speed anime series created series ran episodes april october tells story war photographer quest save members club series licensed release north_america aired march august series adapted manga originally serialized monthly comic released september september manga series licensed released volumes english chinese singapore later released volumes north_america september december light novel created written published released july plot follows exploits war photographer investigates secret club ultra wealthy called tries photograph club goddess year old exploited girl named discovered killed kisses granting ability destroy photographs soon discovers body like combination certain virus people bizarre abilities relating secret desires club members honor gifted power soon secret underground society powerful corrupt mega corporation operates attempts free puts run blood members club bizarre special powers engage game cat mouse manage evade capture times attacks severely injuring takes captive murders president mother group marries takes legal control having recovered wounds wedding rescues attempt leave japan prospect defeating plan ends trap set prime minister cabinet members way control control club knew betrayal trapping cabinet members police superintendent members government inside club went mansion exact revenge took away promising kill comes willingly friend final attack stronghold main building addition group politicians world fire missiles tokyo kill battle unable defeat going blind power life final act defiance destroys money gathered killed missiles world collapses financial crisis finally reunite longer threat attack media anime episodes directed animated produced initially aired april september japan released dvd compilations containing episodes july june north american adaptation licensed released dvd itunes dvd compilations containing episodes released region july march limited edition dvds released dates regular dvds march box set released speed aired march august september revealed received license distribute australia new_zealand released dvd volume collector box october box release dvd compilations released march united_kingdom licensed released dvd compilations april february aired internationally latin_america aired series brazil argentina venezuela mexico future planned asia manga based directly anime manga series entitled released japan originally serialized monthly comic illustrated series collected released september september series licensed singapore released volumes manga english december july november respectively released series chinese speed manga received english release north_america released volumes september december respectively volume set released march cancelled shortly germany manga licensed released volumes light novel light novel version written released released july novel licensed north_america set released november cancelled alongside volume manga music drama released japan september addition break second ending theme released single pieces theme music girls film placed japanese edition unable obtain legal rights use theme edited opening house recording theme song hill speed released album related reception received mixed reviews critics found animation sub par compared releases addition found storyline totally silly strange possibly entertaining found later episodes felt natural cited characters improvement animation second class best compared japanese release greatly preferred english noting english dialogue punch better flow drier japanese robinson found rich feel mirrored lovely visuals complicated storyline commented dry central plotline clearly aimed viewers value sophisticated drawn serial stories instant smith ign disliked storyline different reasons felt series trying way hard push content envelope characters likable contrast reviewers found art animation rate job
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