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Country of Origin: Japan
Year Produced: 2004
Air Date: Feb 02, 2004 to May 18, 2004
Episodes: 13
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Paranoia Agent

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Overview
Licensed by: Geneon Entertainment (USA) Inc.

An elementary school boy on inline skates dubbed Lil' Slugger (Shōnen Bat in Japanese, meaning "Bat Boy") is said to be responsible for a series of mysterious street assaults in Tokyo. None of the victims can recall the boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat.

Two police detectives, Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa, are assigned to the case to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes. Starting with the first victim, Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer who created the immensely popular pink dog Maromi, the detectives follow what little clues they have and try to apprehend the mysterious boy. Just when they think they have solved the case, new evidence about the attacker leads them towards a frightening revelation.

Lil' slugger was eventually found out to be an excuse made by Tsukiko after her dog died. She blamed the fact that she accidentally killed her pet dog Maromi on a fictional boy wearing gold skates and a baseball cap. Lil' Slugger is actually a paranormal figment of Tsukiko's guilt and fear.



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Paranoia Agent (妄想代理人, Mōsō Dairinin) is a Japanese anime television miniseries created by Japanese director Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse about a social phenomenon in Musashino, Tokyo caused by a juvenile serial assailant named Lil' Slugger (Shōnen Bat, or Bat Boy in the original Japanese version). The plot relays between a large cast of people affected in some way by the phenomenon; usually Lil' Slugger's victims or the detectives assigned to apprehend him. As each character becomes the focus of the story, details are revealed about their secret lives and the truth about Lil' Slugger.

The series first aired on Japan's WOWOW between February 2, 2004 and May 18, 2004. A series of four English dubbed and subtitled DVDs produced by New Generation Pictures were released in North America and Europe between October 26, 2004 and May 10, 2005 distributed by Geneon. A UMD version of Volume 1 was made available on October 10, 2005. The English dubbed version began airing in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim on May 28, 2005 followed by an encore airing that began on June 6, 2006. In Canada, it began a run on the digital channel G4TechTV Canada on July 27, 2007, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT.


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Cast
CharacterActor
ImageKeiichi Ikari (lead)Image(Add Actor)
ImageMitsuhiro Maniwa (lead)ImageToshihiko Seki
ImageTsukiko Sagi (lead)ImageMamiko Noto
ImageAkio KawazuImage(Add Actor)
ImageFuyubachiImage(Add Actor)
ImageHarumi ChonoImageKotono Mitsuishi
ImageKamomeImage(Add Actor)
ImageMaromiImageHaruko Momoi
ImageMasami HirukawaImageToshihiko Nakajima
ImageMisae IkariImage(Add Actor)
ImageShogo UshiyamaImage(Add Actor)
ImageShonen BatImageDaisuke Sakaguchi
ImageYuichi TairaImage(Add Actor)
ImageZebraImage(Add Actor)