Software:Takt Op

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Short description: Japanese media franchise
Takt Op
Takt op logo.svg
Genre
  • Music
  • Science fiction[1]
  • Action[1]
Created byBandai Namco Arts
DeNA
Oji Hiroi
Anime television series
Takt Op. Destiny
Directed byYūki Itō
Written byKiyoko Yoshimura
Music byYoshihiro Ike
Studio
  • MAPPA
  • Madhouse
Licensed byCrunchyroll
Medialink
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo
English network
Aniplus Asia
Original run October 6, 2021 December 22, 2021
Episodes12 (List of episodes)
Manga
Takt Op. Destiny: Haruka Tsuioku no Anna – Harmony of Hope
Written byKino
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineMonthly Comic Alive
DemographicSeinen
Original runAugust 26, 2022 – present
Volumes1 (List of volumes)
Game
Takt Op. Symphony
DeveloperGame Studio/DeNA
PublisherJP: Bandai Namco Arts
CN: WAPTX
Global: DeNA HONG KONG
GenreRole-playing game
PlatformAndroid, iOS
ReleasedJune 28, 2023
Manga
Takt Op. Bara no Dangan (Kuchidzuke) de Utte!
Written byAya Takaha
Illustrated byIka Nakaya
Published byMedia Factory
MagazineComic Alive+
DemographicSeinen
Original runJuly 27, 2023present

Takt Op (Japanese: タクトオーパス, Hepburn: Takuto Ōpasu, stylized as takt op. or {tákt: op.})[lower-alpha 1] is a mixed-media project about classical music produced by Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA. An anime television series by MAPPA and Madhouse titled Takt Op. Destiny aired from October to December 2021. A mobile game developed by Game Studio titled Takt Op. Symphony was released in June 2023.

Plot

Takt Op is set in the year 2047, a future world where music cannot be played freely because it attracts monsters called "D2s".[lower-alpha 2] These monsters were produced by a black meteorite containing Black Night Siderites which fell from the sky years ago. They hate the music produced by humans and are drawn to the music source and attempt to destroy it, as it is the only thing that can hurt and kill them. To combat the D2s, the Symphonica International Organization and the Musicarts combine their powers to defend the cities from D2s.

Characters

Main

Takt Asahina (朝雛タクト, Asahina Takuto)
Voiced by: Koki Uchiyama[3] (Japanese); Jason Liebrecht[4] (English)
A Conductor who makes a pact with Destiny. He prioritizes music over everything. He generally appears lazy and unfriendly, but he is obsessed with music and has outstanding piano skills. His father was Kenji Asahina, a famous conductor who was killed 10 years ago by the D2s. Takt's right arm has the ability to become a powerful weapon which can transform into a conductor's baton and directs Destiny to fight the D2s.
Destiny (運命, Unmei)
A Musicart born from Symphony No. 5 (Beethoven), whose resides in the Schneider sisters as her vessel. She serves as Takt's main partner.
Cosette Schneider (コゼット・シュナイダー, Kozetto Shunaidā)
Voiced by: Shion Wakayama[5] (Japanese); Emi Lo[4] (English)
Destiny's first vessel. She was once the human named Cosette Schneider, the younger sister of Anna and Takt's childhood friend, who became a Musicart connected with Takt after she died protecting him from the D2s. Due to her unnatural process of becoming a Musicart, Destiny's condition is deemed unstable and she has no memory of being Cosette. She uses a vast amount of energy combatting D2s and must consume calories to recharge herself and is especially attracted to sweets and cakes.
Anna Schneider (アンナ・シュナイダー, Anna Shunaidā)
Voiced by: Kaede Hondo[5] (Japanese); Alexis Tipton[4] (English)
Takt's childhood friend and the older sister of Cosette—now Destiny. She takes the two of them on a journey to New York on a quest to rectify Destiny's unstable condition. Following Destiny Cosette's disappearance in the anime finale, she became the inheritor of Destiny's musicart identity and its second vessel and joined New York Symphonica as both a Conductor and a Musicart, though unlike her sister, she still retains her memories as her personality with Destiny's is fused.

New York Symphonica

Sagan (ザーガン, Zāgan)
Voiced by: Eiji Hanawa[5] (Japanese); Christopher Wehkamp[6] (English)
Chief Executive Officer of New York Symphonica, an organization which aims to annihilate D2. He also serves as the Grand Maestro (GM).
Felix Schindler (シントラー, Shintorā)
Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa[5] (Japanese); Jeff Swearingen (English)
A conductor and former Head Commander of New York Symphonica under the Grand Maestro Sagan. He dislikes music because it appeals to the emotions and he pursues his own agenda to gain power and control.
Leonard Flyheart (レナード・フライハート, Reonādo Furaihāto)
Voiced by: Satoshi Hino[5] (Japanese); Reagan Murdock[7] (English)
Leonard, or mostly referred as Lenny, is a conductor with the New York Symphonica who rides a motorcycle and travels with the Musicart Titan. He and Titan help Takt adjust his new life as Conductor. It is revealed that he was a pupil to Kenji Asahina, whose death become a reason for him to fight the D2s.
Charlotte Schneider (シャルロッテ・シュナイダー, Sharurotte Shunaidā)
Voiced by: Ai Kakuma[8] (Japanese); Michelle Rojas[9] (English)
Nicknamed Lotte, Charlotte is the older sister of Anna and Cosette who works for New York Symphonica on its Department of Technology Advancement. She lives with their parents in New York and is confined to a wheelchair.

