Gleipnir
Seen it?2020 | 1 seasons | 24 min | Animation, Mystery, Comedy, Action & Adventure, 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, anyone who wants a laugh and sci-fi fans.
- The mood
- Light and funny, tense and unsettling.
- The pace
- 1 season: a few weeks of evenings, short, snackable episodes, about 5 hours in all.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Shuichi Kagaya is an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl’s life, sharing his secret with her. But she’s searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn’t care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission…
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
8.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Ran for 1 season and reached a solid audience
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 72K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
- Natsuki HanaeShuichi Kagaya (voice)
- Nao ToyamaClair Aoki (voice)
- Kana HanazawaElena Aoki (voice)
- Takahiro SakuraiAlien (voice)
- Miku ItoNana Mifune (voice)
- Yoshiaki HasegawaAbukawa (voice)
- Shizuka IshigamiHikawa (voice)
- Hiroki YasumotoTadanori Sanbe (voice)
- Kana IchinoseChihiro Yoshioka (voice)
- You TaichiSubaru (voice)