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Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East

2013 · 2 seasons

A moody supernatural quest with ornate fantasy flourishes, destined bonds and a quiet melancholy beneath the action.

Genres
Animation, Action & adventure, Mystery
Starring
Tetsuya Kakihara, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Satoshi Hino
Overview
They would have lost their lives if they did not make the choice back then. The legendary eight beads and their owners... One is for someone important, and one is for his life as a human. The story of a destiny to encounter and fights lead by the beads, have just begun.

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Genres
Animation, Action & adventure, Mystery
Starring
Tetsuya Kakihara, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Satoshi Hino
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • fate
  • identity
  • friendship
  • survival
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism3
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, action & adventure, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Tetsuya Kakihara, Nobuhiko Okamoto, Satoshi Hino, Ayahi Takagaki, Tomoaki Maeno, Takuma Terashima, Hiroshi Kamiya, Daisuke Namikawa
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes, 24 min each
Network
BS11, TOKYO MX
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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