Ajin: Demi-Human
"Ajin" redirects here. For the Iranian city, see Ajin, Asadabad.
| Ajin: Demi-Human | |
 Cover of the first manga volume released in Japan. | |
| 亜人 (Ajin) | |
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| Genre | Action, adventure, horror, mystery, supernatural |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Gamon Sakurai |
| Published by | Kodansha |
| English publisher |
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| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | good! Afternoon |
| Original run | 2012 – present |
| Volumes | 8 |
| Anime film | |
| Ajin Part 1: Shōdō | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Produced by | Naoya Tanaka |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Released | November 27, 2015 |
| Runtime | 103 minutes[1] |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Produced by | Naoya Tanaka |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Licensed by | Netflix (streaming rights) |
| Network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| Original run | January 16, 2016 – April 9, 2016 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original animation DVD | |
| Directed by | Hiroaki Andō |
| Written by | Kenta Ihara |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Released | May 6, 2016 – April 7, 2017 |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Anime film | |
| Ajin Part 2: Shōtotsu | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Produced by | Naoya Tanaka |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Released | May 6, 2016 |
| Runtime | 106 minutes[2] |
| Anime film | |
| Ajin Part 3: Shōgeki | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Produced by | Naoya Tanaka |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Released | September 23, 2016 |
| Anime television series | |
| Ajin Season 2 | |
| Directed by | Hiroyuki Seshita |
| Produced by | Naoya Tanaka |
| Written by | Hiroshi Seko |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Studio | Polygon Pictures |
| Network | MBS, TBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| Original run | October 8, 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 13 |
Ajin: Demi-Human (Japanese: 亜人 Hepburn: Ajin) is a seinen manga written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. It is being adapted into an anime television series which will be also be released as film trilogy.
Plot
The story is about a student named Kei Nagai (永井 圭 Nagai Kei), who discovers he is an immortal "Ajin" when he is hit by a truck. He becomes a wanted person because the Ajin are considered dangerous inhuman beings and the only person who is there to support him is his childhood friend, Kaito. While the government claims to help Ajin live in a safe environment, they are actually using them as subjects for cruel and inhumane experimentation. As a result, Ajin that have escaped are bent on revenge with the exception of Kei. During his escape it is subtly revealed he lacks the capacity for empathy and throughout the series only shows an interest in his own goals, pointing to the conclusion that Kei has antisocial personality disorder.
Characters
Kei's Group
- Kei Nagai (永井 圭 Nagai Kei)
- Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano[3] (Japanese); Johnny Yong Bosch (English)
- Played by: Takeru Satoh
- The main protagonist who first discovered that he is an Ajin after being killed in a vehicle accident. He appears to be a very smart and carefree student by his peers, but in reality he is overly logical and emotionally detached from others. As an Ajin, he has the ability to create an abnormal amount of IBM (Invisible Black Matter) which is a powerful semi-solid creature that is difficult to control. According to Ikuya, he is implied to have manifested his Ajin at a very young age.
- Kaito (海斗)
- Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya[3] (Japanese); Bryce Papenbrook (English)
- A close friend of Kei Nagai who helps him escape from the police and Ajin hunters. He was sent to prison for assisting Kei and later befriends Takeshi.
- Kō Nakano (中野 攻 Nakano Kou)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama (Japanese); Griffin Burns (English)
- Kō is a partner of Kei with the intention to stop Satō's plan to kill humans. Unlike Kei who is indifferent to others, Kō values friendship and is willing to put others upon oneself. He is also physically fitter than Kō but lacks the intellect that Kei possesses.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Yū Tosaki (戸崎 優 Tosaki Yuu)
- Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai[3] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn (English)
- Yū is the head of Ajin Research under the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and has a comatose girlfriend, Ai. He is protected by the Ajin: Izumi Shimomura.
- Izumi Shimomura (下村 泉 Shimomura Izumi) / Yōko Tainaka (田井中 陽子 Tainaka Youko)
- Voiced by: Mikako Komatsu[3] (Japanese); Cristina Vee (English)
- She is an Ajin working for Yū Tosaki at the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. She also acts as his protector against other Ajins. She was recruited and had her name changed under a special contract with Yū.
- Sokabe (曽我部)
- Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura[3] (Japanese); Martin Billany (English)
- Yū's junior at the Ministry who was also assigned to supervise Yū. After Yū decides to defy orders from the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare, Sokabe was appointed as his successor.
