Zankyou no Terror

Painted in red, the word "VON" is all that is left behind after a terrorist attack on a nuclear facility in Japan. The government is shattered by their inability to act, and the police are left frantically searching for ways to crack down the perpetrators. The public are clueless—until, six months later, a strange video makes its way onto the internet. In it, two teenage boys who identify themselves only as "Sphinx" directly challenge the police, threatening to cause destruction and mayhem across Tokyo. Unable to stop the mass panic quickly spreading through the city and desperate for any leads in their investigation, the police struggle to act effectively against these terrorists, with Detective Kenjirou Shibazaki caught in the middle of it all.

Zankyou no Terror tells the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind the masked figures of Sphinx. They should not exist, yet they stand strong in a world of deception and secrets while they make the city fall around them, all in the hopes of burying their own tragic truth.

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Twelve Main

Saitou, Souma Japanese

Nine Main

Ishikawa, Kaito Japanese

Shibazaki, Kenjirou Main

Sakuya, Shunsuke Japanese

Mishima, Lisa Main

Tanezaki, Atsumi Japanese

Five Supporting

Han, Megumi Japanese

Mob-ko Supporting

Satake, Uki Japanese

Mukasa Supporting

Kanuka, Mitsuaki Japanese

Hamura Supporting

Aigasa, Keisuke Japanese

Kurahashi Supporting

Tezuka, Hideaki Japanese

Clarence Supporting

Takahashi, Daisuke Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Kimura, Makoto Producer

Ootsuka, Manabu Producer

Inoue, Takamitsu Producer

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Sep 10, 2024

Kranst

Recommended

An exceptionally ambitious original anime that despite a few stumbles, sticks the landing with so few episodes. Terror in Resonance captures the feeling of calm amidst the chaos of life. Many moments give you room to breathe, which when paired with the resonating soundtrack, creates some incredibly captivating scenes. While more time to deepen character development and lengthen scenes would have been appreciated, this detracts little from the experience. There was careful detail placed on approaching mental health, the struggle of those with troubled lives, and the fleeting times when one feels truly alive. This is a unique experience that everyone should give a chance.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 22, 2024

tobiaes

Mixed Feelings

What truly separates a good anime from a great one is it’s ability to benefit from anime’s unique elements and ways of storytelling which separate the medium from traditional movies/series.
Terror in Resonance (Zankyō no Teroru) does not do these things, and expectedly, the anime turns into something very bland.
The story is not all that interesting, apart from the ending, which was pretty surprising to say the least.
The characters are also predictable and are there to serve the plot, without any developments really.

Terror in Resonance is just an incredibly average anime. If you are looking for something unique and unpredictable, you should ... not watch this anime.
If you don’t really care, go ahead.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Aug 10, 2024

tele_fon

Not Recommended

I went in with the mindset that this has 90% chance of starting on a high only to turn too convoluted and ridiculous by the end, as most battle of the wits anime does. It was genuinely unique in the beginning, only to turned into a car crash you can't look away from or in this case, a gas bomb.

Such a letdown since the visual, the voice acting, and the directing was great, but the writing falls into every cliche it could. The story is edgy for edgelord sake, without any weight to make it impactful. It's like the writers watched Fight Club once ... and find it cool, but didn't actually have a message to say. The worst offense was that the scenes are visually amazing, but it felt wasted on such hollow characters. I was actually impressed by the stunts and mind games on the first half, but the characters making dumb choices just for plot sakes is such a mood kill.

The main terrorist boys were mehhh. Their motivation was interesting at first, but it turn out so predictable. The writers asked us to root for terrorist, but didn't give them enough depth to care for their cause. You can argue all you want that they never planned to set it off, but shit could always goes wrong (which it did). Their personalities were mostly carried by their skills, which I'll praised for being believably impressive. Also enjoy their ending. Still, poorly written female characters are my pet peeves and this story got 2! Lisa sole purpose of existing is to be a damsel that Twelve can save everytime. I literally eye-rolled at the cliche of Lisa being all pure, quirky, and lacking all sorts of common sense. As for Five, she is such a comically evil female character it just feels insulting. The only character I truly root for is Detective Shibazaki, who felt like the true hero of the story.

There are worse animes out there, but this one offended me for how it try to pass off as being righteous when it's just pretentious. Just wasted potential all around.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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