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TV · 2006 · 1 season

A slow, brooding descent into a cryptic dystopia, heavy with philosophy and atmosphere, rewarding patience with haunting imagery.

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Japanese anime television series
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Class
TV
Year
2006
Seasons
1
Episodes
23
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • memory
  • isolation
  • conspiracy
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • wilderness
  • fantasy world
Era
far-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror5
Humour2
Realism4
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity9
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
cyberpunk, science fiction anime and manga, mystery anime and manga, post-apocalyptic anime and manga
Created by
Shukō Murase
Length
1 seasons, 23 episodes, 26 min each
Network
WOWOW, Fuse
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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