List of Madlax characters
Main characters
Margaret Burton
Margaret Burton (マーガレット・バートン, Māgaretto Bāton), born on 14 July 1992,[2] is a clumsy, absent-minded 19-year-old[2] girl who attends an elite college for aristocratic families' children in Nafrece. Her memories of her own life are limited to its last twelve years, the word "Madlax", and vague recollections of something important connected to an unusual "picture book" she possesses.
Margaret is ultimately the central character of the story,
The "picture book" she has is Secondari, the second of the
- Mashimo Menu musical theme title: Picture Book, Blood, and Deep-Sea Fish
- Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (Japanese); Luci Christian (English)
Madlax
Madlax (マドラックス, Madorakkusu) is an exceptionally charismatic and attractive young woman, who is at the same time the best mercenary agent in Gazth-Sonika with 98% mission success rate. Like Margaret, she doesn't remember anything before twelve years ago (though she hasn't lost her language knowledge), except for the word "Madlax", which she has adopted as her code name, and a brief flashback of a gun in her hands and her father walking away - Madlax believes that her father is still alive and fighting somewhere in Gazth-Sonika.
While she is the best fighter in the country, easily able to dodge bullets with her
Madlax is the second persona of the former Margaret Burton, the one who took upon herself the sin of patricide, and her supernatural fighting powers may have been influenced by this. Her non-human nature becomes apparent towards the end of the series, when her left lung completely heals overnight after being pierced by a bullet. Madlax has the missing page from Margaret's Secondari.
- Mashimo Menu title: The Gatekeeper of Hell is All Alone
- Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Nancy Novotny (English)
Vanessa Rene
Vanessa Rene (ヴァネッサ・レネ) is Margaret's former neighbor and tutor, who has received a university education in IT and is currently a manager for Bookwald Industries.[4] Some reviewers have estimated her age as early thirties.[5]
Her parents got mixed up with Gazth-Sonikan politics when the war broke out and were subsequently executed,[6] therefore Vanessa's goal is to uncover the real reasons of the conflict.
Being a strong-willed and self-confident woman, Vanessa travels directly to Gazth-Sonika after she discovers that Bookwald not only invests into its demilitarized zone but also sells weapons to both warring factions and, moreover, is a part of Enfant syndicate itself. In Gazth-Sonika, Madlax is appointed as her bodyguard so it is Vanessa who links the two personae of the original Margaret Burton back together.
She is shot by Limelda after protecting Madlax, and dies from her injuries.
- Mashimo Menu title: Gatekeeper of Happiness
- Voiced by: Satsuki Yukino (Japanese); Kelly Manison (English)
Elenore Baker
Elenore Baker (エリノア・ベイカー, Erinoa Beikā) is Margaret's
In the final arc of the series, she is shot by soldiers while trying to rescue Margaret. While, with determination, she gets to reunite with her “miss”, she eventually dies of her wounds.
Elenore holds the distinction of being one of the final 8 in 2004
- Mashimo Menu title: Everyday Gatekeeper
- Voiced by: Ai Uchikawa (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (English)
Friday Monday
Friday Monday (フライデー・マンデー, Furaidē Mandē) is the enigmatic founder and head of the Enfant organization. Very little is known about his past before 1999, when he used his Gift to open the Door of Truth in a failed attempt to plunge the world into a total war, which, as he believes, is its natural state.
