A list of characters appearing in Outbreak Company.
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Shinichi Kanou
Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese), Tyler Galindo (English)
The main character, his parents are a light novel artist and an eroge illustrator making his lifestyle of otakuism pretty much genetic. He learned the hardships of being an otaku after confessing to his childhood friend, where she denied him, just because he was an otaku. He was so depressed, that he dropped out of school and became a NEET for a year, before his parents gave him a choice, rejoin society or be disowned. Having little choice, he looked for a job. He found a fishy job for otaku and took it, opening the doors towards his future.
- Accidental Pervert: Downplayed.
- Ascended Fanboy: A NEET Otaku with a deep love of fantasy anime and manga who gets transported to a magical world straight out of his books and cartoons, where his knowledge of Japanese pop culture is essential to relations between his home country and the other world.
- Blithe Spirit: He inadvertently becomes one, simply by being able to treat people as people.
- Brutal Honesty: The guy can not shut up, this has gotten him in trouble before.
- Childhood Friend Romance: It didn't work.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He'll stare, but he always has their best intentions at heart.
- Death Glare: He gives a brief one to Petralka when he stops her from attacking Myucel.
- Engineered Public Confession: Pulls one as a Batman Gambit knowing the Japanese politician would speak plainly thinking that they could not be overheard by the natives due to the language barrier. Too bad Petralka is fluent in Japanese.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Galius got the hots for him.
- From Zero to Hero: From a former shut-in and Otaku to a threat against the diplomatic connection between Eldant and Japan. He was immediately targetted for assassination by the Japanese government.
- Genre Savvy: Of course, he had a lifetime of anime and manga to draw on.
- Guile Hero: He has shown to be a good liar when needed.
- Heroic BSoD: Shinichi doesn't take it well when he turns out to be an invader to Eldant society after all, even if unwittingly. He goes back to being a shut-in until Myucel breaks him out of it.
- Hikikomori: Was one for some time prior to the series starting, though he's stopped by the first episode due to his parents' ultimatum. Uses his knowledge and experience of it to connect with Petralka after she gets stressed out and locks herself in her room for an entire day.
- I Choose to Stay: Being cut off from Japan, possibly for the rest of his life doesn't bother him very much.
- I Know Mortal Kombat: He reacts to well to the magical alternative world due to reading so much fantasy
- My God, What Have I Done?: A comedic example in episode 5, after teaching the kids about anime and manga. Then
Fandom Rivalry is created much to his shock. A more serious case when he realizes that the government is using him, and that he is actually an invader. - NEET / Hikikomori: He was one for a year.
- Nice Guy: The nicest guy in the series.
- Non-Action Guy: Due to all the ActionGirls around him, though, it's not a problem.
- Oblivious to Love: Zigzagged, he notices Myucel's feelings, but has no idea of Petralka's. The later might be willful on his part, as he does know that a romantic relationship between the two of them would be impossible due to the differences in their stations.
- Otaku: Obviously and a very well-versed one too.
- Platonic Life-Partners: He and Minori although he's attracted to her, he has never shown any romantic emotions for her. And the same for her, but they are very close.
- Shout-Out: He has made a few, makes sense as he is an otaku.
- Squee: How he reacts to the girls of his harem when he first meets them.
- Unwitting Pawn: For the Japanese government.
- You Can't Go Home Again: After spending time in Eldant, he can't return to Japan since the rift isn't disclosed to him.
Minori Koganuma
Voiced by: Maaya Uchida (Japanese), Genevieve Simmons (English)
Another one of the ambassadors from Japan, assigned to serve as both a bodyguard and an advisor for Shinichi. She's generally the realist to Shinichi's idealist, and a fujoshi.
- Action Girl:In episode3, once Shinichi gives her a knife hidden inside her bosom,she is able to free herself from the ropes the terrorists used. She then proceeds to single-handedly stop almost every one of the terrorists.
- Beware the Nice Ones: She is normally easygoing. But if you threaten Shinichi, or take lewd pictures, beware...
