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Cagaster of an Insect Cage

2020 · 1 season

A grim, insect-infested future where survival feels heavy and every encounter carries a quiet sense of dread.

Genres
Animation, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
Overview
At the end of the 21st century, a rare disease called “Cagaster” broke out, turning humans into huge insects. Two-thirds of the earth‘s population was devoured by these insects before humanity made a decision: they must exterminate the infected people. In the year 2125 – thirty years after the discovery of Cagaster – at the edge of the desert close to the “cage” of the insects, a young pest exterminator named Kidou finds a man close to death due to the wounds by insects. The man entrusts his daughter Ilie to Kidou and asks him to search for the girl‘s mother…

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  • Netflix
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Genres
Animation, Drama, Sci-fi & fantasy
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • isolation
  • death
  • identity
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour2
Realism3
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
animation, drama, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure
Written by
Shuuichi Kouyama
Starring
Yoshimasa Hosoya, Kana Hanazawa, Natsuki Hanae, Takahiro Sakurai, Daisuke Namikawa, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Kazuyuki Okitsu, Junichi Suwabe
Music
Hitomi Kuroishi
Cinematography
Shintaro Nakamura
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 26 min each
Network
Netflix
Country
Japan
Languages
English, Japanese

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