Durarara!! is a Japanese anime television series based on the light novel series of the same name, written by Ryōgo Narita and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda. An anime adaptation of the light novels was announced in the wraparound sleeve of the sixth volume of the light novel.[1] The anime is produced by Brain's Base and started airing on January 8, 2010, on MBS, TBS, and CBC. The anime was simulcasted for English-speaking audiences within 24 hours of its Japanese premiere.[2] The anime adapted the first three novels, and it was licensed by Beez Entertainment for European release;[3] while at Anime Expo 2010, Aniplex of America confirmed that they have the license to Durarara!!, later producing an English dub for a January 2011 release.[4] The English dub was produced at Bang Zoom! Entertainment. The music for the first season was composed by Makoto Yoshimori, who also wrote the music for Baccano!. The anime began its U.S. broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block on June 26, 2011, and aired its last episode on December 18, 2011.[5]
On March 15, 2014, a new TV anime series was announced, titled Durarara!!×2 (デュラララ!!×2).[6] The main staff from the first series returned, though it was produced at studio Shuka instead of Brain's Base.[7] It aired in three different cours, or quarters of a year. The cours are subtitled Shō (承, lit. "Understanding"), Ten (転, lit. "Motion"), and Ketsu (結, lit. "Conclusion") respectively. The first cour began in January 2015, the second cour began in July 2015, and the third cour began in January 2016.[8] Crunchyroll simulcasts the series in North America, Central America, South America, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.[9] Aniplex of America licensed the series and is streaming an English dub via Crunchyroll,[10] Funimation and Hulu.[11][12]
Series overview
editEpisode list
editSeason 1 (2010)
edit| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date [13] | English air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Exit 1 / First Words (Opening)" Transliteration: "Kaikōichiban" (Japanese: 開口一番) | Shinya Kawatsura | Noboru Takagi | January 8, 2010 | June 26, 2011[14] |
| 2 | "Highly Unpredictable" Transliteration: "Ikkyoichijitsu" (Japanese: 一虚一実) | Makoto Baba | Noboru Takagi | January 15, 2010 | July 3, 2011[15] |
| 3 | "Rampant Evil" Transliteration: "Chōryōbakko" (Japanese: 跳梁跋扈) | Yui Umemoto | Toshizō Nemoto | January 22, 2010 | July 10, 2011[15] |
| 4 | "Utterly Alone" Transliteration: "Keieisōchō" (Japanese: 形影相弔) | Kazuhide Kondō | Noboru Takagi | January 29, 2010 | July 17, 2011[15] |
| 5 | "False Advertising" Transliteration: "Yōtōkuniku" (Japanese: 羊頭狗肉) | Shinya Kawatsura | Sadayuki Murai | February 5, 2010 | July 24, 2011[15] |
| 6 | "Active Interest" Transliteration: "Tōhonseisō" (Japanese: 東奔西走) | Yorihisa Koyata | Ai Ōta | February 12, 2010 | July 31, 2011[15] |
| 7 | "Bad-ass Dude" Transliteration: "Kokushimusō" (Japanese: 国士無双) | Yūki Yase | Toshizō Nemoto | February 19, 2010 | August 7, 2011[15] |
| 8 | "Ephemeral Dream" Transliteration: "Nankanoyume" (Japanese: 南柯之夢) | Tetsuo Ichimura | Aya Yoshinaga | February 26, 2010 | August 14, 2011[15] |
| 9 | "Love and Cherish" Transliteration: "Iirenren" (Japanese: 依依恋恋) | Takashi Yamamoto | Aya Yoshinaga | March 5, 2010 | August 21, 2011[15] |
| 10 | "Never Before Seen" Transliteration: "Kūzenzetsugo" (Japanese: 空前絶後) | Yui Umemoto | Ai Ōta | March 12, 2010 | August 28, 2011[15] |
| 11 | "Storm and Stress" Transliteration: "Shippūdotō" (Japanese: 疾風怒濤) | Yorihisa Koyata | Toshizō Nemoto | March 19, 2010 | September 4, 2011[15] |