Ajin
- Satō (佐藤 Satou) / Samuel T. Owen (サミュエル・T・オーウェン Samyueru. T. Ouwen)
- Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka[3]
- The leader of the pro-Ajin movement, also known as Cap (帽子 Boushi) from his signature cap, Satō is a calm and collected individual who is well-known by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare as the most dangerous Ajin. Despite his appearance as a white-haired friendly old man, in reality he is merciless, calculative and extremely talented. He seems to enjoy the use of violence to fight for the rights of Ajins.
- Kōji Tanaka (田中 功次 Tanaka Kouji)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa[3] (Japanese); Keith Silverstein (English)
- He is the second Ajin to be discovered in Japan. He was rescued by Satō and joins in with his pro-Ajin movement against the Japanese government.
- Masumi Okuyama (奥山 真澄 Okuyama Masumi)
- Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino
- Masumi is one of the few Ajins who accepts Satō's invitation to use genocide to fight for Ajins' rights. He is an extremely skilled hacker and highly knowledgeable in weaponry and machines.
- Takeshi Kotobuki (琴吹 武 Kotobuki Takeshi)
- Voiced by: Sōma Saitō
- A prisoner who had escaped from jail after seeing Sato's announcement to protest for Ajins' rights. Takeshi becomes Kaito's partner after Kaito helped him when he was bullied by the other prisoners wanting to know how he had escaped from jail. His IBM is projected to have wings.
Others
- Eriko Nagai (永井 慧理子 Nagai Eriko)
- Voiced by: Aya Suzaki[3]
- Kei’s sister who seems to suffer from a terminal illness and is hospitalized throughout most of the series.
- Ikuya Ogura (オグラ・イクヤ Ogura Ikuya)
- Voiced by: Hiroyuki Kinoshita[3] (Japanese); Kyle McCarley (English)
- He is a researcher who studied Ajins in the United States and has a great deal of knowledge about them.
Publication
The series began publication in Kodansha's magazine good! Afternoon in 2012.[4] Initially, it was written by Tsuina Miura; however, his name is not mentioned in the credits after the first volume, and Gamon Sakurai has been creating the manga himself since.[5]
In February 2014, Vertical announced that it had licensed the series for English release.[4] On March 15, 2014, Crunchyroll began to release the series on their manga service under the title Ajin: Demi-Human, starting with the first two chapters.[6]
Volume list
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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| 1 | March 7, 2013[7] | ISBN 978-4-06-387868-4 | October 14, 2014[8] | ISBN 978-1-939130-84-6 | |
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| 2 | June 7, 2013[9] | ISBN 978-4-06-387902-5 | December 9, 2014[10] | ISBN 978-1-939130-85-3 | |
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| 3 | November 7, 2013[11] | ISBN 978-4-06-387934-6 | February 3, 2015[12] | ISBN 978-1-941220-21-4 | |
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| 4 | May 7, 2014[13] | ISBN 978-4-06-387972-8 | April 7, 2015[14] | ISBN 978-1-941220-44-3 | |
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| 5 | November 7, 2014[15] | ISBN 978-4-06-388007-6 | June 2, 2015[16] | ISBN 978-1-941220-45-0 | |
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| 6 | June 5, 2015[17] | ISBN 978-4-06-388067-0 | August 25, 2015[18] | ISBN 978-1-941220-88-7 | |
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| 7 | November 6, 2015[19] | ISBN 978-4-06-388098-4 | March 22, 2016[20] | ISBN 978-1-942993-26-1 | |
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| 8 | May 6, 2016[21] | ISBN 978-4-06-388137-0 | October 18, 2016[22] | ISBN 978-1-942993-47-6 | |
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Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
- 39. "Battlefield Hardline: 2"
- 40. "Battlefield Hardline: 3"
- 41. "Party's End"
- 42. "Hirasawa"
- 43. "Fight"
- 44. "Blood Relations"
Media
Film
Plans to adapt the series into an anime film trilogy were announced in June 2015.[23] The films are directed by Hiroaki Ando and written by Hiroshi Seko, with animation by the animation studio Polygon Pictures.[24] The first film, titled Ajin: Shōdō (Ajin: Impulse),[3] debuted in Japan on November 27, 2015.[25] This film is a compilation of the first six episodes of the TV series. The second film, titled Ajin: Shōtotsu (Ajin: Collision), debuted in Japan on May 6, 2016, and the third and final film in the trilogy, titled Ajin: Shōgeki (Ajin: Clash), was released on September 23, 2016.[26]
Television series