Musicart

Titan (タイタン, 巨人 (), Taitan)
Voiced by: Miku Itō[5] (Japanese); Natalie Hoover[7] (English)
A Musicart born from Symphony No. 1 (Mahler) who travels with Lenny. She is carefree and sometimes explains things with onomatopoeia, but shows serious attitude on some occasions.
Tengoku (Heaven) (天国, Tengoku)
Voiced by: Inori Minase[5] (Japanese); Celeste Perez (English)
A Musicart who belongs to New York Symphonica and is paired with the Conductor Grand Maestro Sagan. She uses an umbrella-shaped device which can be used for defense or as a weapon to fire powerful blasts at her enemies.
Jigoku (Hell) (地獄, Jigoku)
Voiced by: Reina Ueda[5] (Japanese); Marti Etheridge (English)
A Musicart with the New York Symphonica and who has made a pact with Schindler and acts as his protector. She possesses a tuning fork which can emit a tone that gives her the ability to control D2s. Her primary weapons are her feet which she can transform into spinning discs with destructive power.
Valkyrie (Walküre) (ワルキューレ, Warukyūre)
Voiced by: Sumire Uesaka (Japanese); Lexi Nieto (English)
A Musicart not assigned to a specific Conductor and following her dismissal by Schindler she acts independently. She is born from Die Walküre and her primary weapons are a sword and shield which she can throw like a spinning disc.
Orpheus (地獄のオルフェ, Jigoku no orufe)
Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (Japanese); Brina Palencia (English)
A mysterious Musicart who appears following the fusion of Tengoku and Jigoku. The character is based on Jacques Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld.

Media

Video game

On March 26, 2021, Bandai Namco Arts and DeNA announced the Takt Op. project, which consists of a mobile game and anime series. The game, titled Takt Op. Unmei wa Akaki Senritsu no Machi o (takt op. 運命は真紅き旋律の街を, "Takt Op. Destiny in the City of Crimson Melody"), is developed by Game Studio.[10] It was initially scheduled to be released in 2021, but was delayed to 2022, and then to June 28, 2023.[11][12] The game will be released in English in late 2023, under the title Takt Op. Symphony, with a beta test taking place in April.[13]

Anime

An anime series was announced as part of the project. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by MAPPA and Madhouse titled Takt Op. Destiny (stylized as takt op.Destiny). The series is directed by Yūki Itō, with Kiyoko Yoshimura handling the series' scripts, and Yoshihiro Ike composing the music. LAM provided the original character designs, and Reiko Nagasawa adapted those designs for the anime series. It aired from October 6 to December 22, 2021, on TV Tokyo and its affiliates.[3] Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia.[14] Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Oceania minus Australia and New Zealand.[15] The company also licensed the anime to Aniplus Asia for TV airings.[16] The opening theme is "takt" by Ryo from Supercell featuring vocals from Mafumafu and gaku, while the ending theme is "Symphonia" by Mika Nakashima.[5]

On April 22, 2022, Crunchyroll announced that the series will receive an English dub, which premiered the following day.[4]

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Manga

A manga adaptation of Takt Op. Destiny, illustrated by Kino, began serialization in Media Factory's seinen manga magazine Monthly Comic Alive on August 26, 2022.[20] Titled Takt Op. Destiny: Haruka Tsuioku no Anna – Harmony of Hope, the story is told from the viewpoint of the character Anna Schneider.[21]

A prequel manga based on Takt Op. Symphony, written by Aya Takaha and illustrated by Ika Nakaya, began serialization on Media Factory's Comic Alive+ manga website on July 27, 2023. Titled Takt Op. Bara no Dangan (Kuchidzuke) de Utte!, the series follows the first Musicart "Ode to Joy".[22]

Takt Op. Destiny: Haruka Tsuioku no Anna – Harmony of Hope

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 June 28, 2023[23]ISBN:978-4-04-682589-6

Takt Op. Bara no Dangan (Kuchidzuke) de Utte!

