Anime · TV series · 2012

From the New World

新世界より

Japan a thousand-odd years out, broken into small towns. The people who rule this world carry telekinesis, described in the show’s own framing as a cursed power. Five children in one of those towns run into an incident that cracks the surface of things, and start learning the bloody history the place is built on.

The rare dystopia that makes you complicit: a piece would argue its horror comes not from the psychic powers but from slowly realizing the sweet pastoral village you’ve been rooting for is a eugenics program, and that the show trusts you to assemble that yourself from gaps in the narration.

Where to watch

01 — The record

Format: TV series
Status: Completed
Episodes: 25 · about 23 min each
Broadcast: September 29, 2012 – March 23, 2013
Studio: A-1 Pictures
Genres: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi
Season: Fall 2012

02 — Where to watch

Where to watch

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03 — Elsewhere

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04 — Who made it

Characters and credits

Characters

Saki WatanabeMainVoice (JP): Risa Taneda
Satoru AsahinaMainVoice (JP): Yuuki Kaji
Maria AkizukiMainVoice (JP): Kana Hanazawa
Shun AonumaMainVoice (JP): Mai Toudou
Mamoru ItouMainVoice (JP): Haruka Kudou
SquealerSupportingVoice (JP): Daisuke Namikawa
RijinSupportingVoice (JP): Tomokazu Sugita
MushinSupportingVoice (JP): Tamio Ooki

Production

Theme Song Performance (ED2) Kana Hanazawa
ADR Director (English) Chris Ayres
ADR Script (English) Clint Bickham
Animation Director (ep 12) Keiji Gotou
Animation Director (eps 6, 12) Hirokazu Kojima
Storyboard (eps 5, 10, 14) Shigeyasu Yamauchi

05 — Related records

Other versions and continuations

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