Myriad Colors Phantom World (無彩限のファントム・ワールド, Musaigen no Fantomu Wārudo) is a Japanese fantasy novel series written by Sōichirō Hatano and illustrated by Shirabi. An anime adaptation aired between 7 January and 31 March 2016.
In the near future, the accidental release of an experimental virus causes an outbreak that changes the brain chemistry of every person in the world, allowing them to perceive extra-dimensional beings called "phantoms". In addition, some children born after the outbreak have developed special powers that allow them to battle and seal phantoms. Even though the vast majority of phantoms are harmless, many of these gifted children are placed in clubs and organizations dedicated to dealing with phantoms that prove to be nuisances or threats to humanity. The story revolves around Haruhiko Ichijo and his friends in the Phantom-hunting club of Hosea Academy, a private school for children with special abilities to seal phantoms, and their everyday life and struggles, dealing with phantoms.
Haruhiko Ichijo (一条 晴彦, Ichijō Haruhiko)
Voiced by: Hiro Shimono
A first-year high school student and the main character. His power consists of summoning or sealing phantoms by drawing them in a sketchbook. Due to the library that is in his house, he has a lot of knowledge about numerous different subjects, but most of those facts are seen as useless by his teammates. His parents are separated but he hopes for them to be reunited as a family again. In the anime, most of the episodes begin with Haruhiko giving a brief explanation about certain topics.
Mai Kawakami (川神 舞, Kawakami Mai)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka
A second-year high school student, Haruhiko's senior and original partner. She specializes in close combat and her ability consists of channeling elemental powers through her body, such as fire from her heart, earth from her spleen, metal from her lungs, water from her kidneys, and wood from her armpit. Mai has been known by Haruhiko to be hot headed and violent ever since she was a child.
Reina Izumi (和泉 玲奈, Izumi Reina)
Voiced by: Saori Hayami
A first-year high school student and a new member of Haruhiko's team. She is a Phantom Eater, an unusual power that allows her to seal phantoms by consuming them. She has also been trained in basic self defense. She has a large appetite and constantly struggles with getting enough money to eat, despite coming from a wealthy household. She has an older sister who ran away from home due to their parents being very strict as well has having a strong dislike towards phantoms. She strongly admires Mai who she claims to resemble her older sister.
Koito Minase (水無瀬 小糸, Minase Koito)
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida
A newly transferred student who is always wearing headphones. Her ability first manifested when she was in elementary school when a phantom attacked the rabbits she was assigned to care for in the schoolyard. She managed to seal the phantom with her ability, but in the process damaged a large portion of the school. This caused her friends and even her parents to fear her and she eventually developed the anti-social personality she has today. Her ability is a powerful sound attack using her voice, which can stun or seal phantoms. She tends to use a lot of sugar in her drinks.
Ruru (ルル)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro
A friendly phantom in the form of a small fairy. She always follows Haruhiko and enjoys making fun of him and the other characters. This character is original to the anime.
Kurumi Kumamakura (熊枕 久瑠美, Kumamakura Kurumi)
Voiced by: Misaki Kuno
An anime-original character, she is a shy fourth grade student from the primary school division of Hosea Academy who looks up to Haruhiko's group. She always carries a teddy bear named Albrecht and has a very strong affinity with bears as almost everything associated with her, from her surname to her birthplace and even her favorite food, has bear(Kuma) in its name. Kurumi's ability enlarges Albrecht's size considerably and allows him to move on his own and fight. Like Minase, Kurumi's ability manifested at a very young age.
Shosuke Morohashi (諸橋 翔介, Morohashi Shōsuke)
Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi
Haruhiko's friend and classmate who is usually envious of him because all of his teammates are beautiful girls.
Arisu Himeno (姫野 アリス, Himeno Arisu)
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue
Haruhiko's teacher, who's responsible for assigning jobs to students with powers in order to deal with troublesome phantoms in exchange for a reward.
The novel was written by Sōichirō Hatano and illustrated by Shirabi. It was published by Kyoto Animation's novel imprint on 20 December 2013. The book received an honorable mention in the novel category of the fourth Kyoto Animation Award on 5 April 2013. Previous works to be featured in the awards have received anime adaptations. A second novel was released on 30 October 2015. A third novel was released on 11 February 2016.
An anime television series aired between 7 January and 31 March 2016 on ABC Asahi, Tokyo MX, TV Aichi, and BS11. The series is directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and written by Fumihiko Shimo, with animation produced by Kyoto Animation. Kazumi Ikeda will handle the series' character designs, and will also serve as the chief animation director. Shinpei Sawa provides the designs for the Phantoms. The series' music is composed by Effy. Additionally, Ryuuta Nakagami serves as director of photography; Mikiko Watanabe is the series' art director; Kana Miyata provides the color key; Hiroshi Karata is in charge of accessories planning; and Yota Tsuruoka is the sound director. The opening theme song is "Naked Dive" by Screen Mode, and the ending theme is "Junshin Always" (純真Always, "Innocence Always") by Azusa Tadokoro. The anime will be released on seven Blu-ray and DVD compilation volumes containing two episodes and one picture drama each between 6 April and 5 October 2016. An original video animation will be bundled with the seventh volume. Crunchyroll will release the series on Blu-ray and DVD with an English dub.
