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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
Synopsis: The mafia is abundant in America, where the murders are a regular occurrence on the streets. Hell, a mysterious company, is behind most of these negotiations through the use of its almost unvincible human weapon, "Phantom".
One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's last murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in an isolated building. However, Phantom revealed a young woman called Ein, and the leader of hell "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and the brain lava.
Given the name "Zwei", this tourist who was once peaceful is now a puppet of hell without memories. Installed for a world of lies, deception and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day recover his memories and escape this world, where he is constantly on the verge of death.
Table of Content
- Information
- Trailer/OP
- Curiosities
- Characters
- Summary
- FAQ
- Meaning
- Related
Information
Anime Names
- Anime Name: Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
- Anime Name in Japanese: Phantom 〜Requiem for the Phantom〜
- Anime Name in English: Phantom Requiem for the Phantom
- Other names: Phantom RP
Production information
- Producers: Genco
- Licensors: Funimation
- Studios: Bee Train
Anime Information
- Type: TV
- Episodes: 26
- Date: April 3, 2009 - September 25, 2009 - Fridays at 0215 (JST)
- Genres: Action, drama, suspense
- Subjects: Organized crime
- Target: Seinen
External Links
Anime Reviews
- Rating: 7.961
- Popularity: 120418
Video Trailer/Opening
Curiosities
- The anime is based on a visual novel game called "Phantom of Hell".
- Anime director Koichi Mashimo also directed other famous anime such as "Noir" and "Madlax".
- The opening song of the anime, "Karma" is sung by Japanese singer Kokia, who also sang the opening song of the anime "Gunslinger Girl".
- The anime has a strong influence from the movie "Leon: The Professional", directed by Luc Besson.
- The main character, Zwei, is voiced by the famous Japanese voice actor Miyano Mamoru, who also dubbed characters in anime such as "Death Note" and "Free!".
Main Characters
- Ein (Ayahi Takagaki) - A skilled killer who has lost his memories and is trained to work for a criminal organization.
- Zwei (Kouki Uchiyama) - A young man who is kidnapped and trained to become a killer next to Ein.
- Claudia McCunnen (Aya Hisakawa) - the leader of the criminal organization she controls Ein and Zwei.
- Lizzie Garland (Marina Inoue) - A killer who works for the criminal organization and becomes a rival of Ein and Zwei.
- Cal De Muons (Takahiro Sakurai) - An FBI agent investigating the criminal organization and engages with Ein and Zwei.
- Scythe Master (Takaya Hashi) - The mysterious leader of the Ein and Zwei criminal organization.
Summary and events
- Zwei is kidnapped and subjected to an experiment that erases his memory and turns him into a killer named Phantom.
- Ein, another Phantom, is designated to train Zwei and work with him on murder missions for the organization called Hell.
- Zwei and Ein are sent to murder a politician, but Zwei begins to question his loyalty to hell.
- Zwei and ein are sent to murder a man named Scythe Master, but they find out that he is the creator of the Phantoms and that hell plans to kill him.
- Zwei and Ein join Scythe Master to overthrow hell and discover the truth about his past.
- Zwei discovers that his real name is Azuma Reiji and that he was a college student before he was kidnapped by hell.
- Reiji and Ein fall in love, but Ein is killed on a mission.
- Reiji and Scythe Master continue to fight hell and find that the organization is working on a project called "Phantom of Hell" that aims to create an army of Phantoms.
- Reiji and Scythe Master manage to destroy the project and kill hell leader Claudia McCunnen.
- Reiji decides to leave his life of murder behind and begins to work as a private detective.
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Meaning of Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom
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Phantom 〜Requiem for the Phantom〜
- Phantom - Ghost
- Requiem - Requiem, a musical composition in homage to the dead
- for - para
- the - o, a
- Phantom - Ghost
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