Needless (TV)
Alternative title:
ニードレス (Japanese)
Themes:
ecchi,
superpowers
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
In the near future, mankind has suffered from a Third World War, leaving extreme damage all over and forced mankind to become even more distinct from their species. The world was at chaos and from this chaos comes a new species: “Needless”. The Needless are humans who have contracted a “disease” as humans may call them, and allow them to wield extraordinary powers far superior to any mankind. Their abilities include telekinesis, elemental powers, gravity control, adaptation, radioactive release, and all manners of scientific impossibility.
User Ratings:
707 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2009-07-02 to 2009-12-10
Opening Theme:
#1: "modern strange cowboy" by GRANRODEO
#2: "Scarlet Bomb!" by Aki Misato
Ending Theme:
#1: "Aggressive zone" by Needless★Girls+
#2: "WANTED! for the love" by Needless★Girls+
Official website:
NEEDLESS Official Website (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 2
Reviews:
Needless Part 2 (Episodes 13-24) DVD (Jan 16, 2012)
Needless Part 1 (Episodes 1-12) DVD (Aug 14, 2011)
Needless - Collection 2 (Apr 26, 2011)
Needless DVD Collection 1 (Mar 2, 2011)
News: Show:
Anime Sales for February (Mar 13, 2013)
Needless Released on DVD Monday (Jan 6, 2013)
Anime Announcements at London MCM Expo (Oct 28, 2012)
North American Anime, Manga Releases, July 1-7 (Jul 3, 2012)
Sentai Adds Needless Sci-Fi Anime to Hulu (May 16, 2011)
Press Releases:
Section23 Films Announces April Slate (Jan 25, 2022)
Section23 Films Announces July Slate (Apr 11, 2012)
Section23 Films Announces April Slate (Jan 17, 2011)
Section23 Films Announces February Slate (Nov 9, 2010)
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Needless - Collection 1 (Blu-ray) 2011-02-15 (from $99.99) |
| Needless - Collection 2 (Blu-ray) 2011-04-12 (from $52.00) |
| Needless - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2012-07-03 (from $71.98) |
| Needless - Complete Collection (Blu-ray) 2022-04-19 (from $35.94) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Needless - Collection 1 (DVD) 2011-02-15 (from $24.99) |
| Needless - Collection 2 (DVD) 2011-04-12 (from $17.06) |
| Needless - Complete Collection (DVD) 2012-07-03 (from $85.00) |
| DVD (Region 4) |
| Needless - Part 1 (Episodes 1-12) (DVD) 2011-05-20 |
| Needless - Part 2 (Episodes 13-24) (DVD) 2011-07-15 |
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Director: Masayuki Sakoi
Series Composition: Satoru Nishizono
Screenplay:
Satoru Nishizono (17 episodes eps 1-5, 8-9, 11-13, 15-16, 18-19, 22-24 )Yuki Enatsu (7 episodes eps 6-7, 10, 14, 17, 20-21 )
Storyboard:
Hajime Ōtani (ep 2) Hiroyuki Shimazu (eps 14, 23) Jun Shishido (ep 22) Kazuo Takigawa (eps 11, 16) Makoto Nagao (eps 4-5, 8) Masayuki Sakoi (OP1; 5 episodes eps 1, 6, 10, 21, 24 )Nobuhiro Takagi (ep 19)  Ryōshō Ōba (eps 12, 17, 20) Seiya Numata (ep 13) Tomokazu Tokoro (ep 7) Tsutomu Murakami (ep 3) Tsutomu Yabuki (ep 9) Yoshifumi Sueda (ep 18) Yoshihiro Takamoto (ep 15) Yusaku Saotome (ep 11)
Episode Director:
