Guilty Crown

Guilty Crown one of the great anime series from 2011, an original anime series produced by Production I.G and here’s some popular titles behind its studio like Shingeki no Kyojin, Psycho-Pass, Kuroko no Basket and Kimi no Todoke. Guilty Crown consists of 22 episodes, runs about 24 minutes per episode and aired from October 2011 till March 2012. Opening song "Euterpe" and "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" both performed by Chelly, and "My Dearest" performed by Koeda. Ending song “Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~” performed by Chelly, and “Kokuhaku” performed by Koeda. Guilty Crown anime series is directed by Tetsuro Araki.

Year 2039 Japan, ten years after the tragic outbreak of the “apocalypse virus” an event regarded as “Lost Christmas” the proud nation has fallen under the new rule of GHQ an independent military force dedicated to restore order. Funeral Parlor, a guerilla group led by Gai Tsutsugami acts as a freedom fighter and fights as a resistance to GHQ because of cruel unfair treatment. Inori Yuzuriha a famous vocalist of internet group Egoist also a member of Funeral Parlor.

Shun Ouma, a young high school student, is involved in one most crucial plan operation of Funeral Parlor when he meets Inori while Gai gives an order to safeguard a vial. When the Antibodies attack the area where Shun saw Inori and try to save her all of a sudden, the vial is destroyed in front of Shun. The vial is a powerful weapon derived from apocalypse virus that grants a power of the King, entered into Shun bodies and gave him a weapon that can rule the void. To save Inori’s life, Shun extracted the void from Inori and destroyed the Endlaves who attacked them.

The Guilty Crown story moves around Shun Ouma, an ordinary high school student who accidentally gained the power of the King and used it to save Inori Yuzuriha's life from danger. Story focuses on Shun, Inori and Gai, the leader of a Funeral Parlor who tries to free Japan from GHQ cruelty. Funeral Parlor operation needs Shun’s power to free Japan from GHQ and the only way to stop the independent military is to wield the void power to fight for freedom and protect the innocent people around.

Guilty Crown anime series is produced by Production I.G did a great job for its animation; in terms of its animation quality this is one of the best anime series from 2011 to watch because of great fight scenes and effects around the whole series to enjoy. In terms of music selection of Guilty Crown it's one of the best music to listen for the anime series by choosing Supercell band and great vocal choice from Chelly and Koeda.

Guilty Crown deserves a great anime recommendation in terms of action drama and a bit of romance this anime is made for you. Why it’s original anime? The story is made for anime series, and that’s the reason why it’s called an original anime. It looks new for some people to see an original anime series but for some this is one of the great anime series to watch. The only way to know the story is to watch the whole series from start to end. Is Guilty Crown an overrated anime series? Nope, not at all a fair good score because of the great animation quality and an original anime story to watch is hard to miss this kind of genre to enjoy. Guilty Crown is one of the great anime series from 2011 to watch not because of the action instore but a good story of Shun who gained a power and wielded it for the good and bad at the same time, a great combination for action drama, this anime is for you to watch and enjoy.

Information:

Title:

• Guilty Crown
• ギルティクラウン

Type: Series (22 episode)

Aired: October 14, 2011 to March 23, 2012
Studio: Production I.G

Source Story: Original 

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power, Drama, Romance, Mecha

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Song:

Opening:

• "Euterpe" by EGOIST; produced by supercell; performed by Chelly (ep 1)

• "My Dearest" by supercell; performed by Koeda (eps 2-12)

• "The Everlasting Guilty Crown" by EGOIST; produced by supercell; performed by Chelly (eps 13-22)

Ending:

• "Departures ~Anata ni Okuru Ai no Uta~ (Departures ~あなたにおくるアイの歌~)" by EGOIST; produced by supercell; performed by Chelly (eps 1-12, 22)

• "Kokuhaku (告白)" by supercell; performed by Koeda (eps 13-21)

Director: Tetsuro Araki

Character and Voice Actor:
• Yuzuriha, Inori (Kayano, Ai)

• Ouma, Shun (Kaji, Yuki)

• Tsutsugami, Gai (Nakamura, Yuuichi)

• Shinomiya, Ayase (Hanazawa, Kana)

• Tsugumi (Taketatsu, Ayana)