is a Japanese horror

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television series centered around scientist Sōsuke Banba and his encounters with Unidentified Mysterious Animals or "UMAs". The series of shorts premiered on 2 October 2015 on

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and BS11 as part of the

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programming block. The series was simulcast by

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. A second season titled ''Kagewani: Shō'' aired from 1 April 2016 to 24 June 2016.

Premise

The story begins when

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s suddenly appear and attack humans. The scientist Sōsuke Banba pursues the truth about these "UMAs".

Voice cast

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as Sōsuke Banba *

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as Masaki Kimura *

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* Yukinori Okuhata * Yûsuke Handa * Fumiya Kosugi * Yukiko Morishita

Episode list

Season 1 (2015)

Season 2 (2016)

Production

The series is directed by Tomoya Takashima and written by Hiromu Kumamoto, with animation by

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Tomovies. Character designs for the series are provided by Ami Fujikawa and Ryōma Hori, and the monster designs are provided Shunsaku Matsurida. Tsutomu Nagae and Kentarō Iwakiri are producing the series. The series' theme song is "Arrival of Fear" by M.S.S Project.

References

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* * {{Ann, anime, 16919 Cryptozoological television series Horror anime and manga Suspense anime and manga Tokyo MX original programming