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About Japanese anime television series
Genres steampunk, dark fantasy, action anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, anti-war fiction, supernatural anime and manga, coming-of-age anime and manga
Created by Yasuhiro Irie
Written by Hiroshi Ōnogi
Length 1 seasons, 64 episodes
Network MBS
Country Japan
Links Wikipedia · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikidata
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