His attempt was foiled by Colonel Richard Burton, so the conflict only broke out locally, in the country where the ritual was held and where the Enfant HQ was later situated - in Gazth-Sonika. To repeat the ritual and complete what he has started, Monday has been ever since searching for the two missing Holy Books (he managed to keep Firstari) and another person with a strong Gift, as he is no longer able to use his own, allegedly, because the right half of his face (which he always hides it behind a mask) is disfigured by Burton's bullet.[8] Although it is not stated explicitly within the series, according to Kōichi Mashimo's vision, Monday was once a talented artist.[9]
- Mashimo Menu title: The Gatekeeper of Heaven Smiles
- Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (Japanese); Mike Kleinhenz (English)
Carrossea Doon
Carrossea Doon (カロッスア・ドゥーン, Karossua Dōn) is officially an independent
During the incident in Gazth-Sonika, Carrossea, then known as Poupee, and Margaret were the sole survivors of the plane crash (maybe because both possessed the Gift). He rapidly fell in love with and vowed to protect her, therefore, when Margaret interrupted the stand-off between her father and Monday, Carrossea-Poupee has to cover her with his own body from a stray bullet and died on the spot. However, his rather weak Gift, the power of the Sanctuary and his will to protect Margaret sufficed to partly resurrect him at expense of his memories. Friday Monday has found his amnesiac persona, named him "Carrossea" and made his personal assistant,[11] whereas his memories remained confined to the Sanctuary with the entity named "Poupee". Common past is probably the reason of the rapid mutual trust that appeared between Carrossea and Margaret upon their "first" meeting as personae.
Once he discovers the truth about his past, Carrossea vanishes.
- Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese); Vic Mignogna (English)
Limelda Jorg
Limelda Jorg (リメルダ・ユルグ, Rimeruda Yurugu) is a
Despite multiple chances to kill Limelda, Madlax has always let her go and eventually shared with her the data she discovered on Enfant's involvement with Gazth-Sonikan war. This revelation shattered Limelda's
- Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (Japanese); Christine Auten (English)
Recurring characters
SSS
SSS (pronounced: Three-Speed (スリー・スピード, Surī Supīdo)) is Madlax's mysterious male contact, who acts as a liaison between her and the clients. Very little is known about him, except that he was the one who adopted and raised Madlax as an agent after 1999, and that he is likely not connected to Enfant and, in a way, opposes them. His face is never shown in the series, only its lower half, when he is talking via a mobile phone.
The DVD release of Madlax by ADV Films include multiple extras called "Conversations with SSS", which are a series of short clips following SSS's absurd dialogues with the rest of the cast.
- Voiced by: Jin Urayama (Japanese); Jay Hickman (English)
Quanzitta Marison
Quanzitta Marison (クアンジッタ・マリスン, Kuanjitta Marisun) is a mystic of a native village deep within the Gazth-Sonikan combat zone. Quanzitta is the owner of the third Holy Book, Thirstari, and one of the few who can read the Elies script and Saruon language that the Books are written in. She guards the Door of Truth and can communicate with the residents of the Sanctuary behind it. She sacrifices herself when Margaret ready to open the Door and is returned as a spirit.[citation needed]
- Voiced by: Mako Hyōdō (Japanese); Allison Sumrall (English)
- Mashimo Menu title: Deep-Sea Gatekeeper
Nakhl
Nakhl (ナハル, Naharu) is Lady Quanzitta's servant and agent. She is the most capable hand to hand and
- Voiced by: Chikayo Nakano (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski (English)
Laetitia
Laetitia (レティシア, Retishia) is the third persona of the former Margaret Burton and her memory keeper, who is unable to leave the Sanctuary behind the Door of Truth. The name "Laetitia" originally belonged to Margaret's favorite doll, and Madlax later used a forged Nafrecian passport with the name "Laetitia Luna" in it. Once everything is said and done, Margaret adopts Laetitia as her younger sister, finally allowing her to leave the place she's been stuck into.
According to
- Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda (Japanese); Cynthia Martinez (English)
Poupée
Poupée (プーペ, Pūpe) is Carrossea Doon's memory keeper, just as Laetitia is Margaret's. He cannot leave the Sanctuary, either, nor even communicate with anyone except Laetitia. The name "Poupée" originally belonged to the boy who was killed by Colonel Burton, whereas "Carrossea Doon" was adopted by the persona who returned to the material world.
