BBK/BRNK, Please Tell Me! Galko‑chan, Active Raid, Excel Saga, Ooya‑san wa Shishunki!
Manga first take pandora in the crimson shell ghost urn
Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn(Japanese: 紅殻のパンドラ, Hepburn: Kōkaku no Pandora) is a Japanese manga written by Masamune Shirow and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō. The manga began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Ace magazine from October 2012, later moving to the Niconico Ace web publication, and is licensed in English by Seven Seas Entertainment. An anime adaptation has been produced by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ. It was first released as a film in theaters in December 2015. It aired as a television series between 8 January and 25 March 2016.
Nene Nanakorobi, a full-body cyborg girl, arrives on the artificial Cenancle Island, where she meets the inventor Uzal Delilah and her cyborg pet Clarion. When terrorists attack Cenancle Island, Nene is given the ability to utilize the Pandora Device included in Clarion's body, allowing her to utilise various abilities. Together, Nene and Clarion use their abilities to battle the terrorists and help bring about world peace.
Characters
Nene Nanakorobi (七転 福音,Nanakorobi Nene)
Voiced by: Sanae Fuku (Japanese); Megan Shipman (English)
A full-bodied cyborg girl whose entire body is mechanical. She comes to Cenancle to live with her aunt and soon comes across Uzal and Clarion. By placing her fingers inside Clarion's body, she is able to use the Pandora Device, which allows her to master any skill for a short period of time, ranging from wielding firearms to cookery. She is also able to transfer her brain between different artificial bodies.
Clarion (クラリオン,Kurarion)
Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Japanese); Lara Woodhull (English)
Uzal's companion, who is a combat android, disguising as a full-body cyborg. Her body holds the Pandora Device, which temporarily grants Nene enhanced abilities. She is a skilled fighter who often finds herself at the mercy of Nene's admiration and hates having her cat-like ears touched.
Uzal Delilah (ウザル・デリラ,Uzaru Derira)
Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese); Monica Rial (English)
A wealthy inventor who manipulates Nene into working with Clarion to solve the mystery behind the attack. She also goes by the name Sahar Schehera (サハル・セヘラ,Saharu Sehera).
Takumi Korobase (崑崙八仙 拓美,Korobase Takumi)
Voiced by: Marie Miyake (Japanese); Jād Saxton (English)
Nene's aunt who lives on Cenancle Island and is close friends with Uzal. Takumi is usually overwhemed with social anxiety and has to hide behind her Gertsecommas whenever somebody sees her face-to-face. She does all her work in cyberspace and never leaves her mansion. The fact that her company produces Gertsecommas which were invented by Uzals company as well as her four-colored hairpin hint that her relationship with Uzal is somewhat like that of Bill Gates with Steve Jobs.
BUER (Base of Unearthed Resources) (ブエル (中枢制御装置),Bueru (Chūsū Seigyo Sōchi))
Voiced by: Junpei Morita (Japanese); Sonny Strait (English)
A giant boring robot owned by Uzal's company that possesses a giant laser. While its main body resembles a giant eyeball, its Central Nervous Unit, which detaches itself after the main body is shut down, takes the form a gentlemanly but perverted lion-esque creature with five legs. He tends to be injured by Clarion when acting perverted, or locked in a safe-box to stop Takumi from analyzing him, but the darkness traumatizes him.
Vlind** * (ブリ○○・○ー○○○,Buri** ****)
Voiced by: Satsumi Matsuda (Japanese); Alex Moore (English)
A television reporter who always get interrupted before she can state her name.
Bunny (バニー,Banī)
Voiced by: Rie Murakawa (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)
A leader of a group of cosplaying rebels against Uzal. She dresses up as a bunny girl.
Robert Altman (ロバート・アルトマン,Robāto Arutoman)
Voiced by: Tetsu Inada (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English)
A captain of the Cenacle Island military. He's a very kind man who likes helping people.
Ian Kurtz (イアン・クルツ,Ian Kurutsu)
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English)
A mysterious man obsessed with the passing of time, who secretly starts unearthing the BUER main body.
Amy Gilliam (エイミー・ギリアム,Eimī Giriamu)
Voiced by: Maria Naganawa (Japanese); Tia Ballard (English)
A girl with a prosthetic leg that befriends BUER, and later Nene and Clarion.
Anna (アンナ,An'na)
Voiced by: Yorie Terauchi (Japanese); Juli Erickson (English)
Voiced by: Ryuzaburo Otomo (Japanese); Christopher R. Sabat (English)
The chairman of the government of Cenacle Island. He along with his secretary were rescued by Nene and Clarion when the island's main department store was attacked.
Manga
The manga, written and illustrated by Kōshi Rikudō and based on a concept by Masamune Shirow, began publication in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Ace magazine on 10 October 2012. When Newtype Ace ceased publication on 10 July 2013, the series was transferred to Kadokawa's Niconico Ace website, where it resumed publication on 17 September 2013. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the series for publication in North America.
Anime
An anime adaptation by Studio Gokumi and AXsiZ was announced in Kadokawa's Gundam Ace magazine in October 2015. The anime is directed by Munenori Nawa written by Tatsuya Takahashi with character design by Takuya Tani. The anime was first released as a film, which received a limited two-week theatrical release starting on 5 December 2015, before airing as a television series on Tokyo MX between 8 January 2016 and 25 March 2016. The opening theme is "hopeness" by Zaq, while the ending theme song is "LoSe±CoNtRoL" (ルーズコントロール,Rūzu Kontorōru) performed by Sanae Fuku and Manami Numakura. The series is licensed in North America by Funimation, who simulcast the subtitled version as it aired and began streaming a broadcast dub version from 12 February 2016, and in Australia by Madman Entertainment, who are streaming the series on AnimeLab.
