Kagewani: Shou

After surviving the onslaught at Sarugaku headquarters, Sousuke Banba resumes his investigation of the Kagewani monster hybrids. Armed with the ability to harness the Kagewani's power, the researcher now has a means to eliminate the creatures. But despite the benefits of this skill, it has one major drawback: Sousuke now struggles to maintain his sanity, with the power threatening to consume his body.

Soon, threats old and new begin to rear their heads, as the upper echelons of Sarugaku become active once again and an assassin with a personal vendetta sets her sights on Sousuke. Nevertheless, he resolutely forges ahead on his mission, determined to track down the origins of the Kagewani and eliminate their threat once and for all.

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Banba, Sousuke Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Komori, Satoru Supporting

Kimura, Masaki Supporting

Okiayu, Ryoutarou Japanese

Akira Supporting

Nojima, Kenji Japanese

Kiriko Supporting

Asano, Masumi Japanese

Yaguru, Mother Supporting

96neko Japanese

Yaguru, Father Supporting

Miyazaki, Hiromu Japanese

Rio Supporting

Kanda, Akemi Japanese

Yaguru, Nagi Supporting

Satou, Satomi Japanese

Kawakami Supporting

Madono, Mitsuaki Japanese

Takashima, Tomoya Director, Original Creator

Kumamoto, Hiromu Script

M.S.S Project Theme Song Performance

96neko Inserted Song Performance

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Jun 24, 2017

Mr_Anime_Manga

Recommended

Kagewani: Shou (Act II) is the second season to Kagewani which continues the 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: Shou continues after season one where Sousuke Banba constantly battles for equilibrium with the powerful Kagewani. Kagewani: Shou continues to use 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 as the plot thickens. 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: Shou 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 straight from a Manga printing press. It also portrays the shows narrative to the ultimate climax at the end which deadly fight scenes and addictive dialogue. The music and sounds continue to feel like they were specifically chosen for their duty to create suspense, and giving that feeling of danger by sucking you into the story. Giving you feel you are there with the characters themselves, as they traverse the next chapter of the story.

The only downsides are one, the show will most certainly leave you craving more. and two (once again) the season is too short. Overall, this cult-classic of an anime show deserves attention of anime lovers all over the world. A must see for the anime obsessed.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 26, 2016

plisetskytrash

Recommended

Kagewani: Shou is the second season of Kagewani series. I would recommend watching it after you finish the first season because some parts could be a little bit confusing if you jump directly into the second one. And for you who already watched the first season and enjoyed it, you must definitely watch the second one too, because it’s amazing.

The episodes are pretty much all connected together and the plot is really exciting and easy to follow because it mostly revolves around Banba and his fight with Kagewani. The origin of Kagewani is also explained and there are some interesting new characters and new types ... of monsters as well. Some of the old characters will also appear but in a new light. The animation is beautiful and unique and the storyline is chilling and tense. The show ended on a massive cliffhanger, so hopefully there will be a season three.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Aug 24, 2019

lilaclipbalm

Not Recommended

I feel like they were trying something new with this and failed miserably. The first season was a set of short horror stories tied together by certain characters. With the second one, there is a confusing story line.
They tried to squeeze in 20 minuets worth of story into only 7 minutes. As you can imagine, it became very clear that they did not know what to do with it.
The art and sound were okay, with the 'squelching' noise being the most clear. I liked the touch of binuaral here and there as characters voices shifted from ear to ear. One complaint I have ... about sound is that I feel that they rely too heavily on it. The 'jump scares' rely purely on noise, as they are very predictable. While I understand that sound is there to submerge the watcher in the video, I feel like it was over-used here. They should've focused on making a more unpredictable jump scare, if that's what they were going for.
In conclusion, I believe that the first series was better and more enjoyable :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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