Speed Grapher: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

It's been over a decade since the Bubble War, when the global economy burst. The rich got richer, and the poor were out of luck. Welcome to Tokyo, the city where all the winners came to jerk each other off. If you've got money, you can buy anything your sick mind can dream up. If you don't, you just try not to get crushed beneath the wheels. Only the wicked rule here.

Enter the Club, a secret society pandering to the ultra-rich and fulfilling their deepest desires… legal or otherwise. Sent to infiltrate the underground elite, Saiga, once a renowned war photographer now reduced to tabloid journalism, stumbles upon a depraved ceremony and discovers the ultimate beauty in Tokyo's darkest catacombs. With a tragic young girl named Kagura in tow, Saiga flees from his enemies and his own inner demons. A single kiss has ignited a chain of events that could force the entire ruling class to their knees.

Smile for the camera… or perish in the glare of its lens.

Series details

• Title: Speed Grapher
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Drama, Action, Anime, Crime
• Premiere date: 2005-04-07
• Final broadcast date listed: 2005-09-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TV Asahi
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 18485
• IMDb ID: tt0805960
• TVDB ID: 78972

Cast and credited roles

• Yuuji Takada — Tatsumi Saiga
• Kei Shindou — Kagura Tennozu
• Toshiyuki Morikawa — Chouji Suitengu
• Gara Takashima — Shinsen Tennozu
• Takako Honda — Hibari Ginza
• Hisao Egawa — Makabe
• Kenjiro Tsuda — Niihari
• Rikiya Koyama — Genba Ryogoku
• Kōji Ishii — Bob
• Takehito Koyasu — Katsuya Shirogane
• Takeshi Kusao — Ran Yurigaoka
• Tetsuo Kanao — Seiji Ochiai

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2005-04-07; final listed air date 2005-09-29; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

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