The Lost Village (anime)
| The Lost Village | |
 Main key visual | |
| 迷家-マヨイガ- (Mayoiga) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Suspense, Mystery |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
| Written by | Mari Okada |
| Music by | Masaru Yokoyama |
| Studio | Diomedéa |
| Licensed by | |
| Network | WOWOW Prime, TBS, MBS, CBC, BS-TBS |
| Original run | April 1, 2016 – present |
The Lost Village (迷家-マヨイガ- Mayoiga) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Diomedéa, directed by Tsutomu Mizushima and written by Mari Okada, with character designs by Naomi Ide and music by Masaru Yokoyama. The series began airing on April 1, 2016.[1][2][3] The title, Mayoiga (迷い家, "Illusion House"), originally stands for a Japanese folklore.
Plot
A group of 30 young men and women go on a bus tour to Nanaki Village, a shadowy village with an urban legend of being a utopia. Many seek either to start a new life or escape the troubles of their old one. Upon arrival, they discover the village has no inhabitants, with small signs of life that are slowly deteriorating. The truth of Nanaki Village has yet to be discovered.
Characters
- Mitsumune (光宗)
- Voiced by: Kōdai Sakai[4]
- A seemingly naïve, gullible and optimistic boy. He joined the tour because he was tired of his overprotective mother. Because he attended an all-boys school, he rarely talks to girls and fears that he falls in love and gets manipulated easily by other people. Mitsumune is his real (first) name, because Masaki told him his name is cool, Mitsumune grows a crush on her.
- Masaki (真咲)
- Voiced by: Yuka Aisaka[4]
- A mysterious and emotional girl on the tour whom Mitsumune takes upon himself to defend.
- Hayato (颯人)
- Voiced by: Taku Yashiro[4]
- Mitsumune's best friend who joined under the handle of Speedstar. He is calm and pragmatic. He defended Mitsumune from bullies in school and reminds him to do whatever he tells him to avoid getting into trouble or standing out too much. He, unlike Mitsumune, joined the tour just because he thinks that Nanaki Village is just a hoax.
- Koharun (こはるん)
- Voiced by: Kaoru Sakura[4]
- A woman working for the First Life Do-Over Tour who used lots of folklore, mythology and a mysterious email to pinpoint the location of the fabled Nanakimura Village.
- Valkana (ヴァルカナ Varukana)
- Voiced by: Tatsuhisa Suzuki[4]
- An aggressive, determined and stubborn man who takes it upon himself to keep the others in check. He is trying to escape his life in which he was made a scapegoat by the company he worked for. Despite claiming he intends to never take all the responsibility for a failure again he keeps on putting himself into leadership positions.
- Lion (リオン Rion)
- Voiced by: Hiromi Igarashi[4]
- A mysterious and quiet young girl wearing a yellow hoodie. She claimed to others that she could see people who already dead, although actually the one she can see is people who are going to die.
- Lovepon (らぶぽん)
- Voiced by: Ai Kakuma[4]
- A girl obsessed with execution who claims to have joined the tour to protect her identity.
- Maimai (マイマイ)
- Voiced by: Ayaka Shimizu[4]
- A girl who got fed up dealing with friends and school and wanted to go somewhere new. She flirts with and teases Mitsumune because he reminds her of someone she dislikes, but she is infuriated when he tells her that he's not interested in her.
- Nanko (ナンコ)
- Voiced by: Konomi Tada[4]
- A woman who claims to be a famous private investigator. While in Nanakimura she puts her deductive and detective skills to use.
- Jack (ジャック)
- Voiced by: Kosuke Miyoshi[4]
- A quiet and mysterious boy with a violent past.
- Mikage Yura (美影 Mikage)
- Voiced by: Yoshiaki Hasegawa [4]
- A meticulous and calculating man who claims to have worked for a trading company. He admits to being an "elite", having expected to inherit his parent's business, get married and settle down. He claims to have joined the tour because he was tired of treading the beaten path.
- Hyōketsu no Judgeness (氷結のジャッジネス)
- Voiced by: Atsushi Abe[4]
- A man who wears an eyepatch and a 20,000 yen suit, he claims to have made peace with the world and warns others not to get too close to him. However, it appears he may just be putting on a persona to seem tougher than he really is.
- Nyanta (ニャンタ)
- Voiced by: Eri Inagawa[4]
- A gun enthusiast who claims to have joined the tour so she could shoot things and people couldn't complain as much. Her language is often linked to cats, saying "meow" instead of "me" or "now", "purrfect" instead of "perfect" and "furrocious" instead of "ferocious."
