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“Ordinary man Zwei is kidnapped, brainwashed, and forced to train as an assassin alongside Ein to survive.”
Phantom: The Animation
ファントム THE ANIMATION
6.43
8,269 rank · 15,623 viewers · 16 favorites
Action
Drama
Organized Crime
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Synopsis
Ordinary man Zwei is kidnapped, brainwashed, and forced to train as an assassin alongside Ein to survive.
Zwei was an ordinary person, until one day, while walking the streets a night, he witnessed a brutal assassination. He managed to avoid the sniper, a young girl named Ein, but was soon captured, and had the memories of his former life erased. He is spared death only by accepting a condition: to train to become an assassin alongside Ein. Now, he must find a way to free himself from this shady world and reclaim his life once again. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 4 sampled reviews
6.5
/10
What 4 viewers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6.5
mode 4
σ 2.06
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.06 · split reception
The polarity gap
4.5 pts
Recommenders 8.5 · others 4.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 1.50
Running avg · Aug 2009 → Aug 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “Phantom The Animation is a short OVA about a young man, meeting an assassin while she was carrying out her job. Thus leading to the story of this OVA. The story is short and simple; a young man is...”
- 9 “"Phantom - The Animation" is a 3-episode OVA Series that wasn't really in my plan to watch list. I saw it on one of my HDDs and started watching it because...well, it's only like hour and half...”
- 4 “I seen someone say that this is an adaptation for the VN. I didn't read further but, if this OVA stayed clear of changing things from the VN, Phantom: The Animation is really boring and confusing...”
Verbosity
Short · 25%
Medium · 50%
Long · 25%
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- Format 3 × 28′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 24m all episodes
- Aired Feb 2004 – Nov 2004
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-0411 catalog
Produced by
- KSS Producer
Licensed by
- Media Blasters Licensor