“King’s Game” is an entertaining, yet very dark and bloody anime series. It’s an anime series to see how people will do whatever they can to stay alive or keep their friends alive. Tough choices, f*cked up situations and just when you think there is light at the end of the tunnel, the tunnel caves in, right in front of you. So, if you enjoy tragic, dark and violent anime, “King’s Game” is for you. If you don’t, then move on to another anime that suits your taste.
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TITLE: King’s Game – The Complete Series
DURATION: (Episodes 1-12) 300 Minutes
BLU-RAY INFORMATION: 1080p High Definition (16×9), English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, Japanese Dolby TrueHD 2.0, Subtitles: English
COMPANY: Funimation
RATED: TV PG
Release Date: November 27, 2018
Directed by Sasaki Noriyoshi
Series Composition: Konuta Kenji
Character Design by Soramoto Kan, Ito Yosuke
Music by Osada Naoyuki
Art Director: Nakahara Hideto
Anime Production: Seven
Featuring the following voice talent:
Matsuoka Yoshitsugu/Brian Olvera as Toshiyuki Abe
Miyano Mamoru/Miyano Mamoru/Coby Lewin as Nobuaki Kanazawa
Hamazoe Shinya/Dalton Tindall as Shingo Adachi
Tsuji Miyuu/Dawn M. Bennett as Satomi Ishii
Makino Yui/Alejandro Saab as Yousuke Ueda
M.A.O./Alexis Tipton as Chiemi Honda
Fujita Saki/Amber Lee Connors as Aya Kuramoto
Tojnozaki Yuusuke/Anthony Bowling as Tatsuya Shinba
Morishima Shota/Austin Tindle as Shouta Yashiro
Ochiai Fukushi/Brad Smeaton as Akira Ono
Narisawa Suguru/Brandon McInnis as Hirofumi Inoue
Kinoshita Suzuna/Brittany Lauda as Mizuki Yukimura
Horie Yu/Bryn Apprill as Natsuko Honda
Horinouchi Hitoshi/Chris Thurman as Daiki Kurosawa
Hino Satoshi/Clifford Chapin as Takuya Sakamoto
Suganuma Hisayoshi/Dallas Reid as Daisuke Tasaki
Totani Kimito/Daman Mills as Yuusuke Kawakami
Takada Makoto/Drew Bramlett as Shin Takada
Suzuki Misaki/Emily Fajardo as Emi Miyazaki
Otsubo Yuka/Felecia Angelle as Mami Shirokawa
Sasaki Yusuke/Garret Storms as Kenta Akamatsu
Honda Mariko/Genna Ford as Kaoru Maruoka
Yuki Kana/Heather Walker as Rina Minami
A class of thirty-two high school students receive texts commanding them to complete strange tasks. Do what the messages say, and more will follow. Fail to go through with them, and face the consequences. Nobuaki Kanazawa has played this game before and knows that these demands must be met. But until penalties for failure become lethal, no one is ready to step out of their comfort zone. With death around every corner, and as orders and punishments become more and more gruesome, the worst in people manages to tear its way out.
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