Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

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English: Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

Japanese: Phantom 〜Requiem for the Phantom〜

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 3, 2009 to Sep 25, 2009

Premiered: Spring 2009

Broadcast: Fridays at 02:15 (JST)

Producers: Genco

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Bee Train

Source: Visual novel

Genres: Action, Drama, Seinen, Thriller

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 8.01¹ (scored by 104,651 users)

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Ranked: #530²

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Popularity: #537

Members: 272,337

Favorites: 4,327

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Spring 2009TVBee Train

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Synopsis

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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Adaptation:	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, Phantom: Phantom of Inferno
Alternative version:	Phantom The Animation
Spin-off:	Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom Picture Drama

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Characters & Voice Actors

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

Inada, Hirono

Supporting

Toyoguchi, Megumi
Japanese

McGuire, Raymond

Supporting

Chiba, Susumu
Japanese

Fujieda, Mio

Supporting

Koshimizu, Ami
Japanese

More staff

Staff

Itou, Yoshiyuki

Producer

Mashimo, Kouichi

Director, Storyboard

Kamo, Ayumi

Director, Background Art

Tsuruoka, Youta

Sound Director

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Opening Theme

#1: "Karma" by KOKIA (eps 1-19)
#2: "Senritsu no Kodomotachi (戦慄の子供たち)" by ALI PROJECT (20-26)

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Ending Theme

#1: "Jigoku no Mon (地獄の門)" by ALI PROJECT (1-19)
#2: "Transparent" by KOKIA (20-26)

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Reviews

Feb 23, 2010

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Moonfrost (All reviews)

357 people found this review helpful

Regret always comes last. People realize that they are doing wrong deeds when everything is over. They may try to go after a new life and start again but the fact that they messed up before will haunt them forever.

Story: 9/10
Prepare yourselves as you will be taken into a world full of violence, betrayal, deceit, and madness. You will be in the edge of your seats as every episode is an action packed episode. Everyone has the ability to kill or will kill when they think that their survival is being threatened. The protagonist chose a path that will change his life drastically. Not like read more

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May 13, 2014

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 7

Emptycoffeemug (All reviews)

307 people found this review helpful

Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom is a prime example of a show that is too overrated by fans, who easily overlook some gaping plot holes, and downgraded into oblivion by haters, who cannot see anything but those plot holes. I think this show sits somewhere in between: it is a fine show to watch, nothing exeptionally great, but not bad either. If you're trying to decide on watching this, let this be your decision after 1/2 episodes: do you like the character relationship of Ein and Zwei? Go on. If you do not, don't bother with the show. I will try to provide my arguments read more

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Oct 25, 2015

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 4

SanaeK10 (All reviews)

231 people found this review helpful

Phantom is simply a mess. It's a mesh of fine ideas that ultimately is not executed well and ends up with a lot of wasted potential. Let's dive down deeper to see how Phantom ended up.

This review contains minor spoilers after the "Read More" mark.

Phantom consists of 3 main arcs, each separated by a recap episode, and each focusing on 3 different characters, Ein, Zwei and Drei, although with Zwei being an important character throughout. The story starts of with an interesting premise of an amnesiac man being manipulated by a shady organization.

However this thread is very quickly resolved when he learns of his identity 3 episodes in. And Zwei, oh Zwei isn't known for making rational or even normal decisions. I mean, how else did he get himself stuck in this situation am I right? Several times in the series I really question his true motivations or even reasons for carrying out certain actions, not because of some mysterious plot thread or engaging character behavior, but because of shoddy character writing.

The other main characters aren't any better in this regard. Ein is your standard emotionless girl who finds emotion through main protagonist stereotype and is absolutely dependent on someone else, be it Zwei or Evil Doctor person to live. Her character development is cliche as all hell, and ultimately she isn't much likable as a result.

Drei on the other hand is more entertaining. She is a lot more enjoyable than the other 2 characters when it comes to her scenes, although her character motivations are just terrible. I won't go much into her reasons for being in the plot, but it feels so shoved in and terribly written that I couldn't garner any sympathy for her plight.

The other side characters are pretty forgettable. The main antagonist is an evil doctor whose name I forgot and is always one step ahead of the protagonists but has nothing substantial about him. He's evil and depraved and that pretty much sums up his entire character. Near the end he becomes a lot more theatrical and a lot more entertaining but that still doesn't redeem any of the previous moments involving his character.

There's also the issue of the overall plot. The plot is competent enough, but the characters and the pacing drag it down significantly. The pacing in particular ratchets up so quickly near each arc's end that the audience would be left confused and tired by it's conclusion. The third arc manages it all best, where Zwei and Ein are more likable/less dumb and Drei always makes for interesting encounters.

The series has very bad problems managing its themes/messages. One of the main themes the series attempts to showcase is that a name isn't everything and one should live to be oneself. This theme is delivered in the first arc when Zwei told Ein to ditch her old name and live anew, saying that she shouldn't be retrained by a name. Ironically afterwards he starts calling her Eren and expects her to abide by and live by that arbitrary name he gave her. Ein even calls him out on this but the show just ignores this and thinks it has written something profound or meaningful or something. It's ridiculous.

There's also the ending which is just terrible. It differs from the original visual novel by purposely altering it slightly to make it a bad ending but doing so completely defeats the purpose of the protagonists' journey and is also inconsistent with the previous parts of the anime where they could eat up bullets without needing too much medical attention. It's just bad.

There's a lot more I could go on about but I should just stop here. Phantom isn't worth your time.

4/10

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Apr 27, 2013

26 of 26 episodes seen

Overall Rating: 9

Patches1980s (All reviews)

175 people found this review helpful

I can imagine many people bashing their heads against the wall trying to write a review for this anime without revealing spoilers; so I'm going to do this as best as possible...

Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom. One thing for sure is that this is one masterfully written and awesomely portrayed bit of story telling. In the twenty six episodes you'll find that you keep saying to yourself: "just one more episode", since it is almost impossible to watch just one episode at a time. (I gave the story a solid 10/10).

The art and sound department did a superb job (the opening theme "Karma" in read more

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