A N I M E / O T A K U : PART 6

CANAAN

Other Titles:

CANAAN: Anime

Canaan

Synonyms:

428: Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de Tokubetsu-hen

428: Fuusasareta Shibuya de Special Chapter

428 the animation

Type:

TV

Aired:

July 4, 2009 to September 26, 2009

Source:

Visual Novel

Genres:

Action

Synopsis:

Oosawa Maria is a Japanese photographer currently working in Shanghai, China. Along with her partner Mino, she searches for potential newsworthy stories throughout the city. When strange events occur at a local festival, Maria and Mino immediately investigate. Quickly, the two are immersed in a battle between unknown masked men and a strange, white-haired woman. Just when Maria is about to be caught in the crossfire, an old friend by the name of Canaan appears and helps Maria escape. But a sinister plot over a deadly virus soon develops, and Canaan learns she must confront her past if she wants any chance at stopping the perpetrator and saving her friends.

Characters and Voice Actors:

- Main:

Alphard "Canaan" Alshaya

The series' most prominent villain, Alphard is an attractive young woman who is both the leader of a terrorist organization called Snake and Canaan's arch-enemy. She appears easily capable of taking down Canaan even though the latter uses her synesthesia, reasoning that she is no longer manipulated by feelings unlike Canaan. She carries a FN Five-seveN USG as a sidearm.

- Sakamoto, Maaya (Japanese)

- Koschny, Maria (German)

- Tesh, Lesley (English)

- Planet, Sophie (French)

Canaan

Canaan is the main character of the series, a mercenary currently operating in Shanghai. She was the only survivor of a village destroyed by war in the middle East before being found and trained by Siam, who has her adopting the name Canaan. She developed a mutual respect for her mentor during the course of her training, but after he was killed by Alphard, her mind is consumed by the thought of revenge and often gets serious whenever she sees Alphard.

As an elite mercenary, Canaan is also a skilled marksman and an expert of combat. She possesses the ability known as synesthesia which allows her to concentrate and combine her senses. She uses this ability as a radar to locate others, to hack into mechanical systems, and to dodge/deflect bullets easily. If she overuses it, however, her strength will be exhausted and she will collapse. Canaan has blond hair and hazel eyes, but whenever she uses synesthesia, her eyes turn red.

As she was living in isolation for most of her life, she treasures the friendship with Maria Ōsawa, the first friend she has in years, to the point of prioritizing Maria's safety above all else and ruthlessly killing anyone she deems as a threat to Maria. Despite this cold-blooded nature, she enjoys going out with Maria as well as living a normal life.

- Sawashiro, Miyuki (Japanese)

- Calene-Black, Shelley (English)

- Kaufmann, Julia (German)