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The Witch and the Beast

2024 · 1 season

A moody, brooding fantasy that pairs grim supernatural mystery with stylish action and an uneasy sense of dread.

Created by
Takayuki Hamana, Masato Tamagawa
Genres
Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Action & adventure
Starring
You Taichi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Mutsumi Sasaki
Overview
Guideau is a young woman who was cursed by a witch, forced to carry a dark secret. Ashaf is a tall, soft-spoken man with a coffin strapped to his back and secrets yet untold. Together they venture across the land on their quest for vengeance. Appearances can be deceiving, and each step could be their last. In a dark fantasy filled with adventure, will unlikely heroes find the vengeance they seek?

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Stream in the UK
  • Crunchyroll
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Takayuki Hamana, Masato Tamagawa
Genres
Animation, Sci-fi & fantasy, Action & adventure
Starring
You Taichi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Mutsumi Sasaki
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • mystery
  • deception
  • violence
  • identity
Places
  • fantasy world
  • countryside
Era
timeless
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
Action6
Horror5
Humour2
Realism2
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
animation, sci-fi & fantasy, action & adventure, drama
Created by
Takayuki Hamana, Masato Tamagawa, Kang Seo-ki, Oh Eun-soo, Honami Inamura, Shinya Kawabe
Written by
Yuichiro Momose
Starring
You Taichi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Mutsumi Sasaki, Ryota Akazawa, Yoshiyuki Shimozuma, Kiyoko Miyazawa, Yoko Hikasa, Noriko Shibasaki
Music
Natsumi Tabuchi, Hanae Nakamura
Cinematography
Natsumi Uchida
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 24 min each
Network
TBS
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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