Dead Mount Death Play

Director(s)Manabu Ono
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes24m
CastMorgan Berry, Brandon Acosta, Bree Han

Dead Mount Death Play

strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, a warrior battles a fearsome necromancer, and a person from another world awakens in a new body in modern-day Japan.

violence
People and fantastical creatures are stabbed or dismembered by bladed weapons, or impaled by sharp objects, creating large gushes of blood.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermath of violence. The body of a dead teenager with a slashed throat is resurrected and subsequently walks around with blood covering his neck. We also briefly see the featureless ghost of a yakuza victim hanging from a noose.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat and horror such as encounters with skeletal warriors, ghosts, monsters, and sinister assassins. Infrequent moderate sex references include a comic sequence in which a teenage boy falls face-first onto a woman’s cleavage.
strong bloody violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, the Corpse God resurrects Misaki and meets her employer.

violence
During a scene of torture, a sadistic assassin fires nails into a man’s hands and wrists using a nail gun before fatally impaling his head with a metal pole. A short flashback shows a child watching in shock as a giggling killer repeatedly stabs her parent’s bloody corpse. Another person’s throat is slashed.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes close-up images of a gaping wound in a corpse’s abdomen and a bloody slash wound on an immortal being's neck, as well as highly stylised flashback images of children's bodies impaled on pikes.
additional issues
A person attempts suicide, without strong visual detail. There are moderate scenes of threat and horror. Moderate comic sex references include occasional visual focus on the body of a female character.
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Polka accompanied Misaki on a mission to deal with a group of hitmen.

violence
A villainous character headbutts a man, resulting in a large gush of blood. There are also shootings, accompanied by large blood spurts.
injury detail
There is sight of a throat slash wound and of blood-stained bodies in the aftermath of violence. A group of men are discovered alive with their limbs painfully intertwined in a large human knot.
additional issues
There is partial sexualised female breast nudity, as well as emphasis on young women wearing lingerie during a sexual scenario. There is a scene of brief sexual harassment in which an unsympathetic character gropes a woman’s bottom. This behaviour is negatively presented and results in clear negative consequences for the perpetrator. Very mild bad language (‘hell’, ‘damn’) occurs.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Polka is investigated by a ruthless police officer.

injury detail
Occasional strong injury detail includes shadowy images of bloodied corpses, and a police photograph of a severed arm lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
Moderate comic sex references include occasional visual focus on female characters’ bodies, and sequences in which a man is accompanied by scantily-clad women implied to be sex workers. A girl lands a flying kick on a man's abdomen, and in another scene we hear a series of crunchy sound effects as a man recalls an incident in which a cop broke his attackers’ necks. In a comic sequence, a teenager falsely accuses a villainous cop of trying to ‘force himself’ on her.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Polka is confronted by Shinjuku's most infamous and powerful criminal.

violence
Two characters with magical powers fight in a dark setting, moving at rapid speeds as they swing punches and slash away with bladed weapons; The fighting is undetailed and bloodless, as is a stab to a person’s thigh.
additional issues
A character’s throat bears a stitched wound across it sustained in a violent encounter from his past. There is very mild bad language (‘hell’, ‘heck’). There is brief smoking.
moderate threat, violence, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese anime series; in this episode a fire starting ghost torments a family.

violence
Moderate violence includes kicks and punches to the face.
threat and horror
A man holds a knife to a boy's throat. A boy has a traumatic flashback to his father selling him. Characters plot a murder, and a woman is burned alive in an explosion. A man's vision of characters' twitching faces torment him before he spontaneously combusts.
injury detail
There are brief bloody images.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') and milder terms ('damn', 'screw').
strong sexualised images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese anime series; in this episode a magician torments a city.

violence
There are sexualised images of a robot in bondage gear with its breasts exposed.
additional issues
There are brief bloody images.
moderate sex references, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese anime series; in this episode Sayo and her bodyguard visit Polka.

sex
There is moderately sexualised focus upon female bodies in some scenes, including close up images of cleavage and sight of women bathing, although nudity is hidden from view. A woman rubs the bare back of another, who responds pleasurably.
injury detail
There are bloody images and sight of dead bodies.
additional issues
Mild threat includes a character plotting to kill someone, references to death, ghostly figures and skeletons. There is use of mild bad language ('bullshit').
moderate threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Solitaire visits the Grocer in prison to enquire about a mysterious symbol.

