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スクライド
(Sukuraido) |
| Genre |
Adventure,
Science
fiction, Action, |
| TV
anime |
| Director |
Goro Taniguchi |
| Studio |
Sunrise |
| Licensor |
 Bandai Entertainment |
| Network |
Animax,
TV Tokyo |
| English network |
Cartoon Network
(Adult Swim)
 AnimeCentral |
|
|
| Original run |
July 4,
2001 – December 26,
2001 |
| Episodes |
26 |
|
Manga |
| Author |
Yōsuke Kuroda |
| Illustrator |
Yasunari Toda |
| Publisher |
Akita Shoten |
| English
publisher |
Tokyopop |
| Demographic |
Shōnen |
| Magazine |
Weekly Shōnen Champion |
| Original run |
October 4,
2001 – June 20,
2002 |
| Volumes |
5 |
| Light
novel |
| Author |
Kazuho Hyodo |
| Illustrator |
Hisashi Hirai |
| Demographic |
Male |
| Imprint |
Dengeki Bunko |
| Original run |
May 10,
2002 – May 10,
2003 |
| Volumes |
3 |
| Anime
and Manga Portal |
s-CRY-ed (スクライド, Sukuraido
?), also known as
s.CRY.ed or
Scryed, is a 26-episode Japanese anime TV series, produced by Sunrise,
directed by Gorō Taniguchi and written by Yōsuke Kuroda,
which first aired in Japan on TV Tokyo and Animax. The music for the series was composed by
Kōtarō
Nakagawa. A manga
adaptation, drawn by Yasunari Toda, was serialized in Akita Shoten's Weekly Shōnen Champion.[1]
The anime is licensed by Bandai.[2]
Starting in 2003, Bandai released the show in North America as six
individual Region 1 volumes, followed by a complete six-disc box
set in November 2004. Later, the series premiered on Cartoon
Network's Adult
Swim block on May 28, 2005, after select episodes had been
aired on Adult Swim's Video On Demand
service for nearly a year. On September 27, 2005, Bandai
re-released s-CRY-ed under the Anime Legends banner, in
three two-disc volumes, followed by the Anime Legends Complete
Collection on October 24, 2006.
Plot
Set several years after "The Great Uprising", a future
geological phenomenon in the Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo ,
people have developed a power granting them the ability to
deconstruct, reshape, and crystalize matter at a molecular level
using only thought and willpower. These people have come to be
known as "Alter" users. With only 1% of the newborn generations
receiving such special power, though this number rises steadily as
the series progresses, some feel a superiority over normal
humans.
There are two opposing forces of alters: the Native Alters, a
group of Alter users who live outside the central city and avoid
any relationships with the government; and HOLY, an organization of
Alter users that are a subgroup of an organization called HOLD.
HOLD functions as the Mainland government's super police force of
the Lost Ground, while HOLY, composed exclusively of Alter users,
serves as the 'special operations' group, aiding HOLD in performing
dangerous missions that might require the help of an Alter
user.
Kazuma
(dubbed "The Treasoner" in the manga and "The Shell Bullet" in the
anime) and Ryuhou are
the two s-CRY-ed characters bearing a rivalry used to
drive and focus the plot. They spend much of the series trying to
defeat each other, even when they are forced to work together.
Neither can forget their bitter rivalry.
There is also a narrator, Kanami. Kanami is a close friend of
Kazuma, who protects her and treats her like a little sister. She
narrates the series with her dreams, unknowingly using her alter
power to 'scry' the emotions of the people she feels closely about.
Her ability to peer into the emotions of the main characters is
used frequently through-out the series to bring insight to the
characters, and to tease viewers during previews for the next
episode.
The series progresses through the initial introduction of the
Alter power to a wider understanding of the politics and reason for
"The Great Uprising". Each episode showcases a new Alter user, and
their Alter, or a growth of the Alter of a previously introduced
character. "The Great Uprising" is later revealed to be caused by a
similar event in a parallel universe where all
creatures are independent thinking Alters. During one of Ryuhou and
Kazuma's battles, they open a gateway to the parallel universe,
causing another uprising and attracting the attention of the
Mainland government. The Mainland sends its agent, Kyouji Mujo, to
the Lost Ground in an attempt to exploit the power of the parallel
universe for economic gain. Mujo develops delusions of grandeur
after becoming the defacto head of the Lost Ground government and
absorbing the crystal entity from "the other side" to add to his
already formidable Alter power. Both he and the crystal entity are
defeated by the separate efforts of Kazuma and Ryuhou,
respectively. The Mainland once again attempts to exert control
over the Lost Ground by sending in a fleet of refined Alter users
under their control, but they are defeated by Kazuma and
Ryuhou.
