Today, October 5 at 11 PM (Japan time), the anime "PSYREN" starts airing.
It is based on Toshiaki Iwashiro's manga, which ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2007 to November 2010 and finished in 16 volumes.
Satelight is producing it with Katsumi Ono directing and Shin Yoshida handling series composition, and it is known as a complete adaptation of the whole original story.
* Official PSYREN trailer with English subtitles, from REMOW's official channel "It's Anime."
◆ The premiere at a glance
Japan broadcast times
| Oct 5 First broadcast, 11 PM Japan time | Tokyo MX / BS11 Every Monday at 11 PM |
| 11:30 PM Crunchyroll starts (Japan time), 30 minutes after Japan | 16 volumes Serialized 2007 to 2010 |
In Japan, it airs on Tokyo MX and BS11 every Monday at 11 PM.
The opening is "Warning!!" by CLAN QUEEN, and the ending is "Icarus" by Who-ya Extended.
Overseas, Crunchyroll streams it worldwide except Japan and China, starting at 11:30 PM Japan time, 30 minutes after the Japanese broadcast.
What's the story about?
◆ Key terms in the story
Three words you will keep hearing
Red phone card
A card marked "PSYREN" that Ageha finds in a phone booth
Taboo
Monsters that swarm the ruined future world
PSI
The psychic power people awaken through the game
The protagonist, Ageha Yoshina, is a high schooler who solves other people's problems.
One day he picks up a red phone card marked "PSYREN" in a phone booth, and a few days later his childhood friend Sakurako Amamiya vanishes holding the very same card.
Around then, people keep disappearing across the country, and rumors spread that a secret society called Psyren is behind it.
Ageha sets out to find Sakurako and ends up in a ruined future Earth.
Monsters called Taboo swarm the place, and participants are drawn by the red phone cards into a dangerous game.
Through the game, people awaken a psychic power called PSI, and Ageha hones his own PSI and grows stronger.
Why has it been loved for so long?
◆ PSYREN by the numbers
Fan-vote rankings and the English edition
6thAnimeJapan 2018, "Manga We Want to See Animated"
10thAnimeJapan 2024, same ranking
15 yrsAbout 15 years from the end of serialization to the anime
16 vol.Published in English by VIZ Media, 2011 to 2014
PSYREN got its anime announcement about 15 years after serialization ended. That so many fans waited this long is proof of its popularity.
In AnimeJapan's fan-vote ranking "Manga We Want to See Animated," it placed 6th in 2018 and 10th in 2024.
Making the ranking long after it ended means fans kept wanting an anime.
Its volumes are also said to have appeared on Japanese manga sales charts several times during serialization.
It has fans overseas too. The US publisher VIZ Media released all 16 volumes in English from 2011 to 2014.
The Western outlet Collider put it at the top of its underrated manga list, praising its striking visuals and compelling storytelling.
How are the leads connected?
◆ The lead team
Everyone around Ageha
Ageha ↔ Sakurako Amamiya
Childhood friends. Sakurako comes across as cold on the surface
Hiryu Asaga
A comrade who fights alongside Ageha
Oboro Mochizuki
A popular entertainer who joins the same team
Kabuto Kirisaki
Loves money and women, and joins the same team
The story centers on Ageha and Sakurako. They are childhood friends, and Sakurako comes across as cold on the surface.
The story begins to move when Ageha throws himself into the gam
Their relationship and feelings are portrayed as one of the story's central pillars.
Hiryu Asaga becomes a comrade who fights alongside Ageha.
Oboro Mochizuki, a popular entertainer, and Kabuto Kirisaki, who loves money and women, join the same team too.
In this post, we'll look at the MBTI of three of them: Ageha, Sakurako, and Hiryu.
First, something to keep in mind.
These MBTI types are fan-community vote results, not official settings.
With so few votes, it's best read as a fun reference, not a definitive answer.
◆ The three leads: MBTI and voice actors
Fan-vote based, not official
| ESFP Ageha Yoshina Rikuya Yasuda | INFJ Sakurako Amamiya Mayuko Kazama | ISFP Hiryu Asaga Shunsuke Takeuchi |
Ageha Yoshina: ESFP
On PDX (Personality Index), Ageha is listed as ESFP, the so-called Entertainer type.
ESFP is known as an action-first type that reacts with the body to whatever is in front of it.
Ageha overlaps with it in two ways.
One is that he charges into other people's trouble without hesitation, and the other is that he improvises new techniques even in the middle of a fight.
He is the type who finds answers inside the situation rather than planning ahead.
Sakurako Amamiya: INFJ
On PDX, Sakurako is listed as INFJ, the Advocate type.
INFJ is known as a type that speaks little, has a deep inner world, and pours its heart into a few people for a long time.
Sakurako's quiet, introverted side and deep inner world, and her strong attachment to Ageha, overlap with this type.
Sakurako also has another, aggressive personality called Abyss, so it makes sense to place her as an INFJ, whose inside and outside differ so much.
Hiryu Asaga: ISFP
On PDX, Hiryu is listed as ISFP, the Adventurer type.
ISFP is known as a quiet action-taker who shows feelings through deeds rather than words.
Hiryu is known by the nickname Dragon.
His quiet, action-first side and strong will to protect his friends overlap with this type.
Looking at the three together
◆ Comparing the four letters
Where the three match and differ
Energy
Ageha Extrovert (E) Sakurako Introvert (I) Hiryu Introvert (I)
Information
Ageha Sensing (S) Sakurako Intuition (N) Hiryu Sensing (S)
Decisions
Ageha Feeling (F) Sakurako Feeling (F) Hiryu Feeling (F)
Lifestyle
Ageha Perceiving (P) Sakurako Judging (J) Hiryu Perceiving (P)
Ageha is extroverted and Sakurako introverted, so even one letter shows the difference in temperature between childhood friends.
If Ageha is the one who collides first, Sakurako is the one who keeps things in her heart for a long time.
Ageha and Hiryu both have Sensing (S) and Perceiving (P), making them types that react on the spot, while only Sakurako, an INFJ, leans toward Intuition and Judging.
Ageha is voiced by Rikuya Yasuda, Sakurako by Mayuko Kazama, and Hiryu by Shunsuke Takeuchi.
It will be worth watching how they turn out.
The story that begins with the red phone card has only just raised its curtain.
Well then, shall we begin today's adventure?
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