| 12 | "Yin and Yang" Transliteration: "Umusōsei" (Japanese: 有無相生) | Shinya Kawatsura | Noboru Takagi | March 26, 2010 | September 11, 2011[15] |
| 12.5 | "Heaven's Vengeance" Transliteration: "Tenmōkaikai" (Japanese: 天網恢恢) | Yui Umemoto | Sadayuki Murai | August 25, 2010 (DVD) | September 18, 2011[15] |
| 13 | "Takes A Sudden Turn" Transliteration: "Kyūtenchokka" (Japanese: 急転直下) | Yūki Yase | Toshizō Nemoto | April 9, 2010 | September 25, 2011[15] |
| 14 | "Turmoil Reigns" Transliteration: "Butsujōsōzen" (Japanese: 物情騒然) | Mitsue Yamazaki | Ai Ōta | April 16, 2010 | October 2, 2011[15] |
| 15 | "Dumb Like a Fox" Transliteration: "Gushaittoku" (Japanese: 愚者一得) | Yui Umemoto | Sadayuki Murai | April 23, 2010 | October 9, 2011 |
| 16 | "Mutual Love" Transliteration: "Sōshisōai" (Japanese: 相思相愛) | Yorihisa Koyata | Aya Yoshinaga | April 30, 2010 | October 16, 2011[15] |
| 17 | "Everything Changes" Transliteration: "Uitenpen" (Japanese: 有為転変) | Shinya Kawatsura | Toshizō Nemoto | May 7, 2010 | October 23, 2011[15] |
| 18 | "Out of Your Control" Transliteration: "Shiseiyūmei" (Japanese: 死生有命) | Kiyoshi Matsuda | Noboru Takagi | May 14, 2010 | October 30, 2011[15] |
| 19 | "Anarchy" Transliteration: "Sōtensudenishisu" (Japanese: 蒼天已死) | Yūki Yase | Ai Ōta | May 21, 2010 | November 6, 2011[15] |
| 20 | "A New King Will Arise" Transliteration: "Kōtenmasanitatsu" (Japanese: 黄天當立) | Yukihiro Shino | Sadayuki Murai | May 28, 2010 | November 13, 2011[15] |
| 21 | "Everything Covered in Fog" Transliteration: "Gorimuchū" (Japanese: 五里霧中) | Yui Umemoto | Toshizō Nemoto | June 4, 2010 | November 20, 2011[15] |
| 22 | "Declaration of Disbandment" Transliteration: "Kaisansengen" (Japanese: 解散宣言) | Shinya Kawatsura | Aya Yoshinaga | June 11, 2010 | November 27, 2011[15] |
| 23 | "Complicated and Confused" Transliteration: "Sensakubansō" (Japanese: 千錯万綜) | Yūki Yase | Noboru Takagi | June 18, 2010 | December 4, 2011[15] |
| 24 | "Selfless Devotion" Transliteration: "Sokutenkyoshi" (Japanese: 則天去私) | Yorihisa Koyata | Noboru Takagi | June 25, 2010 | December 11, 2011[15] |
| 24.5 | "World at Peace (All's Right With The World)" Transliteration: "Tenkataihei" (Japanese: 天下泰平) | Shinya Kawatsura | Toshizō Nemoto | February 23, 2011 (DVD) | December 18, 2011[15] |
Season 2: ×2 (2015–16)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shō (First cour) | ||||||||||||
| 25 | 1 | "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" Transliteration: "Hyakubun wa Ikken ni Shikazu" (Japanese: 百聞は一見に如かず) | Takahiro Omori | Noboru Takagi | January 10, 2015 | |||||||
| 26 | 2 | "Harmony is the Greatest of Virtues" Transliteration: "Wa o Motte Tōtoshito Nasu" (Japanese: 和を以て尊しと為す) | Eiji Suganuma | Noboru Takagi | January 17, 2015 | |||||||
| 27 | 3 | "Adding Insult to Injury" Transliteration: "Nakitsura ni Hachi" (Japanese: 泣き面に蜂) | Eiji Suganuma | Noboru Takagi | January 24, 2015 | |||||||
| 28 | 4 | "When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do" Transliteration: "Hito no Odoru Toki wa Odore" (Japanese: 人の踊るときは踊れ) | Eiji Suganuma Yorihisa Koyata | Noboru Takagi | January 31, 2015 | |||||||
| 28.5 | 4.5 | "My Heart is Like a Hot Pot" Transliteration: "Watashi no Kokoro wa Nabe Moyou" (Japanese: 私の心は鍋模様) | Takahiro Ōmori | Noboru Takagi | May 30, 2015 (theater) July 22, 2015 (BD/DVD) | |||||||
| 29 | 5 | "No One Knows What the Future Holds" Transliteration: "Issun Saki wa Yami" (Japanese: 一寸先は闇) | Mitsuhiro Yoneda | Toshizō Nemoto | February 7, 2015 | |||||||
| 30 | 6 | "A Crow in the Dark Night" Transliteration: "Yamiyo ni Karasu" (Japanese: 闇夜に烏) | Fumio Maezono | Aya Yoshinaga | February 14, 2015 | |||||||
