Caligula Season 1
01. When you lose your composure, you cannot reach the truth or reality.
Shikishima Ritsu was living a fulfilling high school life. Then one day, when Ritsu heard the new song from popular idol, μ, he noticed a cry for help hidding within the song. Ritsu tried to confirm it with his friends, but none of them would respond to his questions, and they even acted off. The suspicious incongruities continued piling up until the new year's entrance ceremonies. Yet the new students entering the school were-
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Reina Ueda
Mu
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Yoshito Mikamo
Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Key Animation
02. Anxiety, irritation, and other such negative emotions spread to others.
Ritsu is attacked by students taking on strange shapes, but Satake Shogo saves him with a giant handgun. Ritsu is taken aback by the sight of him relentlessly shooting students, but he comes to realize that other people can't see the giant gun or the transformed students. Lost and confused, Ritsu returns to his home where he's greeted by his Mother who's now covered in static and repeating the same exact lines.
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Toshimitsu Takeuchi
Writer
Seiki Sugawara
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Seiki Sugawara
Director
Seiki Sugawara
Storyboard Artist
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Key Animation
03. Why do we live? The further we pursue the meaning of life, the more confused we become.
Hoping to find her mother who had been replaced, Shinohara Mifue decides to attend SweetP's tea party, where all kinds of information gathers. However, everyone there is too absorbed in the sweets and none of them will listen to her. Mifue struggles to act dreamy-cute in order to get them to talk, but... Meanwhile, after Ritsu saw the end of their world, he heads to the old school building's music prep room to meet with Shogo.
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Reina Ueda
Mu
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Shingo Nagai
Writer
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Director
Shunsuke Ishikawa
Storyboard Artist
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Shunta Sakamoto
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Animation Director
04. People who do not respect themselves will not be respected by others.
After talking to Ritsu about the truth of their world, Aria and Shogo ask him to lend them his aid. Later Shinohara Mifue and Morita Naruko, who also started to notice the incongruities in their world like Ritsu, visit the music prep room as well. While others are talking about people being "spirited away" on the gossiper, Tomoe Kotaru dashes into the room claiming he can no longer reach his friend who went into the library...
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Mariko Mochizuki
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Yuji Himaki
Storyboard
Mochizuki Mariko
Writer
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Yūsuke Onoda
Director
Ippeita Watanabe
Animation Director
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Hong In-su
Animation Director
Ryuta Imaizumi
Animation Director
Shigenori Taniguchi
Animation Director
05. Everyone gets hurt. But those who don't realize they're hurting can't be healed.
Ritsu and few others accept Mizuguchi Marie's invitation to the marine resort, Sea Paraiso, within Mobius. The group is enjoying the various attractions when Aria suddenly says, "I think she saw me!" even though she's supposed to be invisible to normal people. The girl in question is so beautiful that she's surrounded by men at the park, and when Ritsu goes to try and talk to her...
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Toshimitsu Takeuchi
Writer
Sekijuu Sekino
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Sekijuu Sekino
Director
Junko Matsushita
Animation Director
Masaki Kiritani
Animation Director
Ken Obata
Animation Director
06. Looking forward doesn't equal progress on its own. Understanding one's situation is also an important step.
μ's voice echoes throughout the city and the Musicians attack Ritsu and others along with Digiheads. Why do they have to return to reality? As they fight, each members affirms their resolve to face reality, manifesting their Catharsis Effects all at once. However, Ritsu alone remains unable to remember his bitter, painful reality.
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Kenji Yasuda
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Kazuhide Kondo
Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Key Animation
07. When you're in a desperate situation, it's all the more important to keep smiling.
A month has passed since their battle. μ has gone into hiding and the Musicians haven't made any obvious moves either. During that time the former Music Prep Room has become the Go-Home-Club room, and the members of that club share a hot pot. While Ritsu is out shopping everyone around him suddenly disappears and the city transforms into a strange place. There μ appears before him and--
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Shingo Nagai
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Kenji Yasuda
Storyboard
Mitsuko Kase
Storyboard
Yoshito Mikamo
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Yoshito Mikamo
Director
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Animation Director
08. Your life shouldn't be built from someone else's blueprint. No matter how unskilled you may be, you should draw it yourself.
Mobius was supposed to be an ideal world, but with μ still asleep, the Musicians start growing anxious as they become unable to the lives they wanted for themselves. IkeP finds his spot as #1 in the coordination rankings stolen by Izuru, and when he loses his fans as well he attacks Izuru. Meanwhile, KagiP approaches Ritsu, the president of the Go-Home-Club, about something...
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Mariko Mochizuki
Writer
Mochizuki Mariko
Writer
Satoshi Shimizu
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Yukio Kuroda
Director
Shinya Nogami
Animation Director
Kazuyuki Ikai
Animation Director
09. Even if something has already happened, you can still choose what you do.
Sinners shall reap their rewards.
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Toshimitsu Takeuchi
Writer
Hideaki Kurakawa
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Tenpei Mishio
Director
Hideaki Kurakawa
Storyboard Artist
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
10. Caligula
The Go-Home-Club members are locked inside the music prep room. The Go-Home-Club president, Shikishima Ritsu, is nowhere to be found. Eventually everyone grows paranoid and begins looking for the culprit. That's when Kensuke proposes that start introducing their true selves. In order to learn more about each other, they begin prying into the darkness within their hearts.
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Reina Ueda
Mu
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Touko Machida
Writer
Mitsuko Kase
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Takumi Narita
Director
Tenpei Mishio
Director
Ippeita Watanabe
Animation Director
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Ryuta Imaizumi
Animation Director
Shigenori Taniguchi
Animation Director
11. People constantly seek out the right answer. Yet, is being right really all that matters?
After remembering who he really was in reality, Ritsu escapes Mobius on his own. Rush hour on the commuter trains, prickly sunshine, the smell of ramen wafting to his nose... What is Ritsu's true goal behind returning to reality?!
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Reina Ueda
Mu
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Shingo Nagai
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Ai Yoshimura
Storyboard
Hiroyuki Okuno
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Takahiro Tamano
Director
Hiroyuki Okuno
Storyboard Artist
Ai Yoshimura
Storyboard Artist
Junichi Wada
Storyboard Artist
Yoshihiro Nagata
Key Animation
12. Destroy your ideals and self, and return to hell and reality.
Now, at the end of the fleeting light, there's a glimpse of...
Sawashiro Chiharu
Ritsu Shikishima
Reina Ueda
Mu
Rie Murakawa
Kotono Kashiwaba
Yūichirō Umehara
Izuru Minezawa
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kotarou Tomoe
Shunsuke Takeuchi
Shougo Satake
Rie Takahashi
Mifue Shinohara
Minami Tanaka
Suzuna Kagura
Ari Ozawa
Naruko Morita
Mai Fuchigami
Marie Mizuguchi
Tomoaki Maeno
Izuru Minesawa
Touko Machida
Writer
Junichi Wada
Storyboard
Sekijuu Sekino
Storyboard
Ai Yoshimura
Storyboard
Jun’ichi Wada
Director
Tenpei Mishio
Director
Yoshito Mikamo
Director
Hitomi Ezoe
Director
Junichi Wada
Director
Ai Yoshimura
Storyboard Artist
Hiromi Sakamoto
Animation Director
Kazuhiko Tamura
Animation Director
Shunta Sakamoto
Animation Director
Yoshihiro Nagata
Animation Director
Hanyū
Animation Director