Lost Song (TV series)

Lost Song
ロスト ソング
(Rosuto Songu)
Genre Fantasy[1]
Anime television series
Directed by Junpei Morita
Written by Junpei Morita
Music by Yūsuke Shirato
Studio Liden Films, Dwango
Licensed by Netflix
Original network Netflix, Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, BS Fuji, KBS Kyoto
Original run March 31, 2018 (Netflix) – June 16, 2018 (Netflix)
Episodes 12

Lost Song (ロスト ソング, Rosuto Songu) is a musical fantasy anime television series produced by Liden Films in collaboration with Dwango and Mages. The project stars musician Konomi Suzuki as Rin and voice actress Yukari Tamura as Finis.[2][3] The series was revealed in an announcement during a birthday concert held by Suzuki in November 2016.[4]. The series was first released online in Japan through Netflix on March 31, 2018,[5][6][7] followed by a TV airing on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, TV Aichi, BS Fuji and KBS Kyoto on April 7, 2018.[8] Netflix will stream the series globally later in 2018.[9] A new project has been announced.

Plot

Rin an energetic countryside girl who is on a journey to the Capital to sing. In the Capital, Songstress Finis is spending time alone and preparing to help the war front. Rin and Finis have the power of songs. Both are having a hard journey with their songs. As two destinies meet, will the final song be of hope or of despair?

Characters

Rin (リン, Rin)
Voiced by: Konomi Suzuki[10]
Rin is an energetic young girl harbouring a passion for singing living with her younger brother Al, older sister Mel and grandfather Talgia Hokley in a reclusive village near a forest. She discovers her ability to sing Spirit Songs, legendary songs that can manipulate the four elements of the world and bring about miracles. Unlike Finis, her songs energise her instead of taking away her lifespan. After Mel and Talgia died, she promised to live her dream of singing with the Royal Orchestra in the Capital and save as many lives as she can with her power. Rin was originally a part of Finis, the last bit of Finis' hope and Song of Healing, who came to existence after Finis sang the Song of Destruction. She returned to Finis after singing the Song of Beginning which saved the world from yet another reset.
Finis (フィーニス, Fīnisu)
Voiced by: Yukari Tamura[10]
Finis is a beautiful, clumsy and innocent young woman with the ability to sing Spirit Songs, although they eat away at her lifespan each time she does. Because of her ability, she was captured and married to the Prince to work as a human weapon for war. Believing she was helping people and later for her lover Henry, she followed his orders until she accidentally killed Henry, driving her insane. With the last of her lifespan she sang the forbidden Song of Destruction she had been crafting, which was a song designed to gift her immortality in exchange for the collapse and continuous reset of the world. After singing the Song of Beginning, her hope (Rin) returned to her. The last seen scene of her is when Corte finds her, heavily pregnant.
Pony Goodlight / Alea Golt (ポニー・グッドライト, Ponī Guddoraito)
Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi[10]
Pony is a kind minstrel that used to work at the royal palace and Rin and Al's first companion on their journey to the Capital. She has a great talent for music and is often seen carrying a mini portable piano around to play songs on. After she quit her job, she got most of her money from winning bets. She also has a great fear of bugs and can appreciates flattery. She is the Princess, later Queen, of Golt Kingdom.
Monica Looks (モニカ・ルックス, Monika Rukkusu)
Voiced by: Asami Seto[10]
Monica is Allu's younger sister and a rhythmist. It is characteristic of her to wear a pink zipper bunny suit, and fall asleep when she is afraid. Along with Allu, she gave up her dream of entering the Royal Orchestra to work as rhythmists to heal their mother's blindness. Apart from drumming and keeping time, she is also a good singer, and can imitate any music perfectly after hearing it just once, so she can amplify Rin's powers from time to time.
Allu Looks (アル, Aru Rukkusu)
Voiced by: Misaki Kuno[10]
Allu is Monica's oldest sister and a rhythmist. She is the bravest of the sisters and is very protective of her younger sister, although sometimes her harsh attitude can come off as rude. Along with Monica, she gave up her dream of entering the Royal Orchestra to work as rhythmists to heal their mother's blindness.
Henry Leobort (ヘンリー・レオボルト, Henrī Reoboruto)
Voiced by: Seiichirō Yamashita[10]
Henry is a handsome, brave and caring knight well known for his noble family heritage and expert swordsmanship. Because he was the only one that looked at Finis as a human instead of a weapon, she fell in love with him and so did he. He is killed by Finis, who didn't know it was him. He reincarnated as a Scientist after the Song of Destruction.
Corte/Mel (コルテ/メル, Korute/Meru)
Voiced by: Ai Kayano[10]
Mel is Al and Rin's older sister who also acts as a motherly figure to them. She died after Bazra burnt down their village in search of Rin.
Corte is Finis' personal maid who is one other person who cared for her as a human. While trying to feed the Prince poison to let her lady and Henry escape together, she is found out and killed by having her plan backfire on herself instead. After the world is saved from yet another reset, she became Finis' protector.
Bazra Beamols (バズラ・ベアモルス, Bazura Beamorusu)
Voiced by: Tsuyoshi Koyama[10]
Bazra is the ruthless general of the army and Talgia's successor. Unlike his predecessor, he is a ruthless, violent and wicked man that withholds information from the royal family for his personal gain.
Lood Bernstein IV (ルード・ベルンシュタイン4世, Rūdo Berunshutain 4-sei)
Voiced by: Yuuto Suzuki[10]
Lood is the cunning, manipulative and cold-hearted prince of the country. He desires to use Finis as a human weapon to win the war. After he used her to kill Henry, he was destroyed in her Song of Mortality.
Doctor Weisen (ドクター・ヴァイゼン, Dokutā Vuaizen)
Voiced by: Mitsuru Ogata[10]
Dr. Weisen is a famous scientist, physicist and inventor that used to conduct research for the army in bringing about peace for the country. With the introduction of Prince Lood's rule and the beginning of the war, the army started to use his inventions for killing purposes, to which Dr. Weisen disapproved of. As such, they submerged his entire lab, drowned his lab assistants, and stole his inventions, in addition to making him lose hope. Upon meeting Rin and her companions, she saved his lab and he lets Al stay with him as his assistant.
Talgia Hokley (タルジア・ホークレイ, Tarujia Hōkurei)
Voiced by: Hiroshi Ito[10]
Talgia is Al, Rin and Mel's grandfather who strongly disapproves of Rin singing, revealing that he knew about her power ever since she was young. Before he moved to the village, he was a strong commander and general in the army until he started to realise its brutal methods of violence and bloodshed.

