TV series
20th Century Boys
2000–2007 · 23 seasons
A sprawling, slow-building puzzle that keeps you leaning in, threading childhood nostalgia into creeping dread and quiet heroism.
- Created by
- Naoki Urasawa
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama
- Overview
- Humanity, having faced extinction at the end of the 20th century, would not have entered the new millennium if it weren’t for them. In 1969, during their youth, they created a symbol. In 1997, as the coming disaster slowly starts to unfold, that symbol returns. This is the story of a group of boys who try to save the world.
- How it feels
- Tense, dark, melancholic and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Conspiracy, friendship, identity, memory
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Naoki Urasawa
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama