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BANANA FISH Store 2

The ***BANANA FISH* Store 2** was a 2019 rerun of a *BANANA FISH*-themed pop-up shop held in the the Seibu Shibuya department store in Tokyo.

## Event details

The event took place over three weeks in the spring of 2019. It was hosted by Kinokuniya Bookstore and held in the first floor event space of Shibuya's Seibu department store. A variety of merchandise was available for purchase, with the intent to exceed the volume of visitors and merchandise from the shop's run the year prior. For every 2,160 yen spent on merchandise, one of five event-exclusive postcards was given as a bonus gift.

## Gallery

Promotional image of merchandise available in the shopPromotional image of the five randomized postcards given as bonuses
Alex/Synopsis

Alex's experiences and perspectives in the Banana Fish plot.

## Story

Alex is in front of Bones as he watches his boss, gang leader Ash Lynx fire bullets into the wall behind a gang member marked for punishment. He holds Ash’s jacket as he administers his punishment.

Turning to face Arthur, Alex listens as Ash addresses him directly whilst sharing that they are no dogs of the mafia. After Ash takes his coat and speaks to Arthur, Alex leaves with Ash and other members of his gang.

## References

1. ↑ Banana Fish Anime: Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Eiji's Mother

Eiji's mother is a minor character in *Fly Boy in the Sky*.

## Appearance

Mrs. Okumura appears to be middle aged with minor wrinkles. She has short, curly dark hair.

## Personality

She appears a strong but tired woman. While she cares for and supports her family, she possibly suffers from loneliness from her husband being hospitalized for an extended time.

## Plot

During her debut, Mrs. Okumura is revealed to have taken up work at a canning factory to support the family as her husband is currently in the hospital. While she was a welcoming hostess to Shunichi Ibe during his short stay, she is called out by her son about prettying her appearance around him, possibly wanting to convince Ibe to stay and become the head of the family or was simply lonely for a man's attention since her husband had been hospitalized for nearly a year at that point.
Alexis Dawson/Synopsis

## Story

Prior to the main storyline, Alexis had been part of a team that accidentally created the Banana Fish drug. While he had wanted to destroy the drug from seeing the potential danger it could bring, his younger brother, Abraham, decided against this course of action as he saw it as a potential path to fame and fortune.

During the main storyline, he is revealed to have met Jessica Randy at one point and was discovered to have lost his wife roughly a decade prior and had no children of his own. Alexis is said to have adopted a Chinese teen prodigy, Yut-Lung, but this was most likely a lie by Yut-Lung.

Alexis makes a full debut when he returns to his house and finds Ash and the others. After helping Ibe, Alexis begins explaining his own history with Banana Fish and what his brother has done with it while trying to perfect it; testing it on anyone he wanted, including Griffin. This naturally earned some irritation from the trio, but they were soon taken hostage by Chinese men under Dino's order and taken to New York.

Once re-united with his brother, Alexis appeared forced to join in trying to perfect Banana Fish.
BANANA FISH TV Animation Official Guide ~Moment~

***BANANA FISH TV Animation Official Guide ~Moment~*** is the official guidebook to the *BANANA FISH* anime. It contains 159 pages of staff and cast commentary, episode and character information, and images from the anime. At the end of the book is a large fold-out poster of the book's cover visual. The book is printed in Japanese.

## Trivia

* While the official publication date is April 15, 2019, the book was released for retail starting on April 8.
* The book retails in Japan for ¥2,300 (20.92 USD).
Eiji's Grandmother

Eiji's Grandmother is a minor character in Fly Boy in the Sky. She is also mentioned in episode 11.

## Appearance

She is an older woman with light colored hair. Her skin is wrinkled, and she is only seen wearing a kimono.

## Plot

Only appearing in Fly Boy in the Sky, she is only seen when Ibe was staying at the Okumura home for a few days but does not contribute much to the story.
Alexis Dawson

* Anime
* Manga

**Alexis Dawson** is a pathologist at the University of California. He is one of the creators of the Banana Fish drugs.

## Appearance

He was bald at the top of his head but had long light brown hair round the sides. He had the same colored eyebrows and moustache. He wore a pair of thin circle framed glasses.

## Relationships

* **Abraham Dawson**: His brother, together they accidentally created the Banana Fish drug, but they greatly differed on what should be done with it. Alexis wanted to destroy it while Abaraham sought to use it for his own gain.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 08 Banal Story

* Episode 09 Save Me The Waltz

* Episode 10 Babylon Revisited

* Episode 15 The Garden of Eden

* Episode 16 Lo, The Poor Peacock

* Episode 17 The Killers

* Episode 18 Islands in the Stream
BANANA FISH Café and Bar Book

The ***BANANA FISH Café and Bar Book*** is a book published after the BANANA FISH Café and Bar. The book features information on the themed café held in Shinjuku in autumn 2018, including a transcription of the café mini-drama, exclusive art and photographs, recipes of popular dishes from the café, an interview with the voice actors of Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura, and a playback of each anime episode. At the back of the book are 14 film-style bookmarks with cutout lines, reprints of those given as attendance favors at the café. The book comes in a set with a black faux-leather pouch patterned with character motifs. It was printed only in Japanese and retailed for 1,980 yen.