After defeating the Mainland forces, Kazuma and Ryuhou engage in
one final battle to settle their rivalry. After exhausting
themselves to the point that they are too weak to maintain their
Alters (and indeed, barely able to stand), they fight on with their
bare hands till neither can move. In the next scene, a silhouetted
fist is raised by the victor, arguably Kazuma. An epilogue, taking
place years later, Kazuma and Ryuho remain the protectors of the
Lost Ground, defending it from Mainland invaders. An older Kanami,
who now has full control over her alter, awaits their return.
Themes
The concept of an "Alter" bears a striking resemblance to the
"Stands" present in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure;
both are manifestations of some personal energy that give the user
extraordinary abilities and manifest as a variety of objects, and
each individual has a different power that they draw upon their
abilities to bestow upon them. While the Stands in JoJo's
Bizarre Adventure often take the form of a human or humanoid
entity (this is not always the case, as with Hol Horse of part 3
whose Stand is a gun), Alters rarely resemble human beings; the
most notable exceptions being Sou Kigetsuki's three female Alter
creations (which are just pieces of his real Alter), Ryuhou's
Zetsuei, and The Crystal, which bears quite a striking resemblance
in appearance to the hero of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's third series Stardust
Crusaders, Jotaro Kujo's "Star Platinum". "Alter" also
makes one nod to traditional physics, in that most Alters' physical
matter is not created out of thin air but built by absorbing and
reshaping nearby materials (usually pieces from rocks or walls that
disappear; Kazuma once honored a friend by saving his gun to use in
his Alter). This also allows some powerful Alter users to break
down other Alters' matter to defeat them.
Episode
titles
- "Kazuma" (カズマ,
Kazuma
?)
- "Ryuhou" (劉鳳,
Ryūhō
?)
- "HOLY" (ホーリー,
Hōrī
?)
- "Big Magnum" (ビッグ・マグナム, Biggu Magunamu
?)
- "Mimori Kiryuu" (桐生水守, Kiryū
Mimori
?)
- "Zetsuei" (絶影,
Zetsuei
?)
- "Asuka Tachibana" (橘あすか, Tachibana
Asuka
?)
- "Mad Sprict (The Worst
Screenplay)" (最悪の脚本
(マッド・スプリクト), Saiaku no
Kyakuhon (Maddo Supurikuto)
?)‡
- "Shell Bullet" (シェル・ブリット, Sheru Buritto
?)
- "Super Pinch" (スーパー・ピンチ, Sūpā Pinchi
?)
- "Alters" (アルターズ,
Arutāzu
?)
- "Kunihiko Kimishima" (君島邦彦, Kimishima
Kunihiko
?)
- "The Lost Ground" (ロストグラウンド, Rosuto Guraundo
?)
- "Kyouji Mujo" (無常矜持, Mujō
Kyōji
?)
- "Rogue" (はぐれ者,
Haguremono
?)
- "So Kigetsuki" (来夏月爽, Kigetsuki
Sō
?)
- "Ayase Terada" (寺田あやせ, Terada
Ayase
?)
- "Straight Cougar" (ストレイト・クーガー, Sutoreito Kūgā
?)
- "The Three Tokonatsu Sisters" (常夏３姉妹, Tokonatsu San Shimai
?)
- "Kanami Yuta" (由詫かなみ, Yuta
Kanami
?)
- "HOLY EYE" (ホーリー・アイ, Hōrī
Ai
?)
- "Martin Zigmarl" (マーティン・ジグマール, Mātin Jigumāru
?)
- "Scheris Adjani" (シェリス・アジャーニ, Sherisu Ajāni
?)
- "Fist" (拳,
Kobushi
?)
- "Native" (ネイティブ,
Neitibu
?)
- "Dream" (夢,
Yume
?)
‡ The spelling of the second word is intentionally
wrong. When the title appears in the episode itself, the katakana pu and
ku within the furigana accompanying the title are colored,
emphasizing the switched positions of these two kana. "The Worst
Screenplay" is an unofficial translation of the original Japanese
and is merely included for the sake of completeness.
