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Psychic Squad

December 11, 2023

Psychic Squad, known in Japan as Zettai Karen Children (Japanese: 絶対可憐チルドレン, Hepburn: Zettai Karen Chirudoren, lit. Absolutely Lovely Children), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina. It was serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2005 to July 2021, with its chapters collected in 63 tankōbon volumes. It is the story about three young problem girls with outstanding psychic powers and a young man with no special powers at all tasked to guide them properly while dealing with all the commotions they cause, including their obvious infatuation with him.

Zettai Karen Children
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring (from left to right) Aoi Nogami, Kaoru Akashi and Shiho Sannomiya
絶対可憐チルドレン
(Zettai Karen Chirudoren)
Genre
Manga
Written byTakashi Shiina
Published byShogakukan
ImprintShōnen Sunday Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Sunday
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 27, 2005 – July 14, 2021
Volumes63
Anime television series
Directed byKeiichiro Kawaguchi
Written bySatoru Nishizono
Music byKōtarō Nakagawa
StudioSynergySP
Licensed by
Original networkTV Tokyo
Original run April 6, 2008 – March 29, 2009
Episodes51 + OVA (List of episodes)
Light novel
Zettai Karen Children the Novels "B.A.B.E.L. Hōkai"
Written byGakuto Mikumo
Illustrated byTakashi Shiina
Published byShogakukan
ImprintGagaga Bunko
DemographicMale
PublishedMay 20, 2008
Game
Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai-4 no Children
DeveloperHuneX
PublisherKonami
GenreSimulation RPG
PlatformNintendo DS
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2008
Spin-off

A 51-episode anime television series produced by SynergySP was broadcast from April 2008 to March 2009, and had a special original video animation (OVA) released in July 2010. A 12-episode spin-off focused on main antagonist Kyōsuke Hyōbu, titled Unlimited Psychic Squad, and produced by Manglobe, was broadcast from January to March 2013.

By July 2012, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation. In 2022, Psychic Squad received the 53rd Seiun Award for Best Comic.

Plot edit

Main article: List of Zettai Karen Children characters

In the future, as people with ESP increase in numbers, so does the possible good and evil they can cause to society. The Japanese government establishes of the Base of Backing ESP Laboratory (B.A.B.E.L.) a special esper organization tasked with dealing with situations that can't be resolved by ordinary means, including dealing with espers engaged in criminal activity. Kōichi Minamoto, a 20-year-old prodigy is assigned by B.A.B.E.L. to the task of supervising the most powerful espers in the country, a trio of gifted but mischievous 10-year-old girls known as "The Children": Kaoru Akashi, Shiho Sannomiya, and Aoi Nogami.

As the series progresses, The Children and Minamoto must deal with several enemy organizations, each with conflicted views regarding the role of espers in the world, including "P.A.N.D.R.A.", a cadre of rogue espers determined to wage war against the rest of mankind, the "Black Phantom", a mercenary organization who brainwashes espers into living tools of destruction and the "Normal People", composed solely of non-esper individuals who view espers only as a threat to be vanquished.

Media edit

Manga edit

Zettai Karen Children, written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina, was developed out of a short story he had written in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Super in 2003.[3] A 4-chapter story was then published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2004.[4][5] Zettai Karen Children was serialized for 16 years in Weekly Shōnen Sunday, from July 27, 2005,[6] to July 14, 2021.[7][8][9] Shogakukan collected its 622 individual chapters in sixty-three tankōbon volumes, released from October 18, 2005,[10] to September 17, 2021.[11]