## Contents

*Translated and adapted from the table of contents list*

* About the BANANA FISH Café and Bar
* Special Mini Voice Drama
* The Art of BANANA FISH
* 7 Recipes from the BANANA FISH Café and Bar
* Special Interview with Yuma Uchida and Kenji Nojima
* BANANA FISH Playback
* Café and Bar bookmarks

## Gallery

Table of Contents pageRecipe page for the tofu dip bagel and shrimp avocado saladBookmarksPouch
Volume 03

This is the third volume of the *Banana Fish* manga.

 Synopsis

VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... The idea that Ash Lynx would be more controllable in jail has worked out for nobody, because in between gang rape and random assaults, Ash has not only managed to get Eiji to carry out info to his allies in Chinatown, but he's met cellmate Max Lobo, another survivor of his brother's unit in Vietnam. That means as soon as Ash makes bail, he's only headed for bigger trouble. But what's more dangerous for him, confronting Papa Dino or his real father...?

## Summary

Aslan, known on the streets as “Ash Lynx,” finds himself at war with his criminal mentor over mysterious deaths surrounding an unidentified drug linked to the code-name “Banana Fish”–a phrase Ash knew previously only as words muttered by his older brother Griff, who returned home from Vietnam insane.

Framed for murder, Ash is sent to a prison packed with men in Dino’s pay, while the ruthless thug Arthur moves to take over Ash’s old territory. But Ash has friends, too. Shady Dr. Meredith has been examining both Griff and the drug, and an attempt by Arthur to retrieve the substance for Dino is foiled by Chinese gangbanger Shorter Wong, at the cost of Griff being mortally wounded. Meanwhile, a sympathetic cop has asked a friends in prison, Max Lobo, to watch Ash’s back. But Max, himseld on the trail of “Banana Fish,” has a guilty past when it comes to Griff, a guilt that leaves Ash unguarded as predatory cons catch the young man alone...

## Characters

* Ash Lynx

* Garvey

* Max Lobo

* Eiji Okumura

* Shunichi Ibe

* Shorter Wong

* Dr. Meredith

* Brandish

* George Scott

* Nadia Wong

* Charlie Dickinson
* Jenkins
Yut-Lung/Synopsis

## Story

Yut-Lung was hired by his eldest brother,Lee Wang Lung, to be at Professor Dawson's house in LA. Yut-Lung was then about to be kidnapped but was saved thanks to Ash and the others. Yut-Lung wakes up from being unconscious and is asked questions about where Professor Dawson is at. Yut-Lung responds with saying that he's Professor Dawson's adopted son.
Volume 07

This is the seventh volume of the *Banana Fish* manga.

## Synopsis

VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Ash has only one hand of cards--a loyal posse of street thugs, an investigative reporter, and a sympathetic cop, as he plays his one draw with tricks, trumps, and the hand jive from a .357 Magnum...

## Summary

What is “Banana Fish,” and how has a secret from Vietnam risen again twelve years later in Manhattan? Ash Lynx and his
associates have made a violent breakout from Papa Dino’s mansion, escaping the
basement cell where Ash was forced to kill his Banana Fish–dosed best friend, Chinese
gang member Shorter Wong. They had help leaving the scene from Shorter’s boys
and his lieutenant, the vicious Sing, who tried to get revenge on Ash–and got
swatted aside like a fly. Ash burns down the house with its drug lab,
slaughters the guards, and kills one of the two Dawsons, the brother doctors
who alone can synthesize Banana Fish. All the public hears of the story in the
media is that a shocking arson and home-invasion robbery has hit respectable
millionaire and donor to youth charities, Dino Golzine... Now Eiji has holed up
with Ash in one of his gang’s flophouses, where they await the arrival of their
friendly ‘hood arms dealer, while Max and Ibe have barged in on the
middle-class domesticity of Charlie, an ally on the NYPD. They have news to
break to his girlfriend Nadia–Shorter’s younger sister...
Heaven

"**Heaven**" is the final track on the *Banana Fish* CD. The song, sung in English, is the only lyrical track on the eight-track album. It was composed by Akio Togashi; lyrics were written by James Norwood and sung by Loretta Zoe Heywood.

The *Banana Fish* album was created to audibly animate the tone of the series, with some tracks sounding jazzy and urban, others dark, and others tender. "Heaven" is the main title song created in the image of Ash Lynx and asks the question, "Is the destination of a boy with blood-stained hands and an angel's heart going to be heaven or hell?"

## Lyrics

Livin' on the border and, I can feel the tingle

From the wounds I have so deep ...will they heal

We go on each day with our lives, and never know the value

Why are our lives so cheap? ...I feel

It's a joy to live to me, I treasure it so much

I realize that all in life, is not fair

Somewhere on the streets out there, we are tender to the touch

Outside this shell, can they tell, I still care...

I lead, a life, that needs direction

For me, it's time, for heart inspection

Who is crying out to me, my body shaken by the tone

A feelin's comin' over me, and I'm driven

To take a life away, which somehow has gone astray

A life so easy taken, but not given

I know what's inside of you, and you know what's inside of me

We are so much more than just flesh and bone

There's a power over me, I'm helpless deep inside I plead

Oh God from Heaven, I can't do this alone

I lead, a life, that needs salvation

For me, it's time, for heart correction

Could I be forgiven, for what I've done

Who will weep for me, after I'm gone

I feel for you, and you for me, if there's a heaven

We'll go and see

I lead (I lead), a life (a life), that needs salvation

For me (for me), it's time (it's time), for heart correction

I lead (I lead), a life (a life), that needs salvation

For me... for me... for me... for me
William Joseph Green

**William Joseph Green** was one of Eduardo's soldiers. Special details show he is American right handed with 20/25 vision. He can speak both English and French.