Opening and ending theme
progression
The series has three different openings: one centered around
Kazuma, another around Ryuhou, and a third around both of them. The
Kazuma opening plays the first verse of "Reckless Fire", the Ryuho
opening plays the second verse, and the third opening plays the
third verse. As the story progresses, details of the opening change
to reflect plot developments or showcase new characters. Characters
who are killed off have their parts in the opening changed. After
Scheris Adjani's death, her scene in the intro retains the same
animation but is now semi-grayscale, and the picture becomes
fuzzier as the scene progresses, like a degrading piece of film.
After the Crystal's "death", his scene in the intro is cut out
completely (except for episode 26) and replaced with an empty black
screen. When Kimishima dies mid-series, his scene in the intro
(which showed him driving around in his jeep) is replaced with a
brief sepia toned montage of memorable scenes
featuring him.
The opening for the finale is redone completely, using scenes
from the previous 25 episodes to make a music video recapping the
series. Those characters who have died have sequences in black and
white. It uses the usual ending theme ("Drastic My Soul") instead
of the usual intro song ("Reckless Fire"). It does not include the
series's title. The s-CRY-ed logo does not appear in
episode 26 until the very last frame.
The opposite of this is the ending, which remains the same
throughout the series. A brief still picture featuring one of the
characters (usually a new one introduced that episode, where
applicable) plays after the next episode preview. These stills were
originally used for sponsor announcements, but are retained without
announcer or sponsor logos in the DVD release. The Adult Swim
version of s-CRY-ed had shortened the ending theme and sometimes
just jumped to the chorus and had no next episode preview, though
they did keep the still after the preview at least once, in episode
14.
Characters
Kazuma showing off his alter's first stage
- Kazuma (カズマ
(NP-3228 name given to by HOLY)
?)
- Voiced by: Sōichirō
Hoshi (Japanese), Steven Jay Blum (English)
- Age 16, Kazuma is the main character that the story follows. At
first, Kazuma is portrayed as a reckless Alter user who will do
anything for money. Those around him don't know he is an Alter
user, and believe that he's simply avoiding his work when he runs
off for Kimishima's "jobs". Kazuma has a temper, but it's shown he
also deeply cares about his friends, putting his life on the line
whenever they are in danger. Originally considered a low-level
Alter user by HOLY, Kazuma gradually makes himself an increasing
priority with his continual defeat of HOLY's Alter users.
- Kazuma's Alter is called Shell Bullet, an alloy-type Alter
which transforms his right arm into a weapon. At its first level,
Shell Bullet covers Kazuma's right arm with protective metal armor
and creates three curved fins of metal jutting out from his right
shoulder blade, each
progressively larger as they near his shoulder (only the middle one
is the largest one). The fins break apart to propel Kazuma forward
at great speed, increasing the power of his strikes, which Kazuma
labels as "Bullets". In his second form, Kazuma's arm is completely
replaced by a stronger armored arm, four fins of metal jut out of
his face near his right eye (actually, they just appear over the
skin of his eye, not protruding from it), and a propeller replaces the
three fins on his back. This propeller grants Kazuma flight, as
well as eliminating the firing limit imposed by his first form. On
his fist is a small aperture which can absorb additional Alter
power, further strengthening his attacks. In his final form, called
"Proud Fist", Kazuma's Alter covers his entire body, causing him to
appear as a humanoid cross between a samurai and a lion. His
Alter-absorbing fists grow even larger, and his propeller becomes a
whip which serves much the same purpose as the fins from the first
form or the propeller in the second form.
- In contrast, Kazuma only has two forms of his alter in the
manga. The final form in the manga is called "Death Bullet". In
addition, he is known as Kazuma the Treasoner (Torisuna no Kazuma).
This is because of how he rebels against the weak thoughts in his
brain, a technique called "mental treason." In the anime, he's
known as Kazuma the Shell Bullet. His lack of a surname in both
versions is symbolic of how he has no ties to society.
- Kanami Yuta (由詑 かなみ, Yuta
Kanami
?)
- Voiced by: Yukari
Tamura (Japanese), Carrie Daniels (English)
- Age 8, Kanami is a young girl who lives with Kazuma. Kanami
initially knows nothing about Kazuma's Alter ability or his
missions. All she knows is that Kazuma is getting paid for whatever
he is doing, though sometimes the pay isn't enough to support the
two of them. To supplement their income, she often works at a local
farm. She calls Kazuma "Kazu-kun", which he hates but puts up with
anyway. Her personality is kind and determined but at the same
time, when Kazuma messes up, she gives him one of those "I am very
disappointed" speeches, without raising her voice, to make Kazuma
feel like an idiot. Kanami has an unnamed Alter power that gives
her empathic and telepathic abilities, allowing her to read other's
thoughts and emotions (known as scrying). This first manifests as
"dreams" about Kazuma, whom Kanami only knows as a strange
man.
