Series synopsis
Talentless Nana, also known as 無能なナナ is a Japanese animation sci-fi & fantasy mystery television series that premiered on AT-X on October 4, 2020. It ended on December 27, 2020. It stars Rumi Okubo, Hiro Shimono, Yuichi Nakamura and Mai Nakahara.
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality.
Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. Thi ...
Premise
It is the year 20XX. Earth was assaulted by monsters that would come to be known as "the Enemy of Humanity." In order to deal with this threat, special schools composed of teenagers with extraordinary abilities were formed. These people, who came to be known as "the Talented," had abilities that could defy the rules of reality.
Among these people with supernatural powers was an outlier, an individual who was sent to one of these schools despite having no innate special abilities whatsoever. This is the story of our protagonist, who attempts to defeat the Enemies of Humanity through the use of intelligence and manipulation alone.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Rumi Okubo as Nana Hiiragi (voice)
- Hiro Shimono as Nanao Nakajima (voice)
- Yuichi Nakamura as Kyoya Onodera (voice)
- Mai Nakahara as Michiru Inukai (voice)
- Toshiki Masuda as Yohei Shibusawa (voice)
- Takuya Nakashima as Moguo Iijima (voice)
- Yuki Inoue as Moguo's henchman A (voice)
- Takeo Otsuka as Moguo's henchman B (voice)
Supporting cast
- Yoshitaka Yamaya as Moguo's henchman C (voice)
- Hiromichi Tezuka as Seiya Kori (voice)
- Yukina Tsutsumi as Kirara Habu (voice)
- Yurie Kozakai as Kaori Takanashi (voice)
- Atsushi Tamaru as Tsunekichi Hatadaira (voice)
- Miyu Tomita as Yuka Sasaki (voice)
- Aiko Ninomiya as Shinji Kazama (voice)
- Tomohiro Ono as Ryuji Ishii (voice)
- Yuna Kamakura as Fūko Sorano (voice)
- Atsushi Kosaka as Homeroom teacher (voice)
- Koji Yusa as Jin Tachibana (voice)
Guest cast
- Ayaka Shimizu as Hitomi Hosokawa (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 2 seasons with 26 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 0 | 13 | October 9, 2020 | January 1, 2021 |
| Season 1 | 13 | October 4, 2020 | December 27, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Mini Anime 1: Personality Test Nana poses questions to different students and then provides her own interpretation of their answers. The results don't reveal a positive personality trait but rather suggest what Nana believes are their psychological weaknesses or fatal flaws that she can exploit. |
October 9, 2020 |
| 2 |
Mini Anime 2: Kick the Can In this special, the characters play a game of “kick the can,” which is a typical childhood game. They run around trying to kick a can and tag each other (or something along those lines). |
October 16, 2020 |
| 3 |
Mini Anime 3: Romeo and Juliet The class or some setting sets up to reenact Romeo and Juliet. Nana and Kyouya are assigned (or volunteer) to play the titular roles. Other students may have supporting roles or be an audience. |
October 23, 2020 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Talentless The year is 20XX. Nanao, an outcast with a paranormal talent, lives on a remote island training with others like him to fight against the enemies of humanity. Nana, a bubbly transfer student, befriends him and encourages him to become their leader... |
October 4, 2020 |
| 2 |
Time Traveler Nana's secret is in danger of being exposed when a boy in her class is revealed to have the ability to travel into the past and rewrite history. |
October 11, 2020 |
| 3 |
Talented vs. Talentless Nana befriends Kyoya, the other transfer student at the school, in an attempt to discover his talent before he finds out what really happened to Nanao. |
October 18, 2020 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | October 4, 2020 |
| Last aired | December 27, 2020 |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Sunday at 21:30:00 |