Bounen no Xamdou (Xam'd: Lost Memories)

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Synonyms: Bonen no Xamdou, Bonen no Zamudo, Bounen no Zamudo, Bounen no Zamned

Japanese: 亡念のザムド

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Type: ONA

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jul 15, 2008 to Feb 4, 2009

Producers: Aniplex, Half H.P Studio

Licensors: Sentai Filmworks

Studios: Bones

Source: Original

Genres: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Theme: Military

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 7.64¹ (scored by 58,507 users)

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Ranked: #1370²

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Popularity: #1604

Members: 141,593

Favorites: 1,100

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Synopsis

Sentan Island is a small island surrounded by the Yuden Sea. It exists in a state of dreamlike tranquility, cut off from the war between the Northern Government and the Southern Continent Free Zone. Our hero, Akiyuki Takehara, lives on Sentain Island along with his mother Fusa. He is currently separated from his father, the town doctor Ryuzo, but the bond between father and son remains. One day, after taking Ryuzo the lunch that Fusa has made for him as usual, Akiyuki arrives at school, where he is caught up in an explosion along with his friends, Haru and Furuichi. The explosion produces a mysterious light, which enters Akiyuki's arm, causing him excruciating pain. He's given no time to understand it, however, as the white-haired girl who rode on the bus with him guides him to a power unlike anything he's ever known.

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Background

Conceptualized by Bones and co-developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Aniplex, and Bones, Bounen no Xamdou debuted on Sony's inagural launch of the Playstation Network video download service at E3 in the United States on July 16, 2008, and in Japan on September 24, 2008.

The series would later on have its television premiere on MBS, CBC, Tokyo MX, and other Japanese broadcast networks in April 2009.

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Adaptation:

Bounen no Xamdou: Junreisha no Compass

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nakiami

Main

Sanpei, Yuuko
Japanese

Takehara, Akiyuki

Main

Abe, Atsushi
Japanese

Nishimura, Haru

Main

Orikasa, Fumiko
Japanese

Benikawa, Ishuu

Supporting

Tamai, Yumi
Japanese

Tsunomata, Raigyo

Supporting

Fujiwara, Keiji
Japanese

Yango

Supporting

Honjou, Yuutaro
Japanese

Takehara, Ryuzou

Supporting

Ishizuka, Unshou
Japanese

Kakisu, Toujirou

Supporting

Matsumoto, Yasunori
Japanese

Teraoka, Furuichi

Supporting

Tachibana, Shinnosuke
Japanese

Sukakki, Prois

Supporting

Neya, Michiko
Japanese

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Miyaji, Masayuki

Director, Episode Director, Script, Storyboard

Takadera, Takeshi

Sound Director

Nomura, Kazuya

Episode Director, Storyboard, Animation Director, Key Animation

Tokudo, Daisuke

Episode Director, Storyboard, Assistant Director

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Opening Theme

	"Back on my Feet" by Boom Boom Satellites
	1: "Shut Up And Explode" by Boom Boom Satellites

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Ending Theme

	"Just Breathe" by Kylee
	"Over U" by Kylee
	1: "Vacancy" by Kylee

Reviews

Feb 8, 2009

agentsmith

Recommended

As many people have already said, this anime is produced by the same people who brought you Eureka 7. Keep that in mind if you plan on watching this anime.

First off, check out the OP. Holy jebus it's sweet. Catches you instantly, and gets you all excited for what looks (judging from the animation quality) an awesome show. In some respects, this is a let down. While the animation is superb, the soundtrack is hauntingly good, and the characters are generally quite fleshed out (just enough info for you to find them interesting)... the story is near random. This anime seems confused as to ...

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Apr 2, 2009

BarnacleBlister

Mixed Feelings

In order to watch this show, just sit back and take in the visuals. Don't concern yourself with the plot or characters otherwise you'll have nothing to hold onto.

This is a tremendously creative series set in an intriguing world with beautiful animation. Unfortunately, nothing about the story or characters even comes close to matching the show's outward beauty.

This isn't a boring show; it constantly shows the viewer new locations, characters, confrontations. Locales include a pleasant island community, Himalayanesque mountains, and much more sumptuous scenery. Character designs are all equally creative from the military uniforms to the Zanbani's rag-tag crew to the various culture's depicted. ...

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Feb 18, 2009

yumedarling

Not Recommended

What a disappointment. I expected a lot out of this show as it was done by BONES but it definitely falls apart at a certain point in the series.

There were a lot of things that were done well in the show. The animation was quite beautiful and remained at a high quality all throughout. The music worked although they repeated some themes one too many times. The OP is pretty nice although I think others are better. The concepts they introduced in the first half of the series were quite interesting as well.

But a ton of problems arose ... as the series went on. The characterization was shallow, and this was surprising coming from BONES. Even at the end of the series, it's hard to sympathize with any of the main characters. The presentation was dramatic without being able to create any drama because the audience just never learns enough about anyone, even Akiyuki. The minor characters (especially Ishu and her crew) were there but you never feel like you know them that well either. When characters cried, I could barely understand why they were crying save for the part about Haru's mother. The most well-developed character was probably Nakiami, although she had less screentime than Haru.

Another issue was the world that Xam'd was set in. There is a war and there's apparently a North side and a South side but it never really matters because it's only ever important in relation to the military experiments with the Xam'd. I didn't care about any of the "suffering" or people affected by the war because it seemed to be there just to try to make the war more important. The military also makes a big deal out of the Humanforms, but those are pretty much useless in the grand scheme of things. In fact, many aspects of the show end up being pretty useless in the grand scheme of things including Ishu's postal ship, Ishu in general, Kakisu, Akiyuki's parents (who are shown in a ridiculous amount of scenes with absolutely no effect), and Raigyo.

There were so many interesting ideas and concepts, but the strangely dull presentation and slow pacing don't deliver them to their fullest potential. Everything up until about episode 14 was just fine, but it seems that every decision they made in the plot after that just contributed to less of anything being explained in the series. In my opinion, they should not have separated Akiyuki and Nakiami for the second half of the show.

It's bewildering to me how much I ended up disliking a lot of what happened in this series after such a charming first episode and beginning but I suppose BONES just hasn't been too successful with any of their original plots not based on a manga.

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