# Charlotte (2015)

> A boy who cheats into an elite high school with a special ability meets a mysterious girl and a group of students with powers just like his.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/56085

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 13
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, science fiction, drama
- Network: TOKYO MX
- Cast: Koki Uchiyama, Ayane Sakura, Takahiro Mizushima, Maaya Uchida, Momo Asakura, Tomoe Tamiyasu, Mai Nakahara, Junji Majima
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4574736/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: breezy, escalating, dark, melancholic, tense

## What critics say

Viewers find it an underappreciated anime that starts as a lightweight school story and grows much darker and more engaging as it progresses.

## Synopsis

Charlotte (2015) is a Japanese animated science fiction series produced by P.A.WORKS for TOKYO MX, a single-season shonen-leaning anime of thirteen episodes. Yuu Otosaka (voiced by Koki Uchiyama) uses a special ability to cheat his way into a prestigious high school, expecting nothing to stand in his way until he meets the mysterious Nao Tomori (voiced by Ayane Sakura) and other students who possess powers like his. Supporting roles include Jojiro Takajo (voiced by Takahiro Mizushima) and Ayumi Otosaka (voiced by Momo Asakura). The engine of the story is the tension between an ordinary school life built on schemes and blackmail and a hidden world of espers, with each episode pulling Yuu deeper into a secret organization. The series opens with a light, standard school mood and gradually shifts into something much darker and more serious, especially in its middle stretch, giving it a bittersweet, escalating register. Its themes center on hidden powers, belonging, and the cost of a life suddenly changed. Set in contemporary Japan, it sits in the tradition of supernatural high school anime. Fans of Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai, Shin Sekai Yori and Btooom! will find resonance in its blend of teen ability drama and quiet melancholy. Reviewers describe it as an underappreciated, rewarding watch with solid but unremarkable animation.

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