Charlotte (anime)

Charlotte (シャーロット, Shārotto) is a Japanese anime television series directed by Yoshiyuki Asai. While P.A. Works and Aniplex are responsible for the animation, the original concept was laid down by Jun Maeda and original character design by Na-Ga, both affiliated with VisualArt's/Key. The anime began airing in Japan on July 4, 2015, and is simulcast by Crunchyroll and Animax Asia in South and Southeast Asia.

The screenplay is written by Jun Maeda, who originally conceived the series. The art director is Kazuki Higashiji, and Kanami Sekiguchi based the character design used in the anime on Na-Ga's original designs. Sound and music direction is headed by Satoki Iida.

The opening theme is 「Bravely You」 by Lia and the ending theme is 「Yakeochinai Tsubasa」 (灼け落ちない翼, "The Wings that Won't Be Burned Down") by Aoi Tada. 「Rakuen Made」 (楽園まで, "To Paradise") by How-Low-Hello is used as the ending theme of episode three and four.

An English dub was announced at A-Kon on June 4, 2016 along with the principle cast and ADR director, Tony Oliver.

Plot
Charlotte follows the story of four students in an alternate reality from Hoshinoumi Academy, a school founded to protect children with special abilities that develop during puberty, as they search for and protect others like them throughout Japan.

These students include Yū Otosaka, a boy with the power to control another person, albeit only for 5 seconds and only when directly looking at the target, Nao Tomori, who uses her power to become invisible to one person she chooses in order to convince others to listen to her, Jōjirō Takajō, with the power to move extremely quickly making it look like teleportation, and Yusa Nishimori who is usually possessed by her deceased pyrokinetic sister, Misa, due to her ability as a medium.

The list below provides the sequential order of the episodes of Charlotte.

Region 2

 * Blu-ray & DVD 1
 * Blu-ray & DVD 2
 * Blu-ray & DVD 3
 * Blu-ray & DVD 4
 * Blu-ray & DVD 5
 * Blu-ray & DVD 6
 * Blu-ray & DVD 7

Region 1

 * Blu-ray & DVD Volume 1
 * Blu-ray & DVD Volume 2

Companies

 * Anime Production: P.A. Works
 * Original Concept: VisualArt's/Key
 * Other Production Companies: Kadokawa Corporation, Aniplex

Music

 * Opening Theme: 「Bravely You 」by Lia.
 * Ending Themes: 「灼け落ちない翼」(Yake Ochinai Tsubasa ) by Aoi Tada and「楽園まで」(Rakuen Made) by Yusa Nishimori (voiced by Maaya Uchida)

Trivia

 * Fans consider that Charlotte is a combination between Professor Layton and Norn9 due to the very similar storyline and concept.
 * Interestingly, P.A. Works also produced Professor Layton anime cutscenes in the every game. Including original movie: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva.

Trailers
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