threat and horror
Characters are shown engulfed in flames during an attempted bank robbery. This is accompanied by the sight of an ominous message written on a wall.
injury detail
During the opening credits, there is brief, stylised sight of blood splatter on the ground.
additional issues
There is mild sexualised focus on a woman's cleavage. Mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'screw') occurs, as well as even milder terms such as 'damn'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH TRAP is a Japanese anime series; in his episode, a symbol from another world shows up in present day Japan.

violence
A character is shot at in a scene which includes blood spurting detail.
additional issues
Two characters shower together whilst exchanging dialogue, in a scene that includes partial nudity.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Iwanome faces criticism over his illegal sting operation, while Corpse God receives a visit from Solitaire.

injury detail
A stylised dream sequence features sight of a blood-stained dead body and of charred corpses impaled on stakes.
additional issues
A ghost makes a haunting appearance and an ominous message is written on a character’s wall during scenes of moderate supernatural threat. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'shit', 'ass', 'bastard') and even milder terms such as 'hell'. There is sexualised focus on the physical attributes of a female character. A character attacks a man using fantastical bladed weapons.
brief strong bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Solitaire bluffs his way through his encounter on the rooftop with Xiaoyu and Lemmings, while Corpse God uses necromancy to assist Xiaoyu.

injury detail
There is brief sight of a dead teenager with a slashed throat. Other moments include the sudden appearance of bloody handprints across a window.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat and violence including a character throwing fantastical bladed weapons towards a man. There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') and even milder terms such as 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. There is sexualised focus on the physical attributes of a female character.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy anime series; in this episode, Corpse God faces unwelcome attention following his public use of magic on the rooftop.

injury detail
An implied off-screen attack results in a spray of blood, followed by sight of the attacker sitting on top of a pile of bloodied corpses. Another scene shows a headless body lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
There is occasional visual focus on the bodies of female characters wearing revealing clothing. Bad language includes ‘bitch’ and ‘jerk’.
strong injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy anime series; in this episode, fortune-telling for a reporter is interrupted by a police raid on Polka's building.

violence
A sequence sees already badly injured people shot dead as they beg for their lives.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images and injury detail in the aftermath of violence. A bloody severed head fantastically talks whilst its headless body drips blood over the ground.
additional issues
Moments of moderate threat occur. There is sexualised sight of womens' cleavages. A man asks if another might be 'high'. Use of mild bad language ('shit', 'balls') is accompanied by milder terms, such as 'moron'.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy anime series; in this episode, Inspector Iwanome is determined to uncover the truth about Polka and his companions, and Misaki undergoes a magical evolution.

violence
One man tortures another by stabbing him with pens, shooting him in the leg and then digging a screwdriver into the bloody leg wound. A person is cut in half during a sword fight, with strong bloody detail.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat include ones in which a man is held captive by a pair of violent kidnappers. Another scene features sight of women wearing revealing lingerie, who are implied to be sex workers. Bad language is infrequent and mild (e.g. ‘crap’).
moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy action anime series; in this episode, Misaki steps in to help Xiaoyu fight Momoya.

violence
Blood is shown dripping from a weapon in the aftermath of violence. A fantastical battle features an undetailed stabbing.
injury detail
There is sight of a severed torso, accompanied by fantastical black-coloured blood.
additional issues
There is mild sexualised focus on a female character's body. Very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn', 'screw up') occurs.
moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Majiri offers Polka a deal.

violence
A woman is run through by a giant creature with large claws, resulting in the sight of blood.
injury detail
An injured man coughs blood, and there is brief sight of a body whose limbs have been severed, however there is minimal gory detail.
additional issues
People are threatened by a swarm of zombie-like people. There is use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'asshole', 'balls') as well as milder terms such as 'damn', 'screw' and 'hell'. A brief drug reference is made in jest. There is brief focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
strong violence, bloody images, suicide
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Iwanome unmasks the traitor in the Metropolitan Police.

violence
There are moments of strong violence, such as stabbings, beatings and shootings.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, resulting in a blood spurt.
injury detail
Violence frequently includes strong bloody injury detail.
additional issues
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass' and 'hell'. Sequences of moderate threat occur and there is a brief reference to drug misuse.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy anime series; in this episode, the Corpse God has a visit from an old friend.

