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A new anime as part of the fall 2011 lineup. Produced by [[Sunrise (company)|Sunrise]], it premiered on October 2, 2011. It's directed by Junichi Sato, written by [[Sunrise (company)||"Hajime Yatate"]] and while it has average animation quality, the series employs an all-star voice cast.
[[Idiot Hero|Kaito]], a puzzle-loving [[Ordinary High School Student|high school freshman,]] is drawn into the strange world of [[Title Drop|"Phi Brain"]]. He gets a strange device that sends him puzzles and, on occasion, directions to a certain location. Taking this as a challenge, he and his friend, Nonoha, decide to follow their directions, only to be forced to solve puzzles that have a dangerous touch of [[Death Trap]] to them. These are the "Philosopher's Puzzles"; dangerous puzzles that, if left unsolved, will cause some sort of disaster. Not only that, but there is a mysterious organization known as POG that's activating these puzzles and are specifically targeting Kaito in order to force him to solve them.
Has a character sheet in the works that [[Needs More Love]].
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* [[Baka]]: Gammon loves calling Kaito this his first appearance has him using the [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|word in Morse code format.]]
* [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy]]: According to the POG, Pythagoras made a discovery that would grant whoever had it the [[A God Am I|power of God]], and sealed it away. The POG exists to find the person who can overcome the puzzles set to guard it.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Parodied in episode 15. Gammon and Cubic appear as the former screams [[Large Ham|PUZZLE TIME HAS STARTED!!]] They're ready to solve the puzzle and save the day. Only Ana already did so without any hamminess whatsoever. On his part, at least - a POG Giver was acting ''very'' over the top in a pointless attempt to intimidate Ana. Ana was way too into [[Cloudcuckoolander]] mode to act differently than normal.
* [[Bigger Bad]]: Count Phytagoras - mentioned several times and later stated by Baron to be the one who twisted POG into what it is now, yet hasn't make an apperance, letting the role of the [[Big Bad]] to {{spoiler|Rook}}
** {{spoiler|In episode 22, it is revealed that the Count has been [[Dead All Along|dead before the series started]], and Rook is the one manipulating P.O.G ever since his death}}
* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Nonoha gets the idea to put on this sort of act to encourage Kaito while he's in the hospital {{spoiler|thanks to Rook and the Fool's Puzzle}}.
* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Cubic, as [[lampshaded]] in one of the previews. But he's different from most other children who fall under this trope in that he immediately acknowledges Kaito's genius. Cubic qualifies by trying to force Kaito to stop wasting his genius on puzzles and to work for him, even foolishly laughing at a POG member, thinking that his puzzle was a game.
* [[Break Them by Talking]]: Pinochle does this to Kaito in the Rink Slider game in season two, making Kaito so distracted with guilt that he loses the round.
* [[Breather Episode]]: Episode 8 takes a brief break from over the top Givers and death traps while Kaito, Nonoha and Ana enjoy some time at a puzzle-themed hotel. {{spoiler|And even when a death trap ''is'' used, Kaito is saved from certain doom thanks to [[Big Damn Heroes|Nonoha and Ana riding up with some animals Ana had befriended.]]}}
* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Second half of the first season started getting progresively darker and heading towards [[Deconstruction]].
** [[Knight of Cerebus]]: Suprisingly [[Subverted Trope|not]] Herbert Müller, who quickly earned himself [[Complete Monster]] status, yet series managed to keep cheerful and upbeat tone. The real [[Knight of Cerebus]] is {{spoiler|Rook}}, who is an [[Double Subversion]] - he was there since the begining, but the syndrome kicks in after {{spoiler|he reveals his role to Kaito}}.
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Cubic is a little kid that needs a specially designed robot/moped to keep up with his much taller classmates.
** Kaito is one too, albeit a [[Teen Genius]].
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Ana
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Ana, who only needs to sit in one place for a few minutes to be swarmed by animals, and seems able to communicate with them to a degree.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: POG (Puzzle of God)
* [[Glowing Eyes]]: Kaito's right eye always glows when he needs to solve a very difficult puzzle that puts his life or his friends in danger, activating the armband of Orpheus.
** {{spoiler|Rook has one, too.}}
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Both Nonoha and Cubic become this when they find out that Kaito's infatuated with a puzzle-solving celebrity in episode 10.
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* [[90% of Your Brain]]: What the Orpheus objects does to it's wearer.
* [[No MacGuffin, No Winner]]: {{spoiler|The God Scrolls are destroyed at the end of the first season. But it's technically a win since it's continued existence would only lead to the world ending one day.}}
* [[The Omniscient Council of Vagueness]]: A variant. The heads of POG are seen, but there are only two people, and the viewers can clearly see their faces in both canon appearances and the opening and the ending.
** As of episode 5, three new members have joined, and we've seen all of their faces.
* [[Only in It For the Money]]: Gammon's reason for butting into every Kenja Puzzle he can is for a shot at winning the treasures awarded to the solver. {{spoiler|Offhand mention by his little sister that he gets all the money for them to survive may eplain why}}
* [[Ordinary High School Student]]: Nonoha, mostly: she is very strong and has photographic memory that also makes her a top student. But she sucks at puzzles.
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* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: [[Lampshaded]] in episode 12, when Ana calls Rook a red moon and Kaito a blue sun.
* [[Refused by the Call]]: Jikugawa used to be a candidate for the Phi-Brain project, but wasn't suited for it. {{spoiler|However, he does quite well in his role as the P.O.G. Giver code-named Minotaur.}}
* [[The Rival]]: Gammon.
** {{spoiler|[[Rival Turned Evil]]}}
* [[Third Person Person]]: Ana.
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