ビートレス

2018 - 2018

Contract

13th January 2018

Episode 1

April. A second year high school student, Arato had a normal life he spent with his friends Ryo and Kengo. Until that night. On his way home from shopping, Arato is attacked by a corrupted hIE, but a beautiful hIE named Lacia comes to his rescue.

Analog Hacking

20th January 2018

Episode 2

After binding an owner contract with Arato, Lacia has come to live with the Endo's. Arato's sister Yuka has completely accepted Lacia, and even enters her into an hIE modeling audition. Meanwhile, Arato can't hide his apprehension with living with someone who looks to be a beautiful girl his own age.

You'll Be Mine

27th January 2018

Episode 3

Despite his awareness of analog hacking, Arato can't help himself from being drawn to Lacia. Amid all of this, Lacia is "kidnapped" right in front of Yuka. Arato is upset with the police and their unwillingness to treat this as anything but property theft, so he gets the help of Ryo and Kengo to investigate on their own.

Automatic World

3rd February 2018

Episode 4

Kouka, the violent hIE who calls herself Lacia's first sister. With her control over the antibody network, she is planning to carry out a horrifying act of terrorism. When Arato learns that her scheme is putting Kengo in danger, Arato sets out to rescue Kengo with Lacia's help.

Tools for Outsourcers

10th February 2018

Episode 5

Arato arrives at the industrial promotion center which is the target for the antibody network's terrorist attack. He heads up the stairs and sees the android politician Mikoto his father developed, which leaves him with feelings of uneasiness. Soon after, the terrorist unit led by Kouka as well as another Lacia-class hIE arrive on the scene. A big battle is about to break out!

Higgins Village

24th February 2018

Episode 6

Arato manages to rescue Kengo from the calamity at the industrial promotion center. However, even after returning to normal life, he finds himself consumed by the ever deepening mysteries. Meanwhile at the Memeframe Corporation, a factional dispute becomes escalated. Within the upheaval, the Lacia-class hIE Methode is about to make her move.

Boy meets Pornography

Episode 7

Lacia has a new modeling gig. It is an image commercial to promote a new type of relationship between hIE's and human beings, one in which people view hIE's of the opposite sex as an equal partner.

Awakening of Sleeping Beauty

10th March 2018

Episode 8

Having made a contract with Shiori, Methode suddenly attacks Lacia while she is filming a commercial. As the circumstances surrounding Arato and Lacia are about to shift again dramatically, a new transfer student arrives at Arato's high school. Erica Burrows-the Sleeping Princess born in the 21st Century who just awoke from suspended animation, and Arato senses animosity from her.

My Whereabouts

17th March 2018

Episode 9

Shiori puts her plan into motion. At this rate, Arato will lose ownership of Lacia. "Mr. Arato, please allow me to be with you." This unexpected plea from Lacia moves Arato, and he heads to Chubu International Airport to stop Shiori.

Dwellings and Surroundings

31st March 2018

Episode 10

Arato is given two weeks of suspension after the fight between Methode and Lacia leaves him with paying 4.5 million yen worth of damages they caused. In order to apologize to his father Kozo who offered to pay half of the damages, Arato takes Lacia, Yuka, and Ryo to Tsukuba where a large-scale hIE experiment is being conducted.

Dystopia Game

Episode 11

Methode abducts Yuka right in front of Lacia. Arato and Ryo head to rescue her, but standing in their way are all of the hIE's in the experimental city who have been infected by Ginga Watarai to act like zombies. In order to get the hIE's to regain control, Arato and Ryo head to the administration center, but...

Slumber of Human

14th April 2018

Episode 12

Ginga Watarai's death puts an end to the incident at the experimental city. During all of the chaos, Arato had revealed his feelings to Lacia which she accepted. Yuka has mixed feelings about this sudden new coupling within her household. Meanwhile, the security police and Lacia-class masters begin to respond to the ever-changing situation.

The Prayer Within

28th April 2018

Episode 13

After being summoned by Erika to the Burrows estate, the Lacia-class hIE's fight entered the next phase. As each of them contemplated their next move, Kouka felt her possibility for a future quickly closing as she was being pursued as a suspect in the Chubu Airport bombing by the security police.

An Answer to Survive

Episode 14

Kouka carries out an antibody network terrorist attack against the Next-Gen Society Research Center on her own. Kouka's overwhelming destructive power is streamed around the globe, inspiring fear and zeal to the masses. This was Kouka's path to her future.