## Profile

### Appearance

His photograph showed him as a man with black hair, at odds with his light brown short hair, and similar colored trimmed mustache. William has blue eyes and he wore a dark suit jacket, whit collared shirt and a greenish blue tie.

### Personality

Nothing is stated of William's personality.

## History

William came to join the Foreign Legion and was previously stationed in Corsica. He was specifically placed in the 2nd Foreign Legion (2nd REP) as a part of the airborne Foreign Parachute Regiment. He was reported dead in 2004.

## Story

Ash acquires information from The Fly where he comes across details on William's background. His details were kept confidential, were not to be copied and required level 6 access to view.

## Relationships

### Adeline Korse Williams

She is only mentioned in the information on William as being his spouse with them being married to one another.

### Two Unnamed Children

His two children, what his relationship with them, whether they are his and Adeline's is not shared.

## Trivia

* In his file his hair is written to be black, next to an image of him with light brown hair indicating he may have had it dyed.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Banana Fish Episode 21
Wu

Wu
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**Wu** was one of Yut-Lung's bodyguards in **Banana Fish**.

## Appearance

Wu has black hair with his long fringe parted in the middle. He wears a black coat covering a dark undershirt with red ties keeping it together.

## Story

When taking cover alongside Yut-Lung he is stabbed in the back by Ash.

## Relationships

### Yut-Lung

Wu has been shown to get along with Yut-Lung and by following his orders.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 09 Save Me The Waltz
* Episode 12 To Have and Have Not
* Episode 14 Tender is the Night
* Episode 15 The Garden of Eden
* Episode 17 The Killers
* Episode 18 Islands in the Stream
* Episode 20 The Unvanquished
Blocking Policy

Blocking can temporarily or permanently prohibit an account from editing and here are the guidelines if accounts require blocking on the Banana Fish wiki.

## Who May Issue Blocks

Administrators, staff and members of the VSTD are able to issue blocks, the latter two are able to issue IP blocks which can stop edits across all Fandom wikis for a device.

## When Blocking May be Required

On the Banana Fish wiki, administrators would never block out of malice, the blocking tool would not be used to issue punishment on users. The block would only be added out of necessity such as if vandalism were occurring or a bot had gone haywire and was mass editing pages.

Though the best is always assumed of people and reformation is always the only option the block can be requested by users or issued if the following conduct is discovered:

* Personal attacks, Harassment and Racism.

* Continuous vandalism of pages/articles.

* Conduct against Fandoms terms of use would be picked up upon by the site.

If such conduct is exhibited a suggestion to step in the right direction would be given to accounts that show conduct against the excellent standards the wiki is accustomed to (they would be warned). Admins would bear in mind that accounts may be compromised by another person, and perhaps users may not recognise how certain behaviour could be an issue.

Blocks are there just in case, though blockable actions would be reported to Fandom and so as it stands there is no need for administration to use blocks because everyone is working well on the wiki anyway.
Frank Sanchez

**Frank Sanchez** aka Froggy, is a character who worked under Dino Golzine and was later killed by Eduardo L. Fox in *Banana Fish*.

## Profile

### Appearance

He is a somewhat portly man with thick dark hair, and equally thick appearing facial hair including a mustache and beard from under his ears covering his jawline. Frank wears a red jacket covering a green shirt with matching red trousers.
Marvin Crosby

**Marvin** is a character in Banana Fish and a subordinate of Dino Golzine's.

## Appearance

Marvin is an overweight man with short, brown hair. He wears sunglasses and a brown suit with a dress shirt, black shoes, and a black tie. He is often seen smoking.

## Personality

He is both vindictive and short-tempered but a loyal follower of Dino's, demanding others respect the mafioso and, in turn, respect his position as Golzine's bodyguard and right-hand man. It is widely known that Marvin is gay and has a preference for green-eyed blonds, particularly Ash.

## History

In the past, when Ash was a young boy being trained by Golzine, Marvin had sexually abused him repeatedly. The thug has kept pornographic videos of his abuse of Ash as trophies. The physical abuse came to a stop when Blanca became Ash's new mentor and stopped Marvin's abuse toward Ash by breaking his wrist and the threat of informing Golzine of his behavior toward the teen, indicating that potentially some/most of the abuse may have been unknown to Golzine.

## Story

Marvin is watchful of Ash when the gang leader visits Golzine's manor, being both physically attracted to the boy and demanding that he respect the powerful mafioso. He annoyed by Ash's dismissive treatment of him and later jumps at the chance to team up with Frederick Arthur and get close enough to Ash to abuse him again. After Arthur's followers abduct Skip, Eiji Okumura, and Ash, Arthur beats Ash to try and learn the location of the missing Banana Fish drug. Ash seduces Marvin into releasing him from his ropes and beats the man badly enough that he, Skip, and Eiji can run, ultimately allowing Eiji to escape the hideout and alert the police to their location. During the police shootout, Marvin shoots Skip in front of Ash and flees in fear of an enraged Ash. He runs into an apartment building where Willard Evanstine's subordinates shoot him and arrest Ash for his murder moments later.

## Relationships

* **Dino Golzine**: Marvin is a bodyguard and loyal subordinate to Golzine. He was permitted to sexually assault Ash when the latter was a young boy being raised by the mafioso.

