Anime Spotlight - Durarara!! x 2 The Third Arc
by Anthony Foronda, Dec 28th 2015
Key Staff
- Director: Takahiro Omori
- (Baccano!,Natsume's Book of Friends)
- Series Composition: Noboru Takagi
- (Baccano!, Kuroko's Basketball)
- Character Design: Takahiro Kishida
- (Arjuna, Final Fantasy: Unlimited)
Introduction
This is a twisted story....story of twisted love.
Ikebukuro is primed to explode, as pockets of chaos flare up all over the city. In Shinra's apartment, a group of people with different agendas has gathered. Out on the streets, the Dollars, Yellow Scarves and Saika's Army are getting ready for a showdown. Once Celty's head is finally exposed to the public, the stage will be set for an ending no one will see coming!
Story
The gang is back in Ikebukuro―and they're ready to make trouble!! All New Series DURARARA!! x 2 is green lit!
The anime series DURARARA!! captivated the audiences everywhere with its innovative visuals and compelling story. Now 5 years after this sensational series has aired, the colorful members are back on the streets of Ikebukuro for their highly-anticipated sequel. Fans will enjoy this extended tale through 3 separate chapter installments.
Ikebukuro… A city brimming with trouble…and the people who are swayed by them. The leader of the “Dollars” wanders, the missing “Yellow Scarves,” the wavering wielder of the demon sword “Saika,” the headless rider and the underground doctor couple and the young informant who fights the most vicious man of Ikebukuro. For this new series new players will be joining these familiar faces: a very inquisitive transfer student, a beautiful Russian handy woman, a handsome motorcycle gang leader, and a scared gangster…each one will surely add to the drama! Once again, the streets of Ikebukuro will witness a series of mysterious incidents involving these eccentric characters.
For the creative staff, Takahiro Omori will once again be directing alongside many members from previous series while they welcome new team members from the new studio, “shuka”. This will be shuka's first major project.
What will be waiting at this epic tale's conclusion?! Here is the long-awaited finale of the first chapter!
Characters
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Celty Sturluson
VA:Miyuki Sawashiro Kari Wahlgren The "Headless Rider" who appears in Ikebukuro. She is joined by her familiar--Cóiste-bodhar (a headless horse). She is a Dullahan originally from Ireland but came to Japan in search of her missing head.
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Mikado Ryugamine
VA: Toshiyuki Toyonaga Darrel Guilbeau A high school student who moved to Ikebukuro to attend Raira Academy. He admires the irregular lifestyle in the city. He is one of the founders of the infamous color gang "Dollars." .
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Masaomi Kida
VA:Mamoru Miyano Bryce Papenbrook Mikado's childhood friend and the one who actually convinces Mikado to transfer to Raira Academy. His jokes are on the lame side but his personality helps make people feel comfortable. He was the leader of the color gang, "Yellow Scarves," but disappeared after their clash with the "Dollars."
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Anri Sonohara
VA:Kana Hanazawa Michelle Ruff She is a bespectacled busty beauty with a reserved personality. She controls the demon sword "Saika" and wields a katana.
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Izaya Orihara
VA:Hiroshi Kamiya Johnny Yong Bosch An informant mostly active within Shinjuku. Shizuo is his arch nemesis. He also possesses Celty's head and is very interested in this specimen.
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Shizuo Heiwajima
VA:Daisuke Ono Crispin Freeman A loan shark known as "Ikebukuro's strongest and most dangerous man." He hates Izaya immensely and is ready to kill him whenever they cross each other's paths.
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Shinra Kishitani
VA:Jun Fukuyama Yuri Lowenthal) An underground doctor of Ikebukuro. He speaks using four-word idioms. He has been in love with Celty since he was very young and now that they share their feelings for each other, he lives a very happy life.
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Kyohei Kadota
VA:Yuichi Nakamura Steve Blum He acts as the big brother within his crew. He was classmates with Izaya, Shizuo and Shinra. He is very manly and is respected by people around him.
