Series synopsis
DARLING in the FRANXX, also known as ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス is a Japanese animation drama sci-fi & fantasy comedy television series that premiered on Tokyo MX on January 13, 2018. It ended on July 6, 2018. It stars Yuto Uemura, Haruka Tomatsu, Kana Ichinose and Yuuichirou Umehara.
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. ...
Premise
The distant future: Humanity established the mobile fort city, Plantation, upon the ruined wasteland. Within the city were pilot quarters, Mistilteinn, otherwise known as the “Birdcage.” That is where the children live... Their only mission in life was the fight. Their enemies are the mysterious giant organisms known as Kyoryu. The children operate robots known as FRANXX in order to face these still unseen enemies. Among them was a boy who was once called a child prodigy: Code number 016, Hiro. One day, a mysterious girl called Zero Two appears in front of Hiro. “I’ve found you, my Darling.”
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yuto Uemura as Hiro (voice)
- Haruka Tomatsu as Zero Two (voice)
- Kana Ichinose as Ichigo (voice)
- Yuuichirou Umehara as Gorou (voice)
- Nanami Yamashita as Miku (voice)
- Saori Hayami as Kokoro (voice)
- Marina Inoue as Nana (voice)
- Shizuka Ishigami as Ikuno (voice)
Supporting cast
- Mutsumi Tamura as Zorome (voice)
- Aoi Ichikawa as Mitsuru (voice)
Guest cast
- Soma Saito as Nine Alpha (voice)
- Kenyu Horiuchi as Dr. Franxx (voice)
- Hiroki Goto as Futoshi (voice)
- Katsuyuki Konishi as Hachi (voice)
- Rie Kugimiya as 001 (voice)
- Takanori Hoshino as 081 (voice)
- Makoto Furukawa as Seven Sages (voice)
- Masamichi Kitada as Plantation 13 Mayor (voice)
- Toshiki Masuda as Nine Beta (voice)
- Ayane Sakura as Nine Delta (voice)
- Atsushi Tamaru as Nine Epsilon (voice)
- Takuya Eguchi as Nine Gamma (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 29 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 5 | January 6, 2018 | June 16, 2018 |
| Season 1 | 24 | January 13, 2018 | July 6, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TV Special Program Before Broadcasting | January 6, 2018 |
| 2 |
Playback Special TV Program - 01 The ten voice actors who play Squad 13's parasites share their favorite moments from the show's first fifteen episodes. There are also comments from series director Nishigori regarding the show's upcoming second half. |
April 28, 2018 |
| 3 |
Playback Special TV Program - 02 As voice recording for the series finishes, Zero Two and Hiro's voice actors talk about their roles. There are additional comments from director Nishigori and the series' script writer, Hayashi. |
June 2, 2018 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alone and Lonesome The land has fallen into ruin, and children represent the last hope for humanity. One of them, Hiro, fails to live up to that purpose and decides to walk away from it all.... until he meets a girl with horns. |
January 13, 2018 |
| 2 |
What It Means to Connect The parasites struggle to come to terms with Hiro being the one who piloted Strelizia. Even Hiro can't really believe it himself. Things come to a head when he's ordered to participate in a mock battle. |
January 20, 2018 |
| 3 |
Fighting Puppet After their failure in the startup trial, things are awkward between Ichigo and Hiro, who decides to ask to ride with Zero Two again. |
January 27, 2018 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | Tokyo MX |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 13, 2018 |
| Last aired | July 6, 2018 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Saturday at 23:30:00 |