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Plot Summary:
Kanazawa Nobuaki has transferred to a high school far from where he used to live. Due to an incident at his old school, Nobuaki is afraid of getting close to his new classmates and keeps himself at a distance, but he starts opening up because of a sports day inter-class relay. Then a single text message from someone calling themselves the "King" is sent to everyone in class. Nobuaki's classmates think it's a simple prank and don't take it seriously - but Nobuaki knows that a death game is about to begin, and struggles to oppose it.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 531
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspenseful, psychotronic, surreal
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Sankarea: Undying Love (2012)
Plot Summary:
Zombie-obsessed Furuya is making a potion to reanimate his dead cat when he meets Rea. She’s about as miserable as a girl can get, thanks to her creepy, domineering father. When the pain becomes too much, she tries to commit suicide with a sip of Furuya’s weird elixir. The potion doesn’t kill her – but it does turn her into a zombie after she falls from a cliff. Now that Rea’s undead and ready to finally live, she hides out with Furuya, who’s always dreamed of having a zombie girlfriend. Their one-of-a-kind relationship comes with some challenges, like the fact that Rea is decomposing. Even worse, her freak-show dad is dangerously determined to get her back under his control. As Furuya fights to keep his ghoulfriend safe, Rea finds the secret to resurrecting her happiness: Live like you’re dying – even if you’re already dead.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, ecchi, absurd, bleak
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Young Black Jack (2015)
Plot Summary:
The year is 1968, and the world is swept up in the Vietnam War and student protests. In this time of turmoil, a mysterious young man with white and black hair and a scar on his face is enrolled in medical school. His genius skills with a surgical knife achieve many a medical miracle and are getting noticed. This hero origin story reveals how this young man earned his medical degree and the name of Black Jack.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 164
Genere: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, captivating, disturbing, medical drama, super sentai
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The Ones Within (2019)
Plot Summary:
Iride Akatsuki and seven other charismatic game streamers wake up in the world of a mysterious free-to-play game called Naka no Hito Genome. Now they are competing in real-life games with life-or-death stakes, but clearing several game tasks could earn them 100 million lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 210
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School (2016)
Plot Summary:
Despair Arc serves as the "prelude" to the series, as it tells the backstory of Hope's Peak Academy's Class 77-B and how they became corrupted Remnants of Despair.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 915
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing
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Alice & Zouroku (2017)
Plot Summary:
The story centers on a little girl called Sana, who is one of the children that holds the power of "Alice's Dream," an ability that enables her to materialize anything she imagines. After escaping a lab where she was a test subject, Sana ends up in a normal world where she encounters an old man named Zouroku, but will he help her?.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 224
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, disturbing
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Mononoke (2007)
Plot Summary:
Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror. It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan. Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari). In other words : Truth, Form and Regret.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, tense, suspense, adult animation, deep, seinen, manga, bizarre
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Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (2006)
Plot Summary:
A collection of three classic Japanese horror stories: "Yotsuya Kaidan," the story of a wife betrayed by her husband who seeks vengeance even in death, "Tenshu Monogatari," the story of forbidden love between a goddess and a human, and "Bakeneko," the story of a mysterious cat monster with a vendetta against a certain family.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 638
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, anthology, psychological, captivating, atmospheric, unusual plot structure
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Creepschool (2004)
Plot Summary:
Creepschool is a Swedish, French and Canadian animated series by Alphanim, Cookie Jar Entertainment, Happy Life and France 3 about four kids who find themselves at a spooky boarding school. The basic concept was created by Torbjörn Jansson, which was then substantially re-worked and developed by the co-head-writers Kristina Mansfeld and Per Carlsson into the series it is today. They also wrote all the storylines. Creepschool has been compared to Gravedale High.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 226
Genere: Animation, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Canada, France, Sweden, Luxembourg
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, gothic horror, disturbing, gothic
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Somali and the Forest Spirit (2020)
Plot Summary:
