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BlackFox

2019 · 86 min

A brisk, earnest revenge tale with slick ninja action, animal drones, and a warm found-family heart, easy to watch but emotionally sincere.

Directed by: Kazuya Nomura, Keisuke Shinohara
Genres: Animation, Action, Drama
Starring: Ayaka Nanase, Haruka Tomatsu, You Taichi

Overview: Rikka is a ninja descendant. Her grandfather Hyoe is the last chief of their ninja clan and her father is a cyborg researcher. Both are killed when a weapons' company raids his lab to use his research. Rikka sets out to avenge their deaths.

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Directed by: Kazuya Nomura, Keisuke Shinohara
Genres: Animation, Action, Drama
Starring: Ayaka Nanase, Haruka Tomatsu, You Taichi

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
family
identity
found family
technology
Places: big city
home
Era: near-future
Audience: teen
Form: animated
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	3
Realism	3
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	5
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: animation, action, drama, science fiction
Directed by: Kazuya Nomura, Keisuke Shinohara
Written by: Naoki Hayashi
Starring: Ayaka Nanase, Haruka Tomatsu, You Taichi, Hiroshi Tsuchida, Eizo Tsuda, Keiji Fujiwara, Aki Toyosaki, Kohsuke Toriumi
Music: Kana Hashiguchi
Cinematography: Yu Wakabayashi
Runtime: 86 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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