K: Missing Kings

It's been a year since the disappearance of Shiro, the Silver King; Kurou Yatogami and Neko have been diligent in their search, but to no end. Their investigation leads to a run-in with members of the now disbanded Red Clan HOMRA—Rikio Kamamoto and Anna Kushina—being pursued by the Green Clan, who desire Anna's powers for their own ends.

Now, the members of Scepter 4 are called upon alongside Kurou and Neko in order to rescue Anna, the mascot, and only female member of the ruined Red Clan, from the enemy's clutches and hopefully find Shiro using the young girl's powers. Amidst crisis, the group is forced into a power struggle when the Green Clan threatens to overtake the Gold King's domain.

The second step in the K Project series, K: Missing Kings, continues the story of a young boy caught up in a psychic war between seven kings, and showcases each character's struggles after the losses of their respective Kings.

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Neko Main

Komatsu, Mikako Japanese

Yatogami, Kurou Main

Ono, Daisuke Japanese

Kushina, Anna Main

Horie, Yui Japanese

Suou, Mikoto Supporting

Tsuda, Kenjirou Japanese

Yata, Misaki Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun Japanese

Fushimi, Saruhiko Supporting

Miyano, Mamoru Japanese

Isana, Yashiro Supporting

Namikawa, Daisuke Japanese

Munakata, Reishi Supporting

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Totsuka, Tatara Supporting

Kaji, Yuuki Japanese

Kusanagi, Izumo Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Nakanishi, Go Producer

Simone, Jamie Producer

Suzuki, Shingo Director, Storyboard, Character Design

Kanazawa, Hiromitsu Director, Storyboard

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Jun 26, 2020

stmwg01

Recommended

Quick take: This movie is nothing more than a bridge between K and K: Return of Kings. While necessary to have the full story of the K series, if you accidentally skipped it, you'd be okay.

K: Missing Kings is nothing more than a bridge. It serves as a prequel to K: Return of Kings which takes place about a year after the original K series. As such, there isn't much substance to the movie other than you see the beginning of the new series put into motion. I am fully confident that if you skipped the movie, you'd still be able to understand what was ... happening in Return of Kings. This leads to a story that is rather lackluster and feels more tedious than not.

The art style is the same as the first, that is to say backgrounds shine through while the rest is just good. Sound stays the same as well.

Character development is good, but again it becomes hard to overlook this move as anything but a bridge. Characters change slightly, setting up the new series.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie. Would recommend if you want the full K experience, otherwise it's pretty useless as a standalone.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Jun 9, 2019

IamKyle0

Recommended

Story: 8

The movie was an incredible way to put certain characters at peace. It was a great way for us viewers to see what was taking place after the ending of the first season. I loved to see how the characters have developed after the happenings of the first season. As much as I loved the plot, the development and the ending of the movie, it wasn't quite worth the 10 masterpiece rating. It is hard to explain but, a lot of users didn't give it a 10 because it ended with a cliff hanger hinting the second season and fights between people weren't concluded ... and seemed to have been left for the second season; however, I don't rate things down when movies or anime hint for a second season at the end because I find it clever to do so because it keeps us looking forward to the next instalment.

I believe I didn't give it a 10 because I felt like the movie, although putting questions to rest and developed our characters, I felt like the movie didn't have it's own unique purpose. So hard to explain but what I mean UGH. I just felt like after watching almost 2 hours of the movie I felt like the entire movie was based off of Mario seeing peach get captured and Mario had to defeat Bowser to rescue peach but although peach was rescued, Bowser got away. That kind of unfulfilling uniqueness in the plot. (the ending of the movie was great though)

Art: 10

Wow, just wow. The first season of K had an incredible art style but this one blew my mind. So many beautifully stunning and bright colours everywhere. Be it the colour of the enviroment, the visuals of the fight scenes, the sword of Damocles, everything was just drawn beautifully. I rewatched one of the fights like 10 times because of the visuals and the SOUND <3.

Sound: 10

The music is outstanding. The sound effects are amazing. I love how they brought back the sound track from the first season of K as well as remixing them during certain scenes. There was a fight scene with Kuroh vs Yukari, when i heard one of the OSTs play, i knew shit was about to hit the fan.

Character: 10

Like I explained for a good whille within the story section of my rating. This movie's sole purpose was to show the developments of characters. Amazing development.

Enjoyment: 10 Obviously.

Overall: 9

Everything about this anime was fantastic. I wish I could give it a 10 but the story just needed that extra uniqueness.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 31, 2015

Zaku88

Mixed Feelings

So finally, after a few years, we have a sequel to K. This movie, Missing Kings, is apparently the introduction to the next season. So does it redeem the show from its beautiful yet absolutely confusing past? Sort of. The first thing you'll note is that the annoying Shiro is mostly missing here. In its place, the movie stars the much more interesting Kuro, Neko, and Anna. The title is much more aptly named (and much more readily searchable) as well as there are literally missing Kings, including Shiro, which the movie addresses. The next season is called Return of Kings so obviously we'd expect ... the Kings to be back by then, thus by process of deduction you should pretty much have a good idea of what happens here. If you've watched K, and still have a glimmer of hope that this series is more than just pretty pictures, then I'd catch this and the second season.

Animation:
The animation is obviously high budget, expectedly so given the previous season. Expect lots of pretty scenery, detailed battles, and shiny effects. All the returning characters are still easily identifiable after two years, and they do attempt brief introductions for the more important characters in case you've forgotten. Neko has a nice new outfit so she doesn't look like she's just wearing her own fur now. Basically, expect the same high-quality production values as the last season but with an emphasis on action scenes.

Sound:
Given the movie format, there's only an ED here. It's a electric-guitar infused work with an all-over-the-place melody. The BGM is on much firmer ground, building upon the same unique instrumentation of the last season. The VA-filled cast returns for the movie, most notable again is Neko- I haven't seen Mikako Komatsu in such an outgoing and carefree role in awhile.

Story:
The movie follows a very linear story line that builds through various battles to a pretty big climax and a surprise resolution. The movie successfully answers a fair number of questions from the first season while still maintaining the overall mystery behind the point of it all. As a setup for the next season and as a refresher to the franchise, this movie is a success. That said, other than the final conclusion, it's more of an entertaining ride than pure development of the overall plot. Nonetheless, it's still a fun and entertaining watch.

Character:
Don't expect much in terms of development given the action-heavy movie. I didn't really have much in terms of expectations, which was a good choice. The "litmus test" in my previous review no longer applies as Anna's purpose in the franchise finally becomes clear. Furthermore, the movie did replace the annoying and perplexing Shiro with better characters so I guess that's worth something at least.

Value:
I'm still not convinced that K is saved as a franchise, but the movie was a step in the right direction, pairing the high production values with a focused plot. It's an enjoyable and worthwhile watch, especially considering its length.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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