- Manbe (まんべ)
- Voiced by: Junji Majima[4]
- Pii-tan's fiancée. They left their homes when their parents tried to break them up. Manbe is always offering to take the burden for or to sacrifice himself for Pii-tan. He and Pii-tan never seen without each other.
- Yottsun (よっつん)
- Voiced by: Junji Majima[4]
- A rapper who claims his life ended up in a shambles and left him all alone. He takes particular interest in the women on the tour.
- Yamauchi (山内)
- Voiced by: Kazuki Narumi[4]
- Joined the tour under the handle of Pink Goddess. He claims he joined the tour because he became a shell of his former self after he stopped taking care of his parents and was looking to lead a carefree life.
- Wankoro (わんこ)
- Voiced by: Kōhei Amasaki[4]
- A young boy who claims he has poor health and not long left to live who hoped to do something interesting with his life.
- Yūna (ユウナ)
- Voiced by: Kaede Yuasa[4]
- A feminist who ran into sexual harassment and bullying at work and strives to create a world where women can live truly meaningful lives as human beings.
- Yūne (ユウネ)
- Voiced by: Konomi Tada[4]
- A girl who shared the same online username as Yūna so was given the name Yūne instead.
- Yūno (ユウノ)
- Voiced by: Sayaka Senbongi[4]
- A woman who shared the same online username as Yūna. She didn't want to have to compete over the name, saying that sort of competitiveness is what made people want to leave societies. She was given the name Yūno instead.
- Pii-tan (ぴーたん)
- Voiced by: Lynn[4]
- Manbe's fiancée. They ran away from their homes when their parents tried to break them up. She and Manbe never seen without each other.
- Soy Latte (ソイラテ)
- Voiced by: Lynn[4]
- A woman who claims she's trying to get a fresh start in a new place and find her path.
- Nettaiya (熱帯夜)
- Voiced by: Sakura Nakamura[4]
- A woman who joined the tour to get away from a stubborn stalker. The only shoes she packed for the tour were high heels. She is very flirtatious towards the men on the tour.
- Naana (なあな)
- Voiced by: Sayaka Nakaya[4]
- A girl who claims to be a dried up from being in the Tokyo desert. She brought vitamins and candy with her.
- Daahara (ダーハラ)
- Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi[4]
- The representative for the ISG ("It's Super Genetic!") organization running the First Life Do-Over Tour. He tries to keep the group motivated and calm the others when they're fighting. However, his role as one of the tour organizers places makes him suspicious.
- Toshi Boy (トシボーイ)
- Voiced by: Shinya Takahashi[4]
- A boy who claims he never felt like he was who he truly is.
- Pūko (プゥ子)
- Voiced by: Shiori Sugiura[4]
- A girl looking for love on the tour. She uses the biblical reference of Adam and Eve to describe herself and her future partner. She appears to have been friends with Maimai before the tour.
- Jigoku no Gōka (地獄の業火)
- Voiced by: Shun Horie[4]
- A survivalist who takes survival of the fittest seriously. He travels with lots of expensive survival gear and approaches all things with a pragmatic approach.
- Dozaemon (ドザえもん)
- Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki [4]
- A big guy who likes eating and claims he joined the tour because he was tired of his hum-drum lifestyle
- Toriyasu (鳥安)
- Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki [4]
- A member of a yakitori business running roughshod all over its debuts. He wanted to join a world with no foreign currency exchanges. He seems to be a laid back individual.
Others
- Driver
- Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami[4]
- The driver of the tour who initially disapproves of the tour member's plans to run away from their lives' problems and preaches to them about his own rough lifestyle and how he has to carry on regardless. Although he hates the tour and his negligent driving nearly gets them killed, he finds his own reason to stay in Nanaki village when he sees something in the woods.
Media
Anime
The opening theme titled "Genshō Drive" (幻想ドライブ Genshō Doraibu) is sung by Ami Wajima, while the ending theme titled "Ketsuro" (結露) is sung by Hikaru Ishizaki.