| 31 | 7 | "Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears" Transliteration: "Mosukuwa wa Namida o Shinjinai" (Japanese: モスクワは涙を信じない) | Mitsuhiro Yoneda | Sadayuki Murai | February 21, 2015 | |||||||
| 32 | 8 | "The Ladies' Man Has Neither Money Nor Power" Transliteration: "Irootoko, Kane to Chikara wa Nakarikeri" (Japanese: 色男、金と力はなかりけり) | Osamu Sekita | Aya Yoshinaga | February 28, 2015 | |||||||
| 33 | 9 | "The Day is Short, and the Way is Long" Transliteration: "Hi Kurete Michi Tōshi" (Japanese: 日暮れて道遠し) | Noboru Takagi | Natsuko Kondō | March 7, 2015 | |||||||
| 34 | 10 | "The Apple Doesn't Fall Far from the Tree" Transliteration: "Kono Oya nishite Kono Ko Ari" (Japanese: この親にしてこの子あり) | Ho Pyeon-gang | Toshizō Nemoto | March 14, 2015 | |||||||
| 35 | 11 | "No Use Crying over Spilt Milk" Transliteration: "Fukusui Bon ni Kaerazu" (Japanese: 覆水盆に返らず) | Yūki Arie | Sadayuki Murai | March 21, 2015 | |||||||
| 36 | 12 | "Adversity Makes a Man Wise" Transliteration: "Kannan Nanji o Tama ni Su" (Japanese: 艱難汝を玉にす) | Yorihisa Koyata | Noboru Takagi | March 28, 2015 | |||||||
| Ten (Second cour) | ||||||||||||
| 37 | 13 | "Love Thy Enemy" Transliteration: "Nanji no Teki o Aiseyo" (Japanese: 汝の敵を愛せよ) | Shinya Kawatsura | Sadayuki Murai | July 4, 2015 | |||||||
| 37.5 | 13.5 | "Romanticist's Chaka-Poko" Transliteration: "Onoroke Chakapoko" (Japanese: お惚気チャカポコ) | Takahiro Ōmori | Noboru Takagi | November 14, 2015 (theater) January 27, 2016 (BD/DVD) | |||||||
| 38 | 14 | "Life is but a Dream" Transliteration: "Kantan no Yume" (Japanese: 邯鄲の夢) | Yūshi Ibe | Noboru Takagi | July 11, 2015 | |||||||
| 39 | 15 | "Marriages are Made in Heaven" Transliteration: "En wa Inamono, Ajinamono" (Japanese: 縁は異なもの, 味なもの) | Toshikatsu Tokoro | Katsumi Terasaki | July 18, 2015 | |||||||
| 40 | 16 | "A Rumor Only Lasts Seventy-Five Days" Transliteration: "Hito no Uwasa mo Shichi Juu Go Nichi" (Japanese: 人の噂も七十五日) | Yūki Arie | Toshizō Nemoto | July 25, 2015 | |||||||
| 41 | 17 | "Asleep or Awake" Transliteration: "Nete mo Samete mo" (Japanese: 寝ても覚めても) | Hisaya Takabayashi | Aya Yoshinaga | August 1, 2015 | |||||||
| 42 | 18 | "Roses Have Thorns" Transliteration: "Hana ni Arashi" (Japanese: 花に嵐) | Inuo Inukawa | Aya Yoshinaga | August 8, 2015 | |||||||
| 43 | 19 | "A Cat Has Nine Lives" Transliteration: "Neko wo Koroseba Nana Dai Tataru" (Japanese: 猫を殺せば七代祟る) | Ayako Kawano | Toshizō Nemoto | August 15, 2015 | |||||||
| 44 | 20 | "Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart" Transliteration: "Kuchi ni Mitsu, Kokoro ni Hari" (Japanese: 口に蜜, 心に針) | Natsuko Kondō | Noboru Takagi | August 22, 2015 | |||||||
| 45 | 21 | "Eloquent and Competent" Transliteration: "Kuchi Hatcho Te Hatcho" (Japanese: 口八丁手八丁) | Takuma Suzuki | Noboru Takagi | August 29, 2015 | |||||||
| 46 | 22 | "Blessed are the Foolish" Transliteration: "Oroka Mono ni Fukuari" (Japanese: 愚か者に福あり) | Yoshiko Mikami | Sadayuki Murai | September 12, 2015 | |||||||
| 47 | 23 | "Birds of a Feather" Transliteration: "Onaji Ana no Mujina" (Japanese: 同じ穴の狢) | Daisuke Chiba | Katsumi Terasaki | September 19, 2015 | |||||||
| 48 | 24 | "It Takes a Thief to Catch a Thief" Transliteration: "Jya no Michi wa Hebi" (Japanese: 蛇の道は蛇) | Tomoko Hiramuki | Noboru Takagi | September 26, 2015 | |||||||
| Ketsu (Third cour) | ||||||||||||
| 49 | 25 | "Even a Chance Acquaintance is Decreed by Destiny" Transliteration: "Sode Suriau mo Tashō no En" (Japanese: 袖すりあうも多生の縁) | Yūki Arie | Toshizō Nemoto | January 9, 2016 | |||||||
| 50 | 26 | "Bell the Cat" Transliteration: "Neko no Kubi ni Suzu" (Japanese: 猫の首に鈴) | Masayuki Kojima | Aya Yoshinaga | January 16, 2016 | |||||||
