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Mysterious immortal humans known as "Ajin" first appeared 17 years ago in Africa. Upon their discovery, they were labeled as a threat to mankind, as they might use their powers for evil and were incapable of being destroyed. Since then, whenever an Ajin is found within society, they are to be arrested and taken into custody immediately.

Studying hard to become a doctor, Kei Nagai is a high schooler who knows very little about Ajin, only having seