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King of Thorn

King of Thorn

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King of Thorn

2010

1h 49m

6.6(171 votes)

Fantasy

Animation

Science Fiction

Overview

A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.

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KADOKAWA

Bandai Visual

SUNRISE

TV Tokyo

dentsu

Sony PCL

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kana Hanazawa

Kana Hanazawa

Kasumi Ishiki (voice)

Kohsei Hirota

Kohsei Hirota

Alexandro Pecchino (voice)

Misaki Kuno

Misaki Kuno

Alice (voice)

Tsutomu Isobe

Tsutomu Isobe

Ivan Coral Vega (voice)

Sayaka Ohara

Sayaka Ohara

Katherine Turner (voice)

Ayako Kawasumi

Ayako Kawasumi

Laura Owen (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Marco Owen (voice)

Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Peter Stevens (voice)

Eri Sendai

Eri Sendai

Shizuku Ishiki (voice)

Akiko Yajima

Akiko Yajima

Timothy Laisenbach (voice)

Creative team

Directed by: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Written by: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Produced by: Junichi Kimura
Yasumasa Tsuchiya

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