* **Frederick Arthur**: While Marvin looks down on and distrusts Arthur, the two team up in their common dislike of Ash, Marvin seeking the chance to abuse Ash again. After successfully capturing Ash, Marvin, as a member of Golzine's mafia family, asserts his superiority over the street thug.

* **Ash Lynx**: Marvin was attracted to Ash and sexually abused him when the latter was an adolescent. In response to Ash's verbal jabs, he generally views him with disdain. He takes pleasure in beating Ash with his belt and is easily seduced by the street thug.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish

* Episode 02 In Another Country

## Trivia

* In Private Opinion, Marvin is revealed to be the one who sold Ash to Golzine.
FREEDOM

* CD
* CD+DVD

"**FREEDOM**" by Blue Encount is the second opening theme song of the *BANANA FISH* anime, running from episode 14 to 24. Two versions of the single were released: the regular edition, containing only a CD, and an alternate version that includes a DVD. The DVD version also included a PlayPASS code that was good until November 20, 2019, allowing anyone who purchased the physical album to access it digitally and listen to it on their smartphone. First edition copies of both single versions included a limited release sticker.

The studio live footage of "FREEDOM" was included on the DVD of Blue Encount's 2019 album *Polaris*. The CD track was re-released on their 2020 album *Q.E.D*, and the music video of FREEDOM was included on the DVD of *Q.E.D'*s alternate version.

## Track list

### CD

1. FREEDOM (4:01)
2. Music (ミュージック) (3:50)
3. Still, you keep running (それでも、君は走り続ける) (4:31)

### DVD

1. Waaaake!!!!
2. JUMP
3. Compass (コンパス)
4. Light Up (灯せ)
5. Answer (こたえ)
6. Making of TOUR2018 Choice Your "→"

## Lyrics

### Rōmaji

I've been ignoring everyone

I've been wandering around

I've been deceived by everything, at the time

Then you appeared in front of me

You ignited my pale heart

We've been looking for each other

From now on

Save you

Wow

Saigen nai gisei wo

Wow

Mourou to shita risou wo

Wow

Mou muda ni shinai you ni to

Kanashimi wo kirikiza nda

Get away from me

Get away from dark nightmare

Just now, chip at your heart

We just fight for freedom

Ubaiatte yogoshiatte

Soredemo mamoritakute

I will share your fate

Iki wo suru tabi hai ni tamatta

Ikiba no nai iradachi

Itomo tayasuku fumi ni jirareru

Doukei no hi wa moe tsuzuketeru

Wow

Kizen to shita honshou de

Wow

Madamada agaku nda

Get away from me

Get away from dark nightmare

Just now, chip at my heart

I hold tight your freedom

Shinogiatte motomeatte

Nuguenai ureitachi to aragau

Hitori ja nai

To kizuketa boku no "kinou" mo

Kizu darake demo tachiagatta kimi no "kyou" mo

Ikitakute mo ikirenakatta dareka no "asu" mo

Nidoto hanasanai you ni arukou

Wow

Saigen nai gisei wo

Mourou to shita risou wo

Mou muda ni shinai you ni to

Kanashimi wo kirikiza nda

Get away from me

Get away from dark nightmare

Just now, chip at your heart

We just fight for freedom

Ubaiatte yogoshiatte

Soredemo mamoritakute

Get away from me

Get away from dark nightmare

Yeah

We don't want to go through that again

Toki wa michita hajimari no kane ga naru
Gregory

**Gregory** is a character as well as a bodyguard for Dino Golzine in *Banana Fish*.

## Profile

### Appearance

Gregory has brown hair along with his trimmed beard and facial hair. He wears a brown suit with a gray tie.

### Personality

He is calm in his role as Golzine's bodyguard but shows a suspicious streak keeping his eye on people and not hesitating to burst through the doors gun drawn upon hearing a disturbance inside the room with Golzine in it.

## History

Though unstated, Gregory came into Golzine's employ at some point.

## Story

Gregory walks along the corridors of Golzine’s manor with Ash behind him. He knocks on the door to where he is and announces that Ash is here and waits for the call to come in.

He waits outside but does not waste a second bashing the door open, gun drawn when he hears commotion inside. Calling “Papa” dramatically he keeps his gun fixed on Ash as he just swept cutlery off the table in frustration that someone has just died. Gregory leaves the room upon Golzine’s orders.

Later, he stands hands behind his back next to Marvin as he informs Golzine that when the gang members that were sent to murder their target, they also came across Ash.

## Relationships

### Dino Golzine

Gregory acts as his bodyguard and takes his duty seriously, entering a room gun drawn to defend Golzine when he heard a disturbance inside, to relaying messages to others on Golzine's orders.

### Ash Lynx

it is unknown in Private Opinion if Gregory was the one who raped ash

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
* Episode 02 In Another Country
* Episode 05 From Death to Morning
* Episode 09 Save Me The Waltz
* Episode 10 Babylon Revisited
* Episode 11 The Beautiful and Damned
* Episode 20 The Unvanquished
* Episode 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls

## References

1. ↑ Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Nori Nori

**Nori Nori**, nicknamed "**Nori Nori-kun**" and often stylized as "**nori2**" or "**nori²**," is the series mascot of the *Banana Fish* anime. He was created by and named after animator Noriko Itou and appears on much of Eiji Okumura's apparel throughout the anime. Nori Nori also appears on official merchandise, often accompanied by his disgruntled-looking mascot companions Vicky and Dick.

