Terror in Resonance

Synopsis

In an alternate iteration of the present, Tokyo has been hit by a terrorist attack that has devastated the city. The only evidence of the culprits is a cryptic video uploaded to the Internet, which sparks paranoia across Japan. Unbeknownst to the authorities is that the terrorist masterminds—who call themselves "Sphinx" (スピンクス, Supinkusu)—are two teenaged boys who go by the names Nine and Twelve. Though they apparently should not exist, they have nonetheless decided to "wake up the world" with their heinous plans of destruction, with their fingers on the trigger.

Main characters

Nine (ナイン, Nain)

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese); Christopher Bevins (English) A secretive young man with a bright mind and calm demeanor, who moves to Tokyo and attends high school alongside Twelve under the name Arata Kokonoe (九重 新, Kokonoe Arata). He is one of the masterminds behind Sphinx.

Twelve (ツエルブ, Tsuerubu)

Voiced by: Sōma Saitō (Japanese); Aaron Dismuke (English) A childish but mysterious young man who is always seen with Nine, also operates Sphinx with him. He is skilled at operating vehicles like motorbikes and snowmobiles. His civilian identity is Tōji Hisami (久見 冬二, Hisami Tōji).

Lisa Mishima (三島 リサ, Mishima Risa)

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki (Japanese); Jād Saxton (English) A girl in the same school that Nine and Twelve transfer into. Her problematic life both at home and school leads her into their world, and changes her fate forever.

Kenjirō Shibazaki (柴崎 健次郎, Shibazaki Kenjirō)

Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya (Japanese); Robert McCollum (English) A member of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department who used to be part of the police force's investigations division, but now works for its records division instead. His contemporary is in charge of looking into the terrorist attack in Tokyo.

Five (ハイヴ, Haivu)

Voiced by: Megumi Han (Japanese); Jamie Marchi (English) An American FBI government operative who travels to Japan as part of her duties with NEST to lend support to the terrorist attack investigations. A master hacker, she also has a connection to Nine and Twelve. Possessing a sadistic nature, she is willing to endanger, even deliberately kill, innocent people to get close to Nine and Twelve.

Supporting characters

Kurahashi (倉橋)

Voiced by: Hideaki Tezuka (Japanese); Sean Hennigan (English) The chief of police, who heads the investigation into Nine and Twelve's bombings.

Hamura (羽村)

Voiced by: Keisuke Aigasa (Japanese); Ian Sinclair (English) A passionate, young police officer who collaborates with Shibazaki.

Okano (岡野)

Voiced by: Kunpei Sakamoto (Japanese); Kent Williams (English)

Kinoshita (木下)

Voiced by: Yūsuke Kuwahata (Japanese); Anthony Bowling (English)

Mukasa (六笠)

Voiced by: Mitsuaki Kanuka (Japanese); Jeremy Inman (English) Shibazaki's co-worker from the records division who helps him solve Sphinx's riddles in the most unlikely of times.

Shimada (島田)

Voiced by: Yutaka Aoyama (Japanese); J. Michael Tatum (English) The head of Shibazaki's team and later the chief.

Hamada (浜田)

Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato (Japanese); Kenny Green (English) A scientist working to identify the bombing techniques used by Sphinx.

Kato (加藤, Katō)

Voiced by: Kei Yamaguchi (Japanese); Eric Vale (English)

Fukuda (福田)

Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese); Mark Stoddard (English)

Clarence

Voiced by: Daisuke Takahashi (Japanese); David Wald (English) Five's partner and a FBI agent.

Lisa's mother (リサの母親, Risa no Hahaoya)

Voiced by: Ayumi Tsunematsu (Japanese); Monica Rial (English) Lisa's unnamed mother, who due to her husband leaving is extremely protective of Lisa to the point of abuse.

Haruka (はるか)

Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese); Felecia Angelle (English) Shibazaki's daughter who is studying particles.

Mamiya

Voiced by: Shuichiro Moriyama (Japanese); Grant James (English) The creator of the Athena Project and the supreme antagonist of the series.

Soundtrack

The series' soundtrack is composed by Yoko Kanno. The opening theme song is "Trigger", composed by Kanno and performed by Galileo Galilei vocalist Yuuki Ozaki. The ending theme song is "Dare ka, Umi o." (誰か、海を。, "Somebody, the Ocean."), composed by Kanno and performed by Aimer. "Terror in Resonance Original Soundtrack 2 -crystalized-" was released on October 22, 2014. Artwork design by Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir.