Akane no Guilty Crown: Supplementary Material
In the dark corner of a spacious room covered in crystals, a lone figure rose from a chair. When he looked up, the figure closed a philosophy book. With a composed and malevolent grin, he greeted the audience. He looked like an adolescent boy wearing a long white-collared coat with a black shirt and pants.
"Oh, greetings. You arrived early, but that's fine. I was just finishing this philosophy book. I am Yuu, the Envoy of Da'ath," the seemingly ageless being coolly introduced himself. "You needn't worry, I don't intend to kill you, but I do advise treading carefully here. So, why don't I help navigate you through my library? I have everything you need to learn about this retake of Ouma Shu's story with Funeral Parlor and how certain decisions alter the story. And I have information about the new characters, including the twins Heath and Akiko Jones. Akane no Guilty Crown is a celebration of Guilty Crown's 10th anniversary. So, why don't we explore the aspects and developments of this ongoing series?" He entered a library chamber full of books and computers. "Here you go. If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment in the review section. I hope you'll find what you're looking for, guest."
Yuu then opened up a holographic screen, which displayed the first opening for Akane no Guilty Crown. "So, why don't we have a look at the first OP and ED of this series for starters?"
Opening and Ending (First Half)
Guilty Crown Opening 1 - My Dearest
It starts with Inori closing her eyes, singing with her own voice in a field of spiked crystals. Then zooms out revealing to be a music video that Shu is watching with his holo-tablet at the dusk of nightfall. The view expands out more in showing pictures of the same image of Inori on many screens, zooming outward to silhouettes of people and cities, alongside revealing the title.
Akane no Guilty Crown
The background shows Tennouzu High School. The first three characters feature Shu, Heath, and Akiko.
Then, it switches out to a second set of characters: Hare, Kanon, Yahiro, Souta, and Arisa.
Then, it switches to a third set: Nanba, Sudou, Ritsu, and Miyabi.
The background then changes to a city area of Tokyo and switches to the fourth set of characters: Ayase, Tsugumi, and Walter.
The fifth set switches to Argo, Shibungi, Oogumo, Kurachi, and Fyu-Neru.
The background changes to the inside of a glass building with the outside showing the same spiked crystal area, where two images of Inori walking and facing towards each other. Their hands touch and their eyes look above.
The background switches to the nightfall of Tokyo with Ward 24 seen in the background. The characters show Gai facing towards the viewer, which then switches to the left side of Shu's face looking determined.
The next background shows a Void-like diagram showing square pictures of Voids and faces of characters such as Kenji and his Void.
The next background shows the body of Inori walking towards the left. In which Shu runs in that same direction surrounded by the square pictures of the characters and Voids. As Shu meets Inori, he raises his hand using the Power of the Kings.
The background switches to an outdoor battlefield in the city, in which Shu uses Inori's sword Void while holding her, evading missiles from Endlaves. Tsugumi is seen supporting Ayase, who is piloting her Steiner as the mech jumps off from a bridge. Shu, while holding Inori, uses Inori's sword in destroying an Endlave. Then, Shu, while putting Inori to safety, confronts a Fafnir rex, in which the hybrid dinosaur lets out a roar. Ayase's Steiner appears beside Shu, as both team up to fight the Fafnir rex. Gai is seen above, holding his necklace while looking at it, as an image of Mana is seen behind him.
The next image shows a scientific diagram of the Void Genome with two hands underneath. Characters show Ayase, Heath, Akiko, Segai, Daryl, Haruka (who is holding an Albalophosaurus), Tsugumi, Okina, Keido, Yuu as the semi-final image, and the final image shows Inori.
It ends in the warehouse studio where many television screens show the same first picture of Inori singing.
Guilty Crown Ending 1 - Departures
It starts with Inori calmly walking in the left direction.
The background shows the first picture of Inori herself with a red thread in her right hand. The second picture switches to Shu and Inori, with Shu holding Inori's Void. The red thread is still seen, spiraling like a DNA thread. The third image switches to Inori wearing a black dress.
As Inori keeps walking, Fyu-Neru appears circling her before leaving.
The fourth image in the background shows Shu's homeroom in his school with Shu himself, Inori, Yahiro, Kanon, Souta, Arisa, Heath, and Akiko. The fifth image shows Inori again wearing a white dress.
As Inori keeps walking, she is slowly joined by other people: Shu, Heath, Akiko, Ayase, Tsugumi, Walter, Fyu-Neru returning, Argo, Shibungi, Oogumo, and Gai. A group of rebels, Funeral Parlor, walking together as they leave the background.
A/N: I suppose I should thank you for the introductions, Yuu, where credit is due.
So, the first segment gives you detailed descriptions of the visuals that are shown during AnGC's first opening and ending. This reboot story just wouldn't be complete without them.
From this point forward, this section will be updated occasionally when appropriate while Akane no Guilty Crown is ongoing, and some chapters will be posted after AnGC proper is finished.
Until next time, see you, readers!