## Profile

### Appearance

Nori Nori is a plump, anthropomorphic bird with a cheerful demeanor. He has front-facing eyes, light grey feathers, and round white cheeks, with white feathers covering his abdomen and darker grey feathers on the crown of his head and tip of his tail. He stands in an upright position with one leg outstretched. His beak, legs, and feet are pink, and he is always seen smiling.

## History

Nori Nori first appears on Eiji's red sweater in episode 1. He can be seen on Eiji's phone case and many of his shirts throughout the anime.

## Gallery

Nori Nori's first appearance in episode 1Nori Nori merchandise released for the MAPPA Showcase in 2019Art by Noriko Itou; Nori Nori with Vicky (left) and Dick (right)
Norris

Norris is a character working for the New York city police in Banana Fish.

## Profile

### Appearance

Norris has short light brown hair and wears thin circular rimmed glasses, along with a blue suit, white collared shirt with a green tie.

## History

Whilst nothing is stated of his history, Norris came to work for the New York city police.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for BananaFish
Carter Wilson

**Carter Wilson**, also known as the "Bluebeard of Cape Cod," is a side character in *Banana Fish* and Ash Lynx's childhood little league coach and first rapist. In the manga, his name is Robert Peterson, who is an employee of a real estate company.

## History

He was an army veteran who lived past the hills in Cape Cod and achieved a lot in Afghanistan. During his service, he gave the U.S. Military detailed information about enemy military operations and helped dismantle them from the inside out. After completing his service, Wilson bought land in Large Hill, Cape Cod where he started construction on his home.

With his distinguished service under his belt, he quickly won over the trust of the townspeople, being known as a good-hearted man who would often offer advice to his neighbors. He coached the boys' little league baseball team and was well-loved by the kids. The team was so popular that every boy in town wished to join at least once. Ash was on the team as well. He was reported for rape by Ash and his father but was not investigated because of his good reputation in the town. The townspeople loved him so much that they accused Ash, an 8-year-old, of seducing him.

Ash eventually killed him with a gun that he took from his father. After his death, the police investigated his house and found the bones of numerous children in his basement. This earned him the nickname "The Bluebeard of Cape Cod".

## Image Gallery

news clipping of the rape incidentcloser view of the article
## Trivia

* He has the same features of one of the jail mates that Ash met in his teens, Bull.

* According to Private Opinion, he was discovered to have killed about 15 kids-teenagers before Ash shot him.
Saffacx

Saffacx war einer der vier Anführer der Antiken verbündeten. Er kam aus dem Baxc in der Baxc-Dimension.

## Frühes Leben und Aufstieg

Saffacx trat in recht jungem Alter von 15 Jahren in die Armee der Eres ein. Er wurde auf den Planeten Nexcoss versetzt. Dort musste er ohne viel Erfahrung im Kampf gegen die Humano antreten. Sowohl seine Magie als auch sein Geschick mit dem Schwert überraschte die Generäle und sie entschieden Saffacx einem speziellen Training zu unterziehen.

Es dauerte 2 Jahre und er verbesserte seine Magie enorm. Relativ schnell sprach sich sein Können unter den Eres herum. Selbst die Heres in den Unterwüsten hörten vom jüngsten Magie-Meister aller Zeiten.

Nach weiteren 3 Jahren wurde er zum General ernannt und gewann zahllose Schlachten ohne Probleme. Als König Eljacx ohne einen Sohn starb, wurde Saffacx mit 23 zum König der Eres ernannt.

## Antike Verbündete

Nachdem Saffacx König der Eres wurde, begann er damit die Galaxie Eljan anzugreifen und einzunehmen. Die rasante weise, in der sie die Galaxie überrannten beeindruckte die beiden Magier Encx und Saxcrev sehr und sie schlossen sich Saffacx zusammen mit ihren Armeen an. Saffacx erkannt das potenzial ihrer enormen Kriegerzahl und beschloss noch wesentlich größere Ziele anzugreifen.

Über jahre hinweg nahm die Armee der Antiken verbündeten zahlreiche Galaxien ein und die Anzahl an Kriegern wuchs. Schlussendlich schloss sich ihnen der Halbgott Lagxcne an und ermöglichte durch seine macht einen Dimensionssprung der Armee. Unter der Leitung Saffacx sprangen die Antiken Verbündeten von Dimension zu Dimension und überrannten Rasse für Rasse.

Doch als sie das Bel erreichten stießen sie an das Kurienversum und wurden gebremst. Das plötzliche auftreten der Ultra-Armee überraschte die Antiken verbündeten und Saffacx entschied sich für einen direkten Kampf. Doch die gewaltige Kriegerzahl der Ultra-Armee hatte kein Problem damit die Antiken zu zerschlagen.

Saffacx selber fiel im dritten Angriff der Ultra-Armee durch die Hand Boones.
Senator Kippard

**Senator William Kippard** is a New York state senator in *Banana Fish*.

## Appearance

William Kippard is an obese man with messy, light-brown hair and a mustache. He wears a dark suit over a white dress shirt with an olive green tie.

## Personality

Kippard appears to be very business-like during most of his appearances. He is shown to have a taste for young teen boys.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 08 Banal Story

* Episode 10 Babylon Revisited

* Episode 14 Tender is the Night

* Episode 17 The Killers
Lee Hong Lung

**Lee Hong Lung** is a minor character from Banana Fish. Lee Hong Lung was the predecessor leader of the Chinese Mafia before being succeeded by his son, Lee Wang Lung.