Hajime Ōtani (4 episodes eps 1, 5, 14, 23 )Hidefumi Takagi (eps 9, 17, 22) Hiroshi Ishiodori (eps 6, 16) Jun Shishido (ep 22) Keiji Kawakubo (eps 7, 12, 19) Makoto Shinohara (ep 3) Masayuki Sakoi (OP1; ep 24) Seiya Numata (ep 13) Shinjirō Kusano (4 episodes eps 2, 8, 15, 21 )Yusaku Saotome (ep 20) Yūsuke Onoda (eps 4, 10, 18)
Original creator: Kami Imai
Character Design: Hiromi Kato
Art Director: Yuka Okamoto (Atelier Buuka)
Animation Director:
Fumiaki Usui (eps 14, 17, 21) Hiroyoshi Iida (eps 6, 16) Hiroyuki Yoshii (ep 15) Kanako Abe (ep 9) Kazuo Watanabe (eps 1, 3, 8, 24) Kimiko Tamai (eps 3, 7, 9) Kyuta Sakai (ep 13) Michio Satō (eps 11, 20) Midori Otsuka (6 episodes eps 2, 7, 9, 14, 17, 21 )Min Bae Lee (ep 23) Min-Ho Jang (ep 19) Shin'ya Segawa (eps 5, 15) Shūichi Fukushige (eps 4, 10, 18) Si Min Lee (5 episodes eps 3, 8, 12, 19, 23 )Tomoko Hirota (ep 24) Yoshikatsu Inoue (eps 12, 22) Yoshio Kosakai (eps 1, 24)
Sound Director: Hajime Takakuwa
Director of Photography: Shinya Matsui
Executive producer:
Hiroyuki Ooizumi (avex entertainment) Seiji Yabe (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners) Shunji Inoue (Lantis) Yasuteru Iwase (Madhouse)
Producer:
Hirotsugu Ogo (avex entertainment) Hitoshi Kawamura (Hakuhodo DY Media Partners) Yuka Sakurai (Lantis) Yukiko Ninokata (Madhouse)
2nd Key Animation:
Ai Tsuruta (DEF.C; ep 3) Asuka Hayashi (Studio Liberty) Ayaka Kawasaki (DEF.C) Ayumi Itō (DEF.C) Emiko Yoshino (eps 2-3, 5) Eri Ishikawa Eri Kojima (DEF.C) Hisae Ikezu (Studio Liberty) Kanako Abe Kaori Yamamoto Kaoru Hokiyama Katsuya Shigehara (Studio Gamei) Kazuaki Nishimura (eps 2-3, 5) Kazuya Tsukamoto (Studio Gamei) Maki Ando (DEF.C; ep 3) Mariko Inagaki (DEF.C) Masao Takeda Mika Ikunuma (OP1) Sakura Takagi (Studio Liberty) Sawako Shigematsu Shinpō Nara (Studio Liberty) Shiori Kobayashi (eps 2-3, 5) Takeshi Moriyama (ep 11) Tomohito Matsuhiro Tomoyuki Nowatari (eps 2-3) Toshiyuki Furukawa Tsutomu Murakami (ep 1) Yōko Tsubaki Yumiko Tachibana (ep 1)
Assistant Animation Director:
Fumiaki Usui (ep 8) Kanako Abe (ep 8) Kazuo Watanabe (ep 13) Kimiko Tamai (ep 8) Midori Otsuka (ep 8)
Assistant Director: Hajime Ōtani
Assistant producer: Mina Tsuchiya
Background Art:
Ayumi Kawai (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Emiko Koizumi (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 4) Harumi Sonoda (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Hideaki Kita (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Hiromichi Tanigawa (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4, 6) Junko Araki (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Kayoko Kobayashi (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Kenta Sawatani (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Masashi Kurihara (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4) Masaya Hamaguchi (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Masayo Kobayashi (Studio Aqua; ep 3) Masumi Nishikawa (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 4, 6) Mayumi Okawa (Studio Canon; ep 6) Momoko Takatsu (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Nao Kanō (Atelier BWCA; eps 2, 4) Naoki Nakamura (Studio Wyeth; eps 2, 4) Natsuko Nishida (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Riku Kuwabata (Studio Aqua; ep 3) Ryouka Aikawa (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Shiho Yanase (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4) Shinji Nagaoka (Studio Aqua; eps 1, 3, 5) Shinji Sugiyama (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Shiori Nagaoka (Studio Canon; ep 6) Takao Makino (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Takayuki Saegusa (Studio Aqua; eps 1, 3, 5) Tomohiro Morishita (Studio Canon; ep 6) Tomomi Iwase (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2) Toshiyuki Yoshimura (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4) Yasuaki Aritō (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Yasunari Usuda (Atelier BWCA; eps 1, 4, 6) Yuichi Suehiro (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4, 6) Yuichiro Nakajima (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2, 4) Yuka Kawashima (Atelier BWCA; eps 1-2) Yuka Tamai (Studio Wyeth; eps 2, 4) Yukako Ogawa (Studio Canon; ep 6) Yūko Kobayashi (Studio Wyeth; ep 4) Yūta Sekigawa (Studio Wyeth; ep 2) Yutaka Satō (Studio Wyeth; ep 4)
Color Check:
Atsuya Uchida (ep 2) Ayaka Nagano (eps 5-6) Toshiyuki Miyamoto (eps 1, 3) Yasuji Sakagami (ep 4)
Color design: Shuji Kamimura
Color Key:
Atsuya Uchida (ep 2) Ayaka Nagano (eps 5-6) Toshiyuki Miyamoto (eps 1, 3) Yasuji Sakagami (ep 4)
Digital Paint:
Chang Taek Jung (eps 1-5) Dong Hoo Lee (ep 6) Eun Kyoung Song (eps 1-5) Hwa Soon Kim (eps 1-5) Hye Jin Jo (ep 6) Jin Lee (eps 1-5) Mi Deok Guak (eps 1-5) Min Young Lee (eps 1-5) Seung Hyo Yu (eps 1-5) Yun Jung Choi (eps 1-5)
In-Between Animation:
Choi Jung-A (eps 1-5) Dae Sung Kim (eps 1-2) Do Hee Kim (eps 1-5) Emiko Yoshino (eps 1, 4) Hisae Ikezu (eps 1-5) Ji Soo Jang (eps 1-5) Ji-Yun Park (eps 1-5) Jing Ho Yon (ep 6) Kana Furuhashi (ep 6) Kazuaki Nishimura (eps 1, 4) Min Jung Lee (eps 1-5) Min Mi An (eps 1-5) Natsumi Hoshino (eps 1-3) Sakura Takagi (eps 1-5) Seong Sook Baek (eps 1-5) Shinpō Nara (eps 1-5) Shiori Kobayashi (eps 1, 4) Soo In Min (eps 1-5) Sook Hee Cho (ep 5) Su Jung Han (eps 1-5) Sun Ae Lee (eps 1-5) Sun Jung Han Tomoka Sonoyama (ep 6) Tomoyuki Nowatari (ep 1) Yoshiyuki Hijikata (ep 6) Young Hee Park (ep 6) Young-Hee Kim (ep 6) Yūji Kaneko (ep 6)
Key Animation:
Ai Teramachi (Studio Mark; ep 22) Akane Umezu (ep 15) Aki Kumada (ep 3) Akihiro Tsuda (ep 17) Akiko Nakano (ep 16) Akio Ōhara (ep 16) Asuka Hayashi (eps 1, 7, 15) Atsuko Sugawara (ep 8) Atsumi Sakai (ep 2) Aya Sonoda (ep 20) Back Min Kyoung (OP1; 14 episodes eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 12, 17-19, 22, 24 )Chiaki Abe (ep 15) Chūji Nakajima (ep 14) Daichi Kitami (Free Wheel; ep 22) Eiji Kaneda (ep 6) Eisuke Matsubara (ep 8) Emi Hirano (ep 24) Emi Satō (Studio Mark; ep 22) Emi Yoshino (eps 8-9, 12) Emiko Yoshino (ep 22) Eri Ishikawa (ep 20) Fumiaki Usui (ED2; eps 1-2) Fusako Masano (ep 21) Gwi Yeon Heo (12 episodes eps 3-5, 7-10, 18-19, 21-23 )Heung Seok Ju (16 episodes eps 1-5, 7-10, 17-19, 21-24 )Hidemi Yamashita (eps 1, 5) Hideo Amemiya (eps 2, 11, 20) Hikaru Naraoka (ep 17) Hiromi Sakamoto (ep 21) Hironori Tanaka (ep 5 uncredited) Hiroshi Ishiyama (ep 15) Hiroshi Satō (ep 3) Hirotoshi Arai (eps 6, 16) Hisashi Yamamoto (ep 24) Hitomi Odashima (ep 3) Hyunhee Moon (7 episodes eps 10, 12, 17-18, 21-23 )Ibu Yamada (OP1; ep 1) Ill Ku Kang (ep 12) Issei Aragaki (ep 15) Jin Won Kim (11 episodes eps 5, 7-10, 17-19, 21-23 )Jun Arai (OP1; 8 episodes eps 1, 5, 7-10, 12, 22 )Junichi Yokose (ep 20) Junko Yoshigai (ep 2) Kan Ogawa (eps 5, 15) Kanako Abe (OP1; 6 episodes eps 1, 7, 14-15, 17, 23 )Kaori Akimoto (ep 4) Kaori Nakamura (ep 20) Katsunori Kikuchi (ep 11) Katsuyuki Yamazaki (ep 11) Kazuaki Nishimura (eps 8-9) Kazuhide Kondo (ep 11) Kazuhiko Ishii (eps 6, 16) Kazuhiko Shibuya (eps 6, 16) Kazuhiro Ono (eps 8, 12) Kazuo Takigawa (ep 24) Kazushi Matsumoto (ep 16) Keiko Motoya (eps 6, 16) Keiko Sasaki (ep 8) Keisuke Mikami (ep 3) Ken Takahashi (eps 14, 23-24) Ken'ichi Fukuhara (ep 2) Kenji Akimoto (eps 7, 21) Kenji Matsuoka (eps 7, 12) Kenji Takeguchi (ep 16) Kimiko Tamai (ep 1) Kumiko Kasuga (ep 4) Kumiko Onaga (ep 3) Kyung-Hee Kim (11 episodes eps 5, 7, 10, 12, 14, 17-19, 21-23 )Kyuta Sakai (ED1; ep 13) Mai Toda (eps 17, 23-24) Makoto Shinohara (5 episodes eps 3, 12, 19, 21, 24 )Masahiko Maruyama (ep 19) Masanobu Fujioka (eps 11, 20) Masao Ōkubo (ep 6) Masao Takeda (ep 20) Masayuki Fujita (ep 16) Masayuki Uchiyama (ep 17) Michinori Shirato (eps 3, 7, 21) Michio Satō (eps 11, 20) Midori Otsuka (OP1; ep 24) Mie Ōishi (ep 2) Mikio Tsuchiya (ep 16) Min Bae Lee (eps 21-23) Min-Ho Jang (ep 14) Minoru Kibata (ep 16) Minoru Yamazawa (ep 16) Motoaki Satō (8 episodes eps 1-3, 5, 10, 12, 21-22 )Myoung Geun Kim (ep 14) Nobuharu Ishido (ep 6) Noriko Ōnishi (eps 1, 5, 7) Rie Aoki (ep 20) Rieko Sakurai (Free Wheel; ep 22) Rika Kanetaka (ep 12) Rui Kondou (eps 5, 14) Ryōhei Ōfuka (ep 19) Ryōtarō Akao (Studio Gamei; eps 8, 22) Ryousuke Senbo (ep 15) Ryuji Tsuzuku (Studio Mark; eps 2-3) Sachiko Oniwa (OP1; eps 12, 23) Sayaka Takase (ep 4) Seiya Numata (ED1; ep 13) Seok Kyun Jo (eps 5, 7-10, 12) Setsuko Unno (ep 3) Seung Hee Han (7 episodes eps 10, 14, 18-19, 21-22, 24 )Shin Wakabayashi (ep 5) Shin'ya Kitamura (ep 8) Shin'ya Segawa (OP1; eps 1, 4) Shingo Fujii (OP1; ep 5) Shinichi Kurita (ep 15) Shinsuke Kasahara (eps 11, 20) Shiori Kobayashi (eps 8-9, 12, 22) Shō Yamamoto (Studio Mark; eps 2-3, 5) Shōji Ogiwara (ep 16) Shōsuke Ishibashi (ep 6) Shūichi Fukushige (eps 4, 10, 18) Shunsuke Masuda (ep 14) Shusuke Morita (ep 9) Si Min Lee (OP1; 7 episodes eps 7, 10, 12, 18-19, 21, 23 )Soon Seok Seo (ep 21) Soon Young Seo (15 episodes eps 1-2, 4-5, 7-10, 15, 17-19, 22-24 )Sorato Shimizu (ep 24) Sung Jin Lee (ep 12) Tadahito Matsubayashi (OP1; ep 24) Takaomi Higashino (ep 3) Takashi Tomioka (ep 24) Takayuki Chiba (ep 15) Takeshi Moriyama (ep 20) Takeshi Nishino (ep 3) Tatsuya Ikeda (ep 9) Teruyo Katō (ep 23) Tōko Nakamura (ep 11) Tomoki Kōda (ep 5) Tomoyuki Nowatari (ep 19) Toshi Shishikura (ep 6) Toshihiro Irie (ep 20) Toshihiro Kawakami (ep 16) Toshimitsu Takechi (ep 5) Toshiyuki Satō (OP1; eps 5, 23-24) Wataru Ami (ep 11) Wataru Hasegawa (ep 14) Yōko Iizuka (ep 8) Yong Sang Kong (ep 4) Yong Sang Kwon (10 episodes eps 2, 4-5, 7-10, 17-18, 21 )Yoritada Shigesa (Studio Mark; eps 2-3, 5) Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Studio