7.823 minSeason 1 • Episode 11
LatestTokyo is in a state of emergency as the country readies itself for the atomic bomb explosion. Will the mystery of Sphinx finally be solved?
In an alternate version of the present, Tokyo has been decimated by a shocking terrorist attack, and the only hint to the identity of the culprit is a bizarre video uploaded to the internet. The police, baffled by this cryptic clue, are powerless to stop the paranoia spreading across the population. While the world searches for a criminal mastermind to blame for this tragedy, two mysterious children - children who shouldn't even exist - masterfully carry out their heinous plan. Cursed to walk through this world with the names Nine and Twelve, the two combine to form "Sphinx," a clandestine entity determine to wake the people from their slumber - and pull the trigger on this world.
Direction
Shinichiro Watanabe's most restrained, punishing work—no jazz, just ashes.
Score
Yoko Kanno's haunting minimalism will live in your bones.
Writing
Every riddle, every frame, every silence means something.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Created in 2014, it eerily echoes Aum Shinrikyo and captures post-Fukushima Japanese institutional distrust.
Watanabe made this directly after Kids on the Slope and Space Dandy—it's his 'I can destroy you' flex.
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