## Appearance

Lee Hong Lung has long gray hair running down to the side of his neck along with thick eyebrows, a styled moustache and a trimmed beard on his chin. He was elderly in facial appearance and wore a green long-sleeved shirt.

## Personality

As a powerful mob boss, he can be assumed to be somewhat ruthless yet cunning in his methods. Toward his family, Yut-Lung describes Hong-Lung as taking good care of him and his mother.

## History

Through unknown means he reached a point where he was regarded as the head of the Chinese mafia.

## Story

Hong-Lung was stated by his youngest son to have been the most powerful mob boss in Hong Kong and, most likely, the entire Chinese community. Although he had six sons by the time he was sixty-five years old, he bought/married a poor farmer's ten-year-old daughter who would give him another son when she was fifteen years old. Around the time he was seventy-six years old, he passed away.

## Relationships

* **Yut-Lung's Mother**: Even though he made her as his concubine when she was just ten years old, he took good care of her and her son.

* **Yut-Lung**: He took good care of Yut-Lung because he knew that Yut-Lung would probably be his last child on account of his advancing age. As Yut-Lung was his youngest and last child, Hong Lung appeared to have some level of favoritism toward him.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls (flashback only)
Missing Children

A number of flyers for missing children are posted in Club Cod, a high-end restaurant masking a child sex-trafficking operation in New York City. The posters are seen in the anime in Episode 05 From Death to Morning.

## Alexis Smith

Alexis is a 12-year-old boy at his last sighting. He has shaggy hair that covers his ears and is pictured wearing a knit sweater.

## Andy Jenkins

Andy, last seen in September, is a 15-year-old boy. He has short, dark hair trimmed close on the sides and left slightly longer on the top of his head. He is pictured wearing a collared zip jacket.

## Billy Corden

Billy is 17 when he disappears in July 2013. He has light skin, a slight build, and close-cropped hair. He is pictured wearing a dark shirt and thin chain necklace.

## Kasey Turnbridge

Kasey is 5 years old when he disappears. He has dark skin and hair and a medium build. He is pictured wearing a plaid, collared shirt.

## Theodore Waters

Theodore is a boy with short black hair and a slight build. He is pictured in a white hooded sweatshirt.

## William Li

William is 11 years old when he disappears. He is African-American with dark, curly hair and a medium build. He disappears in September 2011 and is pictured in a ripped collared shirt.

## Other children not pictured

* Andre Velasquez
* Casey Gray
* Harold Miller
* Idris Callahan
* Jackson Green
* Jake Smolinski
* Jason Wong
* Jeff Anderson
* John Larner
* Kevin Neilson
* Sam Jacobson
* Stephen Holmes
Unshō Ishizuka

**Unsho Ishizuka** was a Japanese voice actor and the voice of Dino Golzine in the *BANANA FISH* anime.

## Profile

Unshō Ishizuka (石塚 運昇 Ishizuka Unshō, May 16, 1951 – August 13, 2018) was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Katsuyama, Fukui. He was affiliated with Aoni Production at the time of his death and was known for providing the voice of both the narrator and Professor Oak on the Japanese anime series Pokémon.

In addition to that, he regularly appeared in both the Japanese and English-language versions of the *Pokémon* anime, voicing Onix, Steelix and numerous other Pokémon.

Ishizuka was known for his deep, strong voice and is often cast in the role of older mature male characters, such as Jet Black from *Cowboy Bebop*, Eugene Gallardo from *Tales of Rebirth* and Captain Matthews in the *Xenosaga* trilogy. He was also the Japanese dub voice of Captain Gantu in every version of *Lilo & Stitch* to date. He was also the fourth Japanese voice of Heihachi Mishima in the *Tekken* video game series, and the second Japanese voice for Mr. Satan in the *Dragon Ball* franchise, taking over both roles since the death of longtime actor Daisuke Gōri. He has voiced the roles of Kizaru in the *One Piece* series, Van Hohenheim in the *Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood* series, Zabuza Momochi in the *Naruto* series, and Joseph Joestar in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders* and in *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable* as well as Bunta Fujiwara in *Initial D*.

On August 17, 2018, it was reported that Ishizuka had died on August 13 due to esophageal cancer. Banana Fish was one of the last projects on which he worked before his death.
Jack

**Jack** is a minor character who helps kidnap Skip as part of Arthur's plan in the Banana Fish story.

## Profile

### Appearance

He has relatively long reddish brown hair of which the fringe reached down near his eyes and same colored eyebrows. There are two visible silver ring piercings on his head area, namely his left earlobe and lower lip on the left side. Physically he has an aquiline nose, andwears a moss green collared jacket over a blue shirt.

### Personality

Not much is shown aside from that he was willing to kidnap a child in Skip and collaborate in Wookie's and Arthur's plan for Ash.

## History

Whilst nothing is stated of Jack's history he came to join Arthur's side when he plotted and carried out actions against Ash.

## Story

After the bar Ash and his gang frequented is raided by Arthur's men, Jack is one of three people who succeed in their true plan of kidnapping Skip. Eiji is also brought along as well who Jack sits beside as Wookie absconds in the vehicle he is driving.

Unknown to him, Jack is targeted by Ash and his gun and is instantly killed when he is shot in the back of the head through the car's rear window.

