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A Certain Dark Item

2026 · 1 season

A slick, shadowy action ride through a bright city's ugly underside, mixing superpowered fights with a cold, conspiratorial mood.

Genres
Animation, Action & adventure, Mystery
Overview
In Academy City, psychic powers promise a brighter future. But beneath the city's peaceful surface lurks a merciless dark side. ITEM, an elite team of four girls with deadly abilities, carries out dangerous missions that can never see the light of day. When a fifth girl enters their lives, ITEM is drawn deeper into a world of violence, brutality, and moral corruption.
How it feels
Dark, tense, cynical and bleak. Brisk and needs your attention.
About
Power, corruption, violence, conspiracy
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Places
Era
near-future
Audience
teen
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror3
Humour2
Realism3
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

Cast

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Details

Genres
animation, action & adventure, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy
Starring
Ami Koshimizu, Aya Suzaki, Maaya Uchida, Chinatsu Akasaki, Hana Hishikawa
Music
Maiko Iuchi
Cinematography
Shingo Fukuyo
Length
1 seasons, 11 episodes
Network
AT-X
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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