Asura Cryin: The Machine God vs. the Boys Asura Cryin, a TV anime series that aired in 2009, is based on a light novel by Mikumo Gakuto and published by Dengeki Bunko. The anime aired for a total of 13 episodes from April 2 to June 25, 2009, and was available on multiple broadcasting stations, including AT-X, UHF independent stations, and BS11. Each episode was 30 minutes long, and new developments awaited every week. The director is Keizo Kusakawa, animation is by Seven Arcs, and production is by Rakuko Student Council. The copyright of the work belongs to Gakuto Mikumo, ASCII Media Works, and Rakuko Student Council. story The protagonist, Natsume Tomoharu, begins living alone when he enters high school. At first glance, he seems like an ordinary high school student, but he has a special situation in which his childhood friend, Minakami Mio, is haunted by him as a ghost. On the first day after moving in, a beautiful unknown woman hands him a silver trunk that her brother had entrusted to her, and that very night, he is caught up in an extraordinary situation in which he is attacked by a mysterious girl dressed as a shrine maiden. The trunk becomes the catalyst for Tomoharu to face the hidden truth of the world, and his fate changes dramatically. Commentary Natsume Tomoharu begins living alone in the Naruoka mansion where his older brother once lived. He has a special situation in that his childhood friend, Minagami Mio, is possessed by him as her self-proclaimed guardian spirit. As Tomoharu is unpacking his belongings, a mysterious beautiful woman suddenly hands him a silver trunk. Sealed inside is a mechanical, artificial demon called "Machine God Asura Machina." Without knowing why, Tomoharu becomes embroiled in a battle over the Machine God Asura Machina. His peaceful days suddenly come to an end, and a battle over the mysterious weapon "Machine God Asura Machina" begins. The dark mechanical demon Asura Machina demands a sacrifice as an artificial demon. Tomoharu declares his determination, "I won't accept this. I'll definitely save you!", and the story moves forward. cast The voice actors for the main characters are as follows: - Tomoharu Natsume: Miyu Irino
- Misao Minakami: Haruka Tomatsu
- Takatsuki Kanade: Ai Nonaka
- Kurosaki Shuri: Tanaka Rie
- Kurosaki Shiori: Tanaka Rie
- Ania Fortuna Someschel Miku Klausenburg: Sayuri Yahagi
- Takuma Higuchi: Hiro Shimono
- An Ohara: Aki Toyosaki
- Tachibana Takayuki: Yuko Kaida
- Reishiro Saeki: Shoutarou Morikubo
- Reiko Saeki: Kimiko Koyama
- Sadness in Shizuma: Satomi Sato
- Shizuma Kirie: Junko Kitanishi
- Yagi: Kenji Takahashi
- Takaya Kagaya: Kazuya Nakai
- Kristina Fortuna Somescher Miku Klausenburg: Sayaka Ohara
- Mayu Kazuhide: Junji Mashima
- Kurasawa Rokuka: Kitamura Eri
- Vivian: Kenji Takahashi
- Yukihara Yo: Sayori Ishizuka
- Shiozumi Old Man: Akihiko Ishizumi
- Ritsuto Shiozumi: Yoko Hikasa
- Yasutake Satomi: Keisuke Fujita
- New Mansion Kotori: Yoko Hikasa
- Haruna Chiyohara: Reiko Takagi
- Kanade's father: Eizo Tsuda
- Yo's father: Kenji Takahashi
- Professor Hashiratani: Kazuyuki Okitsu
Main Staff The main staff involved in the production of this work are as follows: - Original story: Taketo Mikumo (Dengeki Bunko/ASCII Media Works)
- Planning: Atsushi Moriyama, Kazutomo Suzuki
- Series Composition: Katsuhiko Koide
- Character design: Nao Waratanuki
- Character design: Atsushi Komori
- Mechanical design: Fukushima Hideki
- Chief mecha animation director: Hiroyasu Oda
- Art Director: Toshiko Kaizu (Studio Tulip)
- Art setting: Kaoru Aoki (Studio Biho)
- Color design: Keiko Kai (Studio Easter)
- Art: Studio Tulip, Umezu Toshiko
- Director of photography: Tadashi Kitaoka (CORE)
- Assistant Director of Photography: Mami Goto (CORE)
- CG Supervisor: Daisuke Suzuki
- CG Director: Yasuhiro Kato (Sanzigen)
- Offline Editing: Arcturus Editing Room
- Video editing: Tomoki Takemura, Yoshihiko Kojima (Sony PCL)
- Recording studio: Prosen Studio
- Sound Production: Glow Vision
- Sound Production Manager: Naoki Kishida
- Production desk: Yusuke Hatanaka
- Setting production: Arito Takashi
- Program promotion: Natsunaga Masuda (King Records), Yuki Takahashi (ASCII Media Works)
