Despair
- Studio
- Bandai Entertainment Inc., Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., Bee Train, Cyber Connect 2, Production I.G, Project .hack, Yomiko Advertising Inc.
- Distributor
- Bandai Visual Co. Ltd. (Japan), Bandai Entertainment Inc. (U.S.A.)
Synopsis
Tsukasa is missing. And now both groups are dead in the water in their search for the Key of the Twilight. Subaru searches for Tsukasa, with little regard for her own health. Meanwhile, Bear discovers that the man they saw in the upside-down dungeon was Harald Hoerwick, the creator of "The World." They realize that he is a key to solving this mystery, and if he was the programmer for the game, there are probably other instances of him hiding in the World.
Characters
Tsukasa/Elk, Mimiru, Bear, BT, Subaru, Silver Knight, Morganna, Sora, Grunty, Crim, A-20/Mistral, Kite, BlackRose, Balmung, Orca, Mia, Helba, Lios
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Kôichi Mashimo
Producing
- Producer
- Kuninori Egawa, Kôji (Kouji) Morimoto, Kazunori Takagi
- Executive Producers (English Adaptation)
- Ken Iyadomi, Charles McCarter
- Producers (English Adaptation)
- Keith Arem, Richard Kekahuna, Miho Kinoshita
Writing
Voices
- Voice
- Mitsuki Saiga (Tsukasa/Elk), Megumi Toyoguchi (Mimiru), Kazuhiro Nakata (Bear), Akiko Hiramatsu (BT), Kaori Nazuka (Subaru), Isshin Chiba (Silver Knight), Rie Tanaka (Morganna), Hiroshi Yanaka (Sora), Mitsuyo Kondo (Grunty), Shinichirô Miki (Crim), Atsuko Enomoto (A-20/Mistral), Sayaka Aida (Kite), Masumi Asano (BlackRose), Nobuyuki Hiyama (Balmung), Yasunori Masutani (Orca), Minami Takayama (Mia), Yumi Tôma Yumi Touma (Helba), Tomomichi (Tomoichi) Nishimura (Lios)
- Vocal Talent, English Version
- Brianne Siddall Brianne Siddal (Tsukasa/Elk), Amanda Winn Lee (Mimiru), Paul Mercier (Bear), Kim Mai Guest (Subaru), Douglas (Doug) Rye (Silver Knight), Donna Rawlins (BT), Dave Wittenberg (Sora), Valerie Arem (Morganna), Lex Lang (Crim), Sandy Fox (A-20/Mistral), Mona Marshall (Kite), Wendee Lee (BlackRose), Crispin Freeman (Balmung), Kirk Thornton Kirk Thorton (Orca), Debra Jean Rogers (Mia), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Helba), Bob Papenbrook (Lios), Lani Minella (Girl 1, uncredited)
Music
- Music
- Yuki Kajiura
Editing
- Editor
- Daisuke Uchiyama
Crew
- Art Direction
- Katsuaki Kamata, Yoshimi Unno
- Original Character Designer
- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
- Character Designers
- Yuko Iwaoka, Satoshi Ohsawa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Minako Shiba
- Production Design
- Makiko Kojima
- Mechanical
- Tatsuya Oka, Kenji Teraoka
- Unit Directors
- Yuuki Arie, Masaya Kawamo, Kôichi Mashimo, Hiroshi Morioka, Koji Sawai, Shigeki Takagi
- Music Producer
- Keiichi Nozaki
- Lyricist ("Gentle Dawn, " "Obsession")
- Yuki Kajiura
- Singer ("Gentle Dawn, " "Obsession")
- See-Saw
- Singer ("A Stray Child, " "Aura, " "Fake Wings, " "In The Land Of Twilight, Unde
- Emily Bindiger (uncredited)
- Singer ("Evolution")
- Ayumi Hamasaki (uncredited)
- Singer ("Das Wandern, " "Warp")
- Yuriko Kaida (uncredited)
- Animation Directors
- Yukiko Ban, Yuko Iwaoka, Tomoaki Kado, Satoshi Ohsawa, Tatsuya Oka, Yoshiaki Tsubata
- Sound Director
- Kôichi Mashimo
- Sound
- Kôichi Mashimo
- Sound Editor (PCB Productions)
- Stuart Provine
- Sound (English Adaptation)
- Keith Arem, Stephen Robinson
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Keith Arem
- ADR Director
- Keith Arem
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mike Draghi
Companies and other credits
- English Voice Producer: Bandai Entertainment Inc
- English Voice Recording: PCB Productions
Production notes
This series debuted in Japan on April 5, 2002; release dates for individual episodes are for Cartoon Network in the U.S.A.