E's Otherwise
Details
- Also known as: エスアザーワイズ
- Type: TV
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 5.9
- Episodes: 26
- Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
- Studio: Studio Pierrot
- Aired: 2003-04-01 to 2003-09-23
- Season: Spring 2003
Synopsis
E's is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and drawn by Satoru Yuiga. It was originally serialized in Monthly GFantasy from 1997 through 2005, and later published in 16 tankōbon volumes by Square Enix from March 18, 2003 to February 27, 2010. The series focuses on Kai Kudou, an "Esper", who is recruited by an organization called Ashurum to become a soldier to purportedly save other psychics from regular humans. After a mission in Gald goes wrong, Kai finds himself living with a man named Yuuki and his adopted sister Asuka. As he learns more about Ashurum, Kai finds himself wondering what their true goals are, and worrying about his ill sister, who is under Ashurum's care.
The series was adapted into a twenty-six episode anime series entitled E's Otherwise by Studio Pierrot. It debuted in Japan on April 1, 2003 on TV Tokyo; the final episode aired on September 23, 2003. Two light novels and three drama CDs related to the series have also been released in Japan.
Broccoli Books licensed the manga series for English-language publication in North America in 2006. ADV Films licensed the anime series for North American broadcast and distribution, with the English dubbed version of the series airing on Anime Network.
Episodes
- Episode 1: A Superficial Peace (2003-04-01)
- Episode 2: We Are Not Here to Destroy (2003-04-08)
- Episode 3: The Arrow That Has Been Loosed (2003-04-15)
- Episode 4: At the Place He Washed Ashore (2003-04-22)
- Episode 5: Magnificant Approach (2003-04-29)
- Episode 6: Test Site City (2003-05-06)
- Episode 7: Purple Destiny (2003-05-13)
- Episode 8: Interlude: The Chronicle of the Rise and Fall of Tokugawa Ramen (2003-05-20)
- Episode 9: The Bewitched Soul (2003-05-27)
- Episode 10: Rewritten Memory (2003-06-03)
- Episode 11: Sweet Melancholy (2003-06-10)
- Episode 12: Blind Spot (2003-06-17)
- Episode 13: Innocent Enthusiasm (2003-06-24)
- Episode 14: Solitary Shooting Star (2003-07-01)
- Episode 15: Residents of Paradise (2003-07-08)
- Episode 16: Similar Vessels (2003-07-15)
- Episode 17: Escape to the Light (2003-07-22)
- Episode 18: Same Bed, Different Dreams (2003-07-29)
- Episode 19: As You Are Guided (2003-08-05)
- Episode 20: Intent and Fate (2003-08-12)
- Episode 21: Cruel Flame (2003-08-19)
- Episode 22: Rhapsody (2003-08-26)
- Episode 23: Distant Dawn (2003-09-02)
- Episode 24: Waking Nightmare (2003-09-09)
- Episode 25: Harvest Time (2003-09-16)
- Episode 26: The Approaching Daybreak (2003-09-23)
Characters and voice actors
- Kai Kudou (main character) · Japanese voice: Yuuki Tai · English voice: Chris Patton
- Shen-Long Belvedere (main character) · Japanese voice: Masako Nozawa · English voice: Greg Ayres
- Asuka Atsukawa (main character) · Japanese voice: Sanae Kobayashi · English voice: Hilary Haag
- Yuuki Tokugawa (main character) · Japanese voice: Yasunori Matsumoto · English voice: Blake Shepard
- Shin-Lu Belvedere (main character) · Japanese voice: Akeno Watanabe · English voice: Kira Vincent-Davis
- Maxim Feller (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hiroshi Iida
- Hikaru Kudou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Hisayo Mochizuki · English voice: Danielle Kimball
- Leonid (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Junichi Suwabe · English voice: Jason Douglas
- Maria (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akiko Hiramatsu · English voice: Christine Auten
- Eiji Sagimiya (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akimitsu Takase · English voice: Jay Hickman
- Sara (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Houko Kuwashima · English voice: Kaytha Coker
- Sherry (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yumiko Nakanishi · English voice: Shelley Calene-Black
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1: Jouhou · Suitei Shoujo
- Ending 1: Tonight/Midnight · Chicochair