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Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu

2016 · 63 min

A stylish, blood-soaked plunge into supernatural horror, mixing stark violence with surreal, talky atmosphere.

Directed by
Akiyuki Shinbo, Tatsuya Oishi
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
Overview
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters...

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Directed by
Akiyuki Shinbo, Tatsuya Oishi
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Drama
Starring
Hiroshi Kamiya, Maaya Sakamoto, Yui Horie
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • violence
  • isolation
  • survival
  • fate
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action6
Horror6
Humour3
Realism2
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity7
Emotional weight6

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