Himitsu - The Revelation

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Category: TV
Genre: mystery, psychological, science fiction
Year: 2008
Studio: Madhouse Studios

The story takes place five decades from now, when brain scanners have been perfected to the point that the government can retrieve up to five years' worth of memories from people's minds — even if they are dead. The investigators of the National Research Institute of Police Science's 9th Forensics Laboratory must weigh the ethical choices in the ultimate invasion of privacy as they delve into people's minds to solve crimes.

Alternative Titles: • 秘密 〜The Revelation〜 • 秘密 トップ・シークレット


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Sai
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Dec 25 2009 03:03 AM
What ever happened to 19 and 20?
axlyles
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Aug 31 2009 07:34 AM
I really like this show. Not only does it takes a different look at CSI and the people who works in that department, but it also gives the viewer a glance at a possible future in which this type of science might be developed.
box100
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Aug 22 2009 02:00 AM
Been waiting a while for this. Thanks!
megaman_zer0
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May 18 2009 10:34 PM
QUOTE (mccamy @ Dec 17 2008, 06:07 PM)
Glad to see someone has picked this series up again. I was beginning to think that if a show does not have a chibi, an animal mascot, a 12 year old female crime fighter or a vampire, no one in the U.S. will fansub it. The average age of people that I see at anime cons is ADULT.

well the show itself is also fairly boring and predictable so you also have to take that into consideration.
mccamy
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Dec 17 2008 07:07 PM
Glad to see someone has picked this series up again. I was beginning to think that if a show does not have a chibi, an animal mascot, a 12 year old female crime fighter or a vampire, no one in the U.S. will fansub it. The average age of people that I see at anime cons is ADULT.

JadeNight
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Oct 20 2008 10:20 PM
where are the rest of the episodes? *sniff sniff* it was getting good
poonk
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Jun 11 2008 01:36 AM
God, this series is great. I think the more eps I see, the more I really love it (as dark as it is).

The Kinuko 2-parter (eps.05-06) was quite good. I sort of guessed that Tsuyuguchi (the executed man) must be innocent and that he confessed in order to save his guilty daughter.  So at first I thought that a great travesty had occurred, since an innocent man was executed.  But as Maki reminds Aoki, "Don't simplify matters and thoughtlessly say, 'a murder he was wrongly accused of.' This is a perfect case of complicity."  And as they peer further into Tsuyuguchi's brain, it's revealed that he's not exactly the purely self-sacrificing father he seemed to be at first-- he actually feels guilty for the part he played in Kinuko's disturbing behavior (as perhaps he should).  And Kinuko's no suffering, angelic victim-character, either.  She's actually more than a bit scary-- taunting Aoki with what they both know she's done, but for which she can't be prosecuted.  Until...

...Hirai-kun and Zipp cross her path.  I found their deaths to be extremely sad;  I think something about the real-world setting made seeing it so much more disturbing to me than that your average side-character's death.  Then seeing it all again through Zipp's eyes, knowing what was coming, was awful.

And after all the darkness of these 2 episodes, it actually ends on a... well, not really an upbeat note, but sort of a... hopeful note. Aoki, upon viewing Zipp's memories of time spent with his master Hirai-kun, realizes that, despite the focus of his job, it's not all ugliness that people leave behind in their memories and he decides to crack open the one remaining volume of his deceased father's secret diary.  And I admit I sort of cried along with Aoki at that point. *sigh*

P.S. I'm sorry if I'm making this anime sound like a super-downer of death, depression, and angst*, but it's a wonderful and much-needed alternative to "high school hijinx"-type series, IMHO.

(*meant in a non-derogatory way.)
butterhex
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Jun 4 2008 03:05 PM
Just to put my 2 cents in... I'm really beginning to like this one a lot. The characters are great and I can't wait to see how they develop. I don't usually read too deeply into the shows I watch and just enjoy them for entertainment value. This anime is a great find for the "older" anime viewer. Hope more people start to realize what they're missing!
poonk
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Jun 4 2008 02:41 AM
*talking to herself again*

Episode 04 was pretty depressing. I actually got a little teary-eyed about all those older men, seemingly unwanted by their own families . And then, of course, the kicker: Aoki's own father is terminally ill . When is the obligatory onsen episode already!? I need something to break the tension here (yeah, yeah, not gonna happen, but that's why I'm watching it).
poonk
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May 28 2008 01:58 AM
QUOTE (mccamy @ May 23 2008, 11:22 PM)
I mean, if they can generate visuals, why not sounds or smells? They are working with synapses. Memory is encoded in all the senses.
Y'know, I thought about this too-- but I've decided that if I held logical inconsistancies against a series, I wouldn't be watching anime (or TV in general). But you're right, synpases are synapses, neurons are neurons, so why would it be visual only and not the other senses?

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I like the way that everyone has secrets. This is why seinen manga is so much fun to read. It gets dark and twisted. Usually when they translate seinen manga into anime it loses the dark quality and turns into shonen or shoujo--all action and cute little kids and puppies to warm the heart.
This is a seinen manga!? Forgive my shock, but judging from the manga art samples I've seen, I had actually assumed this was shoujo, kind of a borderline shounen-ai-tease type series, because of how "delicate" the characters look (sorry to stereotype, but I couldn't think of a better way to describe it). So I wonder... is the mangaka a man or a woman?

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Since none of the characters goes to high school, I guess that means that this series will not last long in Japan. Too bad. It is fun.
*laughs* I'm going to start telling people that it's full of panty shots and maybe then everyone will start watching...
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