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She doesn't seem so at first. But we see she is obsessed with BL, yet is still a competent member of the JSDF.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: She has the biggest breasts out of all the cast and Shinichi is prone to staring at them.
- Deadpan Snarker: She has the tendency to snark when Shinichi is staring at her breasts.
- Disproportionate Retribution:Episode 6, when Elbia takes her special soccer ball she tries to shoot Elbia. Shinichi even points out she might hit the soccer ball. Minori doesn't care.
- Flash Step: Her movements in fighting can tend to cause her to do this.
- My Eyes Are Up Here: Gets annoyed at Shinichi, when she catches him staring at her breasts in the Beach Episode.
- Pervert Revenge Mode: Subverted, in episode 10 Shinichi feels her breasts. While not happy, she does not touch him. Those peeping soldiers on the other hand...
- Platonic Life-Partners: Her and Shinichi, she has never shown any romantic emotions for him. But they are very close and spend most of their day together.
- Rule of Funny: As a form of gag, by episode 9 and onwards, she frequently applies deodorant despite being Japanese with little to no body odor.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: She does this occasionally, such as to the Japanese soldiers who were taking discreet pictures of the girls in episode 9.
- Shipper on Deck: For Shinichi and Garius. When she first mentions this in episode 3, Garius, instead of denying it like Shinichi, blushes instead at the thought of it.
- Trigger-Happy: Has the tendency to use her gun to calm an argument.
- Yaoi Fangirl: She doesn't hide it either.
- Victoria's Secret Compartment: Keeps a knife hidden there.
Jinzaburō Matoba
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (Japanese), Andy McAvin (English)
- Affably Evil: He's always friendly to his allies and Shinichi. Too bad about his intention to subjugate Eldant society by monopolizing the supply of otaku culture,using Shinichi as an Unwitting Pawn.
- Batman Gambit: He purposefully omitted from his reports the fact that the queen is perfectly fluent in Japanese so that if necessary he can pull an Engineered Public Confession as his trump card against his own superiors.
- Big Bad: Downplayed. He is main antagonist of the series as he did intended to subjugate Eldant society by monopolizing the supply of Otaku culture but was just acting on orders from the government and he does genuinely like Shinichi.
- Cunning Linguist: He's able to save Shinichi's neck by convincing the queen that 'little girl' has a positive connotation.
- Eyes Always Shut: Until Shinichi tries to Take the Third Option. Then he opens them to reveal his Dull Eyes of Unhappiness.
- Heel–Face Turn: He helps Shinichi goad his superior to threaten him within earshot of Petralka having omitted from his reports the fact that the queen is perfectly fluent in Japanese.
- Just Following Orders: When attempts are made on Shinichi's life, Matoba seems to make empty excuses on behalf of Japan's government. However, he does help Shinichi goad the superior to threaten him within earshot of Petralka, leaving the viewers to believe that despite Matoba's intentions, he ultimately falls under this trope.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He just works for the government, which is trying to take over Eldant. He does actually like Shinichi.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Not as much of a Corrupt Corporate Executive as you would expect him to be, but not quite a Benevolent Boss either.
Eldant
Myucel Foaran
Voiced by: Suzuko Mimori (Japanese), Juliet Simmons (English)
A half-elf maid assigned to help take care of Shinichi.
- The Ace: Myucel has been said and proven to be exceptional in her ability to use magic. She is also incredibly competent at housework and has shown to have absorbed the Japanese language at an exceptional pace. In episode 7, she learns how to make omelet rice - complete with a character drawing using ketchup - after seeing it just once at Akihabara.
- Action Girl: She's actually a skilled mage. It turns out that the maids are actually an elite fighting force.
- All of the Other Reindeer: She was regularly ridiculed for her half-elven heritage to the point where Shinichi hearing Petralka insult her one too many times causes him to snap.
- Apologises a Lot: She has apologized to Shinichi a lot, often when she feels that she may have overstepped her boundaries and is causing trouble for him.