The world is ruled by spirits, goblins, and all manner of strange creatures. Human beings are persecuted, to the very point of extinction. One day, a golem and a lone human girl meet. This is a record of the pair, one a member of a ruined race, the other a watchman of the forest. It tells of their travels together and of the bond between father and daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy
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Sonny Boy (2021)
Plot Summary:
On August 16, midway through a seemingly endless summer vacation, middle school third-year student Nagara, the mysterious transfer student Nozomi, and classmates such as Mizuho and Asakaze, are suddenly transported from their tranquil daily lives to a school adrift in an alternate dimension. They must survive with the super powers that have awakened within them.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological
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Heaven's Memo Notepad (2011)
Plot Summary:
Narumi Fujishima is an ordinary high school boy who remains isolated from his fellow classmates. One afternoon fellow classmate Ayaka Shinozaki invites Narumi to join the gardening club and introduces him to a reclusive detective named Alice. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant and puts him to work solving the strange mysteries of Angel fix, an illegal drug. Little does he know it could put him and Ayaka in serious trouble.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 288
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, captivating, entertaining, psychological, tense, detective, humorous, realistic, suspenseful
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Link Click (2021)
Plot Summary:
Using superpowers to enter their clientele’s photos one by one, Cheng Xiaoshi and Lu Guang take their work seriously at “Time Photo Studio,” a small photography shop set in the backdrop of a modern metropolis. Each job can be full of danger, but nothing is more important than fulfilling every order, no matter the scale…or peril involved!.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: China
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, tense, captivating, entertaining, disturbing, suspense, urban fantasy, 2d animation
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Alice in Borderland (2014)
Plot Summary:
Arisu, Karube, and Segawa, a trio of highschool delinquents, are bored with their current lives. During a firework celebration, Arisu wishes that he could live in a different world which would be more exciting for him. As such, his wish was granted, and the three were transported into a seemingly post-apocalyptic-like parallel world. After stepping into what seems to be an empty festival, they are greeted by a woman who tells them that they have already "entered their game". After clearing the game, she reveals to them that, in Borderlands, they must play games to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 601
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, exciting, unusual plot structure, suspense, disturbing, intellectual
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The 8th Son? Are You Kidding Me? (2020)
Plot Summary:
Shingo Ichinomiya, a 25-year-old man working at a firm company, while thinking of tomorrow's busy working day, goes to sleep. However, when he woke up, he found himself in a room unknown to him and realized that he is inside a 6-years-old body, taking over his body and mind. He soon learns from the memories of the boy that the boy was born as the youngest child of a poor noble family living in a back country. Having no administrative skill, he can't do anything to manage the vast land his family has. Fortunately, he is blessed with a very rare talent, the talent of magic. Unfortunately, while his talent could bring prosperity to his family, in his situation it only brought disaster. This is the story of the boy, Wendelin Von Benno Baumeister, opening his own path in a harsh world.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, enigmatic, captivating, parody, whimsical
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Natsume's Book of Friends (2008)
Plot Summary:
Natsume Takashi has the ability to see spirits, which he has long kept secret. However, once he inherits a strange book that belonged to his deceased grandmother, Reiko, he discovers the reason why spirits surround him.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, serious, suspenseful, adult animation, deep, crying, iyashikei, shoujo
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Blood-C (2011)
Plot Summary:
Blood-C focuses on Saya Kisaragi, an outwardly normal girl who serves as the shrine maiden to a country town; in reality, she is a skilled swordswoman charged by her father to defeat Elder Bairns, monsters who feed on human blood. As her battles grow more desperate and more people she cares for fall victim to the Elder Bairns, Saya begins finding faults in her reality, and eventually uncovers a disturbing truth about herself, the town and her surviving friends.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, atmospheric, exciting, tense, captivating, manga, serious, suspenseful, stylized, surprise ending
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Magical Girl Site (2018)
Plot Summary:
Aya Asagiri is a middle school girl who has problems both at school with bullying and at home from physical abuse by her brother. While browsing online, a website pops up on her computer featuring a creepy looking person. This person appears to take pity on her, and announces that she has granted Asagiri magical powers.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 525
