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Paranoia Agent

Paranoia Agent

Alternative Titles

Mousou Dairinin

Information

Type: TV
Episodes: 13
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Feb 3, 2004 to May 18, 2004
Duration: 25 min. per episode
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 7.781 (scored by 5466 users)
Ranked: #3832
Popularity: #154
Members: 9,089
Favorites: 190
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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drama horror mystery psychological

Synopsis

An elementary school kid dubbed with the title "shounen bat" or "lil slugger" has been going around attacking people with his bent, golden bat. Now, two detectives are investigating so they can stop this kid from making any more attacks, but they will find out soon enough... that this case is much more than they expected. (Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

Ikari, Keiichi
Ikari, Keiichi
Main
McConnohie, Michael
English
McConnohie, Michael
Maniwa, Mitsuhiro
Maniwa, Mitsuhiro
Main
O'Brien, Liam
English
O'Brien, Liam
Seki, Toshihiko
Japanese
Seki, Toshihiko
Sagi, Tsukiko
Sagi, Tsukiko
Main
Noto, Mamiko
Japanese
Noto, Mamiko
Ruff, Michelle
English
Ruff, Michelle
Maromi
Maromi
Supporting
Momoi, Haruko
Japanese
Momoi, Haruko
Savage, Carrie
English
Savage, Carrie

Staff

Kon, Satoshi
Director
Hirasawa, Susumu
Music
Hiramatsu, Tadashi
Key Animation
Utsunomiya, Satoru
Animation Director

Recommendations

Deeply Psychological, excellent and creative action, same studio.
reportRecommended by Deceptive621
I think both are created by the same creator or director. plus both are very have that WTF element to it, both make you think and prolly require you to watch it a few times...
reportRecommended by cidz

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Overall 9
Story 7
Animation 9
Sound 7
Character 9
Enjoyment 8
Apr 21, 200813 of 13 episodes seen
Paranoia Agent
No. episodes - 13

Story -
It is very hard to give a rating for Paranoia agent that can be surmised using the numbers rating system. The story is quite complicated but excecuted with flair. Any dull moments serve to advance the viewers understanding of the complicated characters and scenarios. Plainly the plot revolves around a series of attacks on people who appear to be unrelated. The plot dedicates episodes to each of these victims and merges their ... read more
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Overall 8
Story 7
Animation 9
Sound 7
Character 8
Enjoyment 7
Apr 19, 200813 of 13 episodes seen
For those who aren't used to a Satoshi Kon anime, be prepared. They usually start off as a normal type of anime, and then take a serious turn for the surreal. As for Paranoia Agent, it starts off as a normal detective-style anime but then the plot twists and turns worse than a twist-tie on a bag of wonder bread. For those used to Satoshi Kon's work (Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers, etc), none of this is news. Personally I enjoy a good "whodunit" anime since I also love CSI, 24, Prison Break... read more
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Overall 9
Story 10
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 9
Enjoyment 9
Oct 23, 200713 of 13 episodes seen
Title: Paranoia Agent

Anime: The animation production for Paranoia Agent was done by Madhouse (famous for work on Death Note and Paradise Kiss), and was directed by Satoshi Kon (famous for Perfect Blue and Paprika). It aired on Japanese television from February 2nd, 2004 to May 18th, 2004. Geneon (soon to be defunct) licensed it Stateside, and the fourth and final volume was released May 10th, 2005. The dubbed version also had a run on Adult Sw... read more
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Opening Theme

"Yume no Shima Shinen Kouen/Dream Island Obsessional Park (夢の島思念公園)" by Susumu Hirasawa

Ending Theme

"Shiroi Oka - Maromi no Theme" by Susumu Hirasawa

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