violence
Scenes include an impaling and a body being crushed in a mechanical device.
additional issues
There are sexualised images, such as emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters. Bad language is very mild ('screw', 'hell', 'damn'). Brief mention is made to a person's suicide.
moderate sex references, horror
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Polka meets a person hiding a dark past whilst working as a fortune teller.

threat and horror
Ghosts and menacing fantastical creatures appear, acting in a threatening manner.
sex
There is some focus on the attributes of female characters, who appear in revealing outfits.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') as well as milder terms such as 'hell'. A person is punched to the ground.
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, Polka's visitors are attacked.

violence
Scenes feature fantastical violence, including a person using telekinetic powers to throw concrete blocks at enemies which cause large spurts of blood.
additional issues
Blood appears on bodies, including corpses. People are briefly threatened with guns. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'bastard', 'frickin') as well as milder terms such as 'hell'. There is brief focus on a woman's cleavage.
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated series; in this episode, the firebugs attack.

violence
A woman slashes a man with a small blade, cutting off parts of his body and producing blood.
additional issues
There is brief sight of blood on a man's body. There is use of mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘bastard’) as well as milder terms such as ‘damn’. People are threatened by balls of fire.
moderate bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNT DEATH PLAY is a Japanese fantasy animation; in this episode, the Corpse God prepares to save the real Polka.

sex
Waitresses dress as bunnies in lingerie, revealing their cleavages.
injury detail
There is a brief close-up focus on blood dripping on the ground.
additional issues
Characters fly towards, and attack one another, at super speed. A magic spell causes skeletal remains to reanimate and grab a man's ankle. There is mild bad language ('bastard') and milder terms ('damn').
moderate injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming

DEAD MOUNTAIN DEATH PLAY is a Japanese animated fantasy series; in this episode, an attempted is made to save Polka's soul as the Corpse God prepares to sacrifice himself.