Episode list
| No. | Official English title Original Japanese title[5] |
Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Look Before You Leap" "Tekkō wo Tataite Wataru" (鉄橋を叩いて渡る) | April 2, 2016 |
| 30 people using online pseudonyms gather on a single bus to head to the mysterious Nanaki Village to start a new life or escape from their old one. After getting annoyed by Valkana, the bus driver snaps and threatens to crash the bus and commit group suicide until Masaki pukes on his uniform. At a rest stop, a woman named Koharun appears to guide the bus group to a bridge shrouded in fog that supposedly leads to the village. | ||
| 2 | "Blinding Mist" "Itsusunsaki wa Kiri" (一寸先は霧) | April 9, 2016 |
| Valkana yells at the bus driver to keep moving forward as the path narrows until the bus itself tumbles off a short cliff. The group decides to abandon their wallets to pay the driver for his trouble and continue along until they reach the village. However, the village is completely abandoned, with dust covering everything as if no one had used the houses in a year. While searching through a house, Yottsun decides to try to seduce Masaki, dragging her away from the main group. The bus driver reappears and decides to join the group in the village, as others wonder where Yottsun and Masaki went. | ||
| 3 | "Aloof" "Bōjakubujin" (若無人) | April 16, 2016 |
| The group forms a search party to find the missing members - Yottsun and Masaki - but find what seems to be a large bear. As Mitsumune runs away, he spots a bruised and cowering Masaki. The group tries to interrogate her on Yottsun's whereabouts, but she provides little information as Mitsumune defends her. Later, Dahara tries to calm down the group by organizing sleeping arrangements and dinner. In one of the rooms, Jack gets angry with Hyoketsu when he accuses him of copying his persona, and attacks him with a hoe. The boys restrain him as Lovepon screams for his execution, but Mitsumune and Maimai plead for mercy, and Valkana defuses the situation by throwing Jack in an underground cell he found. Later, Valkana reveals his backstory to Koharun. That night, Mitsumune runs into Maimai while going to see Jack. Lovepon then reappears, hoping they wish to execute him. When Mitsumune refuses, Lovepon tries to kill him instead. Mitsumune manages to throw her off when he spots Yottsun's body floating down the river in front of him. | ||
| 4 | "Yottsun's Drowning" "Yotssun no Kawanagare" (よっつんの川流れ) | April 23, 2016 |
| The group loses sight of Yottsun's body in the river. After discussing the safety situation, Mikage decides to leave the village and the majority of the group joins him to get back to the bus, while nine members of the group stay behind. After failing to get the bus unstuck, Mikage's group try to navigate through the forest on foot, but find themselves going in circles as the mysterious animal voices continue to frighten them at every turn. Hyoketsu spots an escaped Jack and slips off a cliff. Mikage's group find some old train tracks and try to walk along them until Maimai spots a "giant Mitsumune" in the train tunnel. Meanwhile, back at the village, the bus driver catches a glimpse of what appears to be his long-dead daughter. | ||
| 5 | "Three Yunas Is A Crowd" "Yūna 3nin Iru to Magirawashii" (ユウナ3人いると紛らわしい) | April 30, 2016 |
| As Mikage's group returns to the village sans Hyoketsu, the group discusses the strange sounds they keep hearing, and how each person hears a different sound. Mikage publicly accuses Koharun of being a killer while Lion claims to see ghosts of dead people and claims Mitsumune disappeared in front of her for a second. The group also discover Jack's cell empty with a broken lock, but are unsure of who let him out. Mikage gathers Nyanta, Jigoku and Lovepon to help him interrogate Mitsumune, who he suspects of somehow being involved. That night, Lion tells Mitsumune she can't actually see dead people, but walks away muttering that she can sense when people are about to die. Mitsumune is captured by Mikage's partners and thrown in the cell, but before Lovepon can torture him, Masaki sets a fire to distract Mitsumune's captors before busting him out. As she is about to reveal some information to him, Mitsumune spots a giant beast that he calls "Tokimune." | ||
Manga
A manga adaptation titled Mayoiga ~Tsumi to Batsu~ (迷家～ツミトバツ～) is drawn by Subaru Fuji, and is serialized in MangaOne. [6]
References
- ↑ "Girls & Panzer's Mizushima, Anohana's Okada Make Mayoiga TV Anime". Anime News Network. 28 December 2015. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
- ↑ Green, Scott. "VIDEO: Promotion Launches For Tsutomu Mizushima x Mari Okada Anime Collaboration "Mayoiga"". Crunchyroll. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- ↑ "水島努×岡田麿里の新プロジェクト解禁！TVアニメ「迷家」2016年春放送開始". Pony Canyon (in Japanese). Retrieved 9 January 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 "Mayoiga Original TV Anime Stars Kōdai Sakai, Yuka Aisaka". Anime News Network. 4 February 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ↑ "STORY" (in Japanese). Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ↑ "Manga" (in Japanese). Retrieved May 3, 2016.
External links
- Official anime website (Japanese)
- The Lost Village (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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