Unlimited Psychic Squad

Unlimited Psychic Squad, known in Japan as The Unlimited: Hyōbu Kyōsuke (THE UNLIMITED 兵部京介) is a Japanese anime series produced by Manglobe. It is a spin-off of the original Zettai Karen Children manga series, created by Takashi Shiina. A manga adaptation by Rokurou Ōgaki was serialized in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S from March 2013 to July 2015, with its chapters collected into six tankōbon volumes.

Unlimited Psychic Squad
THE UNLIMITED 兵部京介
(The Unlimited Hyōbu Kyōsuke)
GenreAction,[1] supernatural[2]
Anime television series
Directed byShishō Igarashi
Written byShinichi Inotsume
Music byKōtarō Nakagawa
StudioManglobe
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run January 7, 2013 – March 25, 2013
Episodes12
Manga
The Unlimited: Hyōbu Kyōsuke
Written byRokurō Ōgaki
Published byShogakukan
MagazineShōnen Sunday S
DemographicShōnen
Original runMarch 25, 2013 – July 25, 2015
Volumes6

Media

Anime
See also: List of Zettai Karen Children: The Unlimited episodes

In September 2012, a new anime project based on Zettai Karen Children was announced in the 41st issue of Weekly Shōnen Sunday.[3] It was later revealed that it would be an original spin-off series focused on main antagonist Kyōsuke Hyōbu and his organization known as P.A.N.D.R.A.. Unlimited Psychic Squad was produced by Manglobe and ran for 12 episodes on TV Tokyo and other stations from January 7 to March 25, 2013.[4] New additions to the cast include Nao Tōyama as Yūgiri and Junichi Suwabe as Andy Hinomiya while almost all characters from the first TV Series are voiced by the same actors from then.[5][6][7] The series, while similar in setting and characters, is darker and more serious in plot and tone than the original Zettai Karen Children series.[8][9] The opening song is "LAST RESOLUTION" by Emblem of THE UNLIMITED and has two versions, one in English and the other in Japanese. It also has eight ending songs: "OUTLAWS" by eyelis, "BRIGHTEST LIGHT" by Yuichi Nakamura and Kishō Taniyama, "DARKNESS NIGHT" (another version of "BRIGHTEST LIGHT) by Kōji Yusa & Junichi Suwabe, "BRAND NEW EDEN" by Kōji Yusa, "ADVENT" by Kōji Yusa, another arrangement of "DARKNESS NIGHT", titled "DARKNESS NIGHT (Hyōbu Arrange.)", performed by Kōji Yusa and Junichi Suwabe, "Sora no Hate (空の涯て;End of the Sky)" by eyelis, and a secondary arrangement of "DARKNESS NIGHT" called "DARKNESS NIGHT (Hinomiya Arrange.)" performed by Kōji Yusa and Junichi Suwabe. There is an insert song in the final episode called "Mirai Monogatari (未来物語;Future Story)" by Nao Tōyama.[10]

The series has been streamed by Crunchyroll.[9][11] In December 2014, Sentai Filmworks announced that they have licensed the series.[8] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japanese with English subtitles on April 21, 2015.[12][13][14]

Manga

A manga adaptation by Rokurō Ōgaki began in the May 2013 issue of Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday S, published on March 25, 2013.[15][16][17] The series finished in the July 2015 issue of Shōnen Sunday S, published on May 25, 2015.[18] A story, titled Wanderer (放浪者, Hōrōsha), was published from August to September 2015 issues of Shōnen Sunday S, published on June 25 and July 25, 2015.[19][20][21] Shogakukan compiled the series into six tankōbon volumes, released from to August 16, 2013 to September 18, 2015.[22][23]

Volume list
No. Release date ISBN
1 August 16, 2013[22]978-4-09-124370-6
2 January 17, 2014[24]978-4-09-124598-4
3 July 18, 2014[25]978-4-09-125179-4
4 April 24, 2015[26]978-4-09-125544-0
5 July 17, 2015[27]978-4-09-126160-1
6 September 18, 2015[23]978-4-09-126407-7

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