threat and horror
Supernatural creatures such as vampires, zombies and other monstrous figures attack and terrorise others.
injury detail
Characters are shown with small splashes of blood and also fantastical blood over them.
additional issues
There are scene of fantastical battle, including use of magical spells and fire breathing dragons; a vampire creature is attacked with a magical blade but heals immediately. A boy punches another in the face. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'asshole') and milder term which include 'hell' and 'damn', as well as mild sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. There are undetailed references to a character taking their own life.
Please note: each rating can only be used for the distribution method listed in the Use column. For more information on each Use click here.
Classified Date:
18/12/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date14/02/2024
LanguageEnglish
violence
People and fantastical creatures are stabbed or dismembered by bladed weapons, or impaled by sharp objects, creating large gushes of blood.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermath of violence. The body of a dead teenager with a slashed throat is resurrected and subsequently walks around with blood covering his neck. We also briefly see the featureless ghost of a yakuza victim hanging from a noose.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat and horror such as encounters with skeletal warriors, ghosts, monsters, and sinister assassins. Infrequent moderate sex references include a comic sequence in which a teenage boy falls face-first onto a woman’s cleavage.
moderate injury detail, threat
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Supernatural creatures such as vampires, zombies and other monstrous figures attack and terrorise others.
injury detail
Characters are shown with small splashes of blood and also fantastical blood over them.
additional issues
There are scene of fantastical battle, including use of magical spells and fire breathing dragons; a vampire creature is attacked with a magical blade but heals immediately. A boy punches another in the face. There is mild bad language ('shit', 'asshole') and milder term which include 'hell' and 'damn', as well as mild sexualised focus on the bodies of female characters. There are undetailed references to a character taking their own life.
moderate bloody images, sex references
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
Waitresses dress as bunnies in lingerie, revealing their cleavages.
injury detail
There is a brief close-up focus on blood dripping on the ground.
additional issues
Characters fly towards, and attack one another, at super speed. A magic spell causes skeletal remains to reanimate and grab a man's ankle. There is mild bad language ('bastard') and milder terms ('damn').
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman slashes a man with a small blade, cutting off parts of his body and producing blood.
additional issues
There is brief sight of blood on a man's body. There is use of mild bad language (‘ass’, ‘crap’, ‘bastard’) as well as milder terms such as ‘damn’. People are threatened by balls of fire.
strong violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes feature fantastical violence, including a person using telekinetic powers to throw concrete blocks at enemies which cause large spurts of blood.
additional issues
Blood appears on bodies, including corpses. People are briefly threatened with guns. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'bastard', 'frickin') as well as milder terms such as 'hell'. There is brief focus on a woman's cleavage.
moderate sex references, horror
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Ghosts and menacing fantastical creatures appear, acting in a threatening manner.
sex
There is some focus on the attributes of female characters, who appear in revealing outfits.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') as well as milder terms such as 'hell'. A person is punched to the ground.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes include an impaling and a body being crushed in a mechanical device.
additional issues
There are sexualised images, such as emphasis on the physical attributes of female characters. Bad language is very mild ('screw', 'hell', 'damn'). Brief mention is made to a person's suicide.
strong violence, bloody images, suicide
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are moments of strong violence, such as stabbings, beatings and shootings.
suicide and self-harm
A man takes his own life, resulting in a blood spurt.
injury detail
Violence frequently includes strong bloody injury detail.
additional issues
Moderate bad language ('bitch') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'shit', 'bastard', 'ass' and 'hell'. Sequences of moderate threat occur and there is a brief reference to drug misuse.
moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A woman is run through by a giant creature with large claws, resulting in the sight of blood.
injury detail
An injured man coughs blood, and there is brief sight of a body whose limbs have been severed, however there is minimal gory detail.
additional issues
People are threatened by a swarm of zombie-like people. There is use of mild bad language ('bastard', 'asshole', 'balls') as well as milder terms such as 'damn', 'screw' and 'hell'. A brief drug reference is made in jest. There is brief focus on the physical attributes of female characters.
moderate violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Blood is shown dripping from a weapon in the aftermath of violence. A fantastical battle features an undetailed stabbing.
injury detail
There is sight of a severed torso, accompanied by fantastical black-coloured blood.
additional issues
There is mild sexualised focus on a female character's body. Very mild bad language ('hell', 'damn', 'screw up') occurs.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
One man tortures another by stabbing him with pens, shooting him in the leg and then digging a screwdriver into the bloody leg wound. A person is cut in half during a sword fight, with strong bloody detail.
additional issues
Scenes of moderate threat include ones in which a man is held captive by a pair of violent kidnappers. Another scene features sight of women wearing revealing lingerie, who are implied to be sex workers. Bad language is infrequent and mild (e.g. ‘crap’).
strong injury detail, violence
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A sequence sees already badly injured people shot dead as they beg for their lives.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images and injury detail in the aftermath of violence. A bloody severed head fantastically talks whilst its headless body drips blood over the ground.
additional issues
Moments of moderate threat occur. There is sexualised sight of womens' cleavages. A man asks if another might be 'high'. Use of mild bad language ('shit', 'balls') is accompanied by milder terms, such as 'moron'.
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
23/10/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
An implied off-screen attack results in a spray of blood, followed by sight of the attacker sitting on top of a pile of bloodied corpses. Another scene shows a headless body lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