- Badass Adorable: Myucel may be just a cute maid now, but her elven heritage allows her to use powerful magic, and she's even a military veteran. She obliterates a squad of terrorists with a blast of wind in the next episode.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: As a half-elf, she got the worse treatment. Shinichi was the only person that treated her any real respect. So she fell in love with him.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: Shinichi can't help but stare when he finds out she's a Hidden Buxom and Petralka enviously refers to her as the "large-breasted maid"
- Expository Hairstyle Change: She actually ties her twin tail hairstyle to expose her elfin ears in later episodes. This happened after Shinichi stated he did not mind her ears being different.
- Fish out of Temporal Water: Downplayed when she visits Japan. She gets starry-eyed by the sights and sounds, but she's read enough manga to know what she's looking at most of the time, and she's more excited to be seeing it in real life.
- Freakiness Shame: When Shinichi first spots her elf ears, he's taken aback by it. She immediately apologizes, thinking he'd be upset by it, as half-breeds like her are looked down upon. But he instead finds them quite attractive.
- Hidden Buxom: It's surprising, but Myucel's actually quite stacked underneath that maid outfit of hers.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick: she's Shinichi's subordinate and is substantially more badass than he is.
- Madness Mantra: After finding out that Shinichi was staying at Petralka estate for the night. She completely loses it. It ends with her stirring a burnt pot muttering "I'm sorry, please wait a little longer."
- Mundane Object Amazement: Does this a few times when she visits Japan, with things like faucets ("There isn't a fairy pumping the water for you?!") and automated train ticket gates.
- Nice Girl: She's one of the kindest girls in the kingdom.
- Ninja Maid: Be not fooled by her demure, friendly demeanor: Myucel is a military veteran, with impressive combat magic.
- Oh, Crap!: When Petralka is about to hit her with a piece of bread before Shinichi intervenes.
- Shout-Out: Her design is quite similar to Shirley's costume for the maid cafe in the school festival in Turn 5 of Code Geass R2.
- Taking the Bullet: She takes a knife for Petralka, and miraculously survives.
- Together in Death: Was ready to die with Shuichi if she couldn't save him in episode 12. Luckily she does not need to.
- Undying Loyalty: She has it the strongest towards Shinichi. It gets to the point, if she cannot save him, she is willing to die with him.
Petralka AnneEldant the Third
Voiced by: Mai Fuchigami (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
The current queen of Eldant. She is a bit hot-tempered and easy to annoy but cares for her kingdom.
- The Ace: Petralka has shown to have quickly grasped the Japanese language, easily reciting a tongue twister (twice, no less) without the help of her ring.
- A-Cup Angst:
- She tends to give Shinichi a leery look whenever he fawns over girls who are obviously much more well-endowed than she is.
- In episode 6, one of her first comments upon suggesting that Shinichi gets a new maid to help Myucel if she teaches at school is to sarcastically ask if he wants "another large-breasted maid".
- Angry Cheek Puff: She is an Attention Whore with a Hair-Trigger Temper and has the habit of puffing her cheeks when upset, usually due to getting jealous at Shinichi paying attention to other girls.
- Attention Whore: Petralka usually demands attention from Shinichi, and only him.
- Berserk Button: Mistaking her for a child, or treating her like one, sets her off immediately.
- Character Development: She soon gets over the Fantastic Racism she initially displayed.
- A Child Shall Lead Them: Actually a teenager but still the same. She ascended the throne a while ago, so she was this at one point.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Absolutely despises Myucel at first due to how close the latter seems to Shinichi. Made worse by the fact that she views the latter as a lowly peasant, so, therefore, shouldn't be getting preferential treatment by him, such as learning Japanese. In one example, when first reading a manga to the girls, Petralka deliberately has Myucel go make tea. She then proceeds to sit on his lap, claiming she couldn't see the manga very well from the side. She also gets irritated when Elbia first shows up, and how much of a defense he's putting up to spare her life.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Towards Myucel, in particular, after the half-elf's Near-Death Experience.
