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Nerawareta gakuen

1997 · 1 season

A slow, uneasy creep of strangeness into ordinary school life, unsettling more than shocking.

Created by: Iwao Takahashi, Atsushi Shimizu
Genres: Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kazumi Murata, Shuji Kashiwabara, Erika Mabuchi

Overview: When Jomon-era ruins are unearthed near a high school, the students begin to acquire strange psychic abilities

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Created by: Iwao Takahashi, Atsushi Shimizu
Genres: Sci-fi & fantasy
Starring: Kazumi Murata, Shuji Kashiwabara, Erika Mabuchi

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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
power
mystery
coming-of-age
Places: school
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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

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Genres: sci-fi & fantasy
Created by: Iwao Takahashi, Atsushi Shimizu, Katsuhito Ueno
Written by: Sadayuki Murai, Chiaki J. Konaka, Mugi Kamio
Starring: Kazumi Murata, Shuji Kashiwabara, Erika Mabuchi, Hitomi Miwa, Ryota Nakae
Length: 1 seasons, 9 episodes, 25 min each
Network: TV Tokyo
Country: Japan

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