Pet (manga)


Pet is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ranjō Miyake. An anime television series adaptation by Geno Studio premiered from January 6 to March 30, 2020. The series is streamed worldwide by Amazon Prime.

Plot Synopsis

In ancient China, martial artists had developed a psychoactive technique that allows its users to enter the subconsciousness of the human mind by manipulating their enemies' memories via their "Peak", where their most treasured memories are visible and their "Valley", where their most negative memories are suppressed. Later during the 21st century, an organization called "The Company" are tasked with retrieving and securing the descendants of said martial artists by turning them into "Pets", mindless hitmen against various targets who might pose a threat. Tsukasa and Hiroki, a master/pet duo who goes by the name Tsubushiya follows orders from the company as they slowly begin uncovering its secrets as well as a plot involving colleague Satoru and his former foster father, Hayashi

Characters

;Hiroki
;Tsukasa
;Satoru
;Hayashi
;Katsuragi
;Jin
;Ron
;Company President

Media

Manga

Ranjō Miyake originally serialized the manga in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Weekly Big Comic Spirits. A five volume remastered edition was published by Enterbrain in 2009.

Anime

An anime television series adaptation of the 2009 remastered edition was announced in March 2018. The series was originally scheduled to premiere in October 2019, but it was delayed to air from January 6 to March 30, 2020 on Tokyo MX, BS11, and AT-X. The series is directed by Takahiro Omori and written by Sadayuki Murai, with animation by Geno Studio. Junichi Hayama is handling the character designs, and Twin Engine is producing the series. It is streamed worldwide by Amazon. TK from Ling tosite Sigure performed the series' opening theme song "Chō no Tobu Suisō", while Memai Siren performed the series' ending theme song "image _____". The series ran for 13 episodes.
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