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Ranked #159
Kigeki

Kigeki

Alternative Titles

English: Comedy
Synonyms: Comedy
Japanese: 喜劇

Information

Type: OVA
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: May 2, 2002
Producers: Studio 4°C
Duration: 10 min. per episode
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
L represents licensing company

Statistics

Score: 8.231 (scored by 2827 users)
Ranked: #1592
Popularity: #526
Members: 3,986
Favorites: 65
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top anime page.

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fantasy historical short vampire

Synopsis

During Ireland's War of Independence, a five year old girl set out to save her village from the English army, by trying to find the rumored skilled swordsman living in a nearby castle, who only takes books of a certain genre as payment, only known as the Black Swordsman. (Source: ANN)

Characters & Voice Actors

The Young Girl
The Young Girl
Main
Maeda, Ai
Japanese
Maeda, Ai
The Black Swordsman
The Black Swordsman
Main
Midorikawa, Hikaru
Japanese
Midorikawa, Hikaru

Staff

Nakazawa, Kazuto
Director

Recommendations

Stylized gothic tale
reportRecommended by rocket
the characters, atmosphere and color palette are very simillar.
reportRecommended by Lovi-chan

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Overall 10
Story 9
Animation 10
Sound 10
Character 8
Enjoyment 9
Nov 8, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Kigeki or Comedy is just the opposite of that. Don't be misled by the title. This is a deep, dark and grim fairy tale of an anime, and possibly one of the best short films I have ever seen.

The story pulls you in right from the get-go. Set in a feudal Ireland, it's quite refreshing to see an anime with such a fairly original setting. It gives us a tale, in its short duration, of a young girl, a mysterious and very shady swordsman, books and a war. This is definit... read more
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Overall 9
Story 7
Animation 10
Sound 9
Character 8
Enjoyment 9
Jun 17, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Being one of the shortest anime I have seen, I have to admit that Kigeki accomplishes just as much, if not more, than its longer counterparts. The intricate blend of CGI and hand drawn art gives it stunning, ethereal visuals which suit the poignant mood beautifully, and together with the compelling characters and Ave Maria soundtrack, a kind of poetry in motion is created which makes for some effortlessly fluid storytelling.

Although there is a lot packed into a mere 10 minutes, i... read more
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Overall 9
Story 7
Animation 10
Sound 8
Character 7
Enjoyment 9
Jan 22, 20081 of 1 episodes seen
Wow. I don't really know what to say. It's good, that much is certain. It's basically a dark fairy tale about a swordsman and his hobby, and the little girl who finds out about it. I really can't say much more than that without spoiling anything, since it's so short. Just go watch it, there really isn't any excuse since it's just 10 minutes. The animation is very breath taking, in fact it is hauntingly beautiful, and appears as though it was shot through an old film camera, you can see all... read more
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Opening Theme

"Ave Maria" by Franz Peter Schubert

Ending Theme

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Recent Forum Discussion

Poll: Kigeki - I was pretty impressed. (and you wanna watch this too) ( 1 2 3 4 )
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Downloadable Subbed Version?
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09-11-08, 9:58 PM

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