Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom."

One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him.

Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.

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Zwei Main

Irino, Miyu Japanese

Ein Main

Takagaki, Ayahi Japanese

Devens, Cal Main

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

McCunnen, Claudia Supporting

Hisakawa, Aya Japanese

Garland, Lizzie Supporting

Watanabe, Akeno Japanese

von Giuseppe, Helmut Supporting

Chiba, Isshin Japanese

Kubota, Sanae Supporting

Mizuhashi, Kaori Japanese

McGuire, Raymond Supporting

Chiba, Susumu Japanese

Fujieda, Mio Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami Japanese

Inada, Hirono Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Oosawa, Nobuhiro Producer

Muraoka, Hideaki Producer

Maru, Ryouji Producer, Production Manager

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Feb 11, 2025

Tasibbb-

Recommended

I know for a fact that what i like, someone else may not.That being said im not the type to do reviews on anything in fact ive never written a review in my 18 years of living but ive been sitting here in awe of this piece of media and what makes it even crazier is this is my 2nd time watching this anime never in a million years did i think something could hit me for the 2nd time but it did trust me dont sleep on this anime but as i said not everyone has the same tastebuds so opinions may vary definitely ... among my favourites in anime

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Sep 9, 2025

JoeStraatmann

Mixed Feelings

Phantom is SO close. Yes, it's later Bee Train after they realized the big money wasn't coming, and it has some STUPID things like when they spend a whole episode mistaking Los Angeles for Las Vegas. HOWEVER, it has some vision in taking the dark and occasionally sleazy 80's crime B-movies movies and refracting it through the lens of anime. There are times it reaches that kind of height of a good William Friedkin movie, like the episode where the main characters seemingly indulge in a fantasy life as a normal couple at a mall while being keenly aware of what they are now.

The ... main problem is it's a story told in 3 acts when it should've been told in 2 halves. The HARD left turn in the final act happens over such a short period of time in both time that has passed in the series and in the time the series has left to tell its story. I get why it is the way it is, but it really needs to be a mirror instead of an unbalanced finale with not enough weight for it to adjust to the complete changes, especially with one character. It completely spins out the momentum of the whole thing.

Which is a shame, because it's the one Bee Train series that nails the ending. It's the perfect film noir conclusion to the story. Also, Lizzie Garland is one of the best supporting characters in anime. She's a character who's so hard to get right, especially in anime if you've seen her design in the VN (Yikes), and she's GREAT here. All that said, I remember when this first came out and certain people were so relieved Yuki Kajiura had become too big for Bee Train and the new composer was far better for scoring the series. NO. JUST NO. You listen to that hip hop music cue that starts the beginning of Act 2 and you apologize to Miss Kajiura right now....

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 30, 2025

EnduringGuerila

Not Recommended

I thought the show started off pretty well, really enjoyed the first half. The second half took a strange direction and everything went to shit from there, especially with the loli parts. Also really hated the multiple episodes of nearly all recap but still having a couple min of important content making them unskippable. I briefly read about the visual novels having multiple endings, I don't know what they all are, and I don't need happy endings, but whatever this anime chose was, at least in my opinion, just terribly written. Not sure if the VNs were any better.
The art style was fine, at ... least the guns were somewhat realistic. Weird out of place moaning noises were added to the second half that made no sense at all.
The characters only half reacted to things in realistic ways. Several plot points were clearly forced in a strange way.
I found it predictable at times and unpredictable for the wrong reason at others.

Honestly, I'm more upset that Phantom had a good start and showed so much potential, just to let me down as hard as it did.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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