A television series that follows the anime films premiered on January 16, 2016.[lower-alpha 1][27] It is produced by the staff that produced the film trilogy.[28] The ending theme is performed by Mamoru Miyano, the voice actor who portrays Kei.[27] It aired on MBS, TBS, CBC and BS-TBS,[28] with 13 episodes.[29] The series was streamed by Netflix,[28] starting on April 12, 2016, along with English, French, Spanish, and German dubs.[30] The opening theme song is "Can You Sleep at Night?" (Yoru wa Nemureru kai?) by Flumpool, and the ending theme is "HOW CLOSE YOU ARE" by Mamoru Miyano. An OAD was bundled with the manga's 8th limited edition volume, which was released on May 6, 2016.[31] A second OAD was bundled with manga's 9th limited edition volume, which was released on October 7, 2016.[32] A second season premiered on October 7, 2016 and continued the original numbering sequence.[33][34] Ajin season 2 will premiere on Netflix on the 27th of December 2016. [35]
Episode list
Season 1
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
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| 01 | 01 | "What's that stuff have to do with us?" "Bokura ni wa Kankeinai Hanashi" (僕らには関係ない話) | January 16, 2016 |
| Prologue: A gun battle takes place in Africa in which a single western soldier outguns many locals, no matter how many times he is killed. He is eventually felled by tranquilizer darts and removed in a U.S. Top Secret body bag. Later, in Japan, Kei Nagai is leaving school, lost in his thoughts, crossing the road, when he is hit and killed by a truck. Within moments, he begins to recover and discovers he is an immortal Ajin, the third in Japan. The bystanders and students realize it too and begin to see the opportunity to receive a large reward for his capture. In shock, Kei screams which immobilizes everyone, allowing him to escape. The police and Yu Tosaki of the government Ajin branch converge on the scene. Kei manages to meet up with Kaito, an old trusted friend, and they flee on his motorcycle. | |||
| 02 | 02 | "Why is this happening? Why me..." "Nande kon'na kotoni natta nda. Boku wa warukunainoni" (何でこんなことになったんだ。僕は悪くないのに) | January 23, 2016 |
| Kaito takes Kei Nagai into the hills on his motorcycle. While stopping for fuel, Kei is recognised by two criminals in a van who have just abducted a schoolgirl. The criminals follow them and when the boys stop by the side of the road, the criminals attack. The leader pins down Kei and chokes him to death to see if he revives. As Kei loses consciousness a mummified figure or "Black Ghost." materialises nearby. Kei comes back to life and screams again, immobilizing everyone. Kaito recovers first and they flee again on the motorcycle, pursued shortly thereafter by the criminals, who are in turn followed by the Black Ghost. Meanwhile Yu Tosaki orders tranqilizer guns for the police as the best way to stop Ajin. Kaito and Kei manage to cross a railway line, but as the criminals cross the tracks behind them, the Black Ghost immobilizes the driver, and their van is destroyed by an oncoming train. The Black Ghost is heard repeating Kei’s words. | |||
| 03 | 03 | "Maybe this is the end?" "Mō Dame Janai ka na?" (もうダメじゃないかな?) | January 30, 2016 |
| Kaito and Kei are seen and pursued by another motorcyclist. Meanwhile Yu Tosaki recognises Sato, an Ajin hunter at the original accident scene. The other motorcyclist causes the boys to crash, but Kaito recovers and knocks him unconscious. Unfortunately Kei has a broken leg and cannot move. He uses the motorcyclist’s knife to kill himself, and then fully recovers without injuries. Sato and Koji Tanaka discuss ways to find Kei Nagai. Kaito takes Kei to his retreat in the forest where he suggests that they to go to Kyushu. Kei sees the Black Ghost again. Yu Tosaki’s assistant, Izumi Shimomura, questions Kei’s sister Eriko who tells her of the time Kei saw a Black Ghost when their dog died. Suddenly a Black Ghost appears and kills Izumi Shimomura and the police officers before her eyes. | |||
| 04 | 04 | "Have you ever seen a black ghost?" "Kimi wa Kuroi Yuurei o Mita Koto ga Aruka?" (君は黒い幽霊を見たことがあるか?) | February 6, 2016 |
| Izumi Shimomura recovers and is revealed to be an Ajin. She uses her own Black Ghost to attack the one sent by Koji Tanaka that killed her. The Black Ghosts battle each other, with the one controlled by Izumi Shimomura eventually defeating the one controlled by Koji Tanaka. However Sato abducts Eriko during the battle and tells her that he wants to help Kei. Kei decides that he should try to contact other Ajin who may be in hiding, but Sato contacts him first and they agree to meet. Kei leaves while Kaito is sleeping and meets Sato, but before Kei can decide whether to trust Sato, he is shot by a tranquilizer dart. Sato decides that Kei inexperienced and must be 'educated'. | |||