- Dirty Kid: Whenever Shinichi makes any sort of request from her, her first reaction is to assume he has sexual motives for doing so, such as favoring Myucel to impregnate her, or wanting to save Elbia to have a big-breasted animal girl as a mistress. The twist, however, is that she only looks like a child and is really a teenager.
- Establishing Character Moment: When she is first introduced, Petralka welcomes Shinichi to Eldant. When Shinichi calls Petralka a "little girl", however, she immediately gets provoked and punches him, and she is restrained from attacking him.
- Green-Eyed Monster: She does not like how an elf can beat her out for Shinichi's affection.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: It doesn't take much to make her annoyed.
- Hands-On Approach: When Shinichi is reading manga to her, she forces Myucel out of the room and forces herself onto his lap. Ostensibly to be able to read more easily, but in actuality to seduce Shinichi.
- Hidden Depths: Because of the circumstances of her coronation as Empress, Petralka is determined to prove that she's a wise, just and competent ruler. Unfortunately, this makes her desperate to save face when undermined, and she typically takes it hard if criticized.
- Hikikomori: She invokes the trope, having learned of it from manga she'd read, and (with the help of Shinichi) proudly embraces the hikikomori lifestyle for approximately one episode.
- I Just Want to Be Normal: Heavily implied she feels this to some degree: it's clear she feels the pressures of ruling, and enjoys her time with Shinichi because it allows her to relax a little and enjoy herself. The ending credits of the anime enforces this, with her sneaking out of the palace to wander the streets at her leisure, casually munching an apple and acting like a kid, and includes lyrics like "Escort me to brighter skies, where I can escape this prison and live my dreams..."
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite her Hair-Trigger Temper, she treats her subjects very well.
- Large Ham: She goes off the deep end whenever she gets angry.
- The Napoleon: Didn't take to being called a "little girl" well the first time round.
- Oh, Crap!: When she realizes that her insulting Myucel causes Shinichi to snap.
- Older Than They Look: She's sixteen years old, but looks a few years younger than that. In fact, being treated as a child is her Berserk Button.
- Royal Brat: Starts out appearing to be one, but it becomes apparent that her bratty behavior is in response to the stress of being crowned empress at such a young age (and under such tragic circumstances) and never being given time to relax and have fun.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's seen doing her job from time to time, when not goofing off around Shinichi.
- Talk to the Fist: She ends up punching Shinichi after he unintentionally presses her Berserk Button.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Petralka after Myucel took a knife for her is much kinder to Myucel and seems to have abandoned her racism.
- Tsundere: Invoked (not that she really needs to). She actually tries to play this up in an attempt to appeal to Shinichi.
Galius En Cordbal
Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Chris Patton (English)
Petralka's cousin and the captain of her guard. He is initially incredulous about Shinichi's goals but later warms up to him.
- Ambiguously Gay: He's attracted to Shinichi. He blushes when Minori says he would be the uke in Shinichi x Galius pairing, he borrows a BL book from Minori later on and claims he doesn't "bat for both teams", and after Petralka eats rice off of Shinichi's face, he follows suit.
- Big Brother Instinct: Towards Petralka
- Converted Fanboy: Dismissive of Shinichi's mission at first, then comes around to enjoying it. His favorite character is "Seiryuu" Kururugi, who bears something of a resemblance to his crush, Shinichi... not to mention the similarities between the main character's Royally Screwed Up family and his own...
- Dark and Troubled Past: His parents and Petralka's killed each other for the throne, and their grandparents died of grief. Petralka ascended the throne, and he downplays his royal status so that such a struggle won't come about again.
- The Good Chancellor: For Petralka, his cousin
- Warrior Prince: Technically a prince, since he is the grandson of the previous emperor. His parents and Petralka's killed each other for the throne.
Brooke Darwin
Voiced by: Takahiro Tomita (Japanese), Josh Morrison (English)
Another servant assigned to take care of Shinichi. He's a blue lizard man and is also very civilized.