- Voiced by: N/A (Japanese); Ben Hestus (English) [16]
Richard Burton
Richard Burton (リチャード・バートン, Richādo Bāton) was Margaret's father and a colonel of the Nafrecian Army. During the ritual performed by Friday Monday in 1999, he was in Gazth-Sonika and attempted to stop it. Although Burton defeated Monday, the latter used the Words of Awakening from Firstari to force him to shoot his own daughter. Defending herself, Margaret shot her father instead. During their stand-off, Friday Monday addressed Colonel Burton only by his code name, which was "Madlax", and that was also the only word that two of Margaret's split personae later remembered.
Colonel Burton's face is partly shown very early in the series,
- Voiced by: Toru Ohkawa (Japanese); Ben Hamby (English) [18]
Minor characters
Pete Anyan
Pete Anyan (ピート, Pīto) is a young Galza
- Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa (Japanese); Brandon Scott Peters (English)
Badgis
Badgis (バジス, Bajisu) is a friend of Vannessa Rene and an expert computer technician, in other words, a
- Voiced by: Nozomu Sasaki (Japanese); Chris Patton (English)
Charlie Winston
Charlie (チャーリー, Chārī) is Vanessa Rene's colleague at Bookwald Industries. He seems to have personal feelings towards Vanessa, and even goes to look for her in Gazth-Sonika, when she is declared a fugitive.[20] He is seen being shot by a policeman in the anarchy attending the series' climax, though he is shown have regained consciousness in the last episode. [21] In the Series Bible, screenwriter Yōsuke Kuroda confirms that he survives. He has a rather small role in the series, but his character was much more important in the original draft of the series' screenplay.[14]
- Voiced by: Tokuyoshi Kawashima (Japanese); John Gremillion (English)
Chris Krana
Chris Krana (クリス・クラナ, Kurisu Kurana) is an alleged teenage son of Galza's leader Min Durk and a Nafrecian woman, whose
With Madlax's help, Chris reached Galza's headquarters, but hasn't found his father there. Instead, Friday Monday explained to him, that Min Durk was just a
In episode 21, while Carrossea and Margaret perform the ritual, a young Chris Krana appeared with Margaret and Poupée during the plane crash in 1999,[23] He most likely died with the other victims of the crash.
- Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese); Braden Hunt (English)
Min Durk
Min Durk (ミュン・デルク, Myun Deruku) is the alleged leader of Galza religious group. In fact, he never existed, and all his appearances were orchestrated by Enfant in order to continue the Gazth-Sonikan civil war.[22]
Eric Gillian
Eric Gillian (エリック・ジラン, Erikku Jiran) is a Nafrecian "bibliodetective", whose job is to locate rare books for his customers. Margaret hires him to find the second copy of her Secondari, and he soon travels to Gazth-Sonika, where he believes that he can find some clues. Madlax is assigned to protect Gillian and eventually brings him to Quanzitta Marison, who tells him about a cave where the walls are covered by Elies letters similar to those found in the book he looks for. In the cave, Gillian is subjected to the effects of the Words of Awakening and remembers an episode of his past that he has forgotten: in his youth, he has shot three men who had raped and murdered his sister. Unable to live with this guilt, Gillian throws himself off a cliff.[24]
- Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese); Andy McAvin (English)
Luciano
Luciano (ルチアーノ, Ruchiāno) is Madlax's colleague and friend in Gazth-Sonika. The first time we see him, he decides to leave Gazth-Sonika for good, but must first finish the last mission in Nafrece. On the way there, he meets Margaret, Vanessa, and Elenore and is immediately attracted to the former, however, she becomes an unfortunate distraction for him and he fails to assassinate his target, Carrossea Doon, and is taken down by Limelda Jorg.[25]
- Voiced by: Yū Mizushima (Japanese); Illich Guardiola (English)
Guen McNichol
Guen McNichol (グエン・マクニコル, Guen Makunikoru) is the
Guen McNichol's assassination makes Limelda Jorg, who was in charge of his safety, start hunting down Madlax, which eventually leads to Vanessa Rene's death.[27]
- Voiced by: Kinryu Arimoto(Japanese); Rick Piersall (English)
Maclay Marini
Maclay Marini (マクレイ・マリニ, Makurei Marini) is a Nafrecian detective who investigates the Moré case. He soon realizes that Enfant must be behind it, but gets assigned to another case by his superiors. After he refuses to stop his investigation, Enfant systematically destroys every evidence that he has ever existed and, eventually, his very identity. The last time we see him, he doesn't recognize his former name.[28]
- Voiced by: Masaki Terasoma (Japanese); Jason Douglas (English)
Anne Moré
Anne Moré (アンヌ・モレイ, Annu Morei) is Margaret Burton's classmate and Piederico Moré's daughter. According to Margaret, Anne was very kind, however, after Enfant subjected her to the Words of Awakening, she killed her own father and then threw herself out of the window.[29]
- Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese); Mariela Ortiz (English)
Piederico Moré
Piederico Moré (ピエデリカ・モレイ, Piederika Morei) is a Nafrecian
- Voiced by: N/A (Japanese); Ty Mahany (English)
References
- ^ ADV Films. 2005 [2004]. DMAD/003.)