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Walker Yumasaki
VA:Yuki Kaji Brian Beacock One of Kyohei's buddies and is a hard-core otaku.
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Erika Karisawa
VA:Ayahi Takagaki Mela Lee One of Kyohei's buddies and Walker's partner. Just like Walker, she is also a hard-core otaku.
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Saburo Togusa
VA:Takuma Terashima Spike Spencer One of Kyohei's buddies. He owns the van that the crew uses as their mode of transportation.
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Aoba Kuronuma
VA:Hiro Shimono Kyle McCarley A new student at Raira Academy. He is a member of "Dollars" and is intrigued by Mikado.
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Varona
VA:M・A・O A mysterious Russian beauty who works as a handywoman. She speaks in weird Japanese.
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Chikage Rokujo
VA:Yuki Ono The leader of a large biker gang from Saitama called "Toramaru." He is a ladies man.
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Mizuki Akabayashi
VA:Kappei Yamaguchi A high ranking member of the Awakusu yakuza group. He is known as the "Red Devil of Awakusu" and usually lets his fists do the talking. |
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Kururi Orihara
VA:Hisako Kanemoto Bridget Hoffman A new student at Raira Academy. Izaya's younger sister and Mairu's older twin. She attends school in her gym clothes. |
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Mairu Orihara
VA:Eri Kitamura G.K. Bowes A new student at Raira Academy. Izaya's younger sister and Kururi's younger twin. She may look like she is reserved, but she is really chatty. |
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Kasuka Heiwajima
VA:Daisuke Kishio Vic Mignogna Shizuo's younger brother. He is a popular up-and-coming actor who goes by the stage name "Yuhei Hanejima." |
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Ruri Hijiribe
VA:Saki Fujita She is a popular celebrity known for her doll-like looks and mysterious aura. |
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Shingen Kishitani
VA:Akio Otsuka Doug Stone Shinra's father. He is a very perculiar man always wearing a lab coat and gas mask. |
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Seiji Yagiri
VA:Kazuma Horie David Earnest Mikado and Anri's classmate. He is Mika's boyfriend and is obsessed with the subject of "heads." |
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Namie Yagiri
VA:Sanae Kobayashi Bridget Hoffman Seiji's older sister. She was a former employee of Yagiri Pharmaceuticals but is currently working under Izaya as his secretary. She loves her brother Seiji a little too much.
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Mika Harima
VA:Mariya Ise A friend of Anri's since middle school. She fell in love with Seiji since the first time she saw him during the high school entrance exams. |
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Saki Mikajima
VA:Misato Fukuen Cassandra Lee Morris Masaomi's girlfriend. She had been hospitalized for a long time but disappeared with Masaomi. |
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Tom Tanaka
VA:Katsuyuki Konishi Keith Silverstein Shizuo's upperclasmen from middle school and his superior at work. |
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Haruya Shiki
VA:Hochu Otsuka Dan Woren A high official of the Awakusu yakuza group. He is acquaintances with Izaya, Shinra and Celty. |
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Kinnosuke Kuzuhara
VA:Keiji Fujiwara Christopher Smith A motorcyle police officer who has the tendency to pursue his targets to the extreme. |
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Simon Brezhnev
VA:Takaya Kuroda Patrick Seitz A Russian man who works at a sushi restaurant in Ikebukuro called Russian Sushi. He is the only person that can stop Shizuo when he goes berserk. |
