Shiki
Seen it?2010 | 1 seasons | 25 min | Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Weeknight WatchWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a short run with a modest audience and little lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
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, sci-fi fans and animation lovers.
- The mood
- Tense and unsettling.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 9 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- Rated TV-MA: meant for adults.
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Sotobamura is a small village with around 1300 residents; so small the village isn't even connected to a single highway. An isolated village in which old customs, such as the burial of the dead, are still practiced. One day, the bodies of three people are found dead. Although Ozaki Toshio, the village's lone doctor, feels uncertain, he treats the deaths as a normal occurrence. However, in the days following, the villagers start to die one after the other.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
8.0 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a modest audience; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 45K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Created by Tetsuro Amino
- Nobuhiko OkamotoTōru Mutō (voice)
- Wataru TakagiTatsumi (voice)
- GACKTSeishirō Kirishiki (voice)
- Haruka TomatsuMegumi Shimizu (voice)
- Kazuyuki OkitsuSeishin Muroi (voice)
- Koki UchiyamaNatsuno Yūki (voice)
- Toru OkawaToshio Ozaki (voice)
- Nozomi SasakiRitsuko Kunihiro (voice)