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, psychological, captivating, suspense, dark fantasy, sincere, mahou shoujo
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Platinum End (2021)
Plot Summary:
As his classmates celebrate their middle school graduation, troubled Mirai is mired in darkness. But his battle is just beginning when he receives some salvation from above in the form of an angel. Now Mirai is pitted against 12 other chosen humans in a battle in which the winner becomes the next god of the world. Mirai has an angel in his corner, but he may need to become a devil to survive.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, captivating, tense, psychological, shounen
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Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)
Plot Summary:
It was just a usual morning. Akira Shiroyanagi, a high schooler who loves games and Konpeito (Japanese sweets), has suddenly been dragged into a battlefield by a mysterious girl who calls herself Mion. The participants are told that they are "erased from the family register, involved in an experiment, and gained certain powers." Akira is determined to win the game with his newfound powers and destroy the organization. Armed with a power no one expects and his "brain" skills, the new period of intelligence battle begins!.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 742
Genere: Animation, Action, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, tense, captivating, psychological, shounen
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Vampire Knight (2008)
Plot Summary:
Cross Academy is an elite boarding school with two separate, isolated classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. On the surface, Yuuki Cross and Zero Kiryuu are prefects of the academy, and attempt to keep order between the students as classes rotate in the evenings. As the Night Class is full of utterly gorgeous elites, this can sometimes prove to be a bit difficult. It is completely necessary, however, as those "elites" are actually vampires. Yuuki and Zero act as guardians, protecting the secrets of the Night Class and the safety of their ignorant morning counterparts. As the adopted daughter of the academy's chairman, Yuuki takes her job with a serious and energetic attitude. It also allows her to interact with her secret crush and savior, the president of the Night students' dorm, Kaname Kuran. Zero, on the other hand, has a deep-rooted hatred against vampires, and at times, does not hesitate to kill. Can vampires and humans co-exist, even in the strict setup of the Cross Academy? Only time will tell. Vampire Knight is a shōjo manga series written by Matsuri Hino. The series premiered in the January 2005 issue of LaLa magazine and has officially ended. Chapters are collected and published in collected volumes by Hakusensha, with seventeen volumes currently released in Japan. The manga series is licensed in English by Viz Media, who has released fifteen volumes so far. The English adaptation premiered in the July 2006 issue of Viz's Shojo Beat magazine, with the collected volumes being published on a quarterly basis. Two drama CDs were created for the series, as well as a twenty-six episode anime adaptation. Produced by Studio Deen, the anime series' first season aired in Japan on TV Tokyo between April 8, 2008 and July 1, 2008. The second season, aired on the same station from October 7, 2008 and December 30, 2008. The anime uses many of the same voice actors as were used for the drama CDs. The anime adaptations were licensed for release in North America by Viz Media, the DVD released on July 20, 2010.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, shoujo, exciting, captivating, tense, suspenseful, surreal, serious, offbeat, gothic
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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (2016)
Plot Summary:
Natsuki Subaru, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to another world. As he's lost and confused in a new world where he doesn't even know left from right, the only person to reach out to him was a beautiful girl with silver hair. Determined to repay her somehow for saving him from his own despair, Subaru agrees to help the girl find something she's looking for.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, enigmatic, exciting, suspenseful, manga, captivating, disturbing, depressing, mind twisting, dark
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Summer Time Rendering (2022)
Plot Summary:
Upon hearing of Ushio's death, Shinpei returns to his hometown of Wakayama City on Hitogashima and reunites with his childhood friend's family. The funeral goes smoothly, but under the surface something strange is brewing on the island. What mysteries await him on this secluded summer island?.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: anime, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, mystical
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Darwin's Game (2020)
Plot Summary:
Sudou Kaname, an ordinary high school student, receives an invitation email to try a mysterious app called "Darwin's Game." Kaname, upon launching the app, is drawn into a game where players fight one another using superpowers called Sigils. Without knowing the reason for all this, can Kaname survive furious battles against the powerful players who attack him?.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Action, Drama, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, exciting, suspense, tense, enigmatic, brutal, disturbing, shounen
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Higurashi: When They Cry - NEW (2020)
Plot Summary:
