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Japanese: ニードレス
English: Needless
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Type: TV
Episodes: 24
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Jul 3, 2009 to Dec 11, 2009
Premiered: Summer 2009
Broadcast: Fridays at 01:30 (JST)
Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
Studios: Madhouse
Source: Manga
Genres: ActionAction, ComedyComedy, Sci-FiSci-Fi, EcchiEcchi
Theme: Super PowerSuper Power
Demographic: SeinenSeinen
Duration: 24 min. per ep.
Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Statistics

Score: 7.211 (scored by 6258962,589 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #32412
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #1659
Members: 144,630
Favorites: 530

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Synopsis

At the onset of World War III, nobody could have predicted the effect it would have on Japan. While it had officially ended fifty years ago in 2150, its battles still persist. Large, mysterious areas known as "Blackspots" appeared across the country, filled with the contaminated ruins of cities and countrysides. Those inside were trapped to halt the spread of contamination, and their powers began to mutate—be they shapeshifters, pyromancers, or controllers of gravity itself—they all became known as the Needless.

Adam Blade is one such Needless, possessing remarkable regenerative abilities and incredible strength. In order to restore peace to a war-torn Japan, he and his allies must fight together to rise against a heinous research group by the name of Simeon.

Characters & Voice Actors

Setsuna

Supporting
Gotou, Saori
Japanese

Solva

Supporting
Imai, Asami
Japanese

Disk

Supporting
Katou, Emiri
Japanese

Mio

Supporting
Makino, Yui
Japanese

Arclight, Adam

Supporting
Touchi, Hiroki
Japanese

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1: "Modern Strange Cowboy" by GRANRODEO  (eps 1-13)
2: "Scarlet Bomb!" by Aki Misato (eps 14-24)
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Ending Theme

1: "Aggressive Zone" by Needless★Girls+ (eps 1-13)
2: "WANTED! for the love" by Needless★Girls+ (eps 14-23)
3: "Modern Strange Cowboy" by GRANRODEO  (eps 24)




Reviews

Feb 19, 2024
Needless has got to be some of the best slapstick and outright outrageous humor I've seen in an anime. Its animation is good, the voice acting is excellent and the plot is... well the plot is special which serves to accelerate the humor. A gang of misfits with supernatural powers of questionable usefulness trying to strike down a megacorporation. Half the cast has some of the worst morals possible and characters always remain true to their (questionable) origins and motives.

The anime follows the manga until about a third the way into the manga where it takes a deviating approach to end the series. The ...
Jun 11, 2020
Mixed Feelings
Needless...How should I put it? It had a great start, felt pretty into it until the episodes later on. It went very downhill after the first half of the anime. had some smart moments of build up then total ass pulls that were not enjoyable. It's a bit of a mess really. It's a good laugh when talking about it with others, it's mediocre when watching it alone. The pacing is terrible, like, they drag stuff too much or go way too quickly with it. They explain the powers (fragments) well, but then when actually using them in fight is like "No no, it ...
May 22, 2015
Needless is, as the name implies, needless. Needlessly violent, needlessly stupid, and needlessly likeable for some reason. It’s replete with action, comedy, and enough fan service to make Kokonoe Rin blush, but it comes across as almost a parody half of the time instead of something really trying. At least, toward the beginning. The end tries to take a more serious route and while it does succeed, it succeeds in giving us a cliche story that could have been left out and still maintain the integrity of the show. If there were no back story it could have been a parody or a comedy but ...

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