Phi Brain: Puzzle of God | |
Cover of the first DVD volume
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ファイ・ブレイン 神のパズル (Fai Burein Kami no Pazuru) |
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Genre | Adventure |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Junichi Sato |
Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
Music by | Akio Izutsu |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NHK-E |
Original run | October 2, 2011 – April 1, 2012 |
Episodes | 25 |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiki Togawa |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Newtype Ace |
Original run | November 11, 2011 – December 2011 |
Volumes | 3 |
Anime television series | |
Season 2 | |
Directed by | Junichi Sato |
Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
Music by | Akio Izutsu |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NHK-E |
Original run | April 8, 2012 – September 23, 2012 |
Episodes | 25 |
Game | |
Phi Brain: Kizuna no Puzzle | |
Developer | Arc System Works |
Publisher | Arc System Works |
Genre | Puzzle |
Platform | PlayStation Portable |
Released |
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Anime television series | |
Season 3 | |
Directed by | Junichi Sato |
Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
Music by | Akio Izutsu |
Studio | Sunrise |
Licensed by | |
Original network | NHK-E |
Original run | October 6, 2013 – March 23, 2014 |
Episodes | 25 |
Phi Brain: Puzzle of God (ファイ・ブレイン 神のパズル Fai Burein Kami no Pazuru?) is a 2011 Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise. The first two series aired on NHK Educational TV between October 2011 and September 2012, with a third season airing as of October 2013. The series is directed by Junichi Sato with script supervision by Mayori Sekijima. Hajime Yatate, the collective penname for the creative staff at Sunrise, is credited with the original story. The anime has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks. A manga adaptation by Yoshiki Togawa was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype Ace magazine from November 2011 to December 2011. A PlayStation Portable video game by Arc System Works was released on May 31, 2012.
Kaito, a puzzle-loving high school freshman, is selected as a candidate for "Phi Brain". He and his friend Nonoha find an "unsolvable puzzle" near their school. The puzzle turns out to be a life-threatening "philosopher's puzzle" created by the mysterious group P.O.G. (Puzzle Of God). After successfully solving the puzzle, Kaito is designated as a Solver and is joined by other Solvers as they battle P.O.G. all over the world by solving the "philosopher's puzzles".
Other students
A group dedicated to usage of the Orpheus artifacts to unlock mankind's hidden potential, which they believe was locked by Gods who were afraid of the humans' intelligence. A quint is sent to battle Kaito's group, led by a boy named Freecell.
A young girl who has a past with Jin, she has traveled the world with him solving Fools Puzzles. It was during this time that she receives her cat pendent from Jin, which she is seen wearing throughout the 3rd series. As he is going to solve a puzzle, Jin leaves her, never to see each other until the beginning of the series. It was soon after parting with Raetsel that Jin met Kitao and Rook at Greathenge.