- Ryuhou (劉鳳,
Ryūhō
?)
- Voiced by: Hikaru
Midorikawa (Japanese), Jason Spisak (English)
- Age 18, Ryuhou Tairen (romanized as Ryuhou in the
English manga and Ryuho in the English anime) is widely
regarded as the strongest HOLY member. Ryuhou develops a strong
rivalry with Kazuma, the only native alter on Lost Ground to escape
HOLY, continuously foiling HOLY's plans afterwards, and fight
Ryuhou one-on-one without being defeated instantly. Ryuhou is
extremely strict, refuses to talk about his mother, and does his
job without any distractions. Ryuhou's personality changed after
the death of his mother at the hands of an Alter user, and he is
driven by his desire to bring that Alter user to justice.
- Ryuhou's Alter ability is "Zetsuei", a short humanoid Alter
that uses flexible ribbons to attack and defend. Zetsuei always has
one half of its face covered and its arms bound together. By
releasing these impediments, Ryuhou can upgrade Zetsuei into its
true form, a larger humanoid with a snake-like lower body. In this
form, Zetsuei can move faster than the eye can see, and can also
fly. It retains the ribbons from its first form, and gains two
additional arms which can be fired like rockets. The end of
Zetsuei's tail can also open into a buzzsaw. Zetsuei's final form,
called Zetsuei Toryudan in the manga, is a harmonizing Alter like
Kazuma's, contrary to its first two forms. In this form, Ryuhou is
covered in sleek armor resembling that of Zetsuei, albeit lacking
the many special attacks. Ryuhou gains access to Zetsuei's speed
and flight capabilities. The sleek edges of the armor allow Ryuhou
to cut through objects with ease. The two pieces of armor on his
shoulders can also be removed and used as weapons, both separately
or combined into a single blade.
- Kunihiko Kimishima (君島 邦彦, Kimishima
Kunihiko
?)
- Voiced by: Takumi
Yamazaki (Japanese), Lex Lang (English)
- Age 17, Kimishima is Kazuma's friend and supporter. Kimishima
is a business man, often using his connections to get valuable
information. He met Kazuma by those connections. Although he has no
Alter powers, he usually carries a pair of pistols hidden just
under his sleeves and is an excellent marksmen. He is often willing
to put himself in dangerous situations, such as defending the Lost
Ground from a HOLY crackdown. A running joke of the series is that
every vehicle he gets his hands on is destroyed in one way or
another, often by Kazuma's actions. In the anime, he is severely
injured during a conflict with HOLY, but lives long enough to help
Kazuma with one last battle. This drives Kazuma virtually insane
with anger and grief, but later comes back in spirit and helps
Kazuma regain his will to live on in the battle against Ayase
Terada. In the manga, he lives on to marry to Ayase Terada.
- Mimori Kiryu (桐生 水守, Kiryū
Mimori
?)
- Voiced by: Yūko
Nagashima (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
- Age 17, Mimori Kiryu
is the daughter of Tadanori Kiryu, the Mainland's top adviser for
the Lost Ground. Her family funds HOLD and HOLY, and as such she is
treated like a princess. She was born in the Lost Ground and moved
away, but comes back seven years later at the start of the anime to
be with Ryuhou. She met him during a childhood party and discovered
his odd powers; she thought of them as a blessing while he
considered them a curse. She works at HOLY as a scientist. An old
friend of Ryuhou's, she hopes to reunite with him. She's also
extremely idealistic and gentle, helping virtually all of the other
cast members at some point or other.
- Scheris Adjani (シェリス・アジャーニ, Sherisu Ajāni
?)
- Voiced by: Masayo
Kurata (Japanese), Lara Jill Miller (English)
- Age 15, Scheris Adjani is a former native Alter who was rescued
from gang members by Ryuhou in a HOLY raid as a child. She joined
HOLY shortly after. When first introduced it is obvious that she is
a light-hearted and friendly girl. She has a strong crush on
Ryuhou, and will follow him to no end. When Mimori Kiryu makes her
presence known, Scheris begins to express a certain amount of
jealousy when she suspects that Mimori and Ryuhou are more than
friends. After a period of this, she loses hope and allows Mimori
to make her stand. However, in the manga, Scheris is the one who,
at the end of the manga, ends up with Ryuhou, after Mimori gave up
hope. Scheris is very energetic in most situations.
