Gyo

Though her trip to Okinawa was supposed to be a lovely excursion to the seaside, college student Kaori Sawahara finds that it is anything but when a horrifying menace emerges from the watery depths. A strange mechanism has taken control of the sea creatures, granting them legs and sending them on land to attack anything in their way. Kaori and her friends—the lustful Erika and the reserved Aki—find themselves caught up in this onslaught, made worse by the creatures' rotting stench of death.

Surviving the first assault, Kaori tries to contact her fiancé Tadashi in Tokyo. However, the call is cut short in what sounds like another fish attack. Fearing for his safety, Kaori leaves for Tokyo. With Erika and Aki contending with the attacks in Okinawa, Kaori rushes to find Tadashi, unaware that the crisis has only just begun.

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Sawahara, Kaori Main

Kataoka, Mirai Japanese

Shirakawa, Tsuyoshi Main

Tadashi Supporting

Koyanagi, Sazuku Supporting

Erika Supporting

Aki Supporting

Iwakami, Atsuhiro Producer

Kondou, Hikaru Producer

Okamoto, Junya Producer, Planning

Takechi, Tsuneo Producer

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Dec 15, 2016

BakuTakamine

Recommended

I feel the need to write a review for this interesting little film right here simply because of it's score on this website, which I feel doesn't do it justice whatsoever and therefore I need to be that white knight for anime everyone hates. The reason I wanted to view this came from two reasons. One, I had recently finished Junji Ito's Uzumaki, which I found to be amazing and terrifying, and two, I've had and interest in Ufotable this anime's studio since I've been watching the well known film works the Kara no Kyōkai series. The original novels of which come from none ... other than Kinoko Nasu creator of the extensive and legendary Fate series. Aside from all that I will put out there I have not read Gyo yet, and this seems to be where a lot of the contention of the movie comes from. Going into this movie knowing nothing of the original work but being familiar of the author and studios previous endeavors I can undoubtedly say that this is a fantastic piece of work. As a fan of the horror genre this hits every trope of the general American B movie but takes it so over the top with an interesting aesthetics and otherwise simply praiseworthy visuals(for the most part). It isn't as beautiful as Kinoko Nasu but considering it's trying to bring out the disturbing nature of Junji Ito's drawings it couldn't be even close to that cleanly done. The CGI I think is done very well, and It works with the shadelss character models and the stark backgrounds. The scene where whatserface beat Erika to death with the ashtray was so disturbing, and other parts of the movie genuinely made me think about the terrifying concept of death and the thought of living a disgusting afterlife attached to some alien machine from the depths of the ocean. If you can't see even a lit bit of dark beauty in this terrifying classic than I'm sorry for you.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 2, 2017

newyorkdragon14

Mixed Feelings

It's practically like watching Sharknado or piranha 3d but an Anime. The movie isi animated by Ufotable which did the fate series and is written by the famous "Junji Ito" the gore horror writer. This is the perfect movie to laugh your ass of with a group of friends on Halloween or random Friday night while weebing out and drinking sake, It's like a really funny American B Horror movie and will have you laughing the whole time while having your mind blown on why Ufotable spent so much money to animate this trash. This must have cost a fortune to make and it looks ... really good. This movie has many WTF moments btw and will have you saying "Why Japan ... Why?" like every five minutes. If you want another B Horror movie to laugh at, this movie is perfect for you. Ps there is some nudity in this movie and some disturbing well-animated scenes

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Oct 10, 2021

NessunEra

Not Recommended

This is probably the worst anime movie I've seen. I haven't seen many to be fair, but this still is... not good.


It's a poor adaptation of Junji Ito's manga, and it's just overall unpleasant. It's body horror without any real message behind it. It's also just unnecessarily weird. Walking fish coming on land and turning people into green fart monsters sounds like a low-effort South Park Episode.

There is some decent characterization. The main character is likable enough and realistic, but she can't fix this movie.

If you like extreme gross outs maybe you'll get a kick out of this, but if you're a ... fan of good horror stay away.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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