7.525 minSeason 1 • Episode 26
LatestR. Dorothy rises from her deathbed, thanks (in part) to Beck. Roger Smith and Alex Rosewater stage the Showdown of the Century, while Gordon Rosewater shows Angel her true destiny.
Forty years ago, the minds of Paradigm City's inhabitants were wiped clean of all recollections of the past. Now, ruled by a powerful corporation and cut off from the rest of the world by desolate wastelands, Paradigm has become a virtual police state where Negotiators like Roger Smith keep the wheels of progress, commerce, and society turning.
Score
Saxophone noir jazz that shouldn't slap this hard.
Direction
Chiaki Konaka's Lynchian anime vision, unapologetically weird.
Production
Sunrise's retro-futurist cityscapes, Gotham by way of Tokyo.
Mitsuru Miyamoto
Roger Smith (voice)
Akiko Yajima
R. Dorothy Wayneright (voice)
Emi Shinohara
Angel (voice)
Gorō Naya
Gordon Rosewater (voice)
Katsunosuke Hori
Michael Seebach (voice)
Motomu Kiyokawa
Norman Burg (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji
Big Ear (voice)
Unsho Ishizuka
Alex Rosewater (voice)
Sayuri
Vera Ronstadt (voice)
Tessyo Genda
Dan Dastun (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The second half was greenlit after Japanese fans bombarded Cartoon Network — American popularity saved it from cancellation hell.
Konaka cited David Lynch and Batman: The Animated Series as direct influences; the 'Cast in the name of God, ye not guilty' activation phrase deliberately echoes medieval trial by combat.
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