Infinite Ryvius
Students stranded in space must survive without adult guidance.
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The show is described as a psychologically driven space opera that uses a Lord of the Flies closed-environment allegory.[1]
Last updated 2026-10-01 from the source article.
Quick Facts
- Creator
- Hajime Yatate
- Director
- Gorō Taniguchi
- Developer
- Yōsuke Kuroda
- Music
- Katsuhisa Hattori; M.I.D.
- Network
- TXN (TV Tokyo)
- Country
- Japan
- Language
- Japanese
- First aired
- 6 October 1999
Facts from the source article.
Making and release
That manga was published in English in 2004.[2] At Otakon 2013, Sunrise stated that Sentai Filmworks had acquired the rights to Infinite Ryvius and several other former Bandai Entertainment properties.[3] The manga adaptation, spanning two volumes, came out alongside the TV series between 1999 and 2000.[2] In 2000, the parody ONA series titled Infinite Ryvius: Illusion was made available.[2]
What the cited sources add
The reviewer at THEM Anime Reviews awarded it 4 stars out of 5, calling it "a solid, solid release".[4] In The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the show is described as stylistically austere and largely humourless.[1] That entry notes that reviewers lauded its complex, evolving characters.[1] Some criticism was aimed at its deliberate pacing and occasionally rough animation.[1]
According to the SFE, Infinite Ryvius is "now regarded as a notable late-1990s experiment in psychologically driven anime space opera".[1] At the fifth Animation Kobe in 2000, Infinite Ryvius received the Best TV Animation award.[5]
References
- Wikipedia, "Infinite Ryvius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Konieczny, "SFE: Infinite Ryvius", The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, 2026 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Infinite Ryvius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: RYVIUS.JP (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Infinite Ryvius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Sentai Filmworks Adds Sacred Seven, The Big O, Kurokami, More", Anime News Network (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Infinite Ryvius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: https://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=984 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Infinite Ryvius" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "ANIME NEWS SERVICE – NOVEMBER 29 – DECEMBER 1 ANIME NEWS", 2000-12-01 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
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Sources
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- Wikipedia: Infinite Ryvius (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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