- Cooperation: Naoko Koyama (ASCII Media Works), Takashi Watanabe (ASCII Media Works), Taketo Muroichi (Quorus), Yoshikazu Beniya (AT-X), Dengeki Bunko Editorial Department, Dengeki Bunko MAGAZINE Editorial Department
- CG Producer: Hiroaki Matsuura (Sanzigen)
- Edited by: Yumiko Fuse, Yukiko Nojiri (WINS)
- Sound Director: Aketagawa Jin (Magic Capsule)
- Effects: Daisuke Murakami (Sound Ring)
- Adjustment: Ayumu Anzai
- Music: Mitsutaka Tajiri
- Music Production: Starchild Records
- Animation Production: Seven Arcs
- Producers: Go Nakanishi, Osamu Uemura, Hiroyuki Yuzawa
- Director: Keizo Kusakawa
- Produced by: Rakuko Student Council
Main Characters Details of the main characters are as follows: - Natsume Tomoharu : The protagonist of this work, a boy with a tendency to misfortune who has been known in the neighborhood as "haunted" since surviving an airplane crash three years ago. After opening a suitcase handed to him by Shuri, claiming it was from Tomoharu's brother, he becomes the handler of the Asura Machina Kurogane, and leads a turbulent school life.
- Minagami Mio : A childhood friend who is possessed by Tomoharu as a ghost. She is caring and takes on the role of supporting Tomoharu and making jokes in the science club. To be precise, she is not a ghost, but rather a projection of the Belial Doll, a sacrifice used to activate the Mechanical Demon.
- Takatsuki Kanade : A beautiful girl in class who has feelings for Tomoharu. Her shy personality and slow-witted behavior make it hard to imagine, but her true identity is a demon who controls the flames of hell. She is the only daughter of the Takatsuki Group, a designated demon society in a wide area, but she left home because she hated the family business and is living with her relative, Shiozumi's house.
- Kurosaki Akemi : She is the deputy head of the science club that Tomoharu and her friends are enrolled in, and is also the one who got Tomoharu involved in the turmoil. Contrary to her beautiful appearance, her body has been modified with dark science, making her a treasure trove of heavy weaponry, and in battle, missiles shoot out from her entire body, making her a dangerous older sister.
- Ania Fortuna Someschel Miku Klausenburg : The youngest daughter of Margrave Fortuna, a demon clan with the ability to "eat luck". Although only 10 years old, she is a genius girl who specializes in the control system of the Machine Demon and can control several countries. She came to Japan as an exchange student to search for her older sister, Krustina, and attends Rakushuwa High School while living at the Naruo House.
- Takuma Higuchi : Tomoharu's friend, he is a severe occult maniac who talks about aliens and UMAs whenever he opens his mouth. Because of this, he is not popular at all, even though he has a good face. He is also quite well-informed, and is knowledgeable about rumors and urban legends, so he is useful in unexpected situations.
- Ohara An : A cheerful girl who was in the same track and field club as Tomoharu in junior high school. She is also the poster girl for the Ohara Liquor Store where Tomoharu works part-time. She is secretly popular with boys because of her cheerful and friendly personality, but she seems to be a little concerned about her modest breasts.
- Tachibana Tohru : President of the third student council at Rakushu High School. Although he appears to be extremely normal in appearance and personality among the eccentric members of the Rakushu High School student council, his abilities are unknown. He always carries his Japanese sword, Touou, on his back, and fights on an equal footing with Kaga Kagari, a demon slayer (Asura Cryin).
- Saeki Reishiro : President of the First Student Council at Rakushu High School and operator of the mechanical demon Hisui. He has a strong belief that demons must be destroyed to maintain the balance of the world, and is in opposition to the science department. He once plotted to get Tomoharu into his camp.
- Reiko Saeki : A classmate of Tomoharu, she is a beautiful girl on par with Kanade and Misao. Although she is kind to girls, she is always harsh towards Tomoharu and Higuchi, which has led to heartless rumors that she is a lesbian. She is obsessed with her brother, Reishiro, and sometimes takes quite radical actions as the leader of the Holy Defense Force.
