Ingress | |
Genre | Crime, action [1] |
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Anime television series | |
Directed by | Yūhei Sakuragi |
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Studio | Craftar |
Licensed by | Netflix (streaming)
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Original run | October 18, 2018 – December 27, 2018 |
Episodes | 11 |
Ingress (or Ingress:The Animation) is an anime television series based on Niantic's augmented reality mobile game of the same name. The series aired from October to December 2018 on Fuji TV's brand new +Ultra programming block. It also premiered on Netflix on April 30,2019.
The story follows special police investigator Makoto,who has the power to read the memories of objects he touches. While investigating a laboratory explosion that was researching an unknown substance called "Exotic Matter" (XM),he touches the ring of a woman who was the sole survivor of the explosion and sees a horrifying vision that embroils him in a massive conspiracy.
Produced by Craftar under the direction of Yūhei Sakuragi,with scripts composed by Sōki Tsukishima,Tora Tsukishima,and SōAkasaka, [7] [8] the series aired from October 18 to December 27,2018,on Fuji TV's brand new +Ultra anime programming block,as well as Kansai TV,Tokai TV,TNC,UHB,and BS Fuji. [5] [9] [lower-alpha 3] The opening theme song is "Tessellate", [10] and the ending theme song is "In Cold Blood",both performed by Alt-J.
Netflix initially announced that it would stream the series worldwide on November 23,2018 [2] [11] but rescheduled it to April 30,2019. [12] [13]
No. | Title | Director | Original air date | Ref. |
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1 | "Begin –Danger –Message" | Yūhei Sakuragi | October 18, 2018 | [14] |
2 | "Escape –Past –Destiny" | Atsushi Furukawa | October 25, 2018 | [15] |
3 | "Advance –Discover –Conflict" | Kobayashi Maru | November 1, 2018 | [16] |
4 | "Separate –Together –Pursue" | Furukawa Akira | November 8, 2018 | [17] |
5 | "Journey –Portal –Potential" | Furukawa Akira | November 15, 2018 | [18] |
6 | "Enlightenment –Resistance –Chaos" | Keiko Irikawa | November 22, 2018 | [19] |
7 | "Nature –Civilization –Soul" | Masaaki Hatasaki | November 29, 2018 | [20] |
8 | "Forget –Information –Rebel" | Masaaki Hatasaki | December 6, 2018 | [21] |
9 | "Live –Die –Truth" | Yoshiyuki Kamijo | December 13, 2018 | [22] |
10 | "Destroy –Create –Answer" | Inaba Daiki | December 20, 2018 | [23] |
11 | "Us –Them –All" | Yoshinari Irikawa | December 27, 2018 | [24] |
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