Tokyo Underground


Tokyo Underground is a manga series by Akinobu Uraku and published by Square Enix. It became an anime series, produced by Studio Pierrot and directed by Hayato Date. It was shown on TV Tokyo from April 2 until September 24, 2002 every Tuesday at 18:30. The TV series was released on DVD by Geneon Entertainment in the US and Canada, released as a boxset by Manga Entertainment in the UK and by Tokyo Night Train in Australia. It aired in Canada on the digital channel G4techTV, starting on July 22, 2007 at 20:30 pm ET/PT. It was also aired on ABS-CBN and Hero TV in the Philippines and Adult Swim in Australia.

Plot

Under Tokyo's underground railway system is a world called Underground, populated by Elemental Users, people who can manipulate various elements. When the Maiden of Life, Ruri Sarasa, and her bodyguard, Gravity User Chelsea Rorec escape to the surface, they take refuge with swordsman Rumina Asagi and his bespectacled best friend Ginnosuke Isuzu. During a battle with the flame-using Seki, Rumina is killed and then resurrected by Ruri. The revived Rumina finds he now has the power to manipulate air, a rare talent amongst the Underground people. Realizing Ruri is in danger, Rumina vows to protect her, even if it means going to the Underground to rescue her from her eventual captors before she gets sacrificed.
Rumina eventually goes to the Underground with Chelsea and Ginosuke after Ruri is kidnapped. As soon as they arrive they encounter a genetic experiment from The Company but manage to escape.

Characters

;Rumina Asagi
Voiced by: Brad Swaile
;Ruri Sarasa
Voiced by: Chantal Strand
;Chelsea Rorec
Voiced by: Rebecca Shoichet
;Ginnosuke Isuzu
Voiced by: Gabe Khouth

Allies

;Sui
;Shiel Messiah
;Emily Ronolf
;Jilherts Micheat
;Kourin

The Company

The Company contains thousands of elemental users, and most are hostile. They wish to bring complete destruction to those who dwell on the surface. Their hatred for the surface world stems from the belief that they were abandoned by them, which really isn't true since only the scientists actually knew of their existence underground. They are also the people who want to awaken the dragons to complete their revenge and are willing to sacrifice Ruri to accomplish their goal. Chelsea and Shiel both turn against the company in order to get Ruri to safety and away from the company.
;Lord Kashin
;Pairon
;Kasagami
;Seki
;Tailor Ashford
;Rou
;Sharma Rufus
;Pairon's Fang

The Ron

Like the elemental power user humans, the Ron were created by the same scientists. According to Chelsea, they physically resemble dragons of mythology but are merely artificial forms of life. The Ron lie dormant, but the Company intends to use Ruri's power of life to revive them and set them upon the surface world to punish those who had wronged them so many years ago. The Ron share the same bitterness as most of the Underground humans. When they are finally seen, it is revealed that in their dormant state the Ron resemble dolphins, and only become the dragon-like life forms through the Maiden's power.

Media

Anime