episodes22 (List of episodes)
Original video animation
Red Garden: Dead Girls
Directed byKou Matsuo
Written byMari Okada
Music byAkira Senju
StudioGonzo
Licensed by
ReleasedAugust 8, 2007
Runtime45 minutes
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Red Garden (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Gonzo which premiered in Japan on TV Asahi on October 3, 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City. An OVA sequel called Dead Girls was released in Japan, on August 8, 2007.

A manga of the same title began serialization in the seinen manga magazine Comic Birz on August 30, 2006. The first tankōbon was released on February 24, 2007.

Red Garden employs a technique often used by animated productions outside Japan, but rarely used in Japanese animation.[4] The characters' dialogue is animated after the work of the voice cast, synchronizing the animation with the voice actors' voices. The synchronization is particularly evident in scenes where characters are singing (occurring in some of the earlier episodes).

Red Garden was licensed for release in English by ADV Films for $660,000[5] and the first DVD was released on September 18, 2007.[6] ADV Films' Anime Network began airing the anime on September 13, 2007 on their Subscription On Demand platform.[7] On March 6, 2008 the anime began airing on their Free On Demand platform. Funimation acquired the series Red Garden in 2008.[8]

  1. ^ Dong, Bamboo (September 17, 2007). "Ready to Rumble - Shelf Life". Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2020. As far as psychological horrors go, Red Garden's pretty great.
  2. ^ Douglass Jr., Todd (January 11, 2008). "Red Garden, Vol. 2: Breaking the Girls". DVD Talk. Retrieved June 24, 2020. Red Garden remains a very intriguing and unique supernatural horror anime with many layers of depth.
  3. ^ ADV Films (May 11, 2007). "ADV Announces 4 New Gonzo Acquisitions" (Press release). Anime News Network. Retrieved June 24, 2020. the sexy supernatural thriller Red Garden
  4. ^ Condry, Ian (2013). The Soul of Anime: Collaborative Creativity and Japan's Media Success Story. Duke University Press.
  5. ^ "ADV Court Documents Reveal Amounts Paid for 29 Anime Titles". 24 May 2024.
  6. ^ "ADV Announces 4 New Gonzo Acquisitions". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  7. ^ "RED GARDEN PREMIERES SEPTEMBER 13 ON AMERICA'S #1 ANIME CHANNEL". Anime Network. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-03-26.
  8. ^ "Funimation Picks Up Over 30 Former AD Vision Titles". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-07-04.