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The Skull Man

Seen it?

2007 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Drama, Mystery

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a small audience and a quick end and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing and animation lovers.
The mood
Tense, feel-good.
The pace
1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 5 hours in all.
What might put you off
  • No age rating on record, so check it first for young kids.
  • It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

Otomo City: where freedom and justice have atrophied to the bone; where conspiracy rules the day and death stalks the night... Death in the form of the Skull Man, a literal Grim Reaper whose skeletal grin presages grisly mayhem and murder, even to the monstrous mutants that haunt the city's underworlds! To investigate a bizarre slaying, journalist Minagami Hayato and photographer Kiriko Mamiya must stalk this ultimate predator, through a festering cadaver of a city where the corruption flows in rivers as deep and foul as the sins of the reigning elite, and unearth a secret so shocking that an entire city has been turned into a tomb to contain! In a nightmarish necropolis where nothing is as it seems, vengeance comes in the form of a living Death's-Head!

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerWeak

    Ran for 1 season and reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    Not enough engagement data yet

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Cast & crew

  • Ayako Kawasumi
  • Toshiyuki Morikawa
  • Michiko Neya
  • Katsunosuke Hori
  • Tomokazu Seki
  • Hiroshi Tsuchida
  • Osamu Saka
  • Hideki Tasaka