| Red Garden | |
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| レッド ガーデン (Reddo Gāden) |
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| Genre | Mystery, Supernatural horror |
| Manga | |
| Author | Gonzo |
| Illustrator | Kirihito Ayamura |
| Publisher | Gentosha Comics |
| Demographic | Josei |
| Magazine | Comic Birz |
| Original run | August 30, 2006 – January 30, 2009 |
| Volumes | 4 |
| TV anime | |
| Director | Kou Matsuo |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensor |   Funimation |
| Network | TV Asahi |
| Original run | October 3, 2006 – March 13, 2007 |
| Episodes | 22 |
| Original video animation | |
| Red Garden: Dead Girls | |
| Director | Kou Matsuo |
| Studio | Gonzo |
| Licensor | Funimation |
| Released | August 8, 2007 |
| Episodes | 1 |
Red Garden (レッド ガーデン Reddo Gāden) is a Japanese animated television program produced by Gonzo studios and broadcast in Japan on TV Asahi since October 3, 2006. The plot revolves around four girls who become involved in a series of supernatural murders happening throughout the vicinity of a fictional depiction of New York City. It combines elements from typical American movie productions like horror, drama, mystery and musicals. An OVA sequel called Dead Girls was released in Japan, on August 8, 2007.
There are many references that would only be familiar to viewers of American movies and TV shows. One example is in episode 4, when Kate and Rose talk about a soup kitchen owner, saying "If you don't follow his rules, he won't sell you soup for a year.", a reference to the Soup Nazi episode of the American sitcom Seinfeld. Another example is how in episode 5 you can see a banner for the play Wicked, but it is titled Witches.
A manga of the same title began serialization in the seinen manga magazine Comic Birz on August 30, 2006. The first tankōbon was released on February 24, 2007.
Red Garden employs a technique often used by animated productions outside Japan, but rarely used in Japanese animation. The characters' dialogue is animated after the work of the voice cast, synchronizing the animation with the voice actors' voices. The synchronization is particularly evident in scenes where characters are singing (occurring in some of the earlier episodes).
Red Garden was licensed for release in English by ADV Films and the first DVD was released on September 18, 2007.[1] ADV Films' Anime Network began airing the anime on September 13, 2007 on their Subscription On Demand platform.[2] On March 6, 2008 the anime began airing on their Free On Demand platform. FUNimation now has licensing rights to Red Garden.[3]
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Kate, Rachel, Rose, and Claire are all students at a private institution set on Roosevelt Island, New York City. Waking up one morning, all feel uneasy and restless as they deem strange that none of them can recall anything about the previous night. Their anxiety escalates when the school announces that Lise, another classmate of theirs, was found dead.
Afterwards, the following night for unknown reasons the four girls are drawn by butterflies that gather them to the same place, as if they have been summoned by something which they cannot explain. There, they are approached by a woman called Lula and her partner JC to tell them all that they are already dead, and must work for them if they do not want to disappear completely. Later she explains that the girls were reanimated on new, special bodies and their real bodies are in her custody. They are revealed to be on the side of Animus. Lula also claims she has the means to eventually return them to their previous lives when their job is done. Their job is killing "monsters" in the dead of night. Lula and JC will summon the girls on certain nights, and then they will fight certain "monsters" (that look almost like regular people). After a fight the girls feel drained and tired. If they fail, they will die for real.
The series also shows another character, Herve, who is trying to fight to save his cousin and his sister's lives as they are subject of a curse (that causes their complications to manifest and die), and his family are their enemies. They are the Dolore clan. It is later revealed that the two sides of the battle have Book of Curses and the reason they fight is to retrieve the book from the other side. It is because of these books that Herve's family was cursed as they stole their book from the Animus. The Animus are also cursed in that their masters have been living for several centuries. They were forced to give up what is referred to as their freedom (they are in an inanimate state) and therefore they cannot die, again the only way to lift this curse is to take the cursed book back from the Dolore family. The girls find out that if they retrieve the book from the Dolore family then it will result in them losing their memories which would mean that they could not remain with their friends and family. However, if they lose then they will die.
The four girls continue to wander in the world of ruin fighting as bounty hunters and this time they are after a wanted person.
Although they spend their days fighting, the girls also lead ordinary school life. One day a beautiful girl transferred to their school. Her name is Louise and she wanted to be friends with Kate and the others. But besides Louise another handsome youth by the name Edgar approaches Kate and her friends.
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