Innocent Venus
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Opening title's logo from episode one
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| イノセント・ヴィーナス (Inosento Vīnasu) |
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| Genre | Drama, Mecha, Dystopian |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Jun Kawagoe |
| Studio | Brain's Base |
| Network | WOWOW |
| English network | |
| Original run | July 26, 2006 – October 25, 2006 |
| Episodes | 12 |
Innocent Venus (Japanese: イノセント・ヴィーナス Hepburn: Inosento Vīnasu?) is a post-apocalyptic science fiction anime TV series which began broadcasting on the WOWOW network in Japan on July 26, 2006 at midnight. The series makes use of some 3D cel-shaded animation, which achieves a more "hand drawn" look than traditional 3D animation. At Anime Boston 2007, ADV Films had announced they licensed for the show[1] (for $120,000[2]). On July 11, 2008 ADV Announced that it was discontinuing print of the DVDs.[3]
Plot
In the near future, after the world population and economy is devastated by a series of simultaneous hypercanes,[lower-alpha 1] many different factions and fledgling nations appear. In Japan, an elite class called Logos[lower-alpha 2] appears, controlling special zones in the country which have most of the wealth and resources. These special zones were created with the help of Power Assist Technology,[lower-alpha 3] which allowed Japan to recover from the consequences of the worldwide disaster (which included a combination of land subsidence & rising sea levels resulting in the permanent submerging of low lying areas and a subsequent ice age in much of the Northern hemisphere), albeit to a strictly limited degree. The Logos exercise control over the Revenus,[lower-alpha 4][lower-alpha 5] a lower class who mostly live in devastated & often poverty stricken zones (urban or in close proximity) and areas (rural) known as Levinas[lower-alpha 6] (e.g. Levinas Sector Six, Area 18) and who struggle from day to day in order to stay alive. The Revenus are generally restricted[lower-alpha 7] from entering the special zones, causing tension which creates a resistance movement which fights back against the Logos.
With the tagline "A Near Future Late-Shogunate Action Animation", the story draws analogies with 19th-century Japan at the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate period, just before the Boshin War.[lower-alpha 8][lower-alpha 9]
The story proper is mainly set in 2035AD. Jō and Jin defect from Phantom, an elite military special operations group which is used to help control the Revenus. When they escape, they take a young girl named Sana with them. The series follows them as they work to avoid being caught by Phantom and the regular military forces[lower-alpha 10][lower-alpha 11] of the Logos. However, there are more to things than meet the eye.
Characters
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| Characters | Voice actor (Japanese) | Voice actor (English) |
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| Sana Nobuto | Kaori Nazuka | Jessica Boone |
| Jō Katsuragi | Kenji Nojima | Chris Patton |
| Jin Tsurasawa | Takahiro Sakurai | Vic Mignogna |
| Toraji Shiba | Hideo Ishikawa | Illich Guardiola |
| Gora | Naoki Yanagi | Greg Ayres |
| Maximus Drake | Tōru Ōkawa | John Swasey |
| Renī Vikuro | Megumi Toyoguchi | Monica Rial |
| Steve | Kenta Miyake | John Gremillion |
| Qing Lang | Jun Fukuyama | Nomed Kaerf |
| Kyōshirō | Shintarō Ōhata | Josh Grelle |
| Riki | Riichi Nishimoto | Christopher Ayres |
Episodes
| Ep# | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Hell" "Naraku" (奈落) |
2006-07-26 |
| 02 | "Madness" "Koyuki" (凶気) |
2006-08-02 |
| 03 | "Pirates" "Wakou" (倭寇) |
2006-08-09 |
| 04 | "Invasion" "Shuurai" (襲来) |
2006-08-16 |
| 05 | "Duet" "Rendan" (連弾) |
2006-08-23 |
| 06 | "Rampage" "Bousou" (暴走) |
2006-09-13 |
| 07 | "Scheme" "Sakubou" (策謀) |
2006-09-20 |
| 08 | "Loss" "Soushitsu" (喪失) |
2006-09-27 |
| 09 | "Aid" "Kyuusai" (救済) |
2006-10-04 |
| 10 | "Determination" "Ketsui" (決意) |
2006-10-11 |
| 11 | "Venus" "Bijin" (美神) |
2006-10-18 |
| 12 | "The World" "Sekai" (世界) |
2006-10-25 |
Staff
- Director: Jun Kawagoe
- Series Organization: Shinsuke Ōnishi
- Original Character Design: Shō Kōya
- Character Design: Hideki Nagamachi
- Mechanical Design: Hiroshi Ogawa
- Art Design: Jirō Kōno, Minoru Yasuhara
- Art Director: Katsuhiro Haji
- Color Design: Kōchi Usui
- Cinematography Director: Megumi Saitō
- 3D Director: Yūichi Gotō
- Editor: Masaki Sakamoto
- Audio Director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
- Sound Effects: Yasumasa Koyama
- Sound Production: Half H•P Studio
- Music: Tomohisa Ishikawa
- Music Production: Lantis
- Animation Production: Brains Base
- Produced by Bandai Visual
Music
- Opening Theme
Noble Roar by Yōsei Teikoku
- Ending Theme
Brand New Reason by Fleet
Notes
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- Official website (Japanese)
- Innocent Venus (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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- Drama anime and manga
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