Phantom of Inferno (known in Japan as Phantom -PHANTOM OF INFERNO-) is a visual novel game created by Nitroplus, and distributed by Hirameki International (a subsidiary of the Japanese visual novel publisher Hirameki). It came out in Japan in 2000, and then was distributed in America as an AnimePlay title in 2003. The story can take either a dark action/drama path or can turn into a romantic drama depending on the choice of the player.Phantom currently resides as both an interactive (choose your own adventure) video game, a small 3 part OVA anime series, and an ongoing anime.
Nitroplus and Kadokawa Shoten have adapted the story into an anime series produced by Bee Train under the direction of Koichi Mashimo, entitled Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~. Staff members include writer Yosuke Kuroda, who is supervising the scripts from the staff writers Gen Urobuchi, Hideki Shirane, Noboru Kimura, Tatsuya Takahashi and Yukihito Nonaka and designed by Bee Train artists Yoshimitsu Yamashita, Mutsumi Sasaki, Minako Shiba, Yoshiaki Tsubata, Tomoaki Kado and Yoko Kikuchi. The series features music by Hikaru Nanase and theme songs by Kokia and Ali Project.
The series went on air on April 2, 2009 on TV Tokyo. Subsequently the show also airs on AT-X, TV Aichi, and TV Osaka. The anime series is now available for internet streaming by FUNimation Entertainment.
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