Argento Soma
In the year 2059, the earth has been plagued by aliens for several years. In an effort to learn more about these aliens, Dr. Noguchi and his assistants Maki Agata and Takuto Kenishiro try to revive the professor's experiment, a large Bio-Mechanical alien named Frank. During this process the alien comes to 'life' and the lab is subsequently destroyed leaving Takuto the only survivor and the alien disappearing into the wilderness. While Frank roams the wilderness he meets Hattie, an emotionally distressed young girl whose parents are killed in the first 'close encounter' war. Oddly enough she is able to communicate with Frank and soon after they are taken into custody by a secret agency known only as 'Funeral'. Meanwhile, Takuto wakes up in a hospital bed with his life in shambles, and his face disfigured. Motivated by vengeance and heart break, Takuto accepts an offer from the mysterious 'Mr. X' and receives a new identity as a ranking Funeral officer named Ryu Soma.
(Source: Anime News Network)
Rankings
#26 highest rated of 2000
#15 most popular of 2000
Data
Format
TV
Episodes
25
Episode Duration
25 minutes
Status
FINISHED
Start Date
Mon Nov 06 2000
End Date
Sun Apr 22 2001
Season
FALL 2000
Average Score
64%
Mean Score
65%
Popularity
7106
Favourites
62
Studios
Producers
Victor Entertainment
Sentai Filmworks
Source
ORIGINAL
Genres
Action, Adventure, Drama, Mecha, Sci-FiRomaji
Argento Soma
Native
アルジェント ソーマ
Synonyms
AΠHENTO ΣOMA
沉默的未知
Relations
SIDESTORY
Argento Soma Special
SPECIAL · FINISHED
ADAPTATION
Argento Soma
MANGA · FINISHED
Characters
Sue Harris
MAIN
Yui Horie
JAPANESE
Takuto Kaneshiro
MAIN
Souichirou Hoshi
JAPANESE
Harriet Bartholomew
MAIN
Houko Kuwashima
JAPANESE
Frank
MAIN
Yuji Takada
JAPANESE
Dan Simmons
SUPPORTING
Takehito Koyasu
JAPANESE
Michael Heartland
SUPPORTING
Jouji Nakata
JAPANESE
Maki Agata
SUPPORTING
Houko Kuwashima
JAPANESE
David Lawrence
SUPPORTING
Hiroshi Takemura
JAPANESE
Walton
SUPPORTING
Yuri Leonov
SUPPORTING
Yuji Takada
JAPANESE
Staff
Shuukou Murase
Character Design
Katsuhisa Hattori
Music
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Director
Seiichi Nakatani
Key Animation (eps 7, 11, 24-26)
Jun Nakai
Key Animation (eps 2, 11)
Hiroyuki Ookaji
Key Animation (eps 4, 12, 17, 22)
Yukie Sakou
Key Animation (eps 18, 24)
Keiko Kitagawa
Theme Song Lyrics (OP, ED)
Eri Sugai
Theme Song Performance (OP)
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Original Plan
Status Distribution
- CURRENT
264 Users
- PLANNING
4684 Users
- COMPLETED
1629 Users
- DROPPED
270 Users
- PAUSED
259 Users