Den-noh Coil

Synopsis

In the near future, augmented reality has become an everyday part of life. Middle schooler Yuuko "Yasako" Okonogi and her family move to Daikoku City, ignoring rumors of strange disappearances. There, her grandmother, known as "Mega-baa," runs Megasia, a shop that sells illegal devices for accessing hidden areas of the virtual world. Mega-baa also leads an informal detective group called "Coil," made up of young people who investigate corruption in the digital realm. Yasako joins this group when Fumie Hashimoto, a cheerful member of Coil, helps rescue her cyberdog Densuke, who gets trapped in virtual space while chasing a mysterious virus. Another key figure in the investigation is Yuuko Amasawa, a sarcastic hacker nicknamed Isako. As Coil digs deeper into the mystery of these viruses and the underlying corruption, the stakes grow higher. Can they uncover the truth, and what will they have to sacrifice along the way?

Background

One of the awards won by the series was the Seiun Award in 2008 for the Best Dramatic Presentation category.