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Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom

TV·2009–2009·1 season, 26 episodes·TV Tokyo·Animation, Action & Adventure·24m

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Mafia is rife in America where assassinations are a regular occurrence on the streets. Inferno, a mysterious company, is behind most of these dealings through the use of their near-invincible human weapon, "Phantom." One day, a Japanese tourist accidentally witnesses Phantom's latest murder. Desperate to escape, the tourist hides in a secluded building. However, Phantom, revealed to be a young woman named Ein, and the leader of Inferno "Scythe Master" captures the tourist and brainwashes him. Given the name "Zwei," this once peaceful tourist is now a puppet of Inferno with no memories. Drawn into a world of lies, deceit, and violence, Zwei must fight to survive, hopefully to one day regain his memories and escape from this world where he is constantly on the brink of death.

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  1. 01Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E01AwakeningS01E01 · 7.0A teenage Japanese boy wakes up to find himself alone in an empty room with no memory of his own identity or past. He surveys the room he is in and discovers he is a Japanese tourist and suddenly realizes the only thing he can remember is that someone was trying to kill him. While he explores the seemingly abandoned building, he is suddenly attacked again by the masked person from his memories and is told to fight with everything he has or die. Meanwhile, someone is remotely watching his actions. Deciding that he wants to live, he fights back and momentarily gains an advantage; as he attempts to make a killing blow, the mask cracks and his attacker is revealed to be a girl. Instead, he attempts to leave but finds himself surrounded by a desert and the girl, no longer attacking him and introduced as Ein, tells him he will now either live on as an assassin named Zwei or be killed. These scenes are interspersed with a flash forward of Zwei and Ein working together as "Phantom" on an assassination mission. Ein, poses as a maid, along with Zwei, manage to eliminate an entire household of armed guards and the head of a mafia boss in Las Vegas, once again proving their absolute power and indispensability to a mysterious organization called Inferno.
  2. 02Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E02TrainingS01E02 · 7.0Ein conducts personal training to Zwei after agreeing to work with Inferno for several days, ranging from sparring in martial arts to small arms use in order to hone his skills as a potential Inferno assassin in upcoming Inferno-approved missions. Claudia enters the complex right after Scythe Master picks up Ein without revealing her presence and tells Zwei about the objectives of Inferno, as well as to give "hope" to Zwei that he can find out who he is before she leaves him with a goodbye. Meanwhile, the Scythe Master deploys Ein in an assassination mission somewhere in the United States to kill a person of interest.
  3. 03Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E03PracticeS01E03 · 7.0After more training with Ein, Zwei is going to be tested. He has to kill a man named Captain Wallace of the Navy SEALs, who sold weapons to Inferno, but because they weren't his only costumers and he sold many weapons to terrorists. Wallace eventually sullied the name of Inferno and put them in danger of being suspected by the FBI after an FBI agent was found dead in Mexico, forcing him to beat Zwei and defeat him in a duel to the death in order to allow Inferno in rebuilding his life all over again. After hesitation of killing Wallace and almost being killed by him, his assassination skills awake and he shoots Wallace in his head after wounding him by using a combat knife to stab him in Wallace's right arm.

Cast

Miyu IrinoMiyu IrinoZwei (voice)Ayahi TakagakiAyahi TakagakiEin (voice)Miyuki SawashiroMiyuki SawashiroCal (voice)Aya HisakawaAya Hisakawa(voice)Isshin ChibaIsshin Chiba(voice)Akeno WatanabeAkeno Watanabe(voice)Tomoyuki ShimuraTomoyuki Shimura(voice)Ami KoshimizuAmi Koshimizu(voice)

