Series synopsis
Ajin is a Japanese animation action & adventure mystery television series that premiered on TBS on January 16, 2016. It ended on December 23, 2016. It stars Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Aya Suzaki and Daisuke Hirakawa.
17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
Premise
17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Mamoru Miyano as Kei Nagai (voice)
- Yoshimasa Hosoya as Kaito (voice)
- Aya Suzaki as Eriko Nagai (voice)
- Daisuke Hirakawa as Kōji Tanaka (voice)
- Hiroyuki Kinoshita as Ikukya Ogura (voice)
- Hochu Otsuka as Satō (voice)
- Jun Fukuyama as Kō Nakano (voice)
- Kenichi Suzumura as Sokabe (voice)
Supporting cast
- Mikako Komatsu as Izumi Shimomura (voice)
- Takahiro Sakurai as Tosaki (voice)
- Sho Koneri as Professor Futoi
- Shougo Nakamura as Suzumura
- Daigo Fujimaki as Gen
- Toru Sakurai as Araki / SAT Captain
- Soma Saito as Takeshi Kotobuki
- Hiroyuki Yoshino as Masumi Okuyama
- Maaya Sakamoto as Meyers (voice)
- Itaru Yamamoto as Colonel Kouma
- Toshiyuki Morikawa as Almeida
- Atsuyoshi Miyazaki as Hirasawa
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 29 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 3 | May 6, 2016 | April 7, 2017 |
| Season 1 | 13 | January 16, 2016 | April 9, 2016 |
| Season 2 | 13 | October 7, 2016 | December 23, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Shinya Nakamura Incident While running late to attend a party, Shinya Nakamura dies in a motorcycle accident, but revives and learned he is an Ajin. |
May 6, 2016 |
| 2 |
Intermission Four humorous short stories from the points of view of Sato and Tanaka (2 stories), Izumi and Tosaki (1 story), and Ko and Kei (1 story). |
October 7, 2016 |
| 3 |
Satou: Zero Taking place immediately after the prologue scene from Episode 1, Satou's background is explored. |
April 7, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
A Topic That Has Nothing to Do with Us Kei Nagai is a good student whose life turned upside down when he was struck by a truck. After this accident he discovers that he is an immortal (ajin). Feeling shocked and panic, he runs away to an isolated place. Now he can't trust anyone but his childhood friend Kaito. |
January 16, 2016 |
| 2 |
Why Is This Happening to Me? I Didn't Do Anything Wrong! Tosaki takes the pursuit of government by Ajin. Kei and Kaito are attacked by bandits in search of rewards. |
January 23, 2016 |
| 3 |
I Think I'm Done For Kaito and Kei are seen and pursued by another motorcyclist. Meanwhile Yu Tosaki recognises Sato, an Ajin hunter at the original accident scene. The other motorcyclist causes the boys to crash, but Kaito recovers and knocks him unconscious. |
January 30, 2016 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
It Has Become Tiresome Satō emerges from the rubble as he blew up an existing tunnel below to escape being crushed by Nagai's plan. Satō begins to hunt Nagai and the others as they attempt one last attempt as stopping him before the military unleashes a gas attack. |
October 7, 2016 |
| 2 |
Everyone Around Here Is an Idiot Kei and Ko train their bodies and begin to develop strategies to fight Tosaki. Kei spends time talking about his IBM with Ogura, realizing Kei's ghost is an extreme abnormality. While they begin to strategize, Sato makes his next move taking down a plane with his second target. |
October 14, 2016 |
| 3 |
I'm Always Scared Sato is able to assassinate another off of the list. Nagai and Tosaki begin planning their counterattack against Sato. Nagai begins to struggle with the behavior of his IBM, wondering if he himself has to change. Tosaki also let's Nagai know Kaito's current condition. |
October 21, 2016 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 16, 2016 |
| Last aired | December 23, 2016 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Friday at 02:25:00 |