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Necromancer (死霊術師,Nekuromansā?, lit. "Raiser of the Dead") is the second episode of the Toaru Kagaku no Accelerator anime series. It was broadcast on July 19th 2019, and was directed and storyboarded by Kamanaka Nobuharu, and the script written by Sugihara Kenji.
NecromancerEsther Rosenthal is pursued by members of DA into Heaven Canceller's Hospital. Ending up in Accelerator's room, she tries to attract his attention without success and is captured by her pursuers. Having reflected sound away while reading, Accelerator initially pays them no heed but goes for answers after seeing that Esther had a photograph of Last Order and gets into a fight with the DA members.
Accelerator fights and destroys DA's Prototype Coffin, which is revealed to hold the corpse of Hitokawa Hasami who attempted suicide three days earlier (failing but then being murdered by DA) and used her Pyrokinesis, strengthened from Level 2 to Level 4.
After encountering Last Order in the corridor, Accelerator meets the escaped Esther in his room and partially chokes her while trying to get answers. Meanwhile, DA member Nishio is disposed of for his failure.
One of the DA members refers to the events at the end of the previous episode and is seen with wounds inflicted by the dogs reanimated by Esther Rosenthal.[1]
Accelerator is seen reading the same manga volume he was reading in the previous episode.[1]
The ominous floating numbered screens with only their voices being seen for some of them is likely a reference to SEELE from Neon Genesis Evangelion, where the members are represented by large ominous black numbered monoliths.
Esther Rosenthal's struggle against her pursuers is expanded. Rather than being knocked out by a blow to the back of the neck, she is brought down with a taser.[2]
Neither Nishio nor other DA members recognize Accelerator. In manga, Nishio had recognized Accelerator by his red eyes and white hair as soon as entering the room.[2]
Accelerator's confrontation with the DA members and the Prototype Coffin is expanded.[2]
Additional DA members are present for the aforementioned pursuit and confrontation besides Nishio.[2]
DA communication icons
DA communication icons
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During the communication between Nishio, Hishigata Mikihiko and other parties involved in DA, the icons are displayed as floating holograms rather than just on a monitor and given additional details.[4][5] The higher-ups/backers have red icons with an emblem of a hand holding a spiked leash and numbered 'Breeder' codenames. Nishio and Hishigata's icons are blue with dog emblems, with the codenames Basset Hound and Dachshund respectively. Nishio's icon also has the DA label.
Nishio's death via Qiong Qi suddenly appearing before him is only hinted at.[4]
Accelerator's encounter with Last Order in the corridor takes place before his encounter with Esther Rosenthal in his room rather than afterwards.[2][4]
Animation Trivia[]
Despite being shown to be completely naked, when Hirumi hugs her brother she is momentarily shown to be wearing what appears to be a pink bra.