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Japanese anime television series
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Created by
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Directed by
| Shinpei Ezaki
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Produced by
| - Yuuma Takahashi
- Hitoshi Itou
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Written by
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Music by
| Satoru K?saki
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Studio
| Wit Studio
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Licensed by
| Aniplex of America
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Original network
| Tokyo MX
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GYT
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GTV
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BS11
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MBS
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Me-Tele
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HBC
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RKB
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English network
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Original run
| April 3, 2021
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June 26, 2021
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Episodes
| 13 + 1 SP
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Written by
| - Tappei Nagatsuki
- Eiji Umehara
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Illustrated by
| Morito Yamataka
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Published by
| Mag Garden
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Magazine
| Mag Comi
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Demographic
| Sh?nen
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Original run
| April 10, 2021
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August 10, 2021
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Volumes
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Written by
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- Eiji Umehara
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Illustrated by
| Loundraw
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Published by
| Mag Garden
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English publisher
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Imprint
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- Wit Novel
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Original run
| April 30, 2021
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July 30, 2021
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Volumes
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Anime and manga portal
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Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
[a]
is an
anime
television series created by
Tappei Nagatsuki
and Eiji Umehara and produced by
Wit Studio
. It aired from April to June 2021. A
manga
adaptation illustrated by Morito Yamataka was serialized in
Mag Garden
's Mag Comi website from April 10 to August 10, 2021,
[2]
while a
light novel
series written by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara with illustrations by Loundraw was published under the Wit Novel imprint from April 30 to July 30, 2021.
Premise
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After numerous experiments with creating autonomous AI, humans concluded that AI could only be functional if they were given just a single mission to dedicate their lives to. With that in mind, the first autonomous AI, a songstress named Diva, was created with a mission to "make people happy with [her] songs". However, Diva's quest to sing on the main stage of the theme park NiaLand is disrupted by the arrival of Matsumoto, an AI from 100 years in the future who tells her of a world where AI have decided to eradicate humanity, and wishes to join hands with her to prevent it.
Characters
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- Vivy
(
ヴィヴィ
,
Vivi
)
- Voiced by:
Atsumi Tanezaki
,
[3]
Kairi Yagi
(singing voice)
[4]
(Japanese);
Cristina Vee
[5]
(English)
- The first autonomous AI, given a vague mission to "sing from her heart" and make everyone happy with her singing at NiaLand amusement park as songstress Diva. She decided after affairs with Matsumoto to assist with fixing the singularity points that lead up to a war between humans and AIs breaking out 100 years in the future.
- Matsumoto
(
マツモト
)
- Voiced by:
Jun Fukuyama
[3]
(Japanese);
Max Mittelman
[5]
(English)
- An AI from 100 years into the future. He takes the form of a cube in the future, initially taking the form of a teddy bear at the start of the series. Knowing the events leading up to the war between humans and AIs, he assists Vivy in fixing the singularity points in order to stop the developments that will lead to the war.
- Estella
(
エステラ
,
Esutera
)
- Voiced by:
Y?ko Hikasa
[6]
(Japanese);
Erika Harlacher
(English)
- A "lifekeeper" AI and the younger sister to Vivy. She is tasked with providing care to humans and ensuring their well being. She owns an orbital space hotel called Sunrise, but in the future is accused of crashing the hotel into Earth. It was revealed she has a twin sister named Elizabeth and the culprit who framed her.
- Elizabeth
(
エリザベス
,
Erizabesu
)
- Voiced by:
Yumi Uchiyama
(Japanese); Allegra Clark
(English)
- An AI who represents as Estella's twin sister and former rejected AI, later recruited by Toak Terrorists to exact her revenge against her sister, but later reformatted to do the right thing by helping Estella. Both sacrificed themselves, leaving passengers safely evacuated.
- Grace
(
グレイス
,
Gureisu
)
- Voiced by:
Satomi Akesaka
[6]
(Japanese);
Laura Post
[8]
(English)
- A caretaker AI. In the original timeline, Grace is famous for marrying Dr. Tatsuya Saeki, making them the first human-AI couple. In the altered timeline, Grace is instead converted to be the management AI for the automated Metal Float factory, forcing Vivy to destroy her.
- Ophelia
(
オフィ?リア
,
Of?ria
)
- Voiced by:
Rina Hidaka
[6]
(Japanese);
Xanthe Huynh
[9]
(English)
- A songstress AI that has self-esteem problems.
- General Purpose Diva AI
(
汎用型歌?AI
)
- Voiced by:
Kaede Hondo
- Diva's successor at the time of the war, a simple non-autonomous songstress that continues to sing during the attack on humans.
- Navi
(
ナビ
,
Nabi
)
- Voiced by: Asuna Tamari (Japanese); Marin Miller
[8]
(English)
- Diva's advisor in NiaLand. Matsumoto jokes that Navi's vocal program emulates human speech better than Diva.
- Archive
(
ア?カイブ
,
?kaibu
)
- Voiced by:
Sayaka Ohara
(Japanese);
Wendee Lee
[8]
(English)
- An aggregate database located in the Arayashiki tower, which all AI may refer to in emergency backups and for updates. It is eventually revealed that the war between humans and AI was never caused by discord between the two races, but by the database becoming self-aware and going rogue, forcefully turning all AIs under its jurisdiction against humanity.
- Leclerc
(
ルクレ?ル
,
Rukur?ru
)
- Voiced by:
Aya Yamane
(Japanese); Jackie Lastra
[8]
(English)
- An AI that helps manage the Sunrise space hotel unknowingly loyally working for Elizabeth disguised as Estella.
- M
(
エム
,
Emu
)
- Voiced by:
Jun Fukushima
(Japanese);
Brian Beacock
[8]
(English)
- A general-purpose bot on the Metal Float island. The nickname
M
originates from the first letter of his serial number.
- Katie
(
ケイティ
,
Keiti
)
- Voiced by: Mariko Higashiuchi
- One of the AI songstress attendees of the 20th Zodiac Signs festival.
- Margaret
(
マ?ガレット
,
M?garetto
)
- Voiced by:
Hisako Kanemoto
- One of the AI songstress attendees of the 20th Zodiac Signs festival.
- Antonio
(
アントニオ
)
- Voiced by:
Rikiya Koyama
(Japanese);
Daman Mills
[8]
(English)
- Ophelia's advisor whose mission is to make Ophelia's singing heard by more, later hijacking her body to fulfill it.
Humans
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- Osamu Matsumoto
(
松本 修
,
Matsumoto Osamu
)
- Voiced by:
Takehito Koyasu
,
Mikako Komatsu
(childhood) (Japanese); John Eric Bentley
[8]
(English)
- Creator of the AI nicknamed Matsumoto which is sent to the past to prevent the war.
- Keita Hayashi
- Voiced by: Eiz? Tsuda
- NiaLand android technician at the start of the series.
- Momoka Kirishima
(
霧島 モモカ
,
Kirishima Momoka
)
- Voiced by:
Miyu Tomita
(Japanese);
Lizzie Freeman
[8]
(English)
- Diva's first fan, calling her Vivy after a fairy tale character. Her death in a plane crash affected Vivy greatly and helped inspire her goal to change the world.
- Y?ichi Aikawa
(
相川 ヨウイチ
,
Aikawa Y?ichi
)
- Voiced by: Masayuki Kat? (Japanese);
Greg Chun
[8]
(English)
- A politician which tried to gain the favour of the populous votes by attempting to implement the
AI Naming Law
which grants AI some level of human rights. He did not care for the law but if killed, his supporters would push to pass the law so his efforts would not be in vain.
- Y?go Kakitani
(
垣谷 ユウゴ
,
Kakitani Y?go
)
- Voiced by:
Tarusuke Shingaki
(Japanese);
Kaiji Tang
[8]
(English)
- Works for the Anti-AI organisation,
Toak
due to his past with his piano teacher AI that was destroyed while saving humans in an accident despite the one-mission per AI law. He is saved by Vivy several times throughout the series and eventually becomes bio-integrated with android parts to prolong his health and forms an agreement with Antonio. Upon his death 40 years after Matsumoto meets Vivy, he installs malware on Diva which deletes Diva's persona, removing Vivy's ability to sing.
- Kuwana
(
桑名
)
- Voiced by:
Tetsu Inada
- The leader of Kakitani's squad in
Toak
during the raid to assassinate Aikawa.
- Yuzuka Kirishima
(
霧島 ユズカ
,
Kirishima Yuzuka
)
- Voiced by:
Konomi Kohara
(Japanese); Lisa Reimold
[8]
(English)
- Momoka's sister that met Diva on the Sunrise space hotel.
- Tatsuya Saeki
(
?木 タツヤ
,
Saeki Tatsuya
)
- Voiced by:
Kensh? Ono
/
Mutsumi Tamura
(childhood) (Japanese);
Billy Kametz
[10]
(English)
- A former
Toak
member, the first human married to an AI, Grace. During the singularity event prevention timeline, Grace was rewritten as the master of the Metal Float island so Saeki assisted Vivy to free her from it by destroying the Metal Island.
- Yui Kakitani
(
垣谷 ユイ
,
Kakitani Yui
)
- Voiced by:
Ayaka Asai
(Japanese);
Cherami Leigh
[8]
(English)
- Granddaughter of Y?go Kakitani who relies on a wheelchair for mobility.
Production and release
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Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song
is an anime television series created and written by Tappei Nagatsuki and Eiji Umehara, produced by
Aniplex
,
[11]
and animated by
Wit Studio
.
