Dream Walker | |
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Created by | Akira Jotaro (aka Justice0) |
Writer(s) | Akira Jotaro |
Director(s) | Akira Jotaro |
No. of episodes | 14 |
Run time | 23-25 minutes |
Dream Walker is an anime that was written, directed, and created by Akira Jotaro who also created the anime VII, Dead Fairy Tale, and A Little Ghost Story.
The story is set in a fictional city named Yumekyo, where many weird rumors center around nighttime and dreams. The story is about a mysterious man known as the Dream Walker, who travels through peoples' dreams for an unknown reason and a boy who investigates who or what the Dream Walker is.
Plot[]
In Yumekyo, the seven ghost stories of the city all center around dreams at night and a mysterious man with no body; this man is known as the Dream Walker. A new student from Tokyo, Hiro Kamimaro, just transferred to Dorimu High School, the richest school in Yumekyo, and was curious about the rumors everyone kept talking about for the last two weeks he was there. One night when Hiro was coming home late, he had noticed a face with no body on his drive home and he had thought he was crazy or saw a ghost. After that sight, Hiro had a dream about the face and continued to have the same dream every night until he met the real Dream Walker. As the story continues, Hiro begins to investigate the Dream Walker and was forced into joining the Occult Investigation Club after a girl named Nami Saotome found out about what he was doing.
Characters[]
Main Protagonists[]
Hiro Kamimaro[]
- The heir to the Kamimaro Zaibatsu and a boy who had became bored with life until he saw the Dream Walker and began to investigate it. He is seen as unsocial, quiet, and a genius by everyone who knows him except for Nami, who just sees him as another friend and member of the Occult Investigation Club. He had investigated the Dream Walker to find out why he kept having dreams about the Dream Walker and why the Dream Walker keeps appearing before him. He is voiced by Mamoru Miyano.
Dream Walker[]
- A ghost-like being who is just a floating head with hands and feet, with no body at all. He wears a top hat, cape that covers his body, silk gloves, and tuxedo shoes, but he is most recognized for his face, which is often seen without his body. He travels in dreams to find a reason for his existence, but fights nightmare monsters during his travels. He does not know why Hiro is the only one who can come into other peoples' dreams other than him and had investigated him out of curiousity. He does not know his real name so he had taken the name Dream Walker. He is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa.
Main Antagonist[]
Knight Mir[]
- A ghost-like being similar to Dream Walker, except he doesn't have a head and just has a body. He sometimes rarely appears riding a ghostly horse in the streets of Yumekyo and was named the hidden eighth ghost story, the Headless Horseman. He longs for a head and searches for Dream Walker to steal his head to make it his own. He is voiced by Hiroki Takahashi.
Others[]
Occult Ivestigation Club[]
- Nami Saotome - A girl obsessed with the paranormal and had even forced Hiro to join her club after she found out that he was also investigating an occult case. She had began to like Hiro when Dream Walker and Hiro appeared in her dream and fought off a nightmare monster. She is voiced by Nana Mizuki.
- Jimbo Ureka - A pervert who joined the Occult Investgation Club because he thought that Nami was cute and it was the perfect opportunity to take pictures of girls with an excuse. He is very optimisstic no matter what happens and was even the same way when he was being attacked by a nightmare monster. He is voiced by Hiro Shimono.
- Sasuke Kirifuda - A member of the Occult Investigation Club who never speaks and is seen by others as a nice but emotionless boy who sometimes appears at random moments. Not much else is known about him. He does not have a seiyuu.
- Nanoha Yuuichi - The only other girl in the Occult Investigation Club. A nerdy girl is more obsessed with the paranormal than Nami and also likes to be scared. She likes to be called "Glasses" ("Megane-chan") by everyone for an unknown reason and she was also shown to be a masochist who is perverted towards males. She is voiced by Li-Mei Chiang.
- Kaida Daichi - The only member of the Occult Investigation Group who has a real experience with a ghost. After the day he saw a ghost, he had became very interested in ghosts and wanted to prove to the world that ghosts really exist. He is a hot-headed boy who has a love for takoyaki. He is voiced by Tomokazu Seki.
Dream Monsters[]
- Joe the Faceless - A cat-like dream monster who wears a mask that has a sinister smile on it. He desires to see the world unlike most nightmare monsters but he is trapped in the dream world of Hiro. He is Hiro's true self and seeks for the same answers as him. He is voiced by Jōji Nakata.
- Aqua the Pure - A mermaid-like dream monster who saved Nami from a nightmare monster and was saved by Joe the Faceless and Dream Walker. She is a beautiful and elegant lady who wishes to change the world for the better. She is Nami's true self. She is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro.