UN-GO

2011 - 2011

Murder at the Ball

14th October 2011

Episode 1

Kaoru Kanou, a corporate president who is under suspicion for arrest, holds a ballroom event. Among the invitees are Shinjūrō Yūki, a curious detective, his strange assistant, Inga, and Rie, the daughter of police detective Rinkako Kaishō. During the event, Kanou is mysteriously murdered by a knife in his back, with suspicions placed on a member of the SP police who was found shot dead in the hallway. However, thanks to Shinjūrō's detective work, along with the strange abilities of Inga, who transforms into an adult capable a forcing an answer to any one question she asks someone, they soon discover the culprit is Kanou's wife, who wanted him to die a hero.

Pitiless Song

21st October 2011

Episode 2

A wealthy woman named Hisako Osada is found murdered in a briefcase that was delivered to her home. Whilst the police suspect Hisako's lover to be the culprit, her daughter, An, believes someone else is behind the murder and calls on Shinjūrō to investigate. Their investigation leads them to look into an idol group Hisako managed named Yonagahime 3+1, one of its members of which, Eri, was allegedly killed in a terrorist attack. Inga uses her powers on one of Yonagahime's members, who reveals that Eri never existed and was just used by Hisako to skyrocket the band's popularity during a war.

Masked Mansion

28th October 2011

Episode 3

Rie calls on Shinjūrō and Inga to accept a request from Mitsuko Sasa, whose adopted brother Kazamori caught on fire and died, allegedly related to a curse from her father, Komamori, who died in a similar manner seven years ago. As Izumi's group conducts their own investigations on the cause of Kazamori's death, Inga uses her powers to reveal that Kazamori is actually a supercomputer.

House, Unmasked

4th November 2011

Episode 4

It is revealed that Kazamori was actually a program known as RAI, one of the last built by Komamori before they were outlawed. As Kazamori is accused of killing the corpse that was assumed to be him, Shinjuurou and Inga download Kazamori into a doll before he is taken into custody. After discovering that the corpse was an outside and learning that Kazamori's maintainer, Dr. Taku, was also a RAI, Shinjuurou and others soon discover the culprit is Komamori, who faked his death using the body of the real Dr. Taku so that his RAI wouldn't be used by the military. After Komamori is arrested, Kazamori moves his consciousness to a doll of a girl so he can continue its life.

The Phantom Statue

11th November 2011

Episode 5

At the unveiling of a statue created in memory of three youths who sacrificed themselves to dispose of a bomb, two people who were snuck in to try and unveil a purported scam behind the story are found murdered inside the statue. Shinjuurou initially suspects the statue's commissioner, Hakuro Shimada, as the murderer, but Inga's question proves his innocence. After a brief depression and a pep talk from Kazamori, Shinjuurou deduces the culprit to be the statue's creator, Youko, who killed the men before they were transported, before later revealing the location of gold bricks that Hakuro had hidden.

The Code Too Simple

18th November 2011

Episode 6

Shinjuurou is approached by Yajima, an old friend of Rinroku, who found a piece of manuscript in a book given to him by an inmate whilst he was in prison. After discovering Yajima's wife Takiko's fingerprints on the paper, Shinjuurou informs Rie, who investigates how the book relates to Rinroku. Shinjuurou later hears from Yajima about how his children disappeared and his wife went blind, allegedly having an affair with Rinroku. Shinjuurou looks at all the books Rinroku bought from the Yajima family, finding more hidden codes which are revealed to be from Yajima's children. As it turns out, Rinroku had helped the children and placed them in child care to avoid Takiko's neglect, and they are soon reunited with Yajima. Afterwards, Shinjuurou confronts the prisoner who gave Yajima the book, learning something shocking.

Daydream

25th November 2011

Episode 7

As the prisoner explains how he is 'a novelist who writes in reality', a strange being accompanying him traps Shinjuurou in a vision where he is a cameraman shooting a film about a war that never happened. As Shinjuurou becomes curious about whether the director is involved with one of the actresses, he gets the nagging feeling that there's a mystery to be solved. As Shinjuurou loses grip on this reality, he discovers the director has been killed and believes himself to be the culprit.

The King of Paradise

2nd December 2011

Episode 8

After determining that Shinjuurou had been imprisoned, Rie accompanies Izumi to the prison, where they are both put under the novelist's spell and become characters in his 'novel' alongside Shinjuurou. As Inga determines this is the work of a deity known as Bettenou, Kazamori manages to make use of a pair of taser handcuffs to snap Shinjuurou back to reality. Shinjuurou investigates into the real murder, determining the culprit to be one of the 'actresses', who killed the 'director', who was actually a security guard trying to help her escape, because she believed she was being cut from the movie. Meanwhile, Inga gets the truth out of the novelist whilst Bettenou disappears.