| 05 | 05 | "But when it comes down to it, you still want them to help you... You're the worst kind of trash..." "Iza to Nattara Tasuke o Motomeru Saitei na Kuzu" (いざとなったら助けを求める最低なクズ) | February 13, 2016 |
| Yu Tosaki and the police arrive and take Kei into custody. Sato reveals that it was his plot to have Kei captured by the government so that they would mistreat him and thus turn him against humans. The government surgeons begin experimenting on Kei in a sealed room. Under intense pain, his Black Ghost appears, but Kei resists using it to kill the surgeon. Sato and Tanaka mercilessly attack the installation, until Sato finally reaches Kei to free him. However Sato discovers that Kei has not become the vengeful Ajin that he expected, and considers his strategy a failure. | |||
| 06 | 06 | "I'm gonna kill you too" "Kimi mo Buchikoroshite Yaru" (君もブチ殺してやる) | February 20, 2016 |
| Sato suspects that something is different about Kei and when Sato starts to kill helpless surgeons, Kei objects and kills Sato. In the Ajin research centre, Ikuya Ogura tries to explain the Black Ghosts and Yu Tosaki insists that Izumi Shimomura stay by his side to protect him. Sato hunts Kei to kill him permanently, but Kei decides to help the surgeons escape and act as a decoy. He attacks Sato, but fails and as Sato is about to kill Kei, Kei’s Black Ghost appears and kills Sato. As Kei and the remaining surgeon try to escape the installation, Sato again catches them, so Kei calls his on his Black Ghost but so does Sato. The Black Ghosts attack each other, and neither wins, but the distraction enables Kei to escape to the nearby river. | |||
| 07 | 07 | "I swear I'll cover the whole thing up" "Soshite Kanarazu Inpei Suru" (そして必ず隠蔽する) | February 27, 2016 |
| After losing the 'sample', Kei, Yu Tosaki receives a warning from the minister. He recalls the time when the minister offered him a position in the Ajin Control Commission and where he saw weapons being tested on Ajin 002 for potential profit. As Sato leaves the research complex, he addresses the media and uses them publicize the fact that the government conducts inhumane experiments on Ajin and to announce a public meeting - his strategy being to attract other Ajins to the event. At the event, Tanaka uses his Ajin skills to address only the Black Ghosts of the Ajin present to tell them of the real meeting place. Meanwhile Tosaki pursues his own agenda to get more information about the Ajin. He kidnaps the expert Ikuya Ogura and leaves a damaged body in his place. Later, he visits a hospital where his fiancé lies in a coma because she couldn’t afford the high cost of her treatment. | |||
| 08 | 08 | "Brace yourselves" "Shōgeki ni Sonaero" (衝戟に備えろ) | March 5, 2016 |
| Kei recovers from drowning in the ocean but then is run into by an old lady on a bicycle. He decides to stop and help her. Sato addresses the seven Ajin who attend his private meeting and gives them the option of joining him in a massacre. Those that don't, he plans to keep as captives. Three decide to join him, but four do not. Two are shot and two run, but only one young boy, Ko Nakano, escapes. Kei helps the old lady home, and although she realises he's an Ajin, takes no action. Kei uses the opportunity to carry out some tests of his own to summon the Black Ghost. Nakano arrives home to find armed men sent by Tosaki to capture him. Before he's caught, an ambulance called by a neighbour arrives and takes Nakano to hospital. He dies, but re-awakens and escapes. Meanwhile Sato records a public message threatening to change public opinion by force, commencing with an attack on a pharmaceuticals company in 10 days. | |||
| 09 | 09 | "Wait, let's talk it over" "Mate, Mōichido Hanashiaō" (待て、もう一度話し合おう) | March 12, 2016 |
| Ko Nakano comes across Black Ghost tracks and finds Kei Nagai who is now acting as the grandson of the old lady in the village with her consent. Ko suggests that they join forces to fight Sato. Although Kei agrees with Ko, he really wants a peaceful life, and traps Ko in an abandoned truck to restrain him. Meanwhile Sato and the new Ajin prepare for the beginning of the war on humanity. Back at the Ajin Control Commission, Sokabe is assigned to monitor Tosaki, and possibly become his successor. Regardless, Tosaki continues to brutally question his captive Ogura for information about Ajin. After being allowed to smoke his preferred brand of cigarettes, Ogura is prepared to talk. | |||
| 10 | 10 | "They start to decay as soon as they're created" "Hassei to Dōji ni Hōkai ga Hajimatte iru" (発生と同時に崩壊が始まっている) | March 19, 2016 |