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link - ^ a b "True Fight ~wish~". Madlax. Episode 20. 2004-08-16. 22:17 minutes in. TV Tokyo.
- ^ "Madlax DVD #7 review at AnimeOnDVD.com". Archived from the original on 2006-03-25. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
- ^ Carrossea Doon: "Vanessa Rene. Graduated with honors from the Informational Science Department of Soldophine University. Entered employment at Bookwald. Currently working in the international department." Madlax, episode 10 (9:33).
- ^ "MADLAX DVD #1 review at AnimeJump.com". Archived from the original on 2006-05-10. Retrieved 2006-11-08.
- ^ Vanessa: "My father was a diplomat in Nafrece, you see, and at the time that the threat of civil war here was coming to a peak, he was in charge of relations with Gazth-Sonika. Then the civil war broke out, and my parents were detained by the Gazth-Sonika army under suspicion of inciting the war. [...] They're probably dead, aren't they?" Madlax, episode 13 (8:21).
- ^ "Saimoe 2004 results". 2channel. 2004-09-26. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-13.
- ^ Madlax, episode 25 (7:47): Friday explains the significance of his wound.
- ADV Films. 2007 [2004]. DMAD/006.)
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- ^ Madlax, episode 21: These events are described before the episode title is displayed.
- ^ Madlax, episode 18: Limelda's past is briefly described before the episode title is displayed.
- ^ Madlax, episode 18: Madlax and Nakhl's stand-off in the church
- ^ ADV Films. 2005 [2004]. DMAD/001.)
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: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link - ^ "Laetitia in the Romans Online encyclopedia". Retrieved 2006-10-29.
- ^ Poupee's Japanese voice actor is not credited in any release of the series.
- ^ Madlax, episode 6: In Margaret's vision at the beginning of the episode, Colonel Burton is the officer who helps Poupee to stand up.
- ^ Colonel Burton's Japanese voice actor is credited as "Tohru Ohkawa" in the North-American DVD release.
- ^ Madlax, episode 1: Pete's life story
- ^ Madlax, episode 18: Charlie is interviewng the locals in a rather emotional way
- ^ Madlax, episode 26.
- ^ a b Madlax, episode 5: Chris Krana's life story
- ^ Madlax, episode 21 (12:10).
- ^ Madlax, episodes 7 and 8: Eric Gillain's life story
- ^ Madlax, episode 9: Luciano's life story
- ^ Madlax, episode 3: Guen McNichol's life story
- ^ Madlax, episode 22
- ^ Madlax, episode 4: Maclay Marini's life story
- ^ a b Madlax, episode 4: The Moré case
External links
- (in Japanese) Official character list at TV Tokyo web-site
- Official character list at ADV Filmsweb-site
- (in Japanese) Official character list at JVC web-site