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Avenger (stylized as AVENGER) is an anime series, produced by Bandai Visual and Bee Train, and directed by Koichi Mashimo. It is set on post-apocalyptic colonized Mars. The 13-episode series premiered across Japan between 1 October 2003 and 24 December 2003 on the TV Tokyo network. It was later licensed for North American distribution by Bandai's distributive unit across the region, Bandai Entertainment.
Avenger | |
Genre | Science fiction |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Koichi Mashimo |
Produced by | Shinichi Ikeda Kōji Morimoto Tetsurō Satomi |
Written by | Hidefumi Kimura |
Music by | Ali Project |
Studio | Bee Train |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TV Tokyo |
Original run | 1 October 2003 – 24 December 2003 |
Episodes | 13 |
The story is set on a colonized Mars at some unspecified point in the future. Following the destruction of Earth, the majority of the human population is divided up into a number of small domed city-states. Those who live outside the domes in the harsh wildernesses of the planet are known as Barbaroi. Resources are scarce, and supplies are divided out between cities based on the outcome of gladiatorial battles between representative fighters from each city. Adding to the problems of the colonists, no children have been born on Mars for a decade. The cause of the infertility is unknown, but people have turned to child-size robots called dolls as a substitute for the presence of children in their lives. And a red moon, Earth's moon, hangs over Mars, drawn towards the red planet after the destruction of Earth and ravaging it with lunar storms caused by gravitational fluctuations between Mars and its unwelcome satellite.
The protagonist of the story is Layla Ashley, a barbaroi gladiator from Serena City with a mysterious and tragic past and follows her quest to defeat Volk, the ruler of Mars. She is accompanied on her journey by Nei, a strange "doll" whom she shares an deep emotional connection with, and Speedy, a doll breeder (or repairman) from the same city she's from.
No. | Title | Original air date |
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1 | "Dome" | October 1, 2003 |
2 | "Doll" | October 8, 2003 |
3 | "Child" | October 15, 2003 |
4 | "Adult" | October 22, 2003 |
5 | "Silhouette" | October 29, 2003 |
6 | "Reflection" | November 5, 2003 |
7 | "Barbaroi" | November 12, 2003 |
8 | "Pilgrim" | November 19, 2003 |
9 | "Goddess" | November 26, 2003 |
10 | "Frozen" | December 3, 2003 |
11 | "Lunatic" | December 10, 2003 |
12 | "Match" | December 17, 2003 |
13 | "Outer" | December 24, 2003 |
The music for Avenger was composed and performed by Japanese duo Ali Project, which has also contributed music to several, other anime series, including CLAMP School Detectives, Noir, Princess Resurrection and .hack//Roots. The series opening Lunar Eclipse Grand Guignol (月蝕グランギニョル Gesshoku Guran Ginyoru) and ending (Mirai no Eve) themes and the score overall are considered by some fans and reviewers to be among the show's most memorable elements. An Original Soundtrack album was released in Japan in 2003.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Gesshoku Grand Guignol (月蝕グランギニョル)" | 4:22 |
2. | "Koufuku no Zouhei (幸福の臓篦)" | 4:43 |
3. | "Babylon Café (バビロン・カフェ)" | 6:50 |
4. | "MOTHER" | 5:17 |
5. | "Horobi no Hakobune (滅びの方舟)" | 3:41 |
6. | "Agape (アガペー)" | 2:49 |
7. | "Matenrou no Uro (摩天楼の虚)" | 2:43 |
8. | "Muku naru Shi (無垢なる士)" | 2:35 |
9. | "Shoujo Junketsu (少女殉血)" | 4:54 |
10. | "Ningyoutsukai (人形使い)" | 2:06 |
11. | "Trompe-l'oeil Meikyuu (トロンプイユ迷宮)" | 2:43 |
12. | "Eien-teki Heisoku (永遠的閉塞)" | 2:19 |
13. | "Kuroi no Ko-Doll (黒衣の小ドール)" | 2:10 |
14. | "Mayu (繭)" | 3:52 |
15. | "Kinyoku to Bi (禁欲と美)" | 2:12 |
16. | "Torawareta Tamashii (囚われた魂)" | 2:40 |
17. | "Akai Hoshi (赤い星)" | 2:11 |
18. | "Jigoku no Kisetsu (地獄の季節)" | 5:02 |
19. | "until the end of the world" | 3:19 |
20. | "Mirai no Eve (未來のイヴ)" | 4:32 |
Total length: | 1:11:00 |