Rinroku Kaishou's Crime

9th December 2011

Episode 9

As Shinjuurou wonders where Bettenou has disappeared to, a hacking group known as Full Circle is spreading leaks of Rinroku's company and lifestyle. As Rinroku makes an appearance on television show along with various people from rival companies, an explosion occurs when he exits the room, hospitalizing everyone including Rinroku, whilst another Rinroku appears at Rie's house. As Rie asks Shinjuurou to prove Rinroku's innocence the next day, Inga comes face to face with Bettenou. After Shinjuurou hears about the second Rinroku from Rie, he deduces that this is the work of Bettenou and believes Rinroku to be the one using her. He gets help from a rookie Diet member to have the hospitalized...

Rinroku Kaisho's Funeral

16th December 2011

Episode 10

As Rinroku is interviewed via a live video feed, Shinjuurou has Rie tell everyone about the Rinroku that appeared in her home at the time of the explosion. To Shinjuurou's surprise, Inga is called in as a witness to question Izumi, forcing her to reveal secrets about Rinroku's involvement in illegal software used prior to the war. As the hospitalized Rinroku is discharged, he is killed in a car explosion. After speaking with Rie, Shinjuurou suspects something is amiss and manages to learn more about Bettenou from the novelist, further founding his theory that Rinroku used Bettenou's power to fake his death.

I'm Just Searching

23rd December 2011

Episode 11

Shinjuurou, along with Rie, Izumi and some others, receive strange invitations supposedly sent by Rinroku. They are brought together at a table where they are presented with weapons, Shinjuurou believes that the imposter Rinroku was the one who appeared at Rie's home, deducing that the Diet member and Rinroku's bodyguard caused the explosion. It is at this point that Rinroku himself seemingly appears with Inga, only for Shinjuurou to deduce that he is actually Izumi's assistant, Shingen Hayami, using Bettenou's power, with the real Rinroku having disguised himself amongst the attendees, having previously faked his death. After a fierce battle, Inga defeats Bettenou and devours her. After the incident, Shinjuurou explains his relationship with Inga to Rie.

Top Cast

Aki Toyosaki•Ryo Katsuji•Marika Matsumoto

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Un-Go is set in a war-torn Tokyo, in a near-future Japan. In response to Japan sending their military abroad as peacekeeping forces, terrorists launched multiple attacks on Japan, killing many people and destroying much of its cityscapes. Some time after the war receded to a period of uneasy peace, the Japanese Parliament passed the "Information Privacy and Protection Act", which gives the Japanese government control over the Internet. Detective Shinjuurou Yuuki and his strange partner Inga make a living in solving crimes and exposing human souls, all influenced in some way by the dystopian backdrop.

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Aki Toyosaki Image

Aki Toyosaki

Inga (voice)

Ryo Katsuji Image

Ryo Katsuji

Shinjuurou Yuuki (voice)

Marika Matsumoto Image

Marika Matsumoto

Kazamori Sasa (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki Image

Shin-ichiro Miki

海勝麟六 (voice)

Miyu Irino Image

Miyu Irino

速水星玄 (voice)

Takako Honda Image

Takako Honda

虎山泉 (voice)

Nozomi Yamamoto Image

Nozomi Yamamoto

Rie Kaisho (voice)

Full Crew

Seiji Mizushima Image

Seiji Mizushima

Series Director

Junichi Shinzaka

Executive Producer

Takeshi Waki

Art Designer

Masato Yoshitake

Editor

Kazumi Inadome

Supervising Animation Director

Yuko Yasaki

Character Designer

Hiroaki Sano

Music Producer

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Masahiko Minami

Executive Producer

Yun Kouga

Character Designer

Shin Inoie

Special Effects

Koji Yamamoto Image

Koji Yamamoto

Executive Producer

Takashi Miyamoto

Production Design

Naoki Kitagawa Image

Naoki Kitagawa

Executive Producer

Yoshinori Takeeda

Producer

Mayuko Furumoto

Assistant Director of Photography

Fujio Yamada

Sound Recordist

Yuko Yasaki

Supervising Animation Director

Daisuke Konaka

Producer

Takeshi Waki

Art Direction

NARASAKI

Original Music Composer

Sho Aikawa Image

Sho Aikawa

Series Composition

Takayuki Yanase Image

Takayuki Yanase

Production Design

Shihoko Nakayama

Color Designer

Shizuo Kurahashi Image

Shizuo Kurahashi

Sound Effects

Hiroko Yaguchi

Supervising Animation Director

Yatsuho Tomikawa Image

Yatsuho Tomikawa

Executive Producer

Atsushi Terada

Executive Producer

Junya Ishigaki

Production Design

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Ango Sakaguchi

Novel

Kazumi Inadome

Character Designer

Hiroko Yaguchi

Character Designer

Takashi Miyamoto

Art Designer

Kota Sasaki

Director of Photography

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Character Designer

Masafumi Mima

Sound Director

Yoshihiro Oyabu

Producer

Kouki Ota

CGI Director

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