Towa no Quon 1: Utakata no Kaben (Towanoquon: The Ephemeral Petals)

Living amongst the rest of humanity, there is a small number of people known as "Attractors" that possess strange powers. Fearful of these dangerous mutations, a highly secretive organization named Custos uses cyborgs from a group called WTOC to exterminate Attractors before they can injure anyone or disrupt the social order.

Conversely, inside the theme park Fantasium Garden, there is a hidden group of Attractors who want to save their people from being eradicated by Custos. Led by the ever-optimistic Quon Mitsuchi, the Attractors take on intense fights against Custos's WTOC in the hopes of protecting the existence of their kind.

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Towa no Quon 1: Utakata no Kaben was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan on August 26, 2011. The film was published in the same formats in North America by Sentai Filmworks on June 26, 2012.

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Sequel:	Towa no Quon 2: Konton no Ranbu

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Mitsuchi, Quon

Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi
Japanese

Kazami, Shun

Supporting

Toriumi, Kousuke
Japanese

Asuka, Hizuru

Supporting

Kotobuki, Minako
Japanese

Akatsuki, Yuriko

Supporting

Shiraishi, Ryouko
Japanese

Jougasaki, Kiri

Supporting

Hayami, Saori
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Miu

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Omigawa, Chiaki
Japanese

Kamishiro, Genji

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Miki, Shinichiro
Japanese

Ryou

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Suzuki, Tatsuhisa
Japanese

Takao

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Irino, Miyu
Japanese

Ryumonji, Tei

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Nazuka, Kaori
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Usui, Hisato

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Iida, Umanosuke

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Mori, Takeshi

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Wakabayashi, Kazuhiro

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Mar 4, 2024

hexashadow13

Recommended

tl;dr: A pretty generic action anime that’s still pretty enjoyable due to pretty good execution in the second half.

Towanoquon is an original anime, by which I mean it is not an adaptation of anything, composed of six movies. Each movie is 48 minutes long, so the total contents of the entire series are about equal to that of a single cour. The plot is centered Attractors, people that suddenly gain supernatural powers and have a tendency to go berserk. The protagonist, Quon, is an Attractor and the leader of a secret group who’s goal is to find and protect them. But there’s also an organization ... known as Custos that sends out a group of cyborgs known as WTOC to eliminate them. This inevitably results in violent clashes.

Overall, this anime is pretty generic with nothing really popping out as all that unique. Quon is a really good guy with the type of backstory you would expect from someone in that position. The main cyborg focused on, Shun, also has the type of backstory you’d expect from someone in that position, and the twist to his story is also pretty predictable. The main antagonist is also a straight up cartoon villain with no real explanation given at all for why he’s evil and no redeeming factors whatsoever. The world building felt lacking, but what little there was was incredibly standard without anything in the way of surprises. There are also light hints of romance here and there, but overall nothing really happens in that regard.

Despite that, the anime works really well when it embraces it’s simplicity. The first episode is just setting things up and though it felt a bit slow did a solid enough job at doing so. The second episode is centered around trying to find and deal with a single Attractor without really any contribution to the overarching narrative. It tried to add depth, but it didn’t really work all that well, and thus overall the episode was really weak. The third episode contributes quite a bit more to the overarching narrative and has a more interesting plot, though it’s still somewhat slow. The fourth episode is where things really get moving though, and continue moving pretty fast through the fifth and sixth episodes as well.

Honestly, you could say that things are moving too fast since it doesn’t really explain all that much. However, the plot line is simple enough that even if the details are all glossed over it’s easy enough to follow. Furthermore, it seems to be very direct about the character arcs it’s trying to portray and emotional beats it’s trying to hit. They’re incredibly generic, but how earnest it is in hitting them results in them working incredibly well. The action doesn’t really have any complexity and abilities seem to basically do whatever they need to do at the time, but they can still be really cool. There’s really nothing all that special here, but things flows well and the execution is pretty good, and thus it’s pretty enjoyable to watch. The ending felt really abrupt though.

The art and animation are solid enough for an anime, though not at the level you’d expect from films. The design work was a mixed bag. Human designs are decent enough, but nothing too extreme. Attractor’s special designs felt pretty weak, other than the main one in the final episode which was pretty great. WTOC designs were pretty generic. The soundtrack is decent enough with a couple tracks that stood out. There’s no OP, and the ED felt pretty weak in that it’s the same song used in each film and the visuals are just scenes from that film. It also didn’t help that it played the full song so it felt like the credits dragged on too long.

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Dec 19, 2019

Zeroflamez

Mixed Feelings

This Anime is essentially X-men, except with generic powers, characters and story. Seriously you're better off reading the X-Men. The art, animation and sound in this anime are top notch. The budget clearly went toward that cause everything else is so damn average. It doesn't help the fact that the action sequences are far and few between cause the rest of the Anime is boring exposition and info dumps with bland forgettable characters and this goes for ALL the films 1 through 5 are just mostly snooze fests. I Literally I cannot remember a single character from these movies. Not even what they look ...

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Apr 5, 2023

niflh

Not Recommended

This was absolutely awful. I made it to the end of part 2 and gave up. I tried to give this an honest chance because it had so many good reviews, but I'm actually stunned and confused on HOW...

The dull character personalities, zero reason for viewer connection and lack of tension in action scenes/plot 'developments' (feels like too much credit to even call them that) made watching this the equivalent of dragging my feet through glass in an attempt to reach, what I can only assume, is a non existent destination. The only thing that could've made it worse is if the male MC ...

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