Killing Bites

After unknowingly participating in a kidnapping, college student Yuuya Nomoto finds his friends brutally murdered by Hitomi Uzaki, the high school girl they attempted to abduct. Forced to drive her to an undisclosed location, he finds himself being wagered as the prize for a death match between two Therianthropes, superpowered human-animal hybrids created through advanced gene therapy. As one of these hybrids, Hitomi uses the speed and fearlessness she gained from her ratel genes to viciously dispatch her foe and save Yuuya from certain death.

Waking up hours later hoping the whole event was only a nightmare, Yuuya realizes that he has become embroiled in a secret proxy war between four large Japanese business conglomerates, with the winner taking control of the economy. As her sole albeit unwilling investor, his life is now directly linked to Hitomi's ability to participate in underground bloodsport matches known only as Killing Bites.

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Uzaki, Hitomi Main

Amamiya, Sora Japanese

Nomoto, Yuuya Main

Hatano, Wataru Japanese

Inaba, Ui Supporting

Uesaka, Sumire Japanese

Nakanishi, Eruza Supporting

Uchida, Maaya Japanese

Kuroi, Tasuku Supporting

Nakanishi, Taiga Supporting

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

Inui, Pure Supporting

Tanaka, Minami Japanese

Mitsukado, Youko Supporting

Han, Megumi Japanese

Shidou, Reiichi Supporting

Koyama, Rikiya Japanese

Tani, Yuugo Supporting

Ono, Yuuki Japanese

Maeda, Toshihiro Producer

Takeeda, Yoshinori Producer

Takagi, Takayuki Producer

Kurosu, Reo Producer

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Mar 30, 2018

SoraSenpai

Recommended

The story is basically battle royale but with animals. These people are infused with specific animal DNA resulting in them being able to turn into their animal forms. Okay not the best story wise but the fighting is what really drew me into this anime. Okay I would be lying if it was 100% the fighting, a large portion of it revolved around the amount of HEAVY fan-service in this anime. Which can always boot the enjoyment of an anime as well.

The art and animation was really well done. LIDENFILMS has yet to disappoint me when it comes to high quality art and animation.

The opening ... and ending were so good. The ending was a good head banger/ running song and the op was really entertaining. The music during the show fit it perfectly as well A lot of heavy metal is a great thing when it came down to it.

The characters were fantastic. Really i felt only one character did match their animals when it came to personality, each basically fit their characters perfectly.

When it came to enjoyment I really loved it. The fights were better then most fights I have seen in DBZ, Naruto, Bleach etc. They were unpredictable and very well animated.

Overall this was actually a decent anime to watch. I can see why the score would be swayed either high or low because of peoples tastes, but overall I think this show deserves a little more praise.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 2, 2018

Chris_Concept

Mixed Feelings

Whoever has the sharpest claws wins.. not in this case.

Story 5: its another battle royale! Not really special, but I do like the whole animal side of it. Having their animal features and their abilities was pretty cool.

Art 5: Noting special here, a couple of good ecchi scenes though.

Sound 5: Voices were good, tracks were okay and the tracks reminded me of the 90s rock music (the middle cut scene)

Character 4: I didn't like alot of them, you have the typical shy guy that has a hot girl as a partner. If I had to pick a favorite character it would be kido ... takeshi, I love for what he stands for and his story about his mother was good too.

Enjoyment 4: I did like it (since I finished it lol), best part of the anime was when Hitomi and Eruza were in that confused state.
The ending was good too, it was a good twist.

Overall 4.8: It was good, not much more to say tbh.

Would I recommend?
I mean why not its not pathetic, its okay. I would say don't waste your time watch something better, but you watch what you want :D

Thanks for reading!
If you have any question or talk anime feel free to msg me :D

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Apr 1, 2018

Commander-Toffen

Not Recommended

It's about a story animal humans fighting each other in a tournament. There is some progressions between the main guy and the main girl. There might be some unintentional spoilers along the way so please understand the concerns.

Story:

Personally I think the story was kinda lame, basically battle royale between characters, seen too many of those types of cliché stuff so nothing really unique.


Art:

The artstyle was somewhat unique so far i've seen in anime so that's something to go for if you are into the art but then again i wouldn't suggest watching this anime just because of the art.
Had some ecchi scenes if you are ... also into that.

Sound:

The ost in here was ok, nothing really out of this world but fitted the theme. Though I still wouldn't listened to this anime's ost in free time/gym.

Character:

The character development didn't go above the average level which in my case i would say lacking a lot of it. It definitely had potential in the beginning but it was too focused on the battle royale so all the characters was being forcefully dragged in without giving time to develop anything. I must say that at the end of the anime the character development literally just fell apart. Why would you even do that type of ending when you had so much more potential?
A Big Fat MINUS!

Enjoyment:

It was enjoyable in the very beginning and had some ok pacing here and there but once it reached the later stages the paces started to go out of control. A big minus here again.

Overall:

I would love to give it higher scores but this anime did not make it through good enough.
Definitely wouldn't recommend watching this anime, it just leaves a bad taste after (no, its not a bitter sweet ending just to make it clear).

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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