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Kick no Oni

1970–1971 · 1 season

A scrappy, earnest sports drama that builds its punches around bruised pride and slow redemption.

Genres
Animation
Overview
An arrogant karate master named Tadashi Sawamura enters the kickboxing ring to prove his superiority, only to be beaten into a coma by a practictioner of the new art. After recovering, his trainer Endo convinced Sawamura to study kickboxing in order to regain his honor.
How it feels
Earnest, tense, melancholic and uplifting. Measured and easy to follow.
About
Redemption, ambition, identity, survival
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore. No sexual content or swearing.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
Places
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action7
Horror2
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation
Created by
Nobutaka Nishizawa, Yasuo Yamaguchi, Yoshio Kuroda
Written by
Kuniaki Oshikawa, Masaki Tsuji, Toyohiro Andō
Starring
Koji Asakura, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Minori Matsushima
Length
1 seasons, 26 episodes, 25 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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