Killing bites
| Killing bites | |
|---|---|
| Original title | キ リ ン グ バ イ ツ |
| transcription | Kiringu Baitsu |
| genre | Etchi , action , his , science fiction |
| Manga | |
| title | Killing bites |
| Original title | キ リ ン グ バ イ ツ |
| transcription | Kiringu Baitsu |
| country |
 Japan
|
| author | Shinya Murata |
| Illustrator | Kazasa Sumita |
| publishing company | Shogakukan |
| magazine | Monthly Hero's |
| First publication | November 2013 - … |
| expenditure | 14th |
| Anime television series | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| year | 2018 |
| Studio | Liden Films |
| length | 24 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 in 1 season |
| genre | Action , Etchi , Battle Royale |
| Theme music | fripSide - Killing Bites |
| Director | Yasuto Nishikata |
| production | Aoi Akashiro |
| music | Yasuharu Takanashi |
| Initial release | January 13, 2018 - March 31, 2018 on MBS , TBS , AT-X , BS-TBS , SBS |
Killing Bites is a manga series from Shinya Murata , which since November 2013 magazine Monthly Hero's of the publishing house Shogakukan appears. The fourteen volumes in Tankōbon format that have appeared so far have been provided with drawings by Kazasa Sumita .
An anime series comprising twelve episodes was created in the Liden Films studio, directed by Yasuto Nishikata . The series was shown on Japanese television from January 13 to March 31, 2018. Amazon showed the series in a simulcast .
action
After Hitomi Uzaki is attacked by a gang of college students , she kills everyone except Yūya - who is visibly shocked to see her turning into a beast and fighting a lion on an abandoned garbage dump. These people with the ability to transform into animals are called "brutes". They are fighters created to combine human intelligence with the clutches of beasts. The "killing bites" battles have been fought since the earliest times and have always represented a turning point in the Japanese economy. Hitomi was tasked with protecting Yūya.
Characters
Protagonists
- Yūya Nozomo ( 野 本 裕 也 , Nomoto Yūya )
- A university student forced by classmates to kidnap Hitomi. After the incident he is forced by Reiichi to let Hitomi live with him as his protector. In return, he has to take part as Hitomi's financier in the next Destroyals, a battle royale. After the tournament, he is seriously wounded on orders from Reiichi. He is then injected with the genes of a crow . He goes on a campaign of revenge against those who betrayed him.
- Hitomi Uzaki ( 宇 崎 瞳 , Uzaki Hitomi )
- A girl with the genes of the honey badger , which - unlike the other hybrids - were inherited and not subsequently injected. Thanks to its genes, it stands in the way of any opponent without fear, no matter how powerful it appears. His strategy of provoking his opponents so that they attack Hitomi first, so that Hitomi can counter them, makes her an unpredictable opponent. It has deep feelings for her carer Reiichi, which he shamelessly exploits.
- Reiichi Shidō ( 堂 零 一 , Shidō Reiichi )
- He is Hitomi's guardian. Reiichi orders her to live with Yūya for a while and to protect him from attacks by other hybrids. He regularly takes advantage of her feelings to manipulate Hitomi without blinking an eye. He uses the killing bites fights as tests for his own research. After he has gained the power of all four zaibatsu, he demands the killing of Yūya, because he is too deeply involved in the events.
Zaibatsu
- Yōko Mitsukado ( 三門 陽 湖 , Mitsukado Yōko )
- Yōko is the granddaughter of Yōzan. She believes the Killing Bites were manipulated by Shidō's influence. After the end of the first Destroyal, a Killing Bites Battle Royale, the remaining Zaibatsu conspire against their grandfather and destroy the Mitsukado family. She is given into the hands of the lion hybrid Yūgo, who abuses her as his personal slave .
- Yōzan Mitsukado ( 三門 陽 参 , Mitsukado Yōzan )
- Yōko's grandfather and head of the Mitsukado-Zaibatsu. After his murder, the Mitsukado-Zaibatsu is smashed and the remaining family clans agree on the rights to the hybridization among themselves.
hybrid
- Pure Inui ( 戌 井 純 , Inui Pyua )
- A girl who was given her dog's DNA to save her life after a car accident . Although it was weak at the beginning due to its inexperience, Yūya took it on and trained it to be a strong fighter. It tends to frivolously trust other people, even if they are hostile towards it - only when someone turns out to be a danger to Yūya does it reveal its true nature.
- Tasuku Kuroi ( 黒 井 佑 , Kuroi Tasuku )
- A hybrid that has been given Tasmanian Devil DNA . Her dream is to become stronger than Hitomi, whom she idolized. She is one of the few hybrids to have managed to inflict severe wounds on Hitomi in battle.
- Haiji Gotō ( 護 藤 ハ イ ジ , Gotō Haiji )
- A Capricorn hybrid with an apathetic character. Since childhood she has felt at home in high places. She has been friends with Hitomi since she met Hitomi at a young age. Thanks to her agility and Capricorn DNA, she is able to climb the steepest of elevations with ease.
- Eruza Nakanishi ( 中西 獲 座 , Nakanishi Eruza )
- A cheetah hybrids and the younger sister of taiga, which specializes in fast attacks and is subordinate to the Yatsubishi zaibatsu. She loses the first Killing Bites tournament against Ui in an unexpected way and wants to get revenge on her because of it.
- Ui Inaba ( 稲 葉 初 , Inaba Ui )
- A scared girl who was given rabbit DNA . Contrary to its fearful and clumsy nature, it takes part in the first Killing Bites tournament for the Ishida Zaibatsu together with Okajima and Hitomi.
- Kaori Rikujō ( 六条 香 織 , Rikujō Kaori )
- A hybrid that received the civet cat's DNA . She is able to incapacitate her opponents by exuding an aphrodisiac . It is subordinate to the Yatsubishi-Zaibatsu.
- Kaede Kazama ( 風 間 楓 , Kazama Kaede )
- A hybrid gecko with a sadistic nature. She belongs to the Sumitomo Zaibatsu and took part in the first Killing Bites tournament, where she lost to Tiger and just barely survived.
- Nodoka Uzaki ( 宇 崎 の ど か , Uzaki Nodoka )
- A human hybrid created through the experiments of Reiichi Shidō after injecting human DNA into a South American sloth . This experiment gave her the intelligence of humans, but she still has characteristics of the sloth. In another experiment, she was given the DNA of a Megatherium , a prehistoric ancestor of the sloth, making Nodoka the first hybrid with three different DNAs. She is secretly sent into the ring by the Zaibatsu at the second Killing Bites fighting tournament to test her true strength.
- Ichinosuke Okajima ( 岡 島 壱 之 助 , Okajima Ichinosuke )
- A hippopotamus hybrid that belongs to the Ishida-Zaibatsu and was temporarily housed with Yūya.
- Taiga Nakanishi ( 中西 獲 座 , Nakanishi Taiga )
- A tiger hybrid and Eruza's older brother. He represents the Yatsubishi-Zaibatsu and sees Yugo, the lion, as a personal rival.
- Takeshi Kido ( 城 戸 , 剛 Kido Takeshi )
- A pangolin hybrid that is very close to nature and, especially cruel acts against opponents that nature behave disrespectful. He represents the Mitsukado-Zaibatsu.
- Shōta Yabe ( 矢 部 正 太 , Yabe Shōta )
- A boy wearing glasses injected with gorilla genes . It belongs to the Mitsukado-Zaibatsu.
- Jerome Hongō ( ジ ェ ロ ム 本 郷 , Jeromu Hongō )
- A hybrid with the genes of a grizzly bear who specializes in sumo techniques and belongs to the Mitsukado zaibatsu.
- Den Ōnuma ( 大沼 電 , Ōnuma Den )
- A cobra hybrid with a sadistic disposition. He loves sexually abusing female hybrids while in his beast form. Den belongs to the Sumitomo-Zaibatsu.
- Ryūji Shiina ( 椎 名 竜 次 , Shiina Ryūji )
- A crocodile hybrid subordinate to the Sumitomo-Zaibatsu.
- Yūgo Tani ( 谷 優 牛 , Tani Yūgo )
- A man with implanted genes of the lion . While he's ruthless in combat, outside of killing bites fights, he displays a rather friendly character. He is subordinate to the Mitsukado-Zaibatsu.