| 51 | 27 | "All in the Same Boat" Transliteration: "Doushuuai Sukuu" (Japanese: 同舟相救う) | Yoshihiro Mori | Sadayuki Murai | January 23, 2016 | |||||||
| 52 | 28 | "Blood is Thicker Than Water" Transliteration: "Chi wa Mizu yori mo Koshi" (Japanese: 血は水よりも濃し) | Takashi Kobayashi | Katsumi Terasaki | January 30, 2016 | |||||||
| 53 | 29 | "Lost in the Dark" Transliteration: "Yami ni Madou" (Japanese: 闇に惑う) | Yorihisa Koyata | Toshizō Nemoto | February 6, 2016 | |||||||
| 54 | 30 | "In For a Penny, In For a Pound" Transliteration: "Norikakatta Fune" (Japanese: 乗りかかった舟) | Yoshihiro Yanagiya | Aya Yoshinaga | February 13, 2016 | |||||||
| 55 | 31 | "No Love Lost" Transliteration: "Ken'en mo Tatanarazu" (Japanese: 犬猿もたたならず) | Masayuki Iimura | Sadayuki Murai | February 20, 2016 | |||||||
| 55.5 | 31.5 | "Dufufufu!!" Transliteration: "Dufufufu!!" (Japanese: デュフフフ!!) | Takahiro Ōmori | Noboru Takagi | May 21, 2016 (theater) July 27, 2016 (BD/DVD) | |||||||
| 56 | 32 | "A Tiger Dies and Leaves His Skin" Transliteration: "Tora wa Shi shite Kawa no Nokosu" (Japanese: 虎は死してを皮を残す) | Tomoko Hiramuki | Noboru Takagi | February 27, 2016 | |||||||
| 57 | 33 | "Walking on Thin Ice" Transliteration: "Hakuhyō wo Fumu" (Japanese: 薄氷を踏む) | Hisaya Takabayashi | Noboru Takagi | March 5, 2016 | |||||||
| 58 | 34 | "Telepathy" Transliteration: "Ishin Denshin" (Japanese: 以心伝心) | Takahiro Majima | Noboru Takagi | March 12, 2016 | |||||||
| 59 | 35 | "Life is an Unknown Course" Transliteration: "Mizu no Nagare to Hito Gyōmatsu" (Japanese: 水の流れと人行末) | Tomoko Hiramuki | Noboru Takagi | March 19, 2016 | |||||||
| 60 | 36 | "Those Who Meet Must Part" Transliteration: "Au wa Wakare no Hajime" (Japanese: 会うは別れの始め) | Yorihisa Koyata Miyuki Ōshiro Takahiro Omori | Noboru Takagi | March 26, 2016 | |||||||
References
edit- ^ "Durarara!! Light Novels To Be Animated". Anime News Network. July 3, 2009. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ^ "Crunchyroll and Aniplex Bring Some Durarara!! Action". Anime News Network. January 6, 2010. Retrieved January 7, 2010.
- ^ "Durarara, Vampire Knight, Eden of the East Licensed in the UK". Anime News Network. May 29, 2010.
- ^ "Aniplex of America Adds Durarara Anime". Anime News Network. July 3, 2010.
- ^ "Durarara!! To Run on U.S. Adult Swim Network in June". Anime News Network. May 28, 2011.
- ^ "Durarara!! Gets New TV Anime Series". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 16, 2014.
- ^ "New Durarara! TV Anime's Promo, Chocolate Mural Posted". Anime News Network. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ^ "Durarara!!×2 Casts M.A.O, Kappei Yamaguchi, Hiro Shimono, Yuuki Ono". Anime News Network. October 4, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ "Crunchyroll Announces Durarara!!×2 Streaming Details". Anime News Network. January 9, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ "Crunchyroll to Stream Durarara!! ×2 The Third Arc Anime". Anime News Network. December 31, 2015. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
- ^ "Aniplex USA Adds Durarara!!×2 TV Anime". Anime News Network. November 19, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ "Durarara!!×2 English Dub to Premiere March 10". Anime News Network. March 6, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
- ^ デュラララ!!: 放送時間. Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved October 11, 2015.
- ^ "Durarara!! Premieres on U.S. Adult Swim on June 25/26". Anime News Network. June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Revised 6/22/2011". Adult Swim. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved June 27, 2011.
External links
edit- Official Durarara site (in Japanese)