Volumes edit

No. Japanese release date Japanese ISBN
1 October 18, 2005[10]978-4-09-127371-0
2 October 18, 2005[12]978-4-09-127372-7
3 January 14, 2006[13]978-4-09-120028-0
4 April 15, 2006[14]978-4-09-120127-0
5 June 16, 2006[15]978-4-09-120415-8
6 September 15, 2006[16]978-4-09-120578-0
7 December 16, 2006[17]978-4-09-120708-1
8 February 16, 2007[18]978-4-09-121010-4
9 May 18, 2007[19]978-4-09-121068-5
10 August 10, 2007[20]978-4-09-121167-5
11 November 16, 2007[21]978-4-09-121215-3
12 March 18, 2008[22]978-4-09-121302-0
13 June 23, 2008[23]978-4-09-121397-6
14 September 18, 2008[24]978-4-09-121465-2
15 December 18, 2008[25]978-4-09-121515-4
16 March 18, 2009[26]978-4-09-121598-7
17 July 17, 2009[27]978-4-09-122007-3
18 September 17, 2009[28]978-4-09-121745-5
19 December 18, 2009[29]978-4-09-122028-8
20 February 18, 2010[30]978-4-09-122148-3
21 April 26, 2010[31]978-4-09-122258-9
22 July 16, 2010[32]978-4-09-122419-4
23 October 18, 2010[33]978-4-09-122625-9
24 December 17, 2010[34]978-4-09-122719-5
25 February 18, 2011[35]978-4-09-122782-9
26 June 17, 2011[36]978-4-09-122872-7
27 September 6, 2011[37]978-4-09-123238-0
28 December 16, 2011[38]978-4-09-123430-8
29 January 18, 2012[39]978-4-09-123516-9
30 May 18, 2012[40]978-4-09-123665-4
31 August 17, 2012[41]978-4-09-123793-4
32 December 18, 2012[42]978-4-09-124034-7
33 January 18, 2013[43]978-4-09-124167-2
34 April 18, 2013[44]978-4-09-124204-4
35 August 16, 2013[45]978-4-09-124366-9
36 October 18, 2013[46]978-4-09-124457-4
37 January 17, 2014[47]978-4-09-124553-3
38 April 18, 2014[48]978-4-09-124647-9
39 July 18, 2014[49]978-4-09-124676-9
40 December 18, 2014[50]978-4-09-125414-6
41 March 18, 2015[51]978-4-09-125796-3
42 July 17, 2015[52]978-4-09-125858-8
43 September 18, 2015[53]978-4-09-126227-1
44 January 18, 2016[54]978-4-09-126497-8
45 April 18, 2016[55]978-4-09-127093-1
46 August 18, 2016[56]978-4-09-127329-1
47 December 16, 2016[57]978-4-09-127429-8
48 March 17, 2017[58]978-4-09-127510-3
49 August 18, 2017[59]978-4-09-127576-9
50 December 18, 2017[60]978-4-09-127880-7
51 April 18, 2018[61]978-4-09-128228-6
52 August 17, 2018[62]978-4-09-128348-1
53 January 18, 2019[63]978-4-09-128780-9
54 April 18, 2019[64]978-4-09-128808-0
55 August 16, 2019[65]978-4-09-129176-9
56 December 18, 2019[66]978-4-09-129453-1
57 March 18, 2020[67]978-4-09-129566-8
58 June 18, 2020[68]978-4-09-850082-6
59 September 18, 2020[69]978-4-09-850184-7
60 January 18, 2021[70]978-4-09-850289-9
61 April 16, 2021[71]978-4-09-850519-7
62 July 16, 2021[72]978-4-09-850631-6
63 September 17, 2021[11]978-4-09-850646-0

Anime edit

See also: List of Zettai Karen Children episodes

A 51-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by SynergySP, started airing on TV Tokyo on April 6, 2008.[73] The anime has six pieces of theme music; two opening themes and four ending themes. The first opening theme is "Over The Future" by Karen Girl's, the first ending theme is "Zettai love×love Sengen!!" (絶対love×love宣言!!) by "The Children starring Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu"; the second ending theme is "Datte Daihonmei" (DATTE大本命), also by Hirano, Shiraishi, and Tomatsu. From episode 27 onwards opening theme has changed to "MY WINGS", once again by Karen Girl's, ending theme changed to "Break+Your+Destiny" by Yuuichi Nakamura, Kishō Taniyama and Kōji Yusa and "Soushunfu" performed by Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu. In episode 46 of the series, the opening theme, "MY WINGS", was sung by Aya Hirano, Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu while the ending theme was "Zettai love×love Sengen!!", sung by Karen Girl's.

An original video animation (OVA) was announced in December 2009.[2] It was released on July 16, 2010, and includes original material based on the junior high school story arc.[74] The opening theme for the OVA is "Seventh Heaven" by The Children and the ending theme is "Out of Control" by Karen Guy's.[75]

In January 2012, Sentai Filmworks announced that they have licensed the series.[76] Sentai Filmworks released the series on four DVDs in Japanese with English subtitles on May 1, July 17, September 4 and November 6, 2012.[77][78]

Video game edit

A video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Konami entitled Zettai Karen Children DS: Dai-4 no Children (絶対可憐チルドレンDS 第4のチルドレン) was released on September 4, 2008.[79]

