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is an original Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA, created by Jin, and directed by Hiroaki Ando. The series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2020 on the Animeism programming block.

Plot

The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Humanity is defended from Earless attacks by the Players, the latter earning fame and fortune along the way. Echo Rec dreams of joining the Players and piloting a mecha of his own, but has no prospects of doing so, until he encounters μ - an enigmatic girl who's lost her memory and has an auxiliary port on her body. An auxiliary port signifies a Player; together, μ and Echo work together towards fame and fortune.

Characters

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Production and release

On June 8, 2019, the original anime television series was announced by Jin, the creator of the Kagerou Project. The series is animated by MAPPA and directed by Hiroaki Ando, with Dai Satō as scriptwriter, Shinpei Kamada as character designer, and L!th!um as music composer. It premiered from April 3 to June 19, 2020 on the Animeism programming block on MBS, TBS, and BS-TBS. ACCAMER performs the series' opening theme "Into the blue's", and Rie Takahashi performs 11 of the series' ending theme songs.

Funimation has acquired the series for an English release, and streams the series on Funimation, AnimeLab and Wakanim.

Opening/Ending Themes

Notes

References to real life media

* ''Echorec'' is named after the Binson Echorec, an echo machine used by several bands, most notably Pink Floyd.
* ''Mu'' is named after the symbol used to measure the voltage gain of vacuum tubes in guitar amplifiers, like the tube worn around Mu's neck.
* ''AC30'', Echo and Mu's Equipment, is a Vox AC30 guitar amplifier. Mu's special attack, ''Top Boost'', is a reference to the AC30's signature top boost feature: an additional high gain ("brilliant") channel accessed by plugging the instrument cable into a secondary input jack.
* ''Jimi Stonefree'' is named after Jimi Hendrix and his 1966 song "Stone Free".
* ''McGee'' is named after Alan McGee, music industry executive who first spotted the band Oasis and Manchester, two centers of British rock.
* ''Leo Marshall'' is named after Leo Fender and Jim Marshall, pioneers of musical instruments and electric amplifiers.
* The Noise sisters (''Ein'', ''Stür'' & ''Zende Neubauten'') are named after the band Einstürzende Neubauten.
* ''Birin'' and ''Kevin Valentine'' are named after the band and bandmembers of My Bloody Valentine, Bilinda Butcher and Kevin Shields.
* ''Nir'' is named after the band Nirvana, her appearance resembles Kurt Cobain, and her shirt reads " Polly", a song by Nirvana.
* Likewise, ''Hole'' is named after the band Hole, and his appearance resembles Courtney Love.
* ''Denka'' resembles the singer Prince. The Japanese name Denka (殿下) means highness, further linking the relation.
* ''Wendy'' and ''Lisa'' are named after Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman, who worked with Prince in his band The Revolution.
* ''Lyde'' and ''Ritchie'' are named for Johnny Rotten (né John Lydon) and Sid Vicious (John Ritchie), from the band Sex Pistols, respectively.
* ''Tommy Walker'' and ''Sally Simpson'' are named after 'characters' in The Who's 1969 rock-opera album ''Tommy''.
* ''Janis'' is named after Janis Joplin.
* The title of episode 1 is named after the 1994 song " Live Forever" by English rock band Oasis

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