Media

Anime

The opening theme is "Utaeba Soko ni Kimi ga Iru Kara" (歌えばそこに君がいるから, If I Sing, You Will Be There) by Konomi Suzuki, and the ending theme is "Tears Echo" by Yukari Tamura. Both songs was released on May 23, 2018.[6][11]

A new project has been announced on September 24, 2018.[12]

No. in series Title Original air date (JPN-Netflix)
01"The Song of Healing"March 31, 2018
Young girl Rin lives with her younger brother Al, older sister Mel and grandfather Talgia Hokley in the faraway Dandera village deep within a forest. As a devoted singer, Rin longs to go to the Capital to perform in the Royal Orchestra along with Al, who wants to show off his inventions. However, Taiga refuses and even forbids Rin from singing. The siblings' opportunity to sneak out arrives when Mel switches tasks with Rin to let her and Al venture out to the forest to pick berries, whereupon they stumble upon an injured knight from the Capital. Although Al wants to return to get medicine, Rin decides to heal him with her singing. The knight, previously in critical condition, awakens and thanks the two, introducing himself as Henry Leobort, and points them to the Capital. Before they can eagerly set off, ice spreads through the forest and separates them from Henry, trapping them in the forest. A royal soldier, witnessing Rin's healing song, reports it to their General Bazra, who burns down the siblings' village --- a task that they overhear. Returning hurriedly, Rin desperately tries to save Mel, who is near death, but is too late.
02"The Song of Departure"April 7, 2018

At the Capital, war is almost upon the country in its competition of the power of a mysterious person known as the Songstress, revealed to be a clumsy but beautiful young woman named Finis whose songs can rejuvenate and heal soldiers. Because of that, the ruthless Prince Lood Bernstein IV intends to lock her up and marry her to keep her bound to the castle. Only Henry refuses to see Finis as a war tool and disapproves strongly on conflict, but has to remain silent lest he be executed. Later that day, Finis leaves her tower on a rare visit with her attendants, but gets lost and almost assassinated until Henry arrives to save her, earning him the title of being her bodyguard.

Meanwhile, Rin and Al reach a small town after a day of trekking, where they manage to get food. At an inn, the meet Pony Goodlight, a former royal minstrel from the Capital trying to pay her fees by singing, and Rin joins in with her. When Rin questions out loud the lack of spiritual presence, Pony realises she is a songstress with powers and warns her that she will be hunted for her abilities by the royal family.
03"The Song of Love"April 14, 2018

The innkeepers sell Rin and Pony out to the royal guards. Although Pony attempts to attack and buy them time to escape, she is knocked out until Al throws a Star Sphere, a type of firecracker bomb invention that can act as a smoke screen. He gets hurt in the process, and Rin uses her voice to heal him, directing the soldiers' attention to the siblings that promptly capture them on boats. As they are held on a different boat than the soldiers, Al uses a knife to saw through his ropes while Pony teaches Rin a Song of Wind Manipulation in addition to the Song of Healing she already knows. Together with the Star Spheres and Rin's song, they successfully defeat the soldiers.