New kid Keiichi Maebara is settling into his new home of peaceful Hinamizawa village. Making quick friends with the girls from his school, he's arrived in time for the big festival of the year. But something about this isolated town seems "off," and his feelings of dread continue to grow. With a gnawing fear that he's right, what dark secrets could this small community be hiding?.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 737
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration:
Plot tags: anime, suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, psychological thriller, sinister, crying, detective
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Tomodachi Game (2022)
Plot Summary:
Yuuichi Katagiri believes that friends are more important than money, but he also knows the hardships of not having enough funds. He works hard to save up in order to go on the high school trip, because he has promised his four best friends that they will all go together. However, after the class' money is all collected, it's stolen! Suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends, Shiho Sawaragi and Makoto Shibe. Soon afterwards, the five of them are kidnapped, and wake up in a strange room with a character from a short-lived anime. Apparently, one of them has entered them into a "friendship game" in order to take care of their massive debt. But who was it, and why did they have such a debt? Could they have stolen the money from class to pay for entry into the game? Yuuichi and his best friends will have to succeed in psychological games that will test or destroy their faith in one another.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: anime, disturbing, captivating, suspense
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Another (2012)
Plot Summary:
When Kouichi Sasakibara transfers to his new school, he can sense something frightening in the atmosphere of his new class, a secret none of them will talk about. At the center is the beautiful girl Mei Misaki. Kouichi is immediately drawn to her mysterious aura, but then he begins to realize that no one else in the class is aware of her presence.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 300 min
Plot tags: anime, suspenseful, atmospheric, disturbing, manga, mind twisting, offbeat, slasher, humorous, psychological horror
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Dr. Ramune: Mysterious Disease Specialist (2021)
Plot Summary:
So long as people have hearts, there will be those with worries and concerns. Those hearts are then invaded by something strange, causing them to show strange physical symptoms. These ailments, called "mysterious diseases," exist unseen to most people. Modern medicine offers no cure, but there is one doctor who fights these diseases along with his pupils. His name is Ramune. He looks nothing like a doctor, is foul-mouthed, and does whatever he pleases, but he has the ability to pinpoint the cause of the troubles hidden deep within his patients' hearts and cure their mysterious diseases.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 194
Genere: Animation, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative, shounen, satirical, 2d animation
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Boogiepop and Others (2019)
Plot Summary:
There is an urban legend that tells of a shinigami that can release people from the pain they are suffering. This "Angel of Death" has a name—Boogiepop. And the legends are true. Boogiepop is real. When a rash of disappearances involving female students breaks out at Shinyo Academy, the police and faculty assume they just have a bunch of runaways on their hands. Yet some students know better. Something mysterious and foul is afoot. Is it Boogiepop or something even more sinister...?.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Animation, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, seinen, psychological, scary, bleak, unusual plot structure, captivating, suspense, contemplative
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Fate/stay night [Unlimited Blade Works] (2014)
Plot Summary:
The Holy Grail War is a battle royale among seven magi who serve as Masters. Masters, through the use of the command seals they are given when they enter the war, command Heroic Spirits known as Servants to fight for them in battle. In the Fifth Holy Grail War, Rin Tohsaka is among the magi entering the competition. With her Servant, Archer, she hopes to obtain the ultimate prize—the Holy Grail, a magical artifact capable of granting its wielder any wish. One of Rin's classmates, Shirou Emiya, accidentally enters the competition and ends up commanding a Servant of his own known as Saber. As they find themselves facing mutual enemies, Rin and Shirou decide to form a temporary alliance as they challenge their opponents in the Holy Grail War.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Animation, Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, captivating, suspenseful, disturbing, exciting, tense, suspense, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Death Parade (2015)
Plot Summary:
There is a place after death that’s neither heaven nor hell. A bar that serves you one chance to win. You cannot leave until the game is over, and when it is, your life may be too. From Studio Madhouse (Death Note, Black Lagoon) comes a thrilling new series where the stakes are high and the rules are simple: your life is on the line.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Animation, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: anime, psychological, exciting, suspenseful, thought provoking, captivating, manga, suspense, adult anime, adult animation