Edge Line

Episode 15

Kengo is arrested by the security police in connection to Kouka's terrorist activities. Arato decides to save Kengo and gives Lacia the order. Following the plan she has devised, Arato finds himself face to face with the PMC â€œHOO,â€ the military group responsible for destroying Kouka.

Plus One

Episode 16

Affected by Kouka's destruction, Snowdrop moved up her own plans, taking over the Mitaka transformer substation to secure a steady energy supply and bringing disaster to the surroundings. Arato and Lacia try to stop her, but Methode and Ryo stand in their way.

A Reason of Our Own

Episode 17

Lacia's secret is revealed. Arato is unable to handle it and steps away from Lacia. Defenseless on his own, he's captured by Ryo and Methode where he could do nothing but watch the monitor as Snowdrop spread her seeds of destruction.

Protocol of Love

Episode 18

Pushed by Shiori and Yuka, Arato decided to face Lacia once again. If his last order was still in place, Lacia should be trying to stop Snowdrop. With this thought, Arato heads towards Mitaka, a place which has transformed into an unrecognizable landscape by Snowdrop's power.

Paper Tiger

Episode 19

It has been two months since the tragic events in Mitaka. The world returned to some semblance of normalcy, and Arato and Lacia lay low as they prepare for whatever may come next. However, their brief period of happiness is disturbed after they are contacted by the super intelligent AI Astraia.

Our Error World

Episode 20

Super intelligent AI have spurred society to change. As the fight surrounding Arato and Lacia escalates, the leaders of the old guard discuss how they could maximize their own profits. Among the participants, only Erika Burrows expresses anger towards their foolishness.

Higgins' Silo

26th September 2018

Episode 21

The super intelligent AI Higgins. The core of Memeframe, one of the keys to humanity's future, and the creator of Lacia. Arato and Lacia traverse through a giant underground facility in order to contact Higgins. There they will find a future far beyond the human imagination...

Pygmalion

27th September 2018

Episode 22

Once again, Methode appears to stand in the way of Arato and Lacia down in the underground facility containing Higgins. They must also be wary of Snowdrop who had been sent there by a rival super intelligent AI. As the conflict escalates, Arato and Ryo try their best to fulfill their duties as representatives of humanity.

Beatless

28th September 2018

Episode 23

Snowdrop appears in the underground facility as some sort of hybrid between bird and person, a strange new creature created by a super intelligent AI which no longer needed humanity to exist. Lacia attempts to hack the cloud system that stores hIE behavior controls in order to stop Snowdrop. Her efforts would determine the outcome of the entire human race.

Boy Meets Girl

28th September 2018

Episode 24

Arato and Lacia walk towards the heart of the Higgins storage facility in order to choose a future. The two act like one as they help and support each other. However, damaged from the intense battle, Lacia does not have much time left...

Top Cast

Saki Ono•Emiri Suyama•Misako Tomioka

Animation Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Action & Adventure

Most of the world's needs are fulfilled by humanoid robots called hIE's. One day, 17-year-old Arato Endo meets the android Lacia and becomes her owner. She is one of five androids with advanced AI. Each of the five units have their own motivations, and fight to gain each other's abilities. What will the relationship between man and machine be moving forward? That is something Arato must find.

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Saki Ono Image

Saki Ono

Yuka Endou (voice)

Emiri Suyama Image

Emiri Suyama

Erika Burroughs (voice)

Misako Tomioka Image

Misako Tomioka

Kouka (voice)

Sora Amamiya Image

Sora Amamiya

Methode (voice)

Nao Toyama Image

Nao Toyama

Lacia (voice)

Uki Satake Image

Uki Satake

Shiori Kaidai (voice)

Kaito Ishikawa Image

Kaito Ishikawa

Ryou Kaidai (voice)

Hiromi Igarashi Image

Hiromi Igarashi

Snowdrop (voice)

Takuto Yoshinaga Image

Takuto Yoshinaga

Arato Endou (voice)

Shino Shimoji Image

Shino Shimoji

Saturnus (voice)

Full Crew

Junichiro Tamura

Producer

Kayoko Tomono

Art Designer

Kenji Masuda

Layout Supervisor

Makoto Kohara

Producer

Toshihiko Kojima

Editor

Yasuyuki Itou

Director of Photography

NARASAKI

Original Music Composer

Hiroko Yaguchi

Character Designer

Shika Ogura

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Seiji Mizushima

Series Director

Yuki Hayashi

Color Designer

kz

Original Music Composer

Yohei Miyahara

CGI Director

Go Zappa

Series Composition

Tatsuya Takahashi

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Satoshi Hase

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