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode26Episodes2009Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S01E01Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E01Season's bestAwakeningApril 2, 2009 7.0A teenage Japanese boy wakes up to find himself alone in an empty room with no memory of his own identity or past. He surveys the room he is
  2. S01E02Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E02TrainingApril 9, 2009 7.0Ein conducts personal training to Zwei after agreeing to work with Inferno for several days, ranging from sparring in martial arts to small
  3. S01E03Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E03PracticeApril 16, 2009 7.0After more training with Ein, Zwei is going to be tested. He has to kill a man named Captain Wallace of the Navy SEALs, who sold weapons to
  4. S01E04Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E04AssassinationApril 23, 2009 7.0Ein and Zwei are given the order to kill Don Lucio, the boss of a mafia family based in Dallas, Texas as their first assignment together. Be
  5. S01E05Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E05InstantApril 30, 2009 7.0Inferno tries to establish contact with a mafia family somewhere in Los Angeles led by Tony Stone, who was currently busting up individuals
  6. S01E06Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E06Great FireMay 7, 2009 7.0The surviving members of Tony's mafia plan revenge against Inferno by planning to release crucial information on certain mobsters who are su
  7. S01E07Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E07The PastMay 14, 2009 7.0Ein leaves Zwei to meet Scythe Master, while Zwei decides to practice his driving while she is gone. However, McCunnen appears and begins to
  8. S01E08Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E08EmergencyMay 21, 2009 7.0Ein is dispatched to take out Inferno henchmen in a warehouse district as part of a plan hatched by Raymond and Claudia to eliminate Scythe
  9. S01E09Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E09NameMay 28, 2009 7.0Reiji, now rejecting his Phantom codename Zwei, escapes with Ein while the rest of Inferno gets worked up on their escape. Ein had planned t
  10. S01E10Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E10EndJune 4, 2009 7.0Lizzie and her group are dispatched by Claudia with the objective being to assassinate the Scythe Master, upon learning of his whereabouts.
  11. S01E11Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E11SuccessionJune 11, 2009 7.0Three months after Reiji's near fatal death at the hands of the Scythe Master in the wharf district of San Francisco, Inferno was able to ta
  12. S01E12Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E12ApparitionJune 18, 2009 7.0Six months later, Reiji has just taken down the No.2 man in the Gambino family in his latest assignment, leaving Inferno sole control of the
  13. S01E13Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E13DisguiseJune 25, 2009 7.0Reiji is accused by Isaac of lying to hide Cal away from him as he wanted to interrogate Cal regarding the shootings in his turf. Reiji and
  14. S01E14Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E14SurveillanceJuly 2, 2009 7.0Reiji and Cal go out to get clothes before he started to train her in firearms when he was told by Lizzie that McGuire wished to get details
  15. S01E15Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E15ReunionJuly 9, 2009 7.0Godoh is furious over the murder of his men once again and demands an explanation with Claudia promising that she'll do everything in her po
  16. S01E16Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E16ConfessionJuly 16, 2009 7.0To appease Godoh, Claudia shoots and kills Isaac as the one responsible for the sniper attack. Later, Reiji confides to Lizzie that the snip
  17. S01E17Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E17TruthJuly 23, 2009 7.0Reiji leaves The apartment, while Cal is disappointed Reiji promises he will return. Upon reaching the rendezvous, Reiji realizes it's a tra
  18. S01E18Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E18ConfrontationJuly 30, 2009 7.0Reiji kills Inferno's men who bombed his apartment and makes his escape. Scythe Master and Shiga explain the whole situation to McGuire, pin
  19. S01E19Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E19PromiseAugust 6, 2009 7.0The entire episode is a summary of Cal's life with Reiji with a few added scenes. While Reiji's apartment was bombed by Inferno's attack, Ca
  20. S01E20Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E20Old HomeAugust 13, 2009 7.02 years have passed since Reiji and Elen escaped America and have settled themselves in a small town in Japan. They try to live out their li
  21. S01E21Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E21AngerAugust 20, 2009 7.0Reiji tells Elen that Cal is alive and is working for Inferno as an assassin, blaming himself for having introduced the girl into the underw
  22. S01E22Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E22RageAugust 27, 2009 7.0After exchanging formalities, Elen and Cal draw their weapons, leading to an even match between the two. Reiji arrives and tries to persuade
  23. S01E23Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E23DeterminationSeptember 3, 2009 7.0Elen and Reiji resume their "normal lives" as students once more until Cal takes a personal visit to Mio. Telling her to ride with her, Cal
  24. S01E24Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E24ConfrontingSeptember 10, 2009 7.0Reiji tells Elen that he will handle Cal personally. Although Elen allows him to think about it, she leaves school early without informing R
  25. S01E25Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E25ConclusionSeptember 17, 2009 7.0Mio's mother finally tells her the truth about her heritage and her father being alive, explaining that their separation was the only way to
  26. S01E26Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom S01E26ElenSeptember 24, 2009 7.0Reiji and Elen defeat the Zahlen Schwestern after a difficult battle and Elen finally breaks free of Sythe Master's mental manipulations and

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