Saint October

Infobox animanga/Header
name = Saint October


caption = "Saint October" logo
ja_name = セイントオクトーバー
ja_name_trans = Seinto Okutōbā
genre = Magical girl, Mystery, ParodyInfobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Masafumi Satō
studio = Konami Digital Entertainment, Studio Comet
network = Chiba TV
first = January 4 2007
last = June 28 2007
episodes = 26Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author = Kiira~☆
publisher = flagicon|Japan Mag Garden
demographic = Shōnen
magazine = flagicon|Japan Monthly Comic Blade
first = June 30 2006
last = July 30 2007
volumes = 2

Nihongo|"Saint October"|セイントオクトーバー|Seinto Okutōbā is a Japanese anime television series created by Konami Digital Entertainment and animated by Studio Comet. It was also adapted into a manga series by mangaka Kiira~☆, which was serialized in the Japanese magazine "Monthly Comic Blade" published by Mag Garden in August 2006. The anime series premiered on Chiba TV on January 4 2007 in Japan. The series revolves around three young girls who work for a detective agency who one day receive magical powers from a mysterious boy. The series' portrayal of magic makes extensive use of tarot symbolism.

Plot

"Saint October" concerns a group of three girls and the detective agency they work for called the Nihongo|"Kuroki Detective Agency"|黒木探偵社|Kuroki Tanteisha in Nihongo|Alkana City|アルカナシティ|Arukana Shiti. The story begins during a case to catch a mysterious masked kidnapper who has been kidnapping young boys for a strange man he answers to as his boss and leader. Kotono is a young girl and a member of the agency, who, due to her young age, is working harder during this case. One night after returning home late alone, Kotono runs into a young boy who's crying alone. With no where else to take him, Kotono brings him back to her home at Joshuna's church where it is discovered that he has amnesia and cannot remember even his own name. While there, Natsuki Shirafuji, Kotono's friend and fellow detective, arrives to add further information to the kidnapping case. Suddenly, the masked kidnapper appears and successfully kidnaps the boy, but Kotono chases after him and gets the boy back after a short scuffle. Just when all looks lost, the boy uses a magical power to bestow unto Kotono a similar power in order to defeat the kidnapper. After she won, he reveals that he has remembered what his name is: Juan. Now the focus has turned to who is the kidnapper's boss who has been pursuing Juan.

Characters

Protagonists

;Nihongo|Kotono Hayama|葉山 小十乃|Hayama Kotono anime voices|Azusa Kataoka|:Kotono is a young, usually cheerful, girl working for the Kuroki Detective Agency. As a child, she was abandoned near a church with no memories of who she was or where she came from. The church's priest, Joshua, took her in as his own daughter. When transformed she turns into Loli Black and can use judgement.

;Nihongo|Natsuki Shirafuji|白藤 菜月|Shirafuji Natsuki anime voices|Yukari Fukui|:Natsuki is Kotono's good friend of equal age and fellow member of the agency. She is also rich and when transformed turns into Loli White.

;Nihongo|Misaki Hijiri|聖 三咲|Hijiri Misaki anime voices|Yu Kobayashi|

;Nihongo|Joshua|ヨシュア|Yoshua anime voices|Yuuki Ono|:Joshua is a priest who is a member of the detective agency and Kotono's foster father after she was left at his church. Despite Kotono insisting he is merely her foster father, he thinks of himself as her real father.

;Nihongo|Kōshirō Kuroki|黒木 功士朗|Kuroki Kōshirō anime voices|Naru Kawamoto|:Kōshirō is head of the Kuroki Dectective Agency though is often bogged down by work and doesn't get much respect from his fellow colleagues.

;Nihongo|Juan|ユアン|Yuan anime voices|Masami Suzuki|:Juan is a young boy who has amnesia. He initially gave Kotono her magical powers.

;Nihongo|Artista|アルティスタ|Arutisuta anime voices|Yumiko Hosono|

;Nihongo|Eddie Tsukahara|エディ塚原|Edii Tsukahara anime voices|Hitoshi Hibu|

Antagonists

;Nihongo|Kurtz|クルツ|Kurutu anime voices|Kenjirō Tsuda|

;Nihongo|Ash|アッシュ|Asshu anime voices|Takehito Koyasu|

;Nihongo|Esmeralda|エスメラルダ| anime voices|Erika

Others

;Nihongo|Richard|リチャード|Richaado Anime voices|Takashi Matsuyama

;Nihongo|Ryōhei Mikado|帝 猟兵|Ryōhei Mikado anime voices|Toshiyuki Toyonaga|

Adaptations

Anime

The "Saint October" anime series, created by Konami Digital Entertainment, first aired in Japan on January 4 2007 on Chiba TV and is set to contain 26 episodes. The first DVD will go on sale on March 21 2007.

Episodes

Theme songs

;Opening theme: "Wheel of fortune" by Azusa Kataoka, Yukari Fukui and Yu Kobayashi;Ending Theme 1: "Michi naru Basho e" by Yukari Fukui(Ep 1-10, 12-13);Ending Theme 2: "Sora no Kotoba" by Yu Kobayashi(Ep 14-25);Ending Theme 3: "Melow Stereo" by Azusa Kataoka, Yukari Fukui and Yu Kobayashi(Ep 26)

Manga

The "Saint October" manga adaptation was first serialized in the Japanese shōnen manga magazine "Monthly Comic Blade" in August 2006, published by Mag Garden. It is illustrated by Kiira~☆.

References

External links

* [http://www.konami.jp/visual/saintoctober/ "Saint October" official website] jp icon
* [http://www.i-revo.jp/gosurori/ Saint October official website] jp icon
*ann anime|id=7240|title=Saint October