- Scheris' Alter ability is "Eternal Devote", which allows her to
heal others and bolster their abilities, or inflict severe pain
through physical contact. The drawback is that either task is
extremely taxing on her, and as such can only be used sparingly.
Though normally an internalized Alter, Scherrice can manifest her
Alter in physical form, which appears as a massive, angel-like
entity. Scheris herself gains a pair of wings when this happens. In
this state, Scheris can sacrifice herself to resurrect a fallen
comrade, which she uses on Ryuhou near the end of the series in the
episode bearing her name. After she disappears, Ryuhou cries out
for her after Kazuma lectures him on her death and convinces him to
cry for her (sort of like a funeral), giving her the acknowledgment
she had been striving for. In the manga, she uses her alter to
combine with Ryuhou temporarily, allowing him to use Zetsuei
Toryudan. Scheris survives in the manga and uses her love for
Ryuhou to help support him and spur him into victory.
- Martin Zigmarl (マーティン・ジグマール, Mātin Jigumāru
?)
- Voiced by: Yūji
Takada (Japanese), Jamieson Price (English)
- Martin Zigmarl (a computer terminal in episode 21 has it
written as "Martin Sigmar") is the Commander of HOLY. He is an
American immigrant to Japan, and one of the first and oldest known
Alter users, as well as the first to be refined. In the anime, he's
somewhat of a stern figure and a father figure to Ryuhou. However,
in the manga, his personality is similar to Kyouji Mujo.
- His Alter power, which he only uses once late in the series, is
called "Alter Alias". His Alter combines traits of both independent
and harmonizing Alters: Zigmarl's upper-body is covered in armor,
and the stand-alone mecha Alias is created to assist him. Both
Zigmarl body armor and Alias can create nearly unstoppable shock
waves of compressed air. The fusion of both forms of Alter power
also allows Zigmarl and his Alter to truly fight as a team,
coordinating their attacks to capitalize on their advantage.
However, despite the advantages his Alter offers, the refinement
process has caused it to rapidly age his body, and as such he dies
shortly after a pitched battle with Ryuhou. In the manga, his face
is only a front; his real face is of a young man.
- Straight Cougar (ストレイト・クーガー, Sutoreito Kūgā
?)
- Voiced by: Kyōsei
Tsukui (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)
- Age 21, Straight Cougar is a laid back member of HOLY. His
philosophy on life is that the faster you do one thing, the more
time you have for the next thing. He is usually found carrying
around a book he never seems to have time to finish. This is
because he has seen the Alter dimension, and his experience with it
apparently shortened his lifespan considerably. He has problems
remembering names, especially Mimori Kiryu's and Kazuma's (tending
to call Kazuma "Kazuya" and Mimori "Minori"). In the anime, Cougar
holds romantic feelings for Mimori. He also knew Kazuma as a child
and was the originator of the Bullet moves (Shocking First Bullet
and so on), that Kazuma originally used. He and Kazuma had a
brotherly relationship. Although they often refer to each other as
brothers, there is no concrete information to show that they are
actually related. Cougar even says that he didn't abandon Kazuma
because he and Kazuma were just people who met each other and
decided to hang out together. He seems to die near the end of the
series, but the fact is that he lived, even saving Mimori before
escaping(he goes limp after his thinking slows down gradually). In
the manga, he is known as Cougar Straight, and was Kazuma's mentor,
which is why they both have near-identical attacks. Unlike the
anime, his death is not ambiguous: he is executed by Urizane for
treason.
- Straight Cougar's Alter is "Radical Good Speed". It has the
power to transform any vehicle into a high-performance racing
machine. Cougar can also use this power on himself, called "Radical
Good Speed Wheels Unlimited", encasing his legs below the knee in
armor which allows him to move at supersonic speeds. He can upgrade
this armor to cover his entire body, making him even faster. The
down side to his power, however, is that his speed tends to destroy
whatever he passes (within a certain unknown distance) and it
destroys the surface from which he started. Because of this, he is
normally seen using his speed far away from his allies.
- Asuka Tachibana (橘 あすか, Tachibana
Asuka
?)