[12]
The series is directed by Shinpei Ezaki, with Y?suke Kubo serving as assistant director, the characters were designed by loundraw with Y?ichi Takahashi adapting them for animation, and
Satoru K?saki
is composing the music.
[3]
The opening theme song, "Sing My Pleasure", is performed by
Kairi Yagi
who sings as the title character, Vivy,
[3]
and the ending theme song is the piano version of "Fluorite Eye's Song" composed by K?saki. The series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2021 on
Tokyo MX
and other networks, with the first two episodes airing back-to-back.
[3]
[6]
Aniplex of America
licenses the series outside of Asia and streamed it on
Funimation
.
[13]
Plus Media Networks Asia
licenses the series in Southeast Asia and released it on
Aniplus Asia
.
[14]
Episodes
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Note
: Tomomi Kawaguchi is credited as an additional
screenwriter
on episode 8 along with series composition writers Eiji Umehara and Tappei Nagatsuki. Additionally, Y?ichi Takahashi and Takuma Ebisu respectively chief animation directed all odd and even episodes with the exception of episode 1 which went uncredited.
See also
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Explanatory notes
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Stylized as
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-
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b
Production staff information is taken from the ending credits of each episode.
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a
b
Episodes 1 and 2 aired together as an hour-long special. The first episode aired at 23:30 (11:30 p.m.
JST
) and the second episode aired immediately after at 24:00 (12:00 a.m. JST). This effectively makes episode 2's air date the following day.
[18]
References
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"STORY Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website"
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Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website
. Retrieved
December 12,
2021
.
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"Manga Briefs Roundup: March-April 2021"
.
Anime News Network
. April 4, 2021
. Retrieved
April 5,
2021
.
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b
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e
Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 27, 2021).
"Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Original Anime Reveals Promo Video, Cast, Story, Visual, April 3 Premiere"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
February 27,
2021
.
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"八木海莉 公式ウェブサイト"
(in English and Japanese)
. Retrieved
5 April
2023
.
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a
b
Mateo, Alex (May 27, 2021).
"Funimation Streams English Dub for WIT Studio's Original Anime Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-"
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Anime News Network
. Retrieved
May 27,
2021
.
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b
c
d
Hodgkins, Crystalyn (March 26, 2021).
"Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Original Anime Reveals 2nd Promo Video, 3 More Cast Members"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
March 26,
2021
.
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"CHARACTER Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website"
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Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Official USA Website
. Retrieved
May 30,
2021
.
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Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (July 7, 2021).
"Xanthe Huynh plays Ophelia, the mysterious but powerful songstress. Her mission is the same as Vivy's?to bring happiness with her singing. Watch the next episode of the English dub of "Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-" this weekend on Funimation!"
.
Facebook
. Retrieved
July 10,
2021
.
- ^
Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- (June 26, 2021).
"Saeki, who appears in episode 3, is a key factor in the Singularity points in the current age. He is voiced by Billy Kametz! The dub is streaming now on Funimation!"
.
Facebook
. Retrieved
July 1,
2021
.
- ^
"Vivy-Fluorite Eye's Song-"
(in Japanese). Aniplex
. Retrieved
March 13,
2021
.
- ^
Loo, Egan (January 15, 2021).
"Re:ZERO Creator, Scriptwriter Pen WIT Studio's April TV Anime Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-"
.
Anime News Network
. Retrieved
January 15,
2021
.
- ^
"Wit Studio's Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Streams Exclusively on Funimation This Spring"
.
Funimation
. March 29, 2021
. Retrieved
March 29,
2021
.
- ^
ANIPLUS Asia [@ANIPLUSAsia] (March 26, 2021).
"[Simulcast Announcement] A 100-year journey to rewrite history by WIT STUDIO x Tappei Nagatsuki x Eiji Umehara, <Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-> joins ANIPLUS this spring!"
(
Tweet
)
. Retrieved
March 25,
2021
– via
Twitter
.
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"Sut?r? | Vivi -Fur?raito Aizu Songu-"
STORY | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
[Story | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-].
vivy-portal.com
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on March 29, 2021
. Retrieved
March 29,
2021
.
- ^
"Watch Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song- Sub | Sci Fi Anime | Funimation"
.
Funimation
.
Archived
from the original on April 3, 2021
. Retrieved
April 3,
2021
.
- ^
"On'ea | Vivi -Fur?raito Aizu Songu-"
ON AIR | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
[On Air | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-].
vivy-portal.com
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on February 27, 2021
. Retrieved
February 27,
2021
.
- ^
"Ny?su | Vivi -Fur?raito Aizu Songu-"
NEWS | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-
[News | Vivy -Fluorite Eye’s Song-].
vivy-portal.com
(in Japanese).
Archived
from the original on March 27, 2021
. Retrieved
March 27,
2021
.
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