The Girl in Twilight tells the story about a group of young girls of radio society in their school and get involved in some supernatural stuff and end up in another dimension after practicing a ritual which is called “Ritual of 4:44” in the dubbed version.
How they made this ritual a successful one has something to do with their activities in the society since they are looking for the perfect frequency to make things work. It follows the series of episodes that focus on each character where they also develop and get encouragement before the real plot starts that connects the twilight itself.
The various dimensions or frequencies as they call that is mostly focused on someone who tunes with the help of a gadget that looks like an old-style Sony Walkman. It leads to a different frequency which shows the person’s wish or the current happenings. For instance, a supposedly perfect fiancé who keeps a hideous secret and a Wild West area where a reserved character adapts a character of a courageous sheriff whose duty is to keep check and balance in the area. Interestingly, this whole scenario of looking at those problems leads to the transformation of Magical Girl which helps them in conquering their dark issues as “Equalisers” which provides them robotic armor, for the purpose of the fight against villains.
Initially, the episodes give some detail introduction and explanation of the characters from being the conventional and typical characters to how they develop. Nana Nenese has to overcome some stressful parental issues while and also deal with her arranged marriage sadness. Mia Silverstone is aloof and quiet but doesn’t like to be like that as she wants to become an extrovert, Yuu Tounaka is very honest and her correspondent is deceitful and cunning, Chloe Morisu is an introvert who likes to be alone and do not like to be around many people while ergo relies on her friends.
The one who is in the center of the story is the talkative and loud Asuka Tsuchimiya whose counterpart is “Seriousuka” who is most patient and very serious about fighting the evil Twilight King, she wants to be like her counterpart, more energetic and happy-go-lucky.
When the series is reaching towards the end, The Girl in Twilight becomes more dramatically intense as the world of Seriousuka turns out to be awful. She does not take others’ help and tells them about their counterparts. After which something bad happens, following a heart wrenching last episode where Asuka has to face her darker side, which established due to the death of her brother.
The anime has been produced by DandeLion Animation Studio (Miss Hokusai, Pingu). They have done a good job with the animation that does not require many attractive visuals and the inter-dimensional scenes were highly appealing but the scenes with action have lacked some spark in the use of CGI.
MVM Entertainment has brought the series which is now available in Blu-ray. The quality of the video is good and the audio is in Japanese complemented with subtitles. The disc has also featured Japanese promos and both themes without credits.
The voice actors include Tomoyo Kurosawa who played the role of Asuka, Marina Inoue played the role of Chloe. The music of the series was composed by Kenji Itou who has given different music that complements the respective dimension. The opening theme is performed by MICHI, titled ‘Soranetarium’ which was good to listen in every episode while the Ending Theme is given by Amy Wajima called “Kowarekake no Radio” which was quite similar to the other theme with weird video and lyrics.
The Girl in Twilight is a series that didn’t get the attention it deserves and even I missed it. The show is worth watching and is very interesting with various characters who have their own heroic moments in the series.
