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Corpse Party: Tortured Souls

2013 · 1 season

A short, merciless plunge into dread, where every corner hides cruelty and the characters' panic is contagious.

Created by
Akira Iwanaga
Genres
Animation, Mystery
Starring
Hiro Shimono, Asami Imai, Rina Sato
Overview
One rainy night after a school festival, a group of students from Kisaragi Academy decide to perform the "Sachiko Ever After" charm, which will unite them forever as friends. Once the ritual is done, a sudden earthquake transports them to Heavenly Host, a torn down elementary school. Unbeknownst to Satoshi and his friends, however, is the horrific past behind it which culminated in its demolition. As they look for each other and try to escape from Heavenly Host, they soon find out their lives are at the mercy of those affected by that same bloodied past.

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Created by
Akira Iwanaga
Genres
Animation, Mystery
Starring
Hiro Shimono, Asami Imai, Rina Sato
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
relentless, 4 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • death
  • friendship
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • school
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • animated
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror9
Humour1
Realism2
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
animation, mystery
Created by
Akira Iwanaga
Written by
Shoichi Sato
Starring
Hiro Shimono, Asami Imai, Rina Sato, Tetsuya Kakihara, Yuichi Nakamura, Eri Kitamura, Yuuka Nanri, Ayano Yamamoto
Length
1 seasons, 4 episodes, 29 min each
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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