Anime Spotlight - GANGSTA.
by Anthony Foronda,

Key Staff
- Director: Shukou Murase
- (Witch Hunter Robin, Ergo Proxy )
- Series Planner: Shinichi Inotsume
- (Hayate the Combat Butler, Nyan Koi!, Sket Dance )
- Music: TSUTCHIE
- (Samurai Champloo)
Introduction
The tragic action story of those who cheat death, presented by Kohske (original story), Shukou Murase (director), and Manglobe (animation production).
Story
Worick and Nicolas both work as "Handymen" who take on any job within the mafia-controlled city of Ergastulum, ranging from delivery to murder, from bodyguarding to searching for people. The mafia and the police both tip their hats at them, and they accepted all sorts of requests as a neutral figure that isn't affiliated with any syndicate. One day, from a request from the police, they meet a prostitute. Normal people that can only live within this closed city, and those with superhuman powers that are called the Twilights. Past and present link to one another. Duty and destiny overlap. -- When two meets one, the chaos of the city accelerates.
Characters
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Worick Arcangelo age 35 VA:Junichi Suwabe A gigolo that entertains women, and a Handy Man alongside Nicolas. Not one of the Twilights, but has a certain power that surpasses ordinary people.
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Nicolas Brown age 34 VA:Kenjirō Tsuda Worick's partner. Uses a Japanese katana as his weapon. Is deaf, and uses sign language and lip-reading to hold conversations. One of those that are called Twilights, and his rank is A/0. |
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Alex Benedetto age 24 VA:Mamiko Noto A prostitute that works in the forbidden zone.
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Police |
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Chad Adkins age 56 VA:Tetsuo Kanao An inspector in criminal squad 1 at the central station. Because he is friendly to the Handymen, he is treated as a strange one even within the station. |
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Cody Balfour age 26 VA:Kaito Ishikawa Chad's subordinate. Tends to be timid, and is thrown about every which way thanks to his uninhibited boss. |
Theo's Clinic |
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Dr. Theo age 31 VA:Satoshi Mikami A private practitioner in Ergastulum. Skilled but foul-mouthed, and very scary when angry. |
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Nina age 12 VA:Aoi Yuki A nurse working under Theo. Attached to Nicolas.
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Staff
- Original Story
- Kohske (serialized in "Monthly Comic @Bunch" published by SHINCHOSHA)
- Director
- Shukou Murase
- Animation Director
- Kouichi Hatsumi
- Series Planner
- Shinichi Inotsume
- Character Design
- Yōichi Ueda
- Art Setting
- Masahiro Kubota
- Art Director
- Masatoshi Kai (Studio KAIMU)
- Color Designer
- Yūko Saitō
- Property Designer
- Shinobu Tsuneki
- Director of Photography
- Yuichiro Nagata (Asahi Production)
- Editor
- Tomoki Nagasaka (JAYFILM)
- Sound Director
- Yukio Nagasaki
- Music
- TSUTCHIE
- Opening Theme Song
- "Renegade"
performed by STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION - Ending Theme Song
- "Yoru no Kuni"
performed by Annabel - Animation Production
- Manglobe Inc.
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