| Ogura starts telling what he knows about Ajin and Black Ghosts or IBMs (Invisible Black Matter). For example: IBMs have individual characteristics and are unstable; last only about 10 minutes; can be generated only 1-2 times per day; are difficult to control in the rain. Kei keeps Ko locked up and continues to try to understand how the Black Ghost behaves, for example he found that it does the opposite of what he tells it to do. Kei is seen in the woods by a local who becomes suspicious. To allay the fears of the local officials, Kei appeals personally to them to accept him into the village. Sokabe reports that Tosaki is acting under his own authority and suspects that he has Ogura, but the minister decides to take no action and continue to monitor him. Sato's group prepare for their attack on the Grant Pharmaceuticals company. | |||
| 11 | 11 | "It's show time" "Sā, Shōtaimuda" (さあ、ショウタイムだ) | March 26, 2016 |
| Sato's group puts his plan into action with the assistance of the three new Ajin, sabotaging a building dressed as cleaners. Tosaki coordinates the defense of Grant pharmaceuticals whose CEO does not stop production or send staff home. Kei still keeps Ko captive and refuses to stop Sato, enjoying his life playing the grandson of the old lady. Sato implements his plan, collapsing a nearby 50 story building onto Grant Pharmaceuticals, then challenging the elite Metropolitan Police Assault Team to defeat him. | |||
| 12 | 12 | "Whew, I'm beat" "Iyaa, Tsukareta ne" (いやあ、疲れたね) | April 2, 2016 |
| The Metropolitan Police Assault Team use different tactics to continually kill Sato to prevent him from acting against them. Two of Sato's Ajin begin shooting the police, but are themselves targeted by police snipers. However Tanaka uses his Black Ghost to attack the snipers in turn. A break in the action enables Sato to revive and use his Black Ghost to distract the Metropolitan Police Assault Team so he can wipe them out by firing at close range. After killing them all, Sato calmly walks away. Mr Keita, the villager who saw Kei in the woods, sees the ensuing news coverage and recognises a picture of Kei. | |||
| 13 | 13 | "Sato, it's all your fault!" "Satō-san, Anta no Sei de Mechakuchada" (佐藤さん、あんたのせいでメチャクチャだ) | April 9, 2016 |
| Mr Keita reports Kei Nagai to the police to claim a reward. Yu Tosaki orders all available forces to the area to catch Kei. When Kei is confronted by the police, he uses his Black Ghost to delay them allowing him to escape into the woods. He uses Ko Nakano’s phone to throw the police off his trail, but Tosaki realizes it's a ruse and closes in. Kei releases Ko and they try to escape together, but they are intercepted by Tosaki who shoots them with tranqilizer darts. Kei manages to invoke his Black Ghost to attack Tosaki, but Izumi Shimomura invokes hers to intercept it. The Black Ghosts battle each other, and it gives time for Kei and Ko to revive and run. Shimomura's Black Ghost pursues them, but much to Tosaki's and Shimomura's surprise, Kei manages to keep on recreating his. The boys manage to escape and Kei finally decides it's time for them to take out Sato, blaming him for the destruction of his peaceful life. Sato makes another public broadcast, announcing a 'Second Wave' action to assassinate 15 people involved in the conspiracy against Ajin, and if there is no improvement in the treatment of Ajin, a 'Third Wave' where he intends to rule the country. | |||
Season 2
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original airdate |
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| 14 | 01 | "It Has Become Tiresome" "Nanka Mendokusaku Natte Kita" (なんかめんどくさくなってきた) | October 8, 2016 |
| Sokabe informs Yu Tosaki that he must resign his position because of his failure to stop Sato and for allowing Kei and Ko to escape. Sato announces his 'Second Wave' action to assassinate 15 people he believes are involved in the conspiracy against Ajin, subject to 2 conditions which include the government admitting to experiments on Ajin. Meanwhile Kei discusses options to trap Sato with Ko and he decides they need a powerful ally, Yu Tosaki. They drive in a stolen car to the hospital where Yu Tosaki's comatose girlfriend lies to force him to meet them. Yu Tosaki confronts Kei who proposes that they work together to stop Sato and Tosaki reluctantly agrees. When Sato realizes that the government will not meet his demands, he makes another public announcement to start his 'Second Wave' action and kills a young surgeon who is one of the 15 people on his list. | |||
| 15 | 02 | "Everyone Around Here Is An Idiot" "Do Itsumo Koitsu Mo Bakabakkarida" (どいつもこいつもバカばっかりだ) | October 15, 2016 |