- Face of a Thug: Due to being a lizard man he looks rather scary but he is actually one of the nicest characters in the series.
- Friend to All Children: He apparently hangs out with the lizard and elf children being trained to serve as soldiers when they have the time.
- Gentle Giant: He looks very imposing due to his large size. However, he's quite a Nice Guy if you can get past the exterior as Shinichi finds out.
- Happily Married: He mentions he has a wife, which shocked Shinichi.
- Nice Guy: At one point, after being found by Shinichi in his room, the latter swings his fists wildly in a lame attempt to defend himself. Brooke then gives him a stick if Shinichi was inclined to beat him.
- Scary Big Lizard: Invoked by Shinichi during his first few meetings since the latter doesn't have much experience with giant lizard men on Earth.
- Undying Loyalty: Not to the same extent as Myucel, but its there.
Elbia Hanaiman
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese), Sara Ornelas (English)
A werewolf who was initially recruited by a rival kingdom to spy on Eldant.
- All Animals Are Dogs: Despite being a werewolf, she looks and acts more like an excitable puppy.
- Apologises a Lot: More due to the fact that she constantly falls victim to her natural animalistic tendencies and causing trouble than any other reason.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Shinichi manages to get her off the hook for being an unwitting enemy spy.
- Buxom Beauty Standard: Her large bust often draws the attention of Shnichi and the camera.
- Cute Monster Girl: So cute that its Shinichi's only real reason to save her.
- Feed the Mole: A willing version of this trope.
- Forgets to Eat: She loves to draw, that Shinichi says she has the tendency to spend all night drawing.
- The Glomp: She has a tendency to glomp Shinichi whenever he makes a statement about not minding her race.
- I Know Mortal Kombat: Uses a fighting move she saw in a manga to blow a window to pieces.
- Little Bit Beastly: Has fluffy ears and a tail, parts to which Shinichi finds fantastic.
- Love Makes You Crazy: Apparently Elbia's heat cycle was triggered by Shinichi. Minori later asks if she'd just jump any guy out there when it happens, but her second guess that only Shinichi was able to trigger that was correct, as Elbia later confirms.
- Lunacy: Her more beast-like urges get a lot stronger during a full moon.
- Moment Killer: Tells Shinichi he has an audience with Petralka while he is trying to confess to Myucel.
- More than Mind Control: When her instincts took over and she nearly raped him, Minori asks if she would attack any guy if she was in heat. Elbia shyly replied that isn't the case, suggesting she really wanted to have sex with Shinichi.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her large chest and animal-like behavior is played up for fetish.
- My Instincts Are Showing: During the full moon, she has a tendency to forget herself and act much more doglike, like jumping on Shinichi and licking his face when she's happy or chasing a ball on all fours while barking.
- Super-Senses: As she is a werewolf, her sense of smell is better than any humans.
- Too Dumb to Live: She didn't realize the commission she got for drawing images of Eldant locations for another country was an issue, even digging herself deeper when Shinichi tried to lead her out of it. She would have been executed for being a spy if not for Shinichi convincing Petralka to use her as a Double Agent to give the enemy false intel.
- Unwitting Pawn: She didn't realize that simply drawing some buildings for a neighboring country made her a spy. Minori even admits to Shinichi she was most likely hired to be easily disposable if she was caught.
Romilda Garde
One of the many dwarven students Shinichi and co. teach.
- Older Than They Look: Dwarf females always look like lolis despite their age. Ironic at the fact that Dwarf males look like adult men with full beards.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Despite her small frame she is capable of kicking a soccer ball hard to enough to leave craters.
- Vitriolic Best Friends: Roic is seen getting along with her rather well later on despite the animosity between elves and dwarves, and later, their differences in otaku tastes.
Roic Sleison
One of the many Elven students in Shinichi's school.
- Hot for Teacher: Has a crush on Minori.
- Vitriolic Best Friends: With Romilda.