At the palace, Henry and Finis grow close after he protects her from assassins again, although her maid Corte goes missing in the process. After managing to shake off the last one, they camp out together in the woods and Finis sings a Song of Fire despite shortening her lifespan by doing so as she wants to return his kindness and chivalry.
04"The Song of Depravity"April 21, 2018

Jealous that Henry gets more adoration from the people and even from Finis, Prince Rūdo discharges him from his bodyguard services and sends him to the most dangerous lines of war. Once again confined in her tower, Finis begins writing Spirit Songs. When she heals the soldiers once again, her body starts to deteriorate and experience internal bleeding. Prince Rūdo, gleeful at the army's success, threatens Finis to use Spirit Songs to kill the enemy troops in one fell swoop, unless he kills Henry.

In a forest, Rin, Al and Pony are forced to run for their lives. Although Pony strongly discourages Rin from chasing her dream of singing with the Royal Orchestra, Rin refuses to give up after having promised Mel to live her dream. As they search for a wagon to hitchhike on, they come across one transporting weapon parts along with a pair of female rhythmists, troops that help raise soldiers' morale and increase productivity. The girls are thrown out when the wagon hits a rock though, and introduce themselves as sisters Monica and Allu. Rin argues with the sisters and stops by an inn to eat and stay the night on their journey to the Capital. There, she meets them again, who are revealed to be the daughters of the blind innkeeper. Pony realises that the sisters are lying about being a part of the Royal Orchestra when they are only mere rhythmists in the army as they need money to buy medicine for their mother's eye treatment --- an option they chose instead of chasing their dreams. Pony, Monica, Allu and Rin connect as they sing and produce music together, inevitably healing the innkeeper's blindness.
05"The Song of Encounter"April 28, 2018

In their midst of joy however, they meet Henry and rescue him from being killed by soldiers using the Song of Wind Manipulation but are imprisoned. While captured, Henry advises them to escape the Capital and seek refuge at a certain Dr. Weisen's laboratory, while telling her that the one other person with powers like Rin is Finis, a woman that has been manipulated and turned into a war weapon. With the Song of Wind Manipulation again, they manage to fly over the Capital gates and escape as Henry holds the guards off.

In the meanwhile, Finis explains the details to Corte that she loves Henry and didn't want him to be killed. So Corte decided to go into the forest to pick up items when she returns Finis is gone. The guard tell her she went to go get some water and Corte know she got lost again in the Forest. Finis meet Henrys' army companions while wandering around the forest.
06"The Song of Goodbye"May 5, 2018

Henry returns to his army companions and meets Finis. As they embrace, she informs him that she can only sing one more song before her lifespan is entirely used up.

Meanwhile, Rin, Pony, Monica, Allu and Al have found Dr. Weisen's cottage, where Al is immediately fascinated by his designs and inventions. Rin, however, wishes to find Finis and sing for her, in hopes that she can save anyone and everyone. While scrounging about the place, Al finds a mysterious box that can only be unlocked with a 5-dial password combination, and deduces that the password is 'Finis' despite Dr. Weisen's claims to not know her. In there, they find the weapon parts in the wagon Monica and Allu were previously riding on, which Dr. Weisen reveals to be echoing devices designed to amplify and storing the power of the Songstress and relax the burden on her. However, because he refused to cooperate with his machines being used for killing, the army seized all his research and sunk his entire laboratory, in addition to killing his research, it also killed his fellow inventors and Dr. Weisen's own hope. Rin tells him that although she also suffered losses she will continue singing, restoring his laboratory for him by evaporating all the water. As gratitude, he offers Al to stay and be his assistant.
07"The Song of Mortality"May 12, 2018

Henry discovers the deal Finis made with the Prince, and decides to lead the army to victory without using her power, ultimately succeeding and earning him the respect of his comrades. Dr. Weisen investigates on how Rin doesn't lose her lifespan while singing, and instead feels rejuvenated.

As Rin leaves Al behind with Dr. Weisen, Corte prepares to put her plan of poisoning Prince Lood into action, preparing to let her lady run away with Henry afterwards. This plan backfires when the Prince figures it out and forces Corte to drink it instead, killing her for good. When morning arrives, Finis prepares to leave and meet up with Henry, only to bump into the Prince. He begs her to use her voice one last time to burn traitors, but she accidentally kills Henry himself instead. Watching her loved one die, Finis summons the last of her strength to sing a final song just as Rin and co. arrives.
08"The Song of Eternity"May 19, 2018
In another world, a famous scientist and researcher named Henry Leobort predicts that the Moon, with its recently unusual orbit, will crash into the Earth in about another 60,000 years. After his presentation, he meets Finis, who tells him about how she was a songstress blessed with the power to make miracles, until she used that power to kill the one man she loved. In her despair, she sang the forbidden Song of Destruction she had been composing, and reset the world, rendering her immortal. However, she endured sufferings from constant resettings again and again in hopes she could reunite with the one she loved with the exact same personality and self. Finis ends her talk with a line that delivers that he was the person she loved all this time. To end everything, she plans to sing the Song of Destruction once more at the annual Starsong Festival, a festival where people sing to the stars to grant their wishes, when the Moon is at its closest to the Earth. Returning to Rin's time --- the present ---, Finis has destroyed everything but them.
09"The Song of Nostalgia"May 26, 2018

In the present, Rin overhears that Finis has only been seen by several soldiers, one of whom is General Bazra that is currently abusing his power through his usage of her as a war weapon and the echoing devices created by Dr. Weisen. Although Bazra had agreed for Finis to sing her song during the Starsong Festival with the Royal Orchestra in exchange that she act as a weapon in his world domination plan, he plans to destroy the orchestra. Hiding behind the rubble, Pony concocts a daring plan for her, Monica and Allu to pretend in bringing Finis to the soldiers while using an echoing device containing the Song of Wind Manipulation, hijack the song-playing weapon stolen from Dr. Weizen, and use the ensuing chaos to save the real Finis. Their plan backfires when Monica, pretending to be Finis, is the only one allowed into the machine and subsequently falls asleep out of fear.

Meanwhile, Rin touches the remnants of Henry's sword containing dark spirits, transporting herself into Finis' past. There, she discovers how Finis, after burning Henry, abandoned her feelings for him and the Song of Healing -- a song that represented hope. That song then reincarnated into herself, Rin, and she was found by her grandfather Talgia serving in the army at that time.
10"The Song of Determination"June 2, 2018
11"The Song of Silence"June 9, 2018
12"The Song of Beginning"June 16, 2018

Finis performs the Song of Destruction, forcing the moon to start collapsing against Earth. Meanwhile Leobort and his soldiers fight against Bazra, which uses his massive moving fortress to kill the king, while Prince Lood (which is completely different from his ancient counterpart) saves himself by jumping in the castle's lake. Before it's too late, Rin ultimately reaches Finis, successfully moving her to believe that the world deserves to be saved, and that she can still hope to find happiness. Thanks to Pony, which reveals being the heir princess Alea Golt, the Royal Orchestra and Rin's Orchestra support Rin and Finis in performing the Lost Song, which is the union between Finis' Song of Destruction and Rin's Song of Healing. In this way, when the moon finally crumbles over Earth, the Lost Song's power successfully resets the world for better, saving everyone, while Bazra is ultimately killed by Leobort with Al's support. With her role of making hope flourish again in Finis' heart fulfilled and the world saved, Rin returns being part of Finis.

Months later, Leobort is crowned as the new king alongside Pony, Monica and Allu returns to her mother's inn, and Al becomes the youngest scientist ever seen. Finis, now guarded by a knighted Corte, remains close to the Royal Family to protect the world with her songs, and it's revealed her being pregnant with Rin's new life.

References

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  2. ↑ "MAGES. Reveals Lost Song Original TV Anime Starring Konomi Suzuki, Yukari Tamura". Anime News Network. January 10, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Yukari Tamura Stars in Upcoming Untitled TV Anime Project". December 9, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Singer Konomi Suzuki Makes Major Voice-Acting Debut as Star of New TV Anime". Anime News Network. November 5, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2017.
  5. ↑ https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-02-02/lost-song-anime-2nd-promo-video-reveals-march-31-premiere-on-netflix-japan/.127288
  6. 1 2 "Lost Song Anime's Promo Video Reveals More Cast, Staff, Opening Song". Anime News Network. September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
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  9. ↑ "Netflix Confirms Lost Song Anime Will Debut Outside Japan Later This Year". Anime News Network. March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Lost Song Anime's Introduction Video Streamed". Anime News Network. October 10, 2017. Retrieved November 5, 2017.
  11. ↑ "Yukari Tamura Performs Ending Theme for Lost Song Anime". Anime News Network. February 25, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
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