- Aion Shizuma : A girl who is a cousin of the Saeki siblings and is a projection that possesses Reishiro. When she was a flesh-and-blood human, she had a rough personality and often bullied and fought with Reiko, but now for some reason, she has a relatively calm mood. She has an abnormal obsession with numbers and is rumored to be good at mental arithmetic.
- Takaya Kagaki : A demon slayer who is the operator of the mechanical demon Lord Knight and the contractor of the demon Krustina. He uses his forbidden power to indiscriminately attack demons and gather large amounts of magical power, and is being pursued by the Kanto Student Federation and the Holy Defense Force, who have taken the situation seriously.
- Krustina Fortuna Someschel Miku Klausenburg : A demon girl with the ability to "eat luck", who is a leading researcher of the device that separates the burial maidens from the mechanical demons, the splitter. She was once invited by the Royal Science Madness Society to study at Rakushu High School as an exchange student, but disappeared before graduation and is currently under contract with Kaga Kagari.
- Mayu Kazuhide : Treasurer of the second student council at Rakushu High School. He caused the UMA commotion in Tobi Lake after abandoning his daughter, the wind beast Vivian, born to him and a demon. He always has a silly face, but he has been held back a year due to his busy student council activities, and is actually one year older than Tomoharu and the others.
- Kurasawa Rikka : President of the second student council of Rakushu High School and operator of the mechanical demon Suisho. She usually wears strong glasses and braids to look like a diligent honor student, but she is greedy for money and is a villainous beauty who works behind the scenes of the school to make money.
- Yukihara Yo : A handsome, cross-dressing girl with medieval beauty. She is the operator of the mechanical demon Shirogane, the counterpart of Kurogane, and is feared as the Kanto Student Federation's strongest armed student instructor (Guardian Dragoon). She is also the former president of the First Student Council, and seems to have a personal connection with Shu Kai.
- Haruna Chiyohara : One of the armed student instructors of the Kanto Student Federation. She is the operator of the mechanical demon Aenka, and together with fellow armed student instructors Yo and Yasutake, she is pursuing the truth behind the "Demon Hunting Incident." Contrary to her elegant Kyoto accent, she also has a shrewd side.
Main Robot Items Details of the main robots and items that appear in the work are as follows: - Asura Machina: A mechanical , artificial demon said to have been created to destroy demons. It appears from another dimension via the shadow of its handler and exerts destructive magical powers.
- Handler : A magician who summons Asura Machina from another dimension and controls them. He is possessed by a ghostly girl called a Projection Being.
- Projection Body : The official name of the ghost girls who possess the handlers. With a few exceptions, they are invisible to normal humans. Their true identity is a pseudo-sensory input/output device of the Belial Doll sealed away by the Mechanical Demon God Asura Machina.
- Mysterious Trunk : A silver trunk obtained by Tomoharu's older brother, Naoki, and passed on to Tomoharu through Shuri. It is also called the "Extracta" or "Altar." It is the key device to summon the Asura Machina, a mechanical demon sealed away in another dimension.
- Meio-tei : Tomoharu's lodgings. There are rumors of monsters appearing, and it is also known as the "Hades Mansion," and is feared by the neighboring residents. The basement is said to be a hangout spot for the past generations of the science club...
- Rakurowa High School : A coeducational school run by a mission that was established by raising funds from a wide range of donors regardless of denomination. It values student autonomy and has three officially recognized student councils, as well as several unofficial student councils.
- Demons : They look just like normal humans, but each bloodline has different magical powers. Female demons, in particular, have the ability to summon familiars (daughters) by making a "contract" with a human.
- First Student Council : One of the official student councils at Rakushu High School. They belong to an international security organization called the Holy Defense Force, and are in charge of security within the school. They claim that demons are the cause of the end of the world, and are trying to destroy the dangerous demons within the school.
- Second Student Council : One of the official student councils at Rakushu High School. Also known as the Pilgrim Merchant Alliance, it oversees committee activities within the school. Claiming that a huge amount of money is needed to prevent the end of the world, it takes on various illegal jobs to make money.
- The Third Student Council : One of the official student councils at Rakushu High School. It is a branch of an international academic organization called the Royal Dark Society, and is researching technology known as black science. It claims that demonic powers are the key to avoiding the end of the world, and is in fierce conflict with the First Student Council.
