A UMD version of Volume 1 was made available on October 10, 2005. Geneon licensed the anime in North America and released the series on four DVDs from Octoand May 10, 2005. The series aired on Japan's Wowow from February 3 to May 18, 2004. Main article: List of Paranoia Agent episodes I was also aiming at a sort of entertaining variation, so I decided to go for a TV series. I wanted to do something that allows me to be more flexible, to realize instantly what flashes across my mind. In the case of a film to be shown at theatres, I'm working for two years and a half, always in the same mood and with the same method. Not wanting to waste the material, he decided to recycle it into a dynamic TV series in which his experimental ideas could be used. Production ĭuring the makings of his previous three films ( Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, and Tokyo Godfathers), Paranoia Agent creator Satoshi Kon was left with an abundance of unused ideas for stories and arrangements that he felt were good but did not fit into any of his projects. In many cases, their Japanese names translate directly to the type of animal which they are referred to as: 'sagi' means heron, 'kawazu' is an archaic term for frog, 'ushi' means cow, 'tai' means sea bream or red snapper, 'chō' means butterfly (chō-cho can also mean butterfly, possibly alluding to her split personality), and 'hiru' means leech. Many of the characters in Paranoia Agent are often referred to with animal names, especially in each 'Prophetic Vision' (a segment at the end of each episode that previews the next) and the episode ' The Holy Warrior,' in which some characters are depicted as animal-like creatures. Ikari and Maniwa set out to track down the perpetrator and put an end to his crimes.

None of the victims can recall the boy's face and only three distinct details are left in their memories: golden inline skates, a baseball cap, and the weapon: a bent golden baseball bat. Soon the attacker, dubbed Lil' Slugger ( Shōnen Batto in Japanese, meaning 'Bat Boy'), is blamed for a series of street assaults in Tokyo. They suspect that Tsukiko is lying about the attack, until they receive word of a second victim. Two police detectives, Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Maniwa, are assigned to the case. As she walks home one night, she is attacked by an elementary school boy on inline skates. Tsukiko Sagi, a shy character designer who created the immensely popular pink dog Maromi, finds herself under pressure to repeat her success. See also: List of Paranoia Agent characters

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