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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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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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

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Cook, Justin

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Itou, Yoshiyuki

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Oosawa, Nobuhiro

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Yoshinuma, Oshi

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

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

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Mar 24, 2023

AeroGunz

Recommended

“Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom” is a story of an amnesiac forced to become an assassin for a crime syndicate. It’s also better than it sounds on paper.

There are three main heroes in this show:
Ein - The prototype assassin. A young girl brainwashed by a mad scientist archetype to become the perfect weapon. She’s broken in so many ways that You could create a trauma bingo card with her. She shows little to no emotions outside the ones she puts on as a show during missions. Out of all the assassins she’s the most tragic one of all and at first it’s really hard ... to like her.

Zwei - our “main” main hero. A Young man stripped of his memories and forced to become an assassin. In the beginning he’s hesitant to become an assassin and plays along with the training only as a means of staying alive but as it turns out, he has a knack for killing. As a character he’s the most boring one of them all. He only gets interesting once he decides to take on a mentor role. Before and after that he’s just bland.

Drei - The most interesting assassin of them all. Unlike Ein and Zwei she hasn’t had her memories erased by the mad scientist. Instead what was nurtured in her was her hatred towards Zwei (her mentor). We see her in two stages of her life. As a scared child and as a proficient, and a little bit unstable, assassin. Her interactions with Zwei in all of them are what makes this character truly fascinating and likeable.

The plot consists of 3 arcs with Zwei in each of them but his role in the narrative changes slightly. The first one is more of an Ain story with Zwei acting as our intro into the world and having his training to become an assassin.
The second arc is purely Zwei’s arc. It shows him as a competent assassin bored with life and as a mentor.
The last arc is the story of Drei and her hate with Zwei acting as a conflicted secondary hero forced to face the consequences of his actions. This arc also deviates a lot from the tone of the first two, at least in the beginning.
All of them are pretty competently written with few holes but nothing infuriating or nonsensical enough to break the immersion. Actually the worst parts of the writing all stem from people suddenly deciding to be morons in the last act of every arc. Yes… it is bothersome but somehow it never broke my immersion. I guess even when they act like idiots it’s somehow still in character for them… except Claudia, that one was whacked.
The show also doesn’t romanticise the crime underworld it uses. From the beginning it’s obvious that there is little trust between most people, stabbing someone in the back is common and schemes to gain more power would make Machiavelli salivate are common.

To be honest despite its flaws with pacing, especially towards the finale, and minor plot holes, the show is really skillfully written and executed. It’s the type of show that’s seriously not for everyone, it’s slow paced in the beginning, a lot of pieces are missing until the end and doesn't have much exposition dumps (with is alway a plus in my book, I hate when an anime treats it viewers like idiots). I think anyone who likes broken characters (psychologically, not the bs of SAO broken), interesting interactions between them and a solid plot, will like this show.

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Jun 24, 2023

whiteflame55

Mixed Feelings

Overall, I have mixed feelings about the series. Reiji and Eren were great characters and I loved everything involving them. Some side characters, like Claudia, Lizzie, and Cal, were rather well done in their own rights. I just don't feel the same about any of the other side characters though, since most of them just weren't all that interesting and so much of the series was focused on their machinations. Inferno in general was a mixed bag for me, and while Scythe had his moments, he just came off as a bit of a mustache-twirling villain who didn't care if he sacrificed his pawns. Maybe ...

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Jan 22, 2023

machinesmile

Not Recommended

I started watching this for three reasons: 1) it's in a genre I usually enjoy, 2) it is highly rated, 3) it seemed to be more adult-oriented than most anime, leading to expectations of more mature and complex themes and somewhat realistic writing.

This is the first series I've so far watched where I disagree with the high rating and can't really understand it. This series did not meet my expectations at all, although it is not completely without merits. Animation is better than average and visually there are nice artistic choices from the director throughout. Music is mostly solid and often atypical in a good ...

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