Mark; eps 2-3) Yoshikatsu Inoue (ep 4) Yoshikatsu Matsuzaki (ep 20) Yoshikazu Fujiwara (ep 2) Yoshimichi Kameda (ep 3) Yoshio Yoshimatsu (ep 14) Young Sun Chang (8 episodes eps 4-5, 7, 10, 18, 21, 23-24 )Yuji Nakao (4 episodes eps 4, 10, 18, 23 )Yuki Koike (ep 20) Yuki Ono (ep 19) Yukiko Kawakita (ep 11) Yukiko Tachibana (eps 14, 22) Yumiko Tachibana (5 episodes eps 8-9, 17, 19, 23 )Yūsuke Nakamura (eps 11, 20) Yūsuke Shigemura (ep 20) Yūsuke Takahashi (ep 3) Yūsuke Uda (ep 3) Yūta Kiso (ep 15) Yuta Yamazaki (eps 5, 15) Yuusuke Noma (Free Wheel; eps 22, 24)
Music producer: Yoshiyuki Ito
Photography:
Erika Kudou (ep 6) Kazuteru Ohashi (eps 1-5) Mayu Ohara (ep 6) Megumi Saitō (ep 6) Motoki Ishida (eps 1-5) Naomi Tsuruda (ep 6) Takahiro Motohashi (eps 1-5) Takki Tagawa (eps 1-5) Young U Ju (eps 1-5) Yuko Kawasaki (ep 6) Yusuke Oya (eps 3-5)
Planning Cooperation: Toshimitsu Kawanaka
Production Advancement:
Akatsuki Yamamoto (eps 2, 6) Chae Sun Lee (eps 1-3) Hui Joon Chai (eps 4-5) Kunitaka Hirayoshi (ep 3) Masafumi Tsunemitsu (ep 4) Shinichi Kouda (ep 6) Takuya Hiroki (ep 5) Yuji Komatsubara (ep 1)
Production Desk: Yuuji Nakatsuka
Production manager: Eri Kuno
Recording: Tamayo Kawaguchi
Recording Assistant: Nozomi Mashita
Setting Production: Tomohiro Suga
Sound Effects: Masami Kitakata
Sound Production: Atsushi Nagashima (Jinnan Studio)
Special Effects: Noriyuki Takagi
Technical Director: Seiya Numata
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Misato (OP2) Aya Endō (ED1) Emiri Katō (ED) Eri Kitamura (ED) GRANRODEO (OP) Minori Chihara (ED2) Saori Gotō (ED) Yui Makino (ED)
Title Logo Design: Tomohiro Watanabe
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Animation Production: Madhouse
Animation Production Assistance: IMAGIN
Background Art:
Atelier BWCA (eps 1-2, 4, 6) Studio Aqua (eps 1, 3, 5) Studio Kanon (ep 6) Studio Wyeth (eps 2, 4)
Broadcaster:
AT-X (2009-08-18) Mainichi Broadcasting System (2009-07-04) Television Kanagawa (2009-07-08) Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2009-07-06) Tokai Television (2009-07-17) Tokyo MX (2009-07-02)
Digital Paint: Studio Popolo (ep 6)
Editing Studio: MADBOX
In-Between Animation: Studio Popolo (ep 6)
Music Production: Lantis
Overseas Program Sales: Showgate
Photography: G&G Direction
Planning Cooperation: Ultra Jump
Recording Studio: Jinnan Studio
Sound Production: Jinnan Studio
Video Editing: Sony PCL
Web Production: avex entertainment
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ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translation: Javier Lopez
Audio Engineer: Stanley Thomas
BD Authoring: David Williams
DVD Authoring: Neal Barnes
Encoding: Michael Olesch
Graphics: Larry Koteff
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production manager: Joey Goubeaud
Sound Design & Mix: Christopher Bourque
Subtitle Timing: Janice Williams
Technical Assistant: Michael Olesch
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Licensed by: Sentai Filmworks
Post Production: Seraphim Digital
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Dubbing Director: Kathyin Masilungan
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