No.Japanese release dateJapanese ISBN
1 February 28, 2024[24]ISBN:978-4-04-811265-9

Notes

  1. "Op." is an abbreviation for Opus number, the "work number" that is assigned to a musical composition.
  2. Stands for "Despair Dolls"[2]
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "takt op.Destiny: Cosette's Backstory Reveals Her Tragic Origins as a Musicart". 14 October 2021. https://www.cbr.com/takt-op-destiny-episode-2-how-cosette-became-musicart/. 
  2. "人類の敵となる存在。DespairDolls(絶望の獣)――略して、D2と呼ばれる。". https://twitter.com/takt_op/status/1488806939308224512. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hodgkins, Crystalyn (June 27, 2021). "takt:op Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Staff, October 5 Premiere". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-06-27/takt-op-anime-reveals-promo-video-cast-staff-october-5-premiere/.174491. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Hazra, Adriana (April 24, 2022). "Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Cast for takt op. Destiny Anime". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-04-24/crunchyroll-reveals-english-dub-cast-for-takt-op-destiny-anime/.184933. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 Loo, Egan (September 5, 2021). "takt:op Anime Reveals More Cast & Staff, Theme Song Info". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-05/takt-op-anime-reveals-more-cast-and-staff-theme-song-info/.177035. 
  6. @ChrisWehkamp (May 1, 2022). "I’m happy to join the @Crunchyroll dub of #takt_op_Destiny today as Sagan! Gorgeous music and animation throughout. Thanks to @caitlinsvoice for having me 🙏!". https://twitter.com/ChrisWehkamp/status/1520541043653021699. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 Glass, Caitlin [@caitlinsvoice] (May 7, 2022). "Hope you’re all enjoying the dub of Takt Op. Destiny! Episode 3 airs today on @Crunchyroll 🧡🎶💜 Please welcome @ReaganMurdockVO and @NatalieHooverVO as Lenny and Titan! Musicart Titan is born from the score of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 in D Major 🎼 #TaktOPDestiny". https://twitter.com/caitlinsvoice/status/1522978329070301184. 
  8. "シャルロッテ・シュナイダー | Character(キャラクター)" (in ja). https://anime.takt-op.jp/character/charlotte/. 
  9. Glass, Caitlin [@caitlinsvoice] (June 19, 2022). "Thanks to everyone who’s stuck with the dub for #takt_op_Destiny! The gang make it to New York this week and pay a visit to certain musician’s memorial. (The Japanese crew left a note for us there, too!) Also welcome @littleramyun as Charlotte! 🎶❤️". https://twitter.com/caitlinsvoice/status/1538346927120580608. 
  10. Mateo, Alex (March 26, 2021). "Bandai Namco Arts, DeNA Announce Anime, Game for takt op. Classical Music Battle Project in 2021". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-26/bandai-namco-arts-dena-announce-anime-game-for-takt-op-classical-music-battle-project-in-2021/.171146. 
  11. "takt op. game Main website". https://game.takt-op.jp/. 
  12. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (May 11, 2023). "takt op. Symphony Smartphone Game Launches in Japan on June 28". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-05-11/takt-op-symphony-smartphone-game-launches-in-japan-on-june-28/.197999. 
  13. Cayanan, Joanna (April 13, 2023). "takt op. Smartphone Game's English Version to Launch This Year". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-04-13/takt-op-smartphone-game-english-version-to-launch-this-year/.197040. 
  14. Mateo, Alex (September 21, 2021). "Crunchyroll to Stream takt op.Destiny, The Fruit of Evolution, The World's Finest Assassin Anime". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-21/crunchyroll-to-stream-takt-op.destiny-the-fruit-of-evolution-the-world-finest-assassin-anime/.177664. 
  15. "📌 Medialink October Line-Up Simulcast on Ani-One In the world where music has already gone, monsters are born from the darkness. The musicians have to works with the Conductors together, with the powers endowed from the classical master pieces🎶, to defect the devil. 🎹Classical music x action fantasy anime《takt op. Destiny》will be streaming on Ani-One this October! Let's enjoy the stunning and exciting music~". September 27, 2021. https://www.facebook.com/ani1Asia/posts/590785745693548. 
  16. ANIPLUS Asia [@ANIPLUSAsia] (October 3, 2021). "♪SIMULCAST ANNOUNCEMENT♪ In a world robbed of music, witness the "Conductor" and their "Musicart" battle against the unknown in【#takt op. Destiny】, premiering TOMORROW night on ANIPLUS🎶 Premieres 5 Oct, TUEs 24:00 [GMT+8"]. https://twitter.com/ANIPLUSAsia/status/1444874922178723847. 
  17. "Sutōrī(各話あらすじ) | Terebi Anime "Takuto Ōpasu.Desutinī" Kōshiki Saito (Takuto Ōpasu.)" (in ja). https://anime.takt-op.jp/story/. 
  18. "takt op.Destiny - Watch on Crunchyroll". https://www.crunchyroll.com/takt-opdestiny. 
  19. "On'ea (Hōsō Jōhō) | Terebi Anime "Takuto Ōpasu.Desutinī" Kōshiki Saito (Takuto Ōpasu.)" (in ja). https://anime.takt-op.jp/onair/. 
  20. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Natasha, Inc.. August 26, 2022. https://natalie.mu/comic/news/491173. 
  21. Pineda, Rafael Antonio (July 4, 2022). "takt op. Destiny Anime Gets Manga on August 26". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-04/takt-op-destiny-anime-gets-manga-on-august-26/.187202. 
  22. Mateo, Alex (July 24, 2023). "takt op. Project Gets New Manga". https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-24/takt-op-project-gets-new-manga/.200625. 
  23. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Media Factory. 28 June 2023. https://comic-alive.jp/product/322303000604.html. 
  24. "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in ja). Kadokawa. https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322310000633/. 

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