Anime/Season 2

Knack

Plot
In a futuristic society, humanity has progressed in technological advances by harvesting the energy from Relics, physical remnants of a lost civilization. Humans are reviled by the primitive Goblin species, who years prior had waged war upon the humans but ended up being driven from their cities and forced to live in the wilds.

After a force of Goblins commandeering tanks overrun a human outpost, the city of Newhaven organizes an expedition to discover how the weaponry was acquired. Explorer Ryder volunteers, joining billionaire industrialist Viktor, and his head of security, Katrina. Doctor Vargas demonstrates his creation, Knack, an organism consisting of Relics, able to control his size. Knack, Vargas, and his assistant and Ryder's nephew, Lucas, consequently partake. The group trace the weapons to a goblin fortress. Knack defeats its chief Morgack, who reveals that a goblin named Gundahar gave him the weapons. Viktor double-crosses the others by kidnapping Lucas, forcing Vargas and Knack to follow, while Ryder questions Morgack. Gundahar later arrives, forcing Ryder to escape.

Returning to his palace, Viktor unveils one of many giant relics to Vargas, Knack, and Lucas, intending to use them to usher the world into a new technological revolution. The trio flee Viktor and discover a map of Trogdo Mine that the relics had been unearthed from, illustrating a locked area which contains even larger relics that Viktor believes Knack can access. At the mine, Knack fails to open the door. Viktor and Katrina corner them and have Knack shot, where he falls down a shaft. Knack enters an ancient cavern where he is ejected by creatures known as Guardians and reaches a nearby castle owned by Viktor. Vargas and Lucas are imprisoned in the castle. Ryder tracks and rescues Vargas and Lucas with the help of Knack.

A Goblin army led by Gundahar invades Ryder's hometown of Monte Verde to steal relics. Vargas, Ryder, and Lucas fashion trackers to find the Goblins' main base. Knack forces Gundahar to leave; tracking the goblins, they reach a factory manufacturing weapons. Vargas is met by Charlotte, his former lover whom he had presumed dead 20 years ago when she had fallen into a chasm. She had been found by Gundahar and nursed back to health; in return, she created arms for him to combat rival goblin factions. After Gundahar turned to attacking human settlements, Charlotte stopped production. Ashamed, she refuses to leave with Vargas. Knack destroys the weapon stores, but Gundahar flees and forces Charlotte to repair the armaments or be cast out. Charlotte sends a message to Vargas, begging him to save her.

In the Barren Wastes, following Ryder's prior discovery, the group enter a temple containing a mural of the door within Trogdo Mine; it depicts the key, which resides beneath Obelisk Mountain, but warns of danger beyond the door. Inside Obelisk Mountain, the group are caught by Viktor and Katrina, having bugged Lucas, but Knack blocks them off with a cave-in. Lucas reminds them of the warnings and persuades them to destroy the key, but Katrina takes it using a mech, triggering a volcanic eruption. Knack defeats Katrina, where she inadvertently falls towards the lava. Viktor prepares to leave with the key on his airship. Ryder sights Katrina lying on some rubble, and stays behind to save her. Vargas, Knack, and Lucas board the airship.

The three presume Ryder dead following an explosion in the mountain. Vargas receives Charlotte's message and sets the airship to fly to the factory. Viktor traps and ejects them, though Knack saves Vargas and Lucas. They reunite with Charlotte and leave in her aircraft. Viktor succeeds in opening the door in Trogdo Mine, revealing an ancient chamber containing an orb, which disintegrates him. Immediately, the area and Guardians emerge from out of the ground. Charlotte's ship is damaged, forcing the group to land, and Knack leaves to confront the orb. It attaches itself to a Guardian, which Knack battles, destroying the orb. The source eradicated, the expanse of stonework recedes underground.

A parade is held for the group in Newhaven, where Knack, Vargas, and Lucas receive medals. As Vargas leads a eulogy for Ryder, Ryder walks through a desert carrying Katrina towards the city.

Staff

 * Original Developer: Cygames
 * Director: Kei Oikawa
 * Deputy Director: Masaaki Ota
 * Written by: Masafumi Sugiura
 * Character Designs: Tomoko Tsuji,Yousuke Kabashima
 * Lead Artist: Hiroshi Ito
 * Color design: Naomi Nakano
 * Editor: Ayumu Takahashi
 * Music: Utamaro Movement, Lantis
 * Music Director: Taro Iwashiro
 * Studio: Studio Kai
 * Producers:, TOHO Animation, Kansai Telecasting

Main Characters

 * Machiko Saitō as Tokai Teio
 * Saori Oonishi as Mejiro McQueen
 * Azumi Waki as Special Week
 * Marika Kōno as Silence Suzuka
 * Ayaka Ōhashi as Vodka
 * Wae blunder.jpgi Ueda as Gold Ship
 * Chisa Kimura as Daiwa Scarlet
 * Kouji Okino as Trainer

Secondary Characters

 * Minami Takahashi as El Condor Pasa
 * Rena Maeda as Grass Wonder
 * Akari Kitō as Seiun Sky
 * Yukina Shutō as Haru Urara
 * Aya Yamane as Daitaku Helios
 * Yano Hinaki as Kitasan Black
 * Hina Tachibana as Satono Diamond


 * Ruriko Aoki as Air Groove
 * Azusa Tadokoro as Symboli Rudolf
 * Kinugawa Rika as Narita Brian
 * Yuiko Tatsumi as Hishi Amazon
 * Eriko Matsui as Fuji Kiseki
 * Lynn as Maruzensky
 * Yuka Ōtsubo as Taiki Shuttle
 * Sora Tokui as T.M. Opera O
 * Megumi Toyoguchi as Hana Toujou


 * Kaori Maeda as Nice Nature
 * Miharu Hanai as General Patton
 * Masumi Tazawa as Ikuno Dictus
 * Hikaru Toono as Matikane Tannhauser

Opening Theme

 * Yume o Kakeru

Ending Theme

 * Winning The Soul (ep.1)
 * Komorebi No Yell

List of Episodes

 * Episode 1: Tokai Teio
 * Episode 2: Never Gonna Give It Up!
 * Episode 3: Meetings
 * Episode 4: TM Showdown!
 * Episode 5: Unbeaten Champion
 * Episode 6: Searching for a Reason
 * Episode 7: A Blessed Name
 * Episode 8: A Small Wish
 * Episode 9: Stopwatch
 * Episode 10: One Day, Without a Doubt
 * Episode 11: What I Feel
 * Episode 12: Together
 * Episode 13: Galloping After Our Dreams