Kaoru Akashi appears as a fighter character in the fighting game Sunday vs Magazine: Shūketsu! Chōjō Daikessen (サンデー VS マガジン 集結！ 頂上大決戦) for Sony's PlayStation Portable. Characters Aoi, Shiho, Minamoto, Fujiko and Hyōbu also make appearances as part of special moves or as support. The game was also developed by Konami and released on March 26, 2009.[80]

Reception edit

By July 2012, the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation.[81] Psychic Squad was awarded the 53rd Seiun Award in the Best Comic category in 2022.[82]

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External links edit

  • Zettai Karen Children official website at Web Sunday (in Japanese)
  • Psychic Squad official website at TV Tokyo (in Japanese)
  • (in Japanese)
  • Psychic Squad (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

December 11, 2023
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Psychic Squad known in Japan as Zettai Karen Children Japanese 絶対可憐チルドレン Hepburn Zettai Karen Chirudoren lit Absolutely Lovely Children is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina It was serialized in Shogakukan s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 2005 to July 2021 with its chapters collected in 63 tankōbon volumes It is the story about three young problem girls with outstanding psychic powers and a young man with no special powers at all tasked to guide them properly while dealing with all the commotions they cause including their obvious infatuation with him Zettai Karen ChildrenFirst tankōbon volume cover featuring from left to right Aoi Nogami Kaoru Akashi and Shiho Sannomiya絶対可憐チルドレン Zettai Karen Chirudoren GenreSci fi comedy 1 Supernatural 2 MangaWritten byTakashi ShiinaPublished byShogakukanImprintShōnen Sunday ComicsMagazineWeekly Shōnen SundayDemographicShōnenOriginal runJuly 27 2005 July 14 2021Volumes63Anime television seriesDirected byKeiichiro KawaguchiWritten bySatoru NishizonoMusic byKōtarō NakagawaStudioSynergySPLicensed byNA Sentai FilmworksOriginal networkTV TokyoOriginal runApril 6 2008 March 29 2009Episodes51 OVA List of episodes Light novelZettai Karen Children the Novels B A B E L Hōkai Written byGakuto MikumoIllustrated byTakashi ShiinaPublished byShogakukanImprintGagaga BunkoDemographicMalePublishedMay 20 2008GameZettai Karen Children DS Dai 4 no ChildrenDeveloperHuneXPublisherKonamiGenreSimulation RPGPlatformNintendo DSReleasedSeptember 4 2008Spin offUnlimited Psychic Squad 2013 A 51 episode anime television series produced by SynergySP was broadcast from April 2008 to March 2009 and had a special original video animation OVA released in July 2010 A 12 episode spin off focused on main antagonist Kyōsuke Hyōbu titled Unlimited Psychic Squad and produced by Manglobe was broadcast from January to March 2013 By July 2012 the manga had over 6 million copies in circulation In 2022 Psychic Squad received the 53rd Seiun Award for Best Comic Contents 1 Plot 2 Media 2 1 Manga 2 1 1 Volumes 2 2 Anime 2 3 Video game 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editMain article List of Zettai Karen Children characters In the future as people with ESP increase in numbers so does the possible good and evil they can cause to society The Japanese government establishes of the Base of Backing ESP Laboratory B A B E L a special esper organization tasked with dealing with situations that can t be resolved by ordinary means including dealing with espers engaged in criminal activity Kōichi Minamoto a 20 year old prodigy is assigned by B A B E L to the task of supervising the most powerful espers in the country a trio of gifted but mischievous 10 year old girls known as The Children Kaoru Akashi Shiho Sannomiya and Aoi Nogami As the series progresses The Children and Minamoto must deal with several enemy organizations each with conflicted views regarding the role of espers in the world including P A N D R A a cadre of rogue espers determined to wage war against the rest of mankind the Black Phantom a mercenary organization who brainwashes espers into living tools of destruction and the Normal People composed solely of non esper individuals who view espers only as a threat to be vanquished Media editManga edit Zettai Karen Children written and illustrated by Takashi Shiina was developed out of a short story he had written in Shogakukan s shōnen manga magazine Shōnen Sunday Super in 2003 3 A 4 chapter story was then published in Weekly Shōnen Sunday in September 2004 4 5 Zettai Karen Children was serialized for 16 years in Weekly Shōnen Sunday from July 27 2005 6 to July 14 2021 7 8 9 Shogakukan collected its 622 individual chapters in sixty three tankōbon volumes released from October 18 2005 10 to September 17 2021 11 Volumes edit No Japanese release date Japanese ISBN1October 18 2005 10 978 4 09 127371 02October 18 2005 12 978 4 09 127372 73January 14 2006 13 978 4 09 120028 04April 15 2006 14 978 4 09 120127 05June 16 2006 15 978 4 09 120415 86September 15 2006 16 978 4 09 120578 07December 16 2006 17 978 4 09 120708 18February 16 2007 18 978 4 09 121010 49May 18 2007 19 978 4 09 121068 510August 10 2007 20 978 4 09 121167 511November 16 2007 21 978 4 09 121215 312March 18 2008 22 978 4 09 121302 013June 23 2008 23 978 4 09 121397 614September 18 2008 24 978 4 09 121465 215December 18 2008 25 978 4 09 121515 416March 18 2009 26 978 4 09 121598 717July 17 2009 27 978 4 09 122007 318September 17 2009 28 978 4 09 121745 519December 18 2009 29 978 4 09 122028 820February 18 2010 30 978 4 09 122148 321April 26 2010 31 978 4 09 122258 922July 16 2010 32 978 4 09 122419 423October 18 2010 33 978 4 09 122625 924December 17 2010 34 978 4 09 122719 525February 18 2011 35 978 4 09 122782 926June 17 2011 36 978 4 09 122872 727September 6 2011 37 978 4 09 123238 028December 16 2011 38 978 4 09 123430 829January 18 2012 39 978 4 09 123516 930May 18 2012 40 978 4 09 123665 431August 17 2012 41 978 4 09 123793 432December 18 2012 42 978 4 09 124034 733January 18 2013 43 978 4 09 124167 234April 18 2013 44 978 4 09 124204 435August 16 2013 45 978 4 09 124366 936October 18 2013 46 978 4 09 124457 437January 17 2014 47 978 4 09 124553 338April 18 2014 48 978 4 09 124647 939July 18 2014 49 978 4 09 124676 940December 18 2014 50 978 4 09 125414 641March 18 2015 51 978 4 09 125796 342July 17 2015 52 978 4 09 125858 843September 18 2015 53 978 4 09 126227 144January 18 2016 54 978 4 09 126497 845April 18 2016 55 978 4 09 127093 146August 18 2016 56 978 4 09 127329 147December 16 2016 57 978 4 09 127429 848March 17 2017 58 978 4 09 127510 349August 18 2017 59 978 4 09 127576 950December 18 2017 60 978 4 09 127880 751April 18 2018 61 978 4 09 128228 652August 17 2018 62 978 4 09 128348 153January 18 2019 63 978 4 09 128780 954April 18 2019 64 978 4 09 128808 055August 16 2019 65 978 4 09 129176 956December 18 2019 66 978 4 09 129453 157March 18 2020 67 978 4 09 129566 858June 18 2020 68 978 4 09 850082 659September 18 2020 69 978 4 09 850184 760January 18 2021 70 978 4 09 850289 961April 16 2021 71 978 4 09 850519 762July 16 2021 72 978 4 09 850631 663September 17 2021 11 978 4 09 850646 0Anime edit See also List of Zettai Karen Children episodes A 51 episode anime television series adaptation produced by SynergySP started airing on TV Tokyo on April 6 2008 73 The anime has six pieces of theme music two opening themes and four ending themes The first opening theme is Over The Future by Karen Girl s the first ending theme is Zettai love love Sengen 絶対love love宣言 by The Children starring Aya Hirano Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu the second ending theme is Datte Daihonmei DATTE大本命 also by Hirano Shiraishi and Tomatsu From episode 27 onwards opening theme has changed to MY WINGS once again by Karen Girl s ending theme changed to Break Your Destiny by Yuuichi Nakamura Kishō Taniyama and Kōji Yusa and Soushunfu performed by Aya Hirano Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu In episode 46 of the series the opening theme MY WINGS was sung by Aya Hirano Ryoko Shiraishi and Haruka Tomatsu while the ending theme was Zettai love love Sengen sung by Karen Girl s An original video animation OVA was announced in December 2009 2 It was released on July 16 2010 and includes original material based on the junior high school story arc 74 The opening theme for the OVA is Seventh Heaven by The Children and the ending theme is Out of Control by Karen Guy s 75 In January 2012 Sentai Filmworks announced that they have licensed the series 76 Sentai Filmworks released the series on four DVDs in Japanese with English subtitles on May 1 July 17 September 4 and November 6 2012 77 78 Video game edit A video game for the Nintendo DS developed by Konami entitled Zettai Karen Children DS Dai 4 no Children 絶対可憐チルドレンDS 第4のチルドレン was released on September 4 2008 79 Kaoru Akashi appears as a fighter character in the fighting game Sunday vs 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