Introduction
A video blogger attempts to fake cryptid sightings to boost his views, but gets more than he bargained for when his crew is slaughtered by a real monster. Elsewhere, students find themselves preyed upon by a sandworm-like beast, initiating a desperate struggle for survival on their own school grounds.
With more of these attacks from mysterious creatures occurring, researcher Sousuke Banba tasks himself with delving into the mystery. With nothing but the keyword "Kagewani" to lead him, he scours the sites of recent attacks in hopes of finding a lead to eradicating the creatures for good. However, Sousuke finds that these threats to humanity are even closer to home when the pharmaceutical company, Sarugaku, starts to encroach on his investigation.
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Audience reviews
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Tafim
I don't really enjoy short animes so I ignore them. But since it was tagged as Horror, Mystery, Suspense I couldn't resist my temptation.
Sosuke Banba is a scientist who has interest in researching unidentified mysterious animals. As the show goes on we can see those UMA. It may seem little boring at first but after a few ep it'll turn interesting if you're a mystery/suspense fan like me. Trust me you won't regret. Story was great. Art was fair enough. Sound could've been little better but okay. Characters were so good and each character seem perfect. Tbh I really enjoyed this. So overall it's a very good anime to me.
First ever MAL review pardon my mistakes.
Read at the sourceRabbiSanime
While I wouldn't call this "horror" anime scary (and even calling this an "animation" is a stretch), what I can say is that Kagewani has an interesting story told in a very unique way. I entered the first episode laughing at the art style and 7-minute episodes but by the end of it all, I found everything that makes this show what it is, somewhat charming and lovable. Compound that with a genuinely interesting story and a main character (who despite his plot armour) has a unique backstory and straight up bizarre monsters, and you end up with a show that may just be worth your time. I know it was worth mine. Check out this show if you can, watch a few episodes and see if you like it enough to see it all the way through, it's not like its very long to begin with.
Read at the sourceMr_Anime_Manga
Kagewani is an interesting story which tells an intriguing narrative of the main character Sousuke Banba a genetic engineer and his investigations of surreal monsters in Japan. Kagewani uses comic-like animation and suspenseful ambiance music that perfectly captures mise-en-scene, to create a thrillingly, interesting show that will leave you hooked and craving for more. Although, the episodes are only roughly seven minutes and fifty seconds long it crams a lot of drama, events, narrative progression and action per episode.
What makes Kagewani a must watch anime show is the artistic portrayal of the characters and their involvement with the narrative and each other. The animation is unlike anything from other anime, it honestly looks and feels like a living and breathing coloured story str…
Read at the sourcektulu007
Welcome, to the start of horror anime month. Where most of the series I review will undoubtedly have the horror tag, not because they're scary in any way, but because they have monsters. Kagewani is a thirteen episode series that was written by Kumamoto Hiromu and brought to us by Tomovies. You may not recognise the studio name and wonder what else they've done. Well, there's this and its currently airing sequel. That's it. The studio is really new. How does their initial venture into anime production hold up? Let's take a look.
Story:
Kagewani follows Professor Judas Traveller*, a crypto-zoologist. You probably think of cryptozoology as that field where a bunch of people with no credibility waste time trying to find fictional creatures which it is, in reality. But this is a work of fict…
Read at the sourceGoldenDevilGamer
Kagewani is one of those anime that has very little reason to impress as it is one of the shorts of the year. You’ll probably watch Kagewani while eating something or doing something else. However as a mystery Kagewani isn’t really that mysterious, and as a horror it’s not quite scary either. However it manages to be a decent way of spending your time if you have nothing else to do.
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Kagewani is pretty much a monster-of-the-week type anime series. Each episode focuses on some humans, they get attacked by monsters or cryptids, and they either survive the attack or not. The series is episodic, however the overall story is about Banba, a professor, who comes at the end of every problem for the first half of the series to do, well, nothing! But by the second half, the story starts c…
Read at the sourceMillawls
It's rare nowadays to see an anime which artstyle strides away from the norm. Shows like Ninja Slayer, Inferno Cop and even Ping Pong The Animation could be considered abnormal, because the artstyle and animation is not like every harem/ecchi ROMCOM in existence.
Kagewani is one of those rare and delightful chances we as viewers get to experience, when things start to get experimental in the anime business. Since it's new and fresh, a lot of people tend to dislike it immediately, because it doesn't look or act as "normal" anime would.
"Uhh! The animation sucks and the art is shitty! Where's my ecchi/harem light novel adaptation #43679?"
A lot of viewers say that when they stumble across shows like the ones previously mentioned. You don't need to have flashy explosions, fluid animation or…
Read at the sourceWillowtry
In one line : A hommage to the old horror genre.
Initial expectation :
I always had bad experiences so far with 7 minutes long Animes. Those encountered were always rushed, senseless or ridiculous and build around fanservice, so I had the tendency to avoid them. When I came across Kagewani, I wanted to test it out not only for its unique art style, but because it was tagged as horror.
Story :
What struck me with the very first episode is the mastering of the pacing. Writing a scheme properly within mere 7 minutes isn't as simple as it may sound. On the contrary, to settle down every key points properly, without rushing it, to have a slow build up that brings you to the tension point, isn't at all something I would have ever thought doable in so little time. And yet they succeed at 1…
Read at the sourceBeobachter
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: The Anime.
Kagewani probably wouldn't leave much of an impression with its first episode.The animation is very janky with everyone and everything moving awkwardly, and there's nothing in its narrative set-up that suggests it would be something more than overly repetitive vignette of 'random silly people getting offed by monster of the week'. However, it does feel like it ups its execution for every episode afterward, ultimately becoming a net positive experience for fans of this particular sub-genre.
The animation (which could be aptly described as something like motion comic) eventually gets easier on the eyes, along with the choreography. There's enough variety of setting, beasts, and the way the characters react and try to outsmart them in ea…
Read at the sourceZephSilver
Occult mystery stories have always been a staple for campfire gatherings and time-slotted entries for the SyFy channel. It's not the most "enthralling" thing out there, but for the sake of offering cheap thrills, some goosebump moments, and something to whet the appetite, I think it serves its purpose well in pop culture. Kagewani is a title that pretty much follows this rubric down to the letter. It isn't going to "waw" you with any pioneering ideas, nor will it find itself in your coveted "top 10 favorites" list. Instead, what this "animated" short offer is a fairly decent time-passer, serving as an intermission break before you take on the next show that you truly want to watch.
Told in a quasi-memoir like structure, the story of Kagewani was comprised of a series of anthology-like fab…
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