Scryed
Scryed (スクライド, sometimes s.CRY.ed or s-CRY-ed) is a 26 episode anime tv series that is very similar to The X-Men. There is also a manga adaptation. The manga is published in English by TokyoPop and the anime is licensed by Bandai.
It is set in the near future, when people start developing special abilities that are dubbed "Alters" because the "Alter users" are able to alter matter around them into a specific object or thing. The powers that these people possess gives them superiority over normal humans. While the setting resembles X-Men, both the plot and characters are different.
Naturally, there are two opposing forces of alters: the Native Alters, a group of alter users whom live outside the central city and avoid any relationships with the government; and HOLY, a secret organization of Alter users that are a subgroup of an organization called HOLD. HOLD and HOLY are basically used as Alter police, capturing Native Alters that they find on the Lost grounds.
Kazuma (called "Treasoner" in the manga and "the Shell Bullet" in the anime) Torisuna (no last name is given in the anime) and Ryuhou are the two Scryed characters that have a rivalry. They spend the entire series trying to defeat each other. Even if they are fighting on the same side, they still remember their bitter rivalry.
There is also a narrator, Kanami. Kanami is Kazuma's sister-type friend whom Kazuma protects. She narrates the series by telling what happened in her dreams, which coincides and relates to the story.
Episode titles
01. Kazuma 02. Ryuhou 03. Holy 04. Big Magnum 05. Mimori Kiryu 06. Zetsuei 07. Asuka Tachibana 08. Mad Script 09. Shell Bullet 10. Super Pinch 11. Alters 12. Kunihiko Kimishima 13. Lost Ground 14. Kyoji Mujo 15. Rouge 16. Sou Kigetsuki 17. Ayase Terada 18. Straight Cougar 19. The Three Tokenatsu Sisters 20. Kanami Yuta 21. Holy Eye 22. Martine Zigmarl 23. Scheris Adjani 24. Fist 25. Native 26. Dream
Character list
Names are in Western order, with the given name before the surname.
- Kazuma "Treasoner" ("Shell Bullet") Torisuna
- Kanami Yuta
- Ryuhou (Ryuhō) Ryu
- Kimishima Kunihiko
- Mimori Kiryu
- Akira Mijyou (Mijō Akira)
- Scheris Adjani
- Martin Zigmarl
- Straight Cougar
- George Tatsunami
- Unkei
- Emergy Maxfell
- Asuka Tachibana
- Elian
- Urizane
- Ayase Terada
- Kyoji Mujo
- Biff-kun
- Kigetsuki Sou