- Voiced by: Tetsuya
Iwanaga (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English)
- Age 16, Asuka Tachibana is a member of HOLY. Tachibana has a
sweet demeanor when he's not fighting, but when conflict arises he
becomes stern and professional. Early in the series, a bitter but
unrequited rivalry with Kazuma rises after he is embarrassed by
Kazuma during his escape from HOLD headquarters and a subsequent
battle in which he is almost effortlessly defeated. When the two
are later trapped in an underground cave, he is given new insight
into the ideals of the native Alters from Kazuma. After settling
their rivalry with one last battle, in which Kazuma again emerges
victorious, he decides to make a living as a broker, helping to
merge the poor and metropolis. He had a fiancé named Cammy, but
left her behind when he disappeared from HOLY. She appears before
him again in episode 25 and they start to live together.
- Asuka's Alter is "Eternity Eight" or the "Eight Treasure
Balls", eight small emerald orbs that act as an extension of his
will. One of the most versatile Alters in the series, his Eternity
Eight can arrange themselves in different patterns and form various
energy constructs: a sword, a shield, a platform to ride on, and so
forth. They can also be used in singular form for precise actions.
Asuka can control the minds of living beings using his Eternity
Eight by attaching the orbs to his targets, although Kazuma can
resist this effect by force of will. In addition to the orbs, Asuka
can manifest a bow to fire his Eternity Eight as an arrow, called
the "Eternity Extra Shot".
- Elian (イーリャン,
Īryan
?)
- Voiced by: Takayuki
Inoue (Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
- Elian is the cloned son of Martin Zigmarl. Elian's Alter is
"Absolute Perception", which allows him to create and control
electronic devices that allow him to observe large areas anywhere
or spy on anyone. Mujo uses two younger clones of Elian to control
the mass areas of the HOLY HQ after it is reformed. Elian formed a
watermelon farm with Urizane and then soon after uses each others
alter abilities to broadcast the final battle between Kazuma and
Ryuhuo all over the Lost Ground at the end of the series. Elian
doesn't appear in the manga.
- Urizane (瓜核
?)
- Voiced by: Bin
Shimada (Japanese), Kirk Thornton (English)
- Urizane is a laid back HOLY member who is never seen without a
watermelon in hand. Outwardly appearing as a fat, balding teenager
with a short temper and a quick trigger finger, Urizane is later
shown to be dedicated to his friends. Urizane's Alter ability
allows him to use watermelons for a variety of purposes, such as
bombs, shields, platforms, and even teleportation devices. Urizane
and Elian form a watermelon farm near the end of the series and
then soon after uses each others alter abilities to broadcast the
final battle between Kazuma and Ryuhuo all over the Lost Ground. In
the manga, he's a maniac and commits suicide after executing
Cougar.
- Sou Kigetsuki (来夏月 爽, Kigetsuki
Sō
?)
- Voiced by: Hiro Yūki
(Japanese), Tony Oliver (English)
- Kigetsuki is a self-absorbed HOLY member. Apparently never very
successful with women, Kigetsuki has spent his life refining his
Alter to create his three beautiful Alter "puppets", the Tokonatsu
Sisters (Banka, Chuka and Shoka). In this state, the three have
limited control over flame, either to put people to sleep or burn
small objects. They can also extend their fingernails into sharp
claws and fly. If necessary, the three can fuse together to Burning
Summer, a mix between a spider and a dragon with a tri-pronged
mouth and three eyes matching the colors of the three sisters.
Burning Summer has power over heat and fire. Kigetsuki joins Kyouji
Mujo in the belief that Mujo will attain a greater level of
standing than that of Commander Zigmarl, only to be killed by Mujo
after failing to capture Ryuhou.
- Unkei (雲慶
?)
- Voiced by: Kenyū
Horiuchi (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)
- Unkei is a HOLY member that specializes in mind control.
Through his Alter power, "Mad Sprict" [sic], Unkei can read the inner depths of
emotions in one's mind and spirit, then force them to act according
to the scripts he writes. A strong enough will can overcome this
power, and it has no effect on those with similar abilities, as
demonstrated by Kanami. Unkei dies during his battle with Ryuhou,
though Ryuhou does not actually injure him; Ryuhou knocks him off a
cliff, and rather than fall to his death, Unkei uses his Alter
power to make himself one with his own story.
- Kyouji Mujo (無常 矜侍, Mujō
Kyōji
?)