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Max Sandshelt
VA:Masaya Onosaka Doug Erholtz He is the president of Kasuka's management company "Jack-o-Lantern Japan Office." |
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Akane Awakusu
VA:Misaki Kuno The daughter of Mikiya Awakusu who is the heir to the Awakusu Yakuza group. She was raised until recently without knowing about her family's business. Ever since then she… |
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Mikiya Awakusu
VA:Yasuyuki Kase The young heir of the Awakusu Yakuza group. He loves his daughter dearly and kept their family business a secret from her. |
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Dogen Awakusu
VA:Shozo Iizuka The head of the Awakusu Yakuza group. He is a powerful leader to many subordinates. |
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Egor
VA:Toshiyuki Morikawa Lex Lang A russian hitman. He is known as the "Philosophical Killing Machine." |
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Sloan
VA:Satoshi Mikami A huge man who is usually seen with Varona. When he finds something interesting, he will not stop thinking about it. |
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Emilia
VA:Atsumi Tanezaki Shingen's second wife and Shinra's step-mother. She has a personality as tricky as her husband. |
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Shu Aozaki
VA:Kiyoyuki Yanada A high official of the Awakusu yakuza group. He is known as the "Blue Devil of Awakusu" and is a renowned fighter. |
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Cast
- Celty Sturluson
- Miyuki Sawashiro
Kari Wahlgren - Mikado Ryugamine
- Toshiyuki Toyonaga
Darrel Guilbeau - Masaomi Kida
- Mamoru Miyano
Bryce Papenbrook - Anri Sonohara
- Kana Hanazawa
Michelle Ruff - Izaya Orihara
- Hiroshi Kamiya
Johnny Yong Bosch - Shizuo Heiwajima
- Daisuke Ono
Crispin Freeman - Shinra Kishitani
- Jun Fukuyama
Yuri Lowenthal - Kyohei Kadota
- Yuichi Nakamura
Steve Blum - Walker Yumasaki
- Yuki Kaji
Brian Beacock - Erika Karisawa
- Ayahi Takagaki
Mela Lee - Saburo Togusa
- Takuma Terashima
Spike Spencer - Aoba Kuronuma
- Hiro Shimono
Kyle McCarley - Varona
- M・A・O
- Chikage Rokujo
- Yuki Ono
- Mizuki Akabayashi
- Kappei Yamaguchi
- Kururi Orihara
- Hisako Kanemoto
Bridget Hoffman - Mairu Orihara
- Eri Kitamura
G.K. Bowes - Kasuka Heiwajima
- Daisuke Kishio
Vic Mignogna - Ruri Hijiribe
- Saki Fujita
- Shingen Kishitani
- Akio Otsuka
Doug Stone - Seiji Yagiri
- Kazuma Horie
David Earnest - Namie Yagiri
- Sanae Kobayashi
Bridget Hoffman - Mika Harima
- Mariya Ise
- Saki Mikajima
- Misato Fukuen
Cassandra Lee Morris - Tom Tanaka
- Katsuyuki Konishi
- Haruya Shiki
- Hochu Otsuka
- Kinnosuke Kuzuhara
- Keiji Fujiwara
- Simon Brezhnev
- Takaya Kuroda
- Max Sandshelt
- Masaya Onosaka
- Akane Awakusu
- Misaki Kuno
- Mikiya Awakusu
- Yasuyuki Kase
- Dogen Awakusu
- Shozo Iizuka
- Egor
- Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Sloan
- Satoshi Mikami
- Emilia
- Atsumi Tanezaki
- Shu Aozaki
- Kiyoyuki Yanada
Staff
- Original Story
- Ryohgo Narita "DURARARA!!" (published in Dengeki Bunko)
- Original Illustration
- Suzuhito Yasuda
- Director
- Takahiro Omori
- Series Composition
- Noboru Takagi
- Character Design
- Takahiro Kishida
- Chief Animation Director
- Akira Takata
- Action Director
- Tatsuo Yamada
- Art
- Akira Ito
- Art Settings
- Tomoyasu Fujise
- Prop Design
- Eri Yamasaki
- Color Design
- Hiromi Miyawaki
- CG Producer
- Norikazu Kanbayashi
- Editing
- Kazuhiko Seki
- Photography
- Hitoshi Tamura
- Music
- Makoto Yoshimori
- Animation Production
- Shuka
- Production
- Ikebukuro Dollars
©2014 Ryohgo Narita/PUBLISHED BY KADOKAWA CORPORATION ASCII MEDIA WORKS/Ikebukuro Dollars
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