X (TV series)

X
Key visual of the series
Genre	Action[1] Dark fantasy[1] Supernatural thriller[1][2]
Anime television series
Directed by	Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Produced by	Masao Maruyama Jōichi Mizuno Michiko Suzuki Shinji Komori
Written by	Yuki Enatsu
Music by	Naoki Satō
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS: Siren Visual NA: Crunchyroll UK: MVM Films
Original network	WOWOW
Original run	3 October 2001 – 27 March 2002
Episodes	24 + 1 OVA (List of episodes)
Related media
X (1996) anime film

X, also known as X TV, is a Japanese anime television series based on Clamp's manga series of the same name. It was produced by Madhouse and directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri. Its twenty-four episodes were broadcast in Japan on WOWOW from October 2001 to March 2002. The story takes place at the end of the days, in the year 1999. It follows Kamui Shiro, a young esper who returns home to Tokyo after a six-year absence to face his destiny as the one who will determine humanity's fate. There, he discovers two organizations who want to take him as well as another person who shares Kamui's same talent.