7.025 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
LatestAfter saving Maria and Yun Yun from Alphard's trap, Canaan decides to end their rivalry once and for all. And when Alphard finds out Canaan's inner truth, her own existence is shattered--as is her perception of their mentor and what he meant to them both.
Two years ago, Shibuya was ravaged by a biological terrorist attack using the deadly Ua virus. Maria Osawa was saved when her father inoculated her against the virus, but is left with partial amnesia from the shock. She works as a cameraman when she reunites with a girl named Canaan in Shanghai, China. A gifted assassin with synesthesia, she is under orders from an unknown organization for a yet unspecified mission
Cinematography
TYPE-MOON visuals translated to saturated anime neon
Acting
Miyuki Sawashiro's Canaan: feral, wounded, unforgettable
Score
Yugo Kanno's jazz-noir that slaps harder than it should
Miyuki Sawashiro
Canaan (voice)
Maaya Sakamoto
Alphard Al Shua (voice)
Yoshino Nanjo
Maria Oosawa (voice)
Kenji Hamada
Minoru Minorikawa (voice)
Akio Otsuka
Siam (voice)
Hiroaki Hirata
Santana (voice)
Rie Tanaka
Liang Qi (voice)
Haruka Tomatsu
Yunyun (voice)
Junko Minagawa
Yuri Natsume (voice)
Mamiko Noto
Hakkou (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Directed by Seishi Minakami of Baccano! fame, with character designs by TYPE-MOON's Takashi Takeuchi—explaining the unmistakable visual novel DNA.
The 428: Shibuya Scramble connection means Canaan exists in the same universe as a live-action visual novel—explaining its documentary-footage narrative structure and multiple POV obsession.
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