Mnemosyne

RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ (Mnemosyne, Mnemosyne: Munemoshune no Musumetachi, lit. Mnemosyne: Daughters of Mnemosyne) is a six-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Xebec and Genco, featuring grotesque and erotic visuals. The anime was produced to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the AT-X network, which it originally aired on.Funimation Entertainment licensed the series in North America. The plot, rich in the mix of murder and action, is set in modern and near-future Tokyo, and revolves around Rin Asogi, an immortal female private investigator. A light novel and a manga adaptation have also been published.

Rin Asogi runs a private investigation agency in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, performing odd jobs ranging from finding lost pets to hunting rare stamps in order to get by. Yet despite attempts at a normal life, she finds herself constantly hindered by the strange cases that come her way, figures from her dark past, and her inability to die.

Main characters of Mnemosyne: Mimi and Rin (respectively).

Main characters
Antagonists
Maeno family
Other characters

Light novels
Before the release of the first anime episode, a light novel adaptation entitled Mnemosyne no Musumetachi 2008 started serialization in Hobby Japan's light novel magazine Charano! on January 30, 2008. The light novel is written by the writer of the anime, Hiroshi ?nogi, and illustrated by Ch?? Higashiguchi.

Anime


Mnemosyne started as a television series directed by Shigeru Ueda and written by Hiroshi ?nogi. The animation is handled by Xebec but planning and production is shared with Genco, that also had a part in the original concept creation. Original character design is by Ch?? Higashiguchi, and was used as a template by the character designer for the anime version, Mitsuru Ishihara. Music direction is headed by Takayuki Negishi. The series' opening theme is "Alsatia" and the ending theme is "Cause Disarray"; both songs are written by Yama-B, composed by Syu, and performed by Galneryus. Funimation Entertainment licensed Mnemosyne in February 2009 for a North American release under the title RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~.Manga Entertainment will release all six episodes on two discs in the UK on September 13, 2010.[citation needed]

Manga
A manga adaptation illustrated by Miss Black started serialization in the male-oriented manga magazine Comic Valkyrie on May 27, 2008, and is published by Kill Time Communication.