| Sato changes his looks while his assistants buy airline tickets. Kei and Ko undergo physical training while Tosaki tries to devise a plan to catch and hold Sato. Izumi takes them to meet Ikuya Ogura who asks Kei to bring out his IBM and then carries out some tests. He confirms that the IBM does the opposite of what Kei tells it, that it can acts on its own impulses, but that not all IMBs behave in the same way, depending on the host person. Sato boards a plane carrying Kazuo Sakurai, one of his assassination targets, and smuggles a bag on board with the help of his assistant Okyuama's IBM. Once airborne, he kills the man and his guards, then detonates a bomb forcing the plane to land in the sea. Meanwhile during training, Kei cautions Ko against becoming too friendly with the Ministry’s troops as they may have to be sacrificed to capture Sato, surprising Ko with his apparent callousness. Later, Kei experiments alone with his IBM, but finds that it is more difficult to control than he thought. | |||
| 16 | 03 | "I'm Always Scared" "Ore Wa Iitsu Datte Kowai" (俺はいつだって怖い) | October 22, 2016 |
| Kei tells Ogura of his frustration at not being able to control his IBM. Ogura tells him, that to change the IBM's behavior, Kei must change his own. Tosaki predicts that Sato's next target will be Kishi, the Minister for Health, Labour and Welfare, and begins plans to trap Sato. However before Tosaki can prepare his trap, Sato's team find Kishi's location in the mountains and kill him using an IBM despite the high security. Tosaki’s team continue training and preparations, learning more about IBMs using Ogura’s knowledge. Kei contemplates the need to change his behavior, and his lack of empathy for others. Tosaki reminds Kei that his best friend Kaito is in juvenile detention for helping him. Meanwhile Kaito meets his new cellmate with some apprehension. | |||
| 17 | 04 | "It's Sickening, Right?" "Hedo Ga Demasu Ne" (反吐が出ますね) | October 29, 2016 |
| Kaito's new moody teenage cellmate, Kotobuki Takeshi has escaped once in baffling circumstances, and 3 adult prisoners want to know how he did it. He says he doesn't know, but they try to beat the information out of him. Kaito intervenes to help, and is badly beaten, receiving no assistance from Takeshi. Takeshi tells Kaito that he defends Takeshi against other prisoners at his own risk. TV news announces that Iwasaki Keita who was on Sato's list was killed with his bodyguards. Later, two more men on the list are also killed. Meanwhile Tosaki's team including Kei and Ko continue their physical and mental training. Douglas Almeida and Carley Myers arrive from the U.S. Department of Defense meet their Japanese counterparts to investigate the death of Professor Ogura who they believe was killed by Sato, but who is in fact still alive as part of Tosaki's plan. At the prison, the three adult inmates start beating Takeshi, and Kaito intervenes again to help. As Kaito is about to be choked to death, Takeshi activates his IBM to protect Kaito who now realizes that Takeshi is an Ajin. Takeshi offers to get Kaito out of prison if he wants to leave. | |||
| 18 | 05 | "Kuro-chan, Please!" "Kuro-chan, Onegai" (クロちゃん、お願い) | November 5, 2016 |
| Tosaki's plan is in final preparation as two more people on Sato's list are killed. Tosaki is questioned by Myers and Almeida who is suspicious about Ogura's death and believes that Tosaki is withholding information. Four more people on Sato's list are killed. Meanwhile Tosaki's team including Kei and Ko increase their preparation to confront Sato. Tosaki gets Shimomura to steal the Minister's schedule to lay a trap for Sato. While Tosaki is waiting for her in the carpark, Almeida immobilizes and abducts him. Shimomura arrives and attacks with her IBM, but Myers is also an Ajin and she uses her own IBM to disable Shimomura, leaving her to die. They leave with the unconscious Tosaki in their car. | |||
| 19 | 06 | "It's Tough Being a Lapdog" "Kaiinu Wa Taihenda Na" (飼い犬は大変だな) | November 12, 2016 |
| As Shimomura lays bleeding to death in the car park, she thinks back to when her name was Yoko Tainaka and her stepfather sold her out as an Ajin. Sometime later, Tosaki revealed that her mother and stepfather died in a fight when her mother attacked her stepfather after Yoko fled the house. Meanwhile Almeida mercilessly tortures Tosaki to discover the whereabouts of Ogura but he won't talk. When she recovers, Shimomura tells Kei and the others what happened. Kei decides to move their hideout rather than rescue Tosaki to Shimomura's horror. She forcefully convinces Kei that she and Tosaki are necessary to defeat Sato, so they prepare a rescue plan. Kei's team raid the safe hideout where Tosaki is being held, but Almeida and Myers escape with him, while Almeida cruelly berates Myers for what he sees as her faults. Kei and the team give chase by car, but Almeida heads for the USA Embassy. | |||