- Voiced by: Tetsu
Shiratori (Japanese), Michael Lindsay (English)
- Age 19, Kyouji Mujo is the primary villain of the series.
Driven by an unending sense of hunger and self-superiority, his
goal is to gain the power of the Alter dimension for himself.
Mujo's Alter ability is "Absorption", which allows him to absorb
the powers of other Alter users to make himself stronger. He can
also create shields out of pure Alter power. After he gains the
power of the Crystal Alter, he is able to create an entire
structure out of Alter and use the powers of the Crystal Alter as
his own. When he is sent into the Alter dimension by Kazuma, he
emerges as a grotesque monster with the ability to fire beams of
dark energy. Kazuma destroys Mujo once and for all in his final
Alter form. He is an exclusive character to the anime, although
strangely he appears in the manga as part of a large group shot
near the very end.
- The Crystal
- The Crystal is a living Alter from the Alter dimension, drawn
to the Lost Ground during the Great Uprising. It does not speak,
instead merely moaning like a whale. Because it is made of Alter,
it needs to absorb more Alter power to exist, and killed Ryuhou's
mother during its first search. When Kazuma enters the Alter
forest, he meets and does battle with the Crystal, eventually
tearing out its backbone. Though this does nothing to the Crystal,
the shard of its body evolves Kazuma's Alter to its second level.
After being absorbed by Kyouji Mujo, it is used by him to fight
Ryuhou, and it is destroyed by Ryuhou's final Alter form. The
Crystal has a white left arm and a black right arm, dubbed "White
Trick" and "Black Joker" by Mujo. The arms can transform into
drills to attack. It has the power to control lighting, either
condensing it into compact orbs which can be fired as projectiles
or using it to restrain its victims. The villain in the manga,
Galan Du, is more or less the same entity, though
Galan can talk and is Martin Zigmarl's Alter in the manga.
Common
terms
- Alter — A power that organisms can achieve and
use to manipulate molecular reality in some way. The ability to use
Alter power can be present from birth or attained after one has
seen "the other side". The form Alter power takes differs between
different organisms and can be upgraded through training and
experience to the highest form of shining light and armor. An Alter
can come in the form of an independent body such as Ryuhou's
Zetsuei, an element such as water or blizzard, harmonious armor
such as Kazuma's right arm, an intangible power such as telepathy,
or a weapon such as Tachibana's Eternity Eight. However, matter
must be processed in order to use the energy or resources to
crystallize or create the Alter. Often, Alter users will take small
chunks out of the surrounding environment to use as matter to form
their Alter. The Alter user can control what matter will be used to
attain the Alter.
- The Light — Reference to the other world of
Alters, a place bathed in psychedelic light consisting of
mountainous terrain and very little oxygen. One can achieve the
light when encountering "the Crystal."
- Refinement — Some Alters have been sent to the
mainland to have their Alter powers processed, allowing them to
display differences in their powers. What actually happens in the
refinement process is never mentioned, but it is known to be rather
random, as successfully-refined Alter users age more rapidly than
normal humans. Failed refinements turn the patients into what are
called Darths.
- s-CRY-ed — Although not mentioned in the
anime, in the manga, it's the "word of evolution." Its ability is
just that: to evolve a person's Alter. In the manga, there are five
instances of its use, the first by the Alter hermit that taught
this to Kazuma, and then Kazuma himself. Next was Ryuhou, while
joined with Scheris. Finally, Akira
Mijyou uses it twice. In the last case, the evolution simply
changed the shape of her Alter, while in Kazuma and Ryuhou's cases,
it fused them with their Alters.
Theme
songs
- Opening themes
- "Reckless Fire" by Yasuaki Ide (episodes 1–25)
- "Drastic My Soul" by Mikio Sakai (episode 26)
- Ending themes
- "Drastic My Soul" by Mikio Sakai (episodes 1–25)
- "Tabidachi no Kane ga Naru" ("The Bell of Setting out for a
Journey Will Ring") by Mikio Sakai (episode 26)
- Insert songs
- "All I Need Is Love" by Mikio Sakai (episodes 14 and 17)
- "Magma" by Yasuaki Ide (episode 19)
- "Discovery" by Mikio Sakai (episode 25)
References
Novel
- s.CRY.ed New order（スクライド 新しき盟約"ニューオーダー"）
- s.CRY.ed After（スクライド アフター）
- s.CRY.ed After2（スクライド アフター２）
- s.CRY.ed After3（スクライド アフター３）
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