- Second Round : In order to correct the future history in which the world was destroyed, humanity made a deal with the devil and went back in time to redo the second history. Because the same timeline is repeated, buildings and industrial products that were built in the first round world that should not have existed in reality are sometimes excavated. Such traces of the first round world are called "ruins."
- Killer Doll (Widget) : A mechanical doll used by the Second Student Council. It can only execute simple commands, but has great destructive power, and mercilessly targets its prey with a hunting hatchet and knives attached to its arms.
- Stabilizer : An extension (plug-in) that strengthens the connection between the Templar and the Puppeteer. The Puppeteer can sense the pain and fatigue felt by the Templar as damage, and the Templar can also control parts of the Puppeteer's body.
- Armed Student Instructor (Guardian and Lagoon/GD) : The strongest frontline commander of the Kanto Student Federation. Only the operators of the ten strongest mechanical demons, all of whom have been given metallic names, can claim this title.
- Kanto Student Federation : A higher organization that coordinates the interests of each school's student council and takes command of battles outside of school. It has 10 puppeteers who are said to be the strongest.
- Belial Doll : A girl who was sealed away as a sacrifice to the Asura Machina. She appears in the real world as a ghost-like figure called a projection. It is said that in exchange for their souls, the Asura Machina grants the wishes of their handlers.
- Contractor : A human who makes a "contract" with a demon. They gain the ability to control demons from another world called "daughters," but in exchange for this they lose memories of their loved ones.
- Daughter : A giant monster summoned from another world by a female demon. It has combat abilities comparable to those of an Asura Machina, and protects its contractor. If the contractor loses control of it, it can turn into a complete monster and go berserk.
- Asura Cryin : A forbidden being who is both the handler of the Asura Machina and a contractor with the Devil. In theory, it is said that he can amplify magical power infinitely, and his existence is considered dangerous.
- Science Club : The club where Tomoharu and his friends are enrolled. It belongs to the Third Student Council and is also a sub-organization of the Royal Dark Society. It was founded by Naoki with the goal of exploring dark science.
subtitle The subtitles and broadcast dates for each episode are as follows: - EX001: Asura Machina (2009/04/02)
- EX002: Destruction in the Future (2009/04/09)
- EX003: The shadow cast by the light of science (2009/04/16)
- EX004: Feelings with nowhere to go (2009/04/23)
- EX005: Mind and body intertwined (2009/04/30)
- EX006: A Sacrifice Floating Beyond the Darkness (2009/05/07)
- EX007: Dreams scattered in the pitiless sky (2009/05/14)
- EX008: The Youngest Daughter of the King of Calamity (2009/05/21)
- EX009: A taboo that shouldn't exist (2009/05/28)
- EX010: Chained to Time (2009/06/04)
- EX011: The everyday and the extraordinary (2009/06/11)
- EX012: Until the World Withers (2009/06/18)
- EX013: The Brand of the Cursed Sinner (2009/06/25)
Related Titles The "Asura Cryin" series includes the following related works: Theme songs and music Details of the theme songs and insert songs for the work are as follows. - OP1
- Song Name: Spiral
- Lyricist: atsuko
- Composer: atsuko, KATSU
- Arrangement: KATSU
- Sung by: angela
- ED1
- Song Name: Link
- Lyricist: atsuko
- Composer: atsuko, KATSU
- Arrangement: KATSU
- Sung by: angela
- IN1
- Song Name: Spiral
- Lyricist: atsuko
- Composer: atsuko, KATSU
- Arrangement: KATSU
- Sung by: angela
Ratings and Recommendations "Asura Cryin" is a story that depicts the drama of the Machine Genie and demons, and the humans that surround them. Highlights of the story include the growth of Natsume Tomoharu, who is at the center of the story, and the exploits of the unique characters that surround him. In particular, the battle scenes of the Machine Genie and the in-depth background of each character have been praised. The anime has also been highly praised by fans of the original work for faithfully adapting the original light novel. This work has a worldview that combines science fiction and fantasy with elements of a youth drama, making it enjoyable for a wide range of people. In particular, the quality of the design of the Machine-Magician and the battle scenes are impressive, making it a fun action anime. In addition, the characters' relationships and psychological descriptions are carefully drawn, adding depth to the story. The recommended audience is people who like science fiction, fantasy, and teen dramas. People who like Machine Demon and robot anime will also enjoy it. Furthermore, if you have read the original light novel, be sure to check out the expressions and additional elements in the anime version. "Asura Cryin" is a work that allows you to enjoy a story woven by a complex world view and attractive characters. Please give it a watch. |
