Towa no Quon is a new animated film directed by the late Umanosuke Iida (with Takeshi Mori, of
Vandread fame, acting as "collaborative director" in his place) and produced by
Studio BONES. The six-part anime film brings together an all-star voice cast with
Hiroshi Kamiya (Otonashi of
Angel Beats!) voicing the title character and
Saori Hayami of
Clannad fame voicing his battle partner.
In a futuristic Tokyo, unique human beings are developing strange abilities and are being hunted by a mysterious organization known as Custos. Known as "Attractors", these humans join forces to defend themselves and create a place where they can live in peace, led by a boy named Quon, an idealist who is determined to save all the Attractors he can.
Sentai Filmworks announced during the 2011 Anime Weekend Atlanta that they have licensed the film series and is currently broadcasting it on their
Anime Network subtitled on a biweekly basis starting on Thursday, October 13th. A DVD and Blu-Ray release is expected to follow shortly afterwards.
Tropes found in Towa no Quon:
- Action Girl: Yuri.
- Art Shift: The beginning of Chapter 4.
- Badass: Quon and Shun. Heartbroken Badass applies to both as well.
- Badass Longcoat: Quon wears an orange one in human form.
- Barrier Warrior: Yuma, eventually.
- Berserk Button:
- After the 4th chapter, nobody should dare to call Shun Epsilon, ever.
- Want to see Quon stop being the Nice Guy? Mess with Towa or even hide his survival from him. It won't matter even if you're Quon's friend.
- Bandage Babe: Takao, a rare male example, is almost always seen in some kind of cast. Sarashi as well
- And Shun in chapter 4. Bandaged for the whole episode.
- Bandage Wince: Takao, when getting his casts put on.
- Big Bad: Kamishiro.
- Bishōnen: Quon, Ryou and Epsilon/Shun. Interesting fact is that Shun has the appearance of a somewhat traditional bishonen look.
- Big Brother Instinct:
- Shun in the past, towards his little sister.
- Quon towards the children Attractors. And to his real brother.
- Blessed with Suck: Most of the powers, considering they come with a constant risk of the user completely losing control of them.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: Quon.
- Complete Immortality: Quon.
- Dark Action Girl: Delta/Hizuru.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Just about every character's got one.
- Determinator: Quon.
- Distressed Damsel: Tei.
- Face Heel Turn: Takao, briefly, when he's told that he'll be able to see his parents again.
- Failure Knight: The reason Quon's so dedicated to protecting everyone? Guilt for not being able to help one thousand years ago when his clan was slaughtered.
- Genre Throwback: The character designs and animation style are clearly a homage to 80's anime such as those by Leiji Matsumoto. The Art Shift beginning of Chapter 4 are especially blatant homage of violent, surreal anime of days gone by.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: See Healing Factor below. Quon receives injuries that would be fatal to just about anyone else almost Once an Episode.
- Government Conspiracy: Averted. The group going after the kids are revealed to be unassociated with the Japanese government.
- Healing Factor: One of Quon's abilities, to the point of him being Nigh Invulnerable. And it's a good thing, too.
- Healing Hands: Quon's brother, Towa.
- Kiri also has a Healing Voice.
- Heel Face Turn: Epsilon/Shun in Chapter 4.
- The Hero: Quon.
- Heroic Sacrifice:
- In Chapter 6, Hizuru shields Shun from being stabbed.
- A wounded Shun blows himself up so that everybody else can escape from a self-destructing building in Chapter 6.
- Honor Before Reason: Quon, when deciding to take in and trust Shun, despite knowing that he could betray them.
- I Am Who?: Epsilon/Shun Kazami, it turns out in Chapter 4 that he is actually an Attractor, with the power to control fire. This also caused the death of his beloved younger sister.
- Ideal Hero: Quon.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Takao, who's also a male Tsundere for Quon at times.
- Make Me Wanna Shout: Kiri has this as an ability, on top of being able to heal people's injuries by singing.
- The Messiah: Quon, with a bit of The Paragon in there as well, as he encourages the other Attractors to learn to use their abilities for good. Overlaps with Broken Messiah in Chapter 6, where he comes close to killing the Big Bad in revenge for Towa, despite knowing that it goes against his ideals.
- Mr. Fanservice: Shun.
- Mission Control: Many of Quon's friends stay behind and watch the progress of his mission via their powers.
- Nice Guy: Quon.
- The Not-Love Interest: Tei and Shun are this for each other, with Word Of God stating that their relationship was platonic, rather than romantic.
- Omniscient Council Of Vagueness: The Order.
- Playing with Fire: Shun/Epsilon's power.
- Power Incontinence: The Attractors, with few exceptions, suffer badly from this. Most of the people at Fantasium have to wear special bracelets to keep their powers in check.
- Really 700 Years Old: Quon may look like a teenager, but he's really over 1000 years old.
- Repressed Memories: Shun/Epsilon repressed his memories of killing his sister. These memories being brought to the surface led to him awakening as an Attractor and his subsequent Heel Face Turn.
- Save the Villain: Done with Epsilon/Shun, in Chapter 4.
- Sinister Geometry: Custos uses some rather intimidating vehicles.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: Miu.
- Stuff Blowing Up: Courtesy of the awakened children and their pursuers.
- Super Speed: Yuri's ability.
- Survivor Guilt: Quon, whose clan was wiped out years ago. He survived because he'd been elsewhere, slacking off.
- Tagalong Kid: Yuma, though he can be fairly useful.
- Technopath: Ryo.
- Telepathy: This is Tei's power.
- Thinking Up Portals: Takao's ability. Though he usually gets seriously injured whenever he uses it.
- Twenty Minutes into the Future
- Wham Episode: Chapter 4.
- White-Haired Pretty Girl: Yuri.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy: Epsilon/Shun.
- Who Wants to Live Forever?: Though Quon doesn't openly angst over his immortality, he's pretty happy to finally be free of it at the end.
- Yamato Nadeshiko: Tei is a very traditional example of this Trope. Right down to walking around in a kimono.
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