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Paranoia Agent
When darkness overcomes the heart... Lil' Slugger appears...
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Mamiko Noto
Tsukiko Sagi (voice)
13 eps
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Lil' Slugger / Makoto Kozuka (voice)
13 eps
Haruko Momoi
Maromi (voice)
13 eps
Shozo Iizuka
Keiichi Ikari (voice)
13 eps
Toshihiko Seki
Mitsuhiro Maniwa (voice)
13 eps
Hisako Kyoda
Mysterious Old Woman (voice)
13 eps
Ryuji Saikachi
Mysterious Old Man (voice)
13 eps
Kenji Utsumi
Akio Kawazu (voice)
13 eps
Mayumi Yamaguchi
Yūichi Taira (voice)
13 eps
Makoto Tsumura
Shōgo Ushiyama (voice)
13 eps
Kotono Mitsuishi
Harumi Chono (voice)
13 eps
Toshihiko Nakajima
Masami Hirukawa (voice)
13 eps
Nana Mizuki
Taeko Hirukawa (voice)
13 eps
Mina Tominaga
Kamome (voice)
13 eps
Kiyoshi Kawakubo
Fuyubachi (voice)
13 eps
Yasunori Matsumoto
Zebra (voice)
13 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Paranoia Agent actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Paranoia Agent reads strongest on World Building, Bingeability and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Musashino, Tokyo. An elementary schooler repeatedly attacks people in the streets. Known only to the public as "Lil Slugger", none of the victims can recall the young boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Detectives Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E04
A Man's Path
Masami Hirukawa is a low-level police officer who, despite calling himself a family man, accepts bribes in the form of cash and women from a local yakuza group. However, Masami squeezes the group a bit too much, and they send their boss to deal with him.
- Directed by Atsushi Takahashi
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E03
Double Lips
Harumi Chouno, a woman with dissociative identity disorder attempts to defy her prostitute alter ego, Maria. Harumi becomes increasingly desperate when a colleague proposes. She accepts, but is terrified of Maria's existence being found out.
- Directed by Takuji Endo
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E06
Fear of a Direct Hit
Taeko, a runaway teenager, wanders through the stormy city wanting to forget about her past, as her father repeatedly calls her cellphone but she always answers coldly, saying she will "destroy everything."
- Directed by Kojiro Tsuruoka
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E02
The Golden Shoes
Yuuichi "Icchi" Taira, a formerly popular sixth-grade schoolboy, starts being bullied at school for his red hat and golden skates which strongly resemble those of Lil' Slugger.
- Directed by Takuji Endo
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E01
Enter Lil' Slugger
Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer, is suddenly attacked by someone carrying a golden baseball bat. When a pair of detectives interrogate her, she describes the suspect as an elementary school-aged boy wearing golden inline skates and a red hat.
- Directed by Takayuki Hirao
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E13
The Final Episode
Tokyo is in ruins because of a black mass, formed by the rampaging Lil' Slugger, that envelops the town. Maniwa contacts the police chief on a screen in the cartoon world telling him what he knows; Ikari smashes the screen and is hailed a hero.
- Directed by Takuji Endo
- Written by Seishi Minakami
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E13
The Final Episode
- Directed by Takuji Endo
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E12
Radar Man
- Directed by Atsushi Takahashi
- Written by Seishi Minakami
S01E08
Happy Family Planning
- Directed by Satoru Utsunomiya
- Written by Seishi Minakami
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Tokuji HasegawaProducer
- Hideki GotoProducer
- Rika TsurusakiProducer
- Yasuteru IwaseProducer
- Mitsuru UdaProducer
Writing
- Seishi MinakamiWriter
- Tomomi YoshinoWriter
Direction
- Takayuki HiraoDirector
- Satoshi KonDirector
- Hiroshi HamasakiDirector
- Nanako ShimazakiDirector
- Atsushi TakahashiDirector
- Takuji EndoDirector
Cinematography
- Katsutoshi SugaiDirector of Photography
Music
- Susumu HirasawaOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
- Fandango At HomeBuy
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