Psychic Squad
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A 51-episode anime television series produced by SynergySP was broadcast from April 2008 to March 2009, and had a special original video animation (OVA) released in July 2010. A 12-episode spin-off focused on main antagonist Kyōsuke Hyōbu, titled Unlimited Psychic Squad, and produced by Manglobe, was broadcast from January to March 2013.
By July 2012, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation. In 2022, Psychic Squad received the 53rd Seiun Award for Best Comic.
Plot
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". In the future, as people with ESP increase in numbers, so does the possible good and evil they can cause to society. The Japanese government establishes of the Base of Backing ESP Laboratory (B.A.B.E.L.) a special esper organization tasked with dealing with situations that can't be resolved by ordinary means, including dealing with espers engaged in criminal activity. Kōichi Minamoto, a 20-year-old prodigy is assigned by B.A.B.E.L. to the task of supervising the most powerful espers in the country, a trio of gifted but mischievous 10-year-old girls known as "The Children": Kaoru Akashi, Shiho Sannomiya, and Aoi Nogami.
As the series progresses, The Children and Minamoto must deal with several enemy organizations, each with conflicted views regarding the role of espers in the world, including "P.A.N.D.R.A.", a cadre of rogue espers determined to wage war against the rest of mankind, the "Black Phantom", a mercenary organization who brainwashes espers into living tools of destruction and the "Normal People", composed solely of non-esper individuals who view espers only as a threat to be vanquished.
Media
Manga
Written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina, Zettai Karen Children was developed out of a short story he had written in Shogakukan's Script error: No such module "lang". manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Super in 2003.[1] A four-chapter story was then published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2004.[2][3] Zettai Karen Children was serialized for 16 years in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, from July 13, 2005,[4]Template:Efn to July 14, 2021.[5][6][7] Shogakukan collected its 622 individual chapters in sixty-three Script error: No such module "lang". volumes, released from October 18, 2005,[8] to September 17, 2021.[9]
Volumes
| No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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| 1 | October 18, 2005[8] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 2 | October 18, 2005[10] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 3 | January 14, 2006[11] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 4 | April 15, 2006[12] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 5 | June 16, 2006[13] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 6 | September 15, 2006[14] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 7 | December 16, 2006[15] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 8 | February 16, 2007[16] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 9 | May 18, 2007[17] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 10 | August 10, 2007[18] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 11 | November 16, 2007[19] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 12 | March 18, 2008[20] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 13 | June 23, 2008[21] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 14 | September 18, 2008[22] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 15 | December 18, 2008[23] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 16 | March 18, 2009[24] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 17 | July 17, 2009[25] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 18 | September 17, 2009[26] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 19 | December 18, 2009[27] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 20 | February 18, 2010[28] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 21 | April 26, 2010[29] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 22 | July 16, 2010[30] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 23 | October 18, 2010[31] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 24 | December 17, 2010[32] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 25 | February 18, 2011[33] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 26 | June 17, 2011[34] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 27 | September 6, 2011[35] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 28 | December 16, 2011[36] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 29 | January 18, 2012[37] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 30 | May 18, 2012[38] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 31 | August 17, 2012[39] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 32 | December 18, 2012[40] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 33 | January 18, 2013[41] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 34 | April 18, 2013[42] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 35 | August 16, 2013[43] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 36 | October 18, 2013[44] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 37 | January 17, 2014[45] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 38 | April 18, 2014[46] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 39 | July 18, 2014[47] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 40 | December 18, 2014[48] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 41 | March 18, 2015[49] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 42 | July 17, 2015[50] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 43 | September 18, 2015[51] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 44 | January 18, 2016[52] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 45 | April 18, 2016[53] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 46 | August 18, 2016[54] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 47 | December 16, 2016[55] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 48 | March 17, 2017[56] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 49 | August 18, 2017[57] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 50 | December 18, 2017[58] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 51 | April 18, 2018[59] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 52 | August 17, 2018[60] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 53 | January 18, 2019[61] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 54 | April 18, 2019[62] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 55 | August 16, 2019[63] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 56 | December 18, 2019[64] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 57 | March 18, 2020[65] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 58 | June 18, 2020[66] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 59 | September 18, 2020[67] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 60 | January 18, 2021[68] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 61 | April 16, 2021[69] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 62 | July 16, 2021[70] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
| 63 | September 17, 2021[9] | Script error: No such module "template wrapper". |
Anime
Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". A 51-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by SynergySP, started airing on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008.[71] The anime has six pieces of theme music; two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme is "Over The Future" by Karen Girl's, the first ending theme is Script error: No such module "Nihongo". by "The Children starring Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu"; the second ending theme is Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., also by Hirano, Shiraishi, and Tomatsu. From episode 27 onwards opening theme has changed to "MY WINGS", once again by Karen Girl's, ending theme changed to "Break+Your+Destiny" by Yuuichi Nakamura, Kishō Taniyama and Kōji Yusa and "Soushunfu" performed by Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu. In episode 46 of the series, the opening theme, "MY WINGS", was sung by Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu while the ending theme was "Zettai love×love Sengen!!", sung by Karen Girl's.
An original video animation (OVA) was announced in December 2009.[72] It was released on July 16, 2010, and includes original material based on the junior high school story arc.[73] The opening theme for the OVA is "Seventh Heaven" by The Children and the ending theme is "Out of Control" by Karen Guy's.[74]
In January 2012, Sentai Filmworks announced that they have licensed the series.[75] Sentai Filmworks released the series on four DVDs in Japanese with English subtitles on May 1, July 17, September 4 and November 6, 2012.[76][77]
Video game
A video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Konami entitled Script error: No such module "Nihongo". was released on September 4, 2008.[78]
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Reception
By July 2012, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation.[80] Psychic Squad was awarded the 53rd Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2022.[81]
Notes
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