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Karakuri Circus

Mechanical Puppet Circus

JPからくりサーカス
AKA傀儡马戏团 • 魔偶馬戲團
FinishedTV AnimeFall 201836 episodes24 min

Synopsis

Young Masaru Saiga inherits a fortune and immediately becomes a target. When martial artist Narumi Kato tries to protect him, their pursuers prove far stranger than ordinary criminals: deadly puppets can move with terrifying force. A silver-haired woman called Shirogane arrives with a puppet of her own.

Their meeting opens a conflict reaching far beyond an inheritance. Traveling circuses, living automatons and a sickness relieved only by making others laugh become threads in an old tragedy. To protect the people they find, Masaru, Narumi and Shirogane must uncover what binds their fates together.

SourceManga
Studio
Studio VOLN
RatingPG-13
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Score7.18Rank#3,926Popularity#1,884

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Karakuri Circus
Manga · FinishedJul 09, 1997 · Volumes: 43 · Chapters: 426 · Score 8.09

Songs

Newest first

Opening themes

3
  1. Over me

    Lozareena

  2. Haguruma

    KANA-BOON

    Episodes 13–24
  3. Gekkou

    BUMP OF CHICKEN

    Episodes 1–12

Ending themes

3
  1. Gekkou

    BUMP OF CHICKEN

  2. Yuudachi

    Memai SIREN

  3. Marionette

    Lozareena

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MainKatou Narumi
Japanese voiceKoyama Rikiya
MainSaiga Shirogane
Japanese voiceHayashibara Megumi
MainSaiga Masaru
Japanese voiceUeda Chihiro
SupportingAnoss
Japanese voiceSanpei Yuuki
SupportingArlecchino
Japanese voiceFukuyama Jun
SupportingAshihana Eiryou
Japanese voiceSakurai Takahiro
SupportingAtsushi Kajiyama
Japanese voiceMiwa Takahiro
SupportingBai Jin
Japanese voiceFurukawa Toshio
SupportingBai Yin
Japanese voiceSeki Tomokazu
SupportingBanhart Leif
Japanese voiceTerasoma Masaki

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Original Creator · Series CompositionFujita Kazuhiro
DirectorNishimura Satoshi
Series Composition · ScriptInoue Toshiki
Character DesignHirai Akane
Character DesignYoshimatsu Takahiro
MusicHayashi Yuuki
Art Director · Background ArtYokomatsu Norihiko
Sound DirectorMima Masafumi
Animation Director · Episode Director · Storyboard · Assistant Animation DirectorYoshida Daisuke
Animation DirectorFukushi Mayumi

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