| 20 | 07 | "Kuro-chan, Just Once More, Please!" "Kuro-chan, Mōichido Dake" (クロちゃん、もう一度だけ) | November 19, 2016 |
| Sato's group prepare to assassinate the Minister. While chasing Almeida, Kei sends his IBM ahead to intercept them which causes them to crash into the car driven by Shimomura and the chase continues on foot. Myers disables Shimomura, but while Almeida berates Myers again for her failings, Shimomura shoots him instead of Myers with a tranquilizer dart to shut him up. Angry at her treatment, Myers then takes his gun and kills him, leaving to start a new life. When Tosaki awakes, he's angry that his team rescued him instead of following their plan to trap Sato. Meanwhile, Sato has ambushed the Minister. The Minister tries to make a deal, but Sato kills him anyway. Kei sends an email to the Americans saying that Sato has Ogura to send them after Sato. Meanwhile, Sato announces that he will kill the remaining target, President Hashiguchi of Musashi Heavy Industries, at a Directors meeting in 3 days. Chief Cabinet Secretary Mitsui announces a new powerful Anti-Ajin Special Force. Tosaki says that this has obviously been in preparation for some time and that they have a new inhumane weapon. Nevertheless, Tosaki and Kei agree to continue their objective of stopping Sato themselves. | |||
| 21 | 08 | "Things Are Getting Kind Of Tough In This Country" "Kono Kuni Chotto Taihen na Koto ni Naru Kara" (この国ちょっと大変なことになるから) | November 26, 2016 |
| With a new target announced by Sato, Tosaki's team are presented with another opportunity to capture him, however Tosaki unfairly starts to take out his frustrations for their previous failure on Shimomura. Chief Cabinet Secretary Mitsui demonstrates a new range of anti-Ajin weapons which he says will stop Sato. Although there are some misgivings in Sato's group about his strategy, the Ajin realize their best chance is to stay with him. Sato tells Nekozawa who provided special technology to leave as things are getting kind of tough in this country, which he plans to rule. Kei outlines their new plan which assumes Sato will be successful and so they decide to attack after he defeats the anti-Ajin forces. Tosaki blackmails Sokabe into helping him get access to the Musashi Heavy Industries building and to be reinstated. On the day of the Musashi Heavy Industries meeting, Sato commences his attack, outwitting the government forces by taking out all electronic devices. With the area in darkness and no communications Kei decides to go on the offensive rather than wait until Sato exits. | |||
| 22 | 09 | "You're the one messing up my life!" "Jama shi teru no wa anta no katadaro" (邪魔してるのはあんたの方だろ) | December 3, 2016 |
OAD
| No. | Title | Original release date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Nakamura Shinya Incident" "Nakamura Shinya Jiken" (中村慎也事件) | May 6, 2016 |
| Shinya Nakamura breaks his promise to his friend Yusuke to attend a party with a girl he likes. Running late, he is killed in a motorcycle accident but is soon revived. Discovering he is an Ajin after witnessing his right arm regenerate, Shinya hides evidence of him being an Ajin. When he keeps seeing a black apparition, Shinya is nearly run over trying to flee but is saved at the last second by Yusuke. Later just as Shinya is about to admit to Yusuke he is an Ajin, gunmen from the Ajin Management Committee show up to capture him. Yusuke however shields Shinya from a bullet and is fatally wounded. Shinya vows to kill them but they immediately kill him instead. While he is unconscious his Black Ghosts kill all the gunmen then fade as he comes alive. Following Yusuke's final words to run, Shinya leaves town, pondering the name print on the tissues which he also saw earlier, Grant Pharmeceuticals. Meanwhile Tosaki is ordered by the Defense Minister to quietly investigate the Shinya Nakamura incident. As a first step, he wants to find an Ajin to help him, and looks up the report on an unconfirmed young woman Ajin living in Hyogo - Tainaka Youko. | ||
| 2 | "Kei, Kō, Tosaki, Shimomura in Kakurega no Ryokan / Satō and Tanaka in Himitsu no Ajito" | October 7, 2016 |
| 3 | April 7, 2017 | |
Live action
The production of a live action film was announced in November 2016, with a potential release date in 2017. The director will be Katsuyuki Motohiro, with Takeru Satoh in the lead role. The action scenes are to be planned by the team behind the Rurouni Kenshin trilogy, which also starred Satoh.[36]
