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Flame of Recca

1997–1998 · 1 season

A scrappy, energetic ninja-fighting adventure that mixes schoolyard comedy with earnest battles and a steady stream of new rivals.

Created by: Noriyuki Abe, Hayato Date
Genres: Action & adventure, Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kousuke Okano, Yuki Masuda, Akiko Hiramatsu

Overview: Recca was an average ordinary boy, who happened to like ninjas. One day as an dark and mysterious women enters his life, Recca finds that he has some extraordinary powers. Now he must use these powers to protect his friends and himself from a long lost brother, who holds a hatred against him.

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Created by: Noriyuki Abe, Hayato Date
Genres: Action & adventure, Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kousuke Okano, Yuki Masuda, Akiko Hiramatsu

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: found family
family
power
betrayal
friendship
Places: big city
school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	8
Horror	2
Humour	5
Realism	2
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	4
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Genres: action & adventure, animation, sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Noriyuki Abe, Hayato Date, Yukihiro Matsushita, Shunji Yoshida, Shigehito Takayanagi, Kazunori Mizuno
Written by: Satoru Nishizono, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Nobuyuki Anzai
Starring: Kousuke Okano, Yuki Masuda, Akiko Hiramatsu, Hikaru Midorikawa, Nobuo Tobita, Motoko Kumai, Ryotaro Okiayu, Kotono Mitsuishi
Length: 1 seasons, 42 episodes, 24 min each
Network: Fuji TV
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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