## Relationships

### Wookie

Whether he was chosen as part of the group to be in the getaway vehicle or happened to be there to help get the target of the kidnap in, Jack was entrusted with this task by Wookie. For his part, Wookie did not appear too concerned that Jack had just died, though Ash was pursuing them on a motorbike as it happened.

### Eiji

Likely not knowing or being aware of him prior to events, Jack still sat beside him not concerned there was an innocent bystander caught in the kidnap of Skip.

## Etymology

* 'Jack' is a late Middle English name, originally to denote an ordinary man. In the English speaking world it is a fairly common given name.
	+ His name is revealed as Jack when his fellow kidnapper notes that he has been killed.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish

## Trivia

* He is the first person seen killed by Ash, which he done when he kidnapped Skip and Eiji.
Jennifer

* Anime
* Manga

**Jennifer** is a character in *Banana Fish*. She is living with Jim Callenreese by the time of the events of the series.

## Appearance

Jennifer is a brown-haired woman who wears casual clothes for the short time that she appears. She appears tired and wears her hair tied up.

## Personality

She has quite a timid personality, usually being afraid of her husband, Jim Callenreese, but she shows some sympathy to Ash, who had come to visit the bar she works and lives at to find out about his dead brother Griffin.

## Plot

She got married to Jim Callenreese, who is Ash's father, sometime after his wife died. She appears to help him run his business, the Green Hill Diner. After Ash came to the bar Jim owns to find out clues about Griffin's death, she welcomed him home and tried to get his father, Jim, to do the same but instead watched as Jim hardly acknowledged his son.

As Ash and the group headed to his childhood home to look into Griffin's past for clue, she provided supplies and tried to cover Jim's behavior, but Ash knew his father well enough to know the truth. The following night, she and Jim were cornered in the diner by Golzine's men, and she was tragically caught in the crossfire.

## Relationships

* **Ash Lynx**:    Although Ash was not her biological son, she does show concern for him and attempts to become the motherly figure in his life. When Golzine's men show up, Jennifer does express worry for Ash and Ash even apologizes to her for dragging her into his conflict with them, hinting that he does have concern for her as well. When Jennifer is killed by Golzine's men, Ash is shown to be devastated and even blames himself for what happened.

* **Jim Callenreese**:     Jeniffer's husband. She gets along well with Jim although she is often frustrated that he seems to not get along with Ash.
Lao Yen Tai

**Lao Yen Tai** is Sing Soo-Ling older half-brother and second in command of the Chinese gang.

## Appearance

Lao wears a red vest with a black shirt, ripped pants, and brown colored shoes.

## Personality

Lao is not seen very often so his personality is not very clear. Lao appears to be very loyal, when Ash kills Shorter Wong, Lao's former boss, Lao is shown to resent Ash, and wants to kill him. Lao is very protective of his younger brother, Sing, and he often does everything he can to protect him. Though Lao does kill Ash in the manga (Ash's status in the anime is unknown) it is shown that Lao won't kill for no reason. Lao refuses to kill Eiji for Yut Lung because Eiji has done nothing wrong.

## History

Mostly unknown. Lao was Shorter Wong's and Sing Soo Ling's Second in Command. Lao and Sing are half-brothers who have the same mother.

## Story

He arrives with Sing to gauge whether a rival gang wants to start a war.

Later on, when the Chinatown Gang along with Ash's Gang are pursued by Yut Lung's men, Lao is captured along most of them. He kicks Sing into the river to allow him to escape. Later, Yut Lung blackmails Lao into helping him, claiming that if he does he can save Sing from potentially being killed by Ash.

## Relationships

* **Sing Soo-Ling**: He is Lao's younger half-brother that he wants to protect. Just like Ash would do anything to protect Eiji, Lao would do anything to protect Sing. He puts his life at risk to help Sing escape from Yut Lung's men and he even agrees to help Yut-Lung kill Eiji because he wants to save Sing.

* **Ash Lynx**: Lao is known to heavily resent Ash due to Ash having killed Shorter, although he never knew the true reason why. Because he never knew why, Lao did not like Sing having anything to do with Ash and would try to keep them apart.

* **Yut-Lung**: Yut Lung blackmails Lao into helping him by telling him he can save his younger brother Sing. However, Lao appears somewhat distrusting of Yut-Lung and his methods as they include targeting those who have not done anything wrong toward either himself or the gang.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 09 Save Me the Waltz

* Episode 10 Babylon Revisited

* Episode 19 Ice Palace

* Episode 20 The Unvanquished

* Episode 21 The Undefeated

* Episode 22 As I Lay Dying

* Episode 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls

* Episode 24 The Catcher in the Rye

## Quotes

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Lee Wang Lung

* Anime
* Manga

**Lee Wang Lung** aka Lee Shang Lung, is the eldest child and heir/head of the Lee family in **Banana Fish**. His day/cover job is being a banker.

## Appearance

He has short brown hair with his fringe slightly longer on the right side of his face in proportion to the rest of it. Lee's thick eyebrows are the same color above his small eyes, and he wears a dark suit with a white collared shirt underneath with a navy-blue tie.

The only difference in his appearance between the **manga** and **anime** is that his hair fringe is on the left in the manga.

## Personality

Like his family, he is cold, calculating, and very sadistic. He often looks out for ways to keep the Lee family in power and taking out anyone deemed to be a threat. He shows no mercy toward others, including his own family.

## History

His father, Lee Hong Lung, re-married when he was young, but he and his brothers did not accept their new stepmother since she herself was a child and she, and her infant son, posed a threat to his inheritance and power. Because of this, Lee Wang and his brothers killed their stepmother and used their half-brother as a tool to serve the family.

