| Silent Möbius | |
| Ja Kanji: | サイレントメビウス |
| Ja Romaji: | Sairento Mebiusu |
| Genre: | Science fiction[1] |
| Type: | manga |
| Author: | Kia Asamiya |
| Publisher: | Fujimi Shobo |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Comic Dragon |
| First: | 1989 |
| Last: | 1999 |
| Volumes: | 12 |
| Type: | film series |
| Music: | Kaoru Wada |
| Studio: | AIC |
| First: | August 17, 1991 |
| Last: | July 18, 1992 |
| Episodes: | 2 |
| Type: | manga |
| Möbius Klein | |
| Author: | Kia Asamiya |
| Publisher: | MediaWorks |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Dengeki Comics EX |
| Published: | 1994 |
| Volumes: | 1 |
| Type: | tv series |
| Studio: | Radix & Shaft |
| Network: | TXN (TV Tokyo) |
| First: | 7 April 1998 |
| Last: | 29 September 1998 |
| Episodes: | 26 |
| Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi | |
| Developer: | TechnoSoft |
| Publisher: | Bandai Visual |
| Genre: | Graphic adventure, Role-playing video game |
| Platforms: | PlayStation |
| Released: | December 23, 1998 |
| Type: | manga |
| Silent Möbius Tales | |
| Author: | Kia Asamiya |
| Publisher: | Square Enix |
| Demographic: | Shōnen |
| Magazine: | Monthly GFantasy |
| First: | 2003 |
| Last: | 2003 |
| Volumes: | 2 |
| Type: | manga |
| Silent Möbius QD | |
| Author: | Kia Asamiya |
| Publisher: | Kodansha |
| Demographic: | Seinen |
| Magazine: | Monthly Young Magazine |
| First: | August 12, 2013 |
| Last: | June 20, 2018 |
| Volumes: | 4 |
| Portal: | yes |
is a twelve-volume manga series created by manga artist Kia Asamiya. It is heavily influenced by the film Blade Runner and is centered on the lives of an all-female group of police officers dedicated to protecting Tokyo from an invasion of extra-dimensional creatures called Lucifer Hawks.
The series has been adapted into animation twice, first as a pair of films and later as a 26-episode television series. Streamline Pictures originally released the first film in the United States. The entire anime was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment and dubbed in English by Ocean Productions. The series was adapted into the Japan-exclusive J-RPG Silent Möbius: Genei no Datenshi for the PlayStation in 1998. It features an original plot.
A new manga series, titled Silent Möbius QD, started in 2013 and serves as a sequel to the original series.
In 1999, Gigelf Liqueur, aided by the Magician's Guild, set into motion a plan to open a gate between Earth and the world of Nemesis. The intent was to exchange Earth's polluted air and water with clean air and water from Nemesis. To aid in this endeavor, a huge cyclotron was built under Tokyo. However, Ganossa Maximilian, Gigelf's old apprentice, sabotaged the plan by opening the gate early and perverting the gate for his own means. For a number of years following this event, Gigelf and the Magician's Guild battled an invasion of Lucifer Hawk, their name for the inhabitants of Nemesis. Gigelf was killed in 2006 and it appeared the rest of the Guild met with similar fates over the next few years.
In 2023, Rally Cheyenne felt partially responsible for the growing attacks on innocent humans by marauding creatures from Nemesis. She is of mixed heritage because her mother Lufa Cheyenne was a Magician's Guild member but her father was from Nemesis. Rally started the organization called the Attacked Mystification Police (AMP), with only three officers (Kiddy Phenil, Lebia Maverick, and Nami Yamigumo) and a sub-commander (Mana Isozaki). Over the next few years, she added Yuki Saiko, Katsumi Liqueur, and Lum Cheng to the team, all aiding in the fight to protect Earth from the vicious Lucifer Hawk.
The Attacked Mystification Police Department (AMP) is a branch of the Tokyo police force formed specifically to fight the Lucifer Hawk and have the powerful pursuit aircraft the Simurgh at their disposal.[2]
The manga series started in 1989 and was published in the magazine Comic Dragon. It ended in 1999 after 12 volumes. In 2013, Asamiya began a new Silent Möbius series, titled Silent Möbius QD, which takes place 17 years after the original story.[3] The manga finished on June 20, 2018.[4]
It is published in English by Udon Entertainment; previously it was published in English by Viz Media.[5]
Between 1991 and 1992, two animated film adaptions were produced by AIC. Part 1 was directed by Kazuo Tomizawa, and written by Kei Shigema. Part 2 was directed by Yasunori Ide and written by Manabu Nakamura. Kaoru Wada produced the scores for both series. Both films have been compiled into a single version in some releases.
In 1998, a 26-episode animated TV series was produced by animation studio Radix. Hideki Tonokatsu served as director and Hiroyuki Kawasaki served as writer. American composer Jimmie Haskell produced the score for the series. A second season was planned, but it was canceled due to low ratings and sales of the first season.
Kia Asamiya announced that on Saturday, December 17, 2016, the stage play adaptation of Silent Möbius has been greenlit.[6] The main staff and the main casts were revealed following December 23, as well as the run date from March 29 to April 2, 2017.[7] The cast includes Karen Iwata, Saori Yasaka, Mutsuki Arisawa, Saki Suzuki, Rin Asuka, Mayu Sekiya, Emi Ōtori and Saki Funaoka.[8]