Reception
The Japanese manga news site Comic Natalie awarded the series third place in its poll of the best manga in 2013.[37] The third volume ranked 6th on the Oricon manga chart on the week of its release.[38] In a survey of 400 manga and publishing professionals for the manga guidebook Kono Manga ga Sugoi!, the series was rated 3rd place in a list of top 20 manga for Male readers.[39]
The series was listed as a nominee for the Readers Award in the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and in the Seinen category in the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards.[40][41]
Notes
References
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- ↑ "劇場アニメ3部作 第2部『亜人 -衝突-』(2016)". allcinema (in Japanese). Retrieved June 3, 2016.
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- ↑ "Crunchyroll Releases Ajin, Koe no Katachi, Arslan Manga". Anime News Network. March 14, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2014.
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- ↑ "亜人（3）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Ajin, Volume 3". Random House. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- ↑ "亜人（4）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
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- ↑ "亜人（5）" (in Japanese). Kodansha. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ↑ "Ajin, Volume 5". Random House. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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- ↑ "Ajin, Volume 6". Random House. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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- ↑ "Ajin: Demi-Human Action Manga Gets Anime Film Trilogy". Anime News Network. June 2, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Ajin: Demi-Human Film Trilogy Unveils Teaser Trailer, Staff from Sidonia". Anime News Network. June 4, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Ajin - Demi-Human Film's Trailer Reveals flumpool Song, Release Date". Anime News Network. September 14, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "2nd Ajin Film Premieres on May 6, 3rd Film on September 23". Anime News Network. March 7, 2016. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
- 1 2 3 "Mamoru Miyano to Perform Ajin TV Anime's Ending Theme". Anime News Network. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Ajin - Demi-Human Manga Gets TV Anime in January (Updated)". Anime News Network. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Ajin - Demi-Human TV Anime to Have 13 Episodes". Anime News Network. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
- ↑ Green, Scott (March 13, 2016). "Netflix Lists "Ajin: Demi-Human" Premiere Date". Crunchyroll. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ↑ "Ajin: Demi-Human Original Anime DVD Promo Previews 'Shinya Nakamura Incident'". Anime News Network. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Ajin Manga Bundles 2nd Anime DVD in 9th Volume". Anime News Network. April 29, 2016. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
- ↑ "Ajin TV Anime Gets 2nd Season in October". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
- ↑ "Ajin Anime Season 2 Reveals October 7 Premiere, New Visual". Anime News Network. August 31, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Ajin Season 2 Netflix Release Date Comes Online in the Holiday Season". nagamedigital.com. November 24, 2016. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
- ↑ "Ajin - Demi Human Manga Gets Live-Action Film With Rurouni Kenshin's Takeru Satoh". Anime News Network. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ↑ "Nami Sano's Sakamoto desu ga? Manga Wins Comic Natalie Grand Prize". Anime News Network. September 18, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Japanese Comic Ranking, November 4–10". Anime News Network. November 13, 2013. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
- ↑ "Top Manga Ranked by Kono Manga ga Sugoi 2014 Voters". Anime News Network. December 9, 2013. Retrieved February 16, 2014.
- ↑ "18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize 'Reader Award' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. March 3, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2014.
- ↑ "38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. April 3, 2014. Retrieved April 4, 2014.
External links
- Ajin: Demi-Human at Monthly Afternoon (Japanese)
- Official anime website (Japanese)
- Ajin: Demi-Human (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Ajin (TV Series) at the Internet Movie Database
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