## Relationships

* **Lee Hua Lung**: Lee Hua Lung is Wang Lung's younger brother and also a business partner.

* **Yut-Lung**: Yut Lung is Wang Lung's younger half-brother. He likes to use Yut-Lung as a tool and knows how gifted he is in the area of poisons. He often uses him to spy on and gather information about potential enemies and allies and will even order him to seduce whomever he deems necessary. Despite everything Yut-Lung does for him and the family, Lee Wang does not hold back on verbal or physical abuse toward him.

* **Dino Golzine**: They appear to have a business relationship and usually try to work things to their advantage. However, Lee Wang does not overlook the kind of person Dino truly is and makes certain to have plans ready to use against him if needed.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 05 From Death to Morning

* Episode 06 My Lost City

* Episode 08 Banal Story

* Episode 17 The Killers
Willard Evanstine

* Anime
* Manga

**Willard Evanstine** is a character in *Banana Fish*. He is a New York City police officer.

## Appearance

Evanstine has short, dark, curly hair and a pencil-stroked mustache. He wears a brown jacket over a white-collared shirt with a teal tie.

## Personality

He is deliberately grossly insensitive, sharing videos of Ash taken when he was younger with other members of the police force to try and pressure the boy into a false confession of murder and appeared to take satisfaction in the teen's discomfort.

## Story

Evanstine is first introduced after Ash Lynx, chasing Marvin Crosby, runs into an unlocked apartment and finds Marvin's body. Ash immediately recognizes it as a trap, but Evanstine and his subordinates quickly surround and arrest him. It is understood but never publicly comes to light that Evanstine and his men murdered Marvin in order to have an excuse to capture and hold Ash.

While detaining Ash for questioning, Evanstine plays a DVD formerly owned by Marvin of the thug raping an adolescent Ash, using the video as evidence of Ash's desire for vengeance. Using Dino Golzine's personal connections, Ash is quickly and successfully locked away in prison for Marvin's murder.

## Relationships

* **Dino Golzine**: He is a police insider for Golzine, calling him with the news that Ash had been framed for a crime and was being held by police for it.

* **Antonio Jenkins**: Evanstine is a rival to Jenkins, quickly and bluntly excusing the latter from Ash's case when the gang leader is framed for a murder in his district.
New York

The **City of New York**, often called **New York City** (**NYC**) or simply **New York** (**NY**), is the most populous city in the United States. With an estimated 2017 population of 8,622,698 distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 km2), New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States. Located at the southern tip of the state of New York, the city is the center of the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmassand one of the world's most populous megacities, with an estimated 20,320,876 people in its 2017 Metropolitan Statistical Area and 23,876,155 residents in its Combined Statistical Area. A global power city, New York City has been described uniquely as the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world, and exerts a significant impact upon commerce, entertainment,research, technology, education, politics, tourism, art, fashion, and sports. The city's fast pace has inspired the term *New York minute*. Home to the headquarters of the United Nations,[29] New York is an important center for international diplomacy.

New York is the city from The United States where is the location of the current Banana Fish.

## References

Banana Fish Manga and Anime

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New\_York\_City
Steven Lloyd

**Steven Lloyd** is a character in *Banana Fish*.

## Profile

### Appearance

Steven has medium length messy brown hair that joins with his thick beard and moustache. He wears thin rimmed glasses and tends to wear formal clothes such as a suit and tie.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 14 Tender is the Night
* Episode 17 The Killers
* Episode 18 Islands in the Stream
* Episode 21 The Undefeated
* Episode 22 As I Lay Dying
Antonio Jenkins

**Antonio Jenkins** is a New York homicide detective investigating the deaths of influential people in the city caused by the unknown drug Banana Fish. He works in the district in which Ash Lynx's gang roams, but he allows the kids to act freely while the police keep an eye on them.

## Profile

### Appearance

Jenkins is a pudgy, balding man with brown hair and a brown mustache.

### Personality

He is a kind-hearted, sympathetic, and hardworking police detective with a strong sense of justice.

## Story

Jenkins is a longtime friend of Japanese journalist Shunichi Ibe and invites him to New York City to interview local gang leaders. Jenkins and his subordinate, Charlie Dickinson, keep an eye on Ibe and his assistant Eiji Okumura while they interview Ash Lynx, only entering the underground bar as a police force when Frederick Arthur's followers attack Ash's gang. When Eiji, Skip, and Ash are abducted by Arthur's thugs, Jenkins tries to reassure Ibe that they will find Eiji, and they invade the group's hideout after Eiji escapes and informs them of the location. In the commotion, however, Ash runs away in pursuit of Marvin Crosby, entering Willard Evanstine's district, where he is framed for murder.

Evanstine quickly takes over the case from Jenkins, only allowing the detective to watch Ash's police interrogation from behind a one-way mirror as a professional courtesy. Jenkins is deeply sympathetic toward Ash after learning of the boy's history of abuse, and he asks his friend and colleague Max Lobo to keep an eye on Ash in prison and protect him from the other inmates. Jenkins and Charlie visit Max and Ash in prison several times.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish

* Episode 02 In Another Country

* Episode 24 The Catcher in the Rye

## Image Gallery

Main article: Antonio Jenkins/Image Gallery

## Trivia

* There is a photo of him with his daughters and grandchild in *New York Sense*.