Shoka

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: 書家


Information

Type: TV Special
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Mar 27, 2010
Producers: None found, add some
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Production I.G
Source: Original
Genres: ActionAction, FantasyFantasy
Theme: HistoricalHistorical
Duration: 24 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 5.941 (scored by 24202,420 users)
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Ranked: #101022
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Popularity: #8440
Members: 5,612
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If you're interested in fighting style using paper as weapon. 
report Recommended by tsuD
Paper based combat... the form of combat is a little different then shiny spells or guns. Instead a lot of combat is done with ink, sound and paper.  
report Recommended by term7
Shoka doesn't have much substance in the way of a story, but if you found its visuals intriguing you might want to give the much more fully realized Kemonozume a look. 
report Recommended by zenoslime
Same action style and both are strange drawing 
report Recommended by albadr_almuneer
Both anime deal with Samurai in historical setting and they have simular color schemes, though the line style in both are different. There is also a dark mood to both of them. 
report Recommended by Yemi_Hikari
Besides having both unusual artsyle, the whole "ultimate sword" stuff is similar, even in the sword design itself. 
report Recommended by tsuD
Both of these titles are single-episode TV specials whose stories focus on folklore fantasy creatures coming to life/being released and a small group of people who must deal with the creature(s) before they threaten lives too much. Shoka is more of a historical piece with ink drawings coming to life, whereas Wasurenagumo takes place in modern times and has a creature that was sealed away getting loose from its sealed location. Even so, The story manages to be self-contained in a mere 24 minutes, and the visuals, while of different styles (boy are they more roughly stylized in Shoka, probably to fit with the theme  read more 
report Recommended by Numi
Both are based on screenplays that won the Animax Taisho award. 
report Recommended by Archaeon
Both are based on screenplays that won the Animax Taisho award. 
report Recommended by Archaeon
Both are based on screenplays that won the Animax Taisho award. 
report Recommended by Archaeon