More characters
- Mai Shinozaki ( 篠 崎 舞 , Shinozaki Mai )
- Mai Shinozaki is the overseer of the killing bites fights.
- Oshie Nodoguro ( 乃 塒 押 絵 , Nodoguro Oshie )
- A supporting character who only appears in the closing sequences after the credits. Oshie is in love with Hitomi and is portrayed with a behavior similar to that of the Great Honey Indicator , a species of bird that works with honey badgers and leads them to bee nests. In the end, she is usually injured in the presence of Hitomi. The narrator's closing sentence that "Oshie is not a hybrid" is a running gag of the anime.
Implementations
Manga
Killing Bites has been written by the mangaka Shinya Murata since November 2013 . The drawings come from Kazasa Sumita , who already made illustrations for the manga Witchblade Takeru - an adaptation of the Witchblade series. The manga series appears in the Monthly Hero's magazine published by Shogakukan and has so far been published in 14 volumes in the tankōbon format.
The manga has been published by Carlsen Manga in Germany since 2015 and thus represents the German debut of the mangaka Murata.
Anime
A twelve-episode anime series was produced by Studio Liden under the direction of Yasuto Nishikata . The script was written by Aoi Akashiro , while the music was composed by Yasuharu Takanashi . The character design was created by Kazuo Watanabe .
The song in the opening credits is called Killing Bites and was sung by the rock band fripSide ; the final title Kedamono Damono was recorded by Kitsunetsuki.
The series was shown between January and March 2018 at MBS , TBS and BS-TBS in Japan , among others , while Amazon simulcasted the series in the director's cut version . The first two episodes were pre-screened on December 29, 2017 at the UDX Theater in Tokyo .
In Japan, the series was released in four DVD / Blu-ray boxes with three episodes each.
synchronization
| role | Japanese voice ( seiyū ) |
|---|---|
| Yūya Notomo | Wataru Hatano |
| Hitomi Uzaki | Sora Amamiya |
| Reiichi Shidō | Rikiya Koyama |
| Ui Inaba | Sumire Uesaka |
| Eruza Nakanishi | Maaya Uchida |
| Yōko Mitsukado | Megumi Han |
| Yozan Mitsukado | Hidekatsu Shibata |
| Okajima Ichinosuke | Tōru Ōkawa |
| Taiga Nakanishi | Yūichi Nakamura |
| Yūgo Tani | Yūki Ono |
| Mai Shinozaki | Chinatsu Akasaki |
| Kaori Rikujō | Yū Asakawa |
| Kaede Kazama | Takako Honda |
| Oshie Nodoguro | Sayaka Harada |
| Takeshi Kido | Ryokan Koyanagi |
| The Ōnuma | Hiroyuki Yoshino |
| Ryūji Shiina | Katsuyuki Konishi |
Video game
In 2015, game developer Nex Entertainment announced a multiplayer game project for spring 2016. After the developer was broken up, the release was initially postponed and development of the game was stopped in 2017. The game should be released for the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation Vita .
Web links
- Official homepage for the anime (Japanese)
- Entry on the anime in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
- Entry for the manga in the Anime News Network encyclopedia
- Entry on the anime at AniSearch
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarah Nelkin: Witchblade Takeru's Sumita to Start Killing Bites Manga. Anime News Network , November 3, 2013, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Alexander Stothfang: Review: Killing Bites - Volume 1 / Manga. Anime2you.de, January 3, 2016, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Jennifer Sherman: Killing Bites Anime Reveals Visual, More Cast, Staff. Anime News Network, December 8, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ Jennifer Sherman: Killing Bites Anime Reveals Teaser Video, Visuals, Cast, Theme Songs. Anime News Network, October 31, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ a b Rafael Antonio Pineda: Amazon to Stream Killing Bites Anime's Director's Cut Worldwide. Anime News Network, December 11, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019 .
- ↑ List of speakers. AniSearch.de , accessed on November 22, 2019 .
- ^ Karen Ressler: Killing Bites Game Development Suspended. Anime News Network, September 27, 2017, accessed November 20, 2019 .