There is occasional visual focus on the bodies of female characters wearing revealing clothing. Bad language includes ‘bitch’ and ‘jerk’.
brief strong bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
There is brief sight of a dead teenager with a slashed throat. Other moments include the sudden appearance of bloody handprints across a window.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat and violence including a character throwing fantastical bladed weapons towards a man. There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') and even milder terms such as 'God', 'damn' and 'hell'. There is sexualised focus on the physical attributes of a female character.
strong injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
A stylised dream sequence features sight of a blood-stained dead body and of charred corpses impaled on stakes.
additional issues
A ghost makes a haunting appearance and an ominous message is written on a character’s wall during scenes of moderate supernatural threat. There is use of mild bad language ('crap', 'shit', 'ass', 'bastard') and even milder terms such as 'hell'. There is sexualised focus on the physical attributes of a female character. A character attacks a man using fantastical bladed weapons.
strong violence
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A character is shot at in a scene which includes blood spurting detail.
additional issues
Two characters shower together whilst exchanging dialogue, in a scene that includes partial nudity.
moderate sex references, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
sex
There is moderately sexualised focus upon female bodies in some scenes, including close up images of cleavage and sight of women bathing, although nudity is hidden from view. A woman rubs the bare back of another, who responds pleasurably.
injury detail
There are bloody images and sight of dead bodies.
additional issues
Mild threat includes a character plotting to kill someone, references to death, ghostly figures and skeletons. There is use of mild bad language ('bullshit').
moderate threat, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
threat and horror
Characters are shown engulfed in flames during an attempted bank robbery. This is accompanied by the sight of an ominous message written on a wall.
injury detail
During the opening credits, there is brief, stylised sight of blood splatter on the ground.
additional issues
There is mild sexualised focus on a woman's cleavage. Mild bad language ('ass', 'piss', 'screw') occurs, as well as even milder terms such as 'damn'.
strong sexualised images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
There are sexualised images of a robot in bondage gear with its breasts exposed.
additional issues
There are brief bloody images.
moderate threat, violence, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Moderate violence includes kicks and punches to the face.
threat and horror
A man holds a knife to a boy's throat. A boy has a traumatic flashback to his father selling him. Characters plot a murder, and a woman is burned alive in an explosion. A man's vision of characters' twitching faces torment him before he spontaneously combusts.
injury detail
There are brief bloody images.
additional issues
There is use of mild bad language ('bastard') and milder terms ('damn', 'screw').
strong bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
injury detail
Occasional strong injury detail includes shadowy images of bloodied corpses, and a police photograph of a severed arm lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
Moderate comic sex references include occasional visual focus on female characters’ bodies, and sequences in which a man is accompanied by scantily-clad women implied to be sex workers. A girl lands a flying kick on a man's abdomen, and in another scene we hear a series of crunchy sound effects as a man recalls an incident in which a cop broke his attackers’ necks. In a comic sequence, a teenager falsely accuses a villainous cop of trying to ‘force himself’ on her.
moderate violence
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
Two characters with magical powers fight in a dark setting, moving at rapid speeds as they swing punches and slash away with bladed weapons; The fighting is undetailed and bloodless, as is a stab to a person’s thigh.
additional issues
A character’s throat bears a stitched wound across it sustained in a violent encounter from his past. There is very mild bad language (‘hell’, ‘heck’). There is brief smoking.
strong violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
A villainous character headbutts a man, resulting in a large gush of blood. There are also shootings, accompanied by large blood spurts.
injury detail
There is sight of a throat slash wound and of blood-stained bodies in the aftermath of violence. A group of men are discovered alive with their limbs painfully intertwined in a large human knot.
additional issues
There is partial sexualised female breast nudity, as well as emphasis on young women wearing lingerie during a sexual scenario. There is a scene of brief sexual harassment in which an unsympathetic character gropes a woman’s bottom. This behaviour is negatively presented and results in clear negative consequences for the perpetrator. Very mild bad language (‘hell’, ‘damn’) occurs.
strong bloody violence, injury detail
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
During a scene of torture, a sadistic assassin fires nails into a man’s hands and wrists using a nail gun before fatally impaling his head with a metal pole. A short flashback shows a child watching in shock as a giggling killer repeatedly stabs her parent’s bloody corpse. Another person’s throat is slashed.
injury detail
Strong injury detail includes close-up images of a gaping wound in a corpse’s abdomen and a bloody slash wound on an immortal being's neck, as well as highly stylised flashback images of children's bodies impaled on pikes.
additional issues
A person attempts suicide, without strong visual detail. There are moderate scenes of threat and horror. Moderate comic sex references include occasional visual focus on the body of a female character.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
14/02/2024
Use:
Physical Media + VOD/Streaming
violence
People and fantastical creatures are stabbed or dismembered by bladed weapons, or impaled by sharp objects, creating large gushes of blood.
injury detail
There are strong bloody images in the aftermath of violence. The body of a dead teenager with a slashed throat is resurrected and subsequently walks around with blood covering his neck. We also briefly see the featureless ghost of a yakuza victim hanging from a noose.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate threat and horror such as encounters with skeletal warriors, ghosts, monsters, and sinister assassins. Infrequent moderate sex references include a comic sequence in which a teenage boy falls face-first onto a woman’s cleavage.
Director(s)Manabu Ono
Production year2023
Genre(s)Action, Animation, Fantasy
Approx. running minutes24m
CastMorgan Berry, Brandon Acosta, Bree Han
Classified Date:
18/12/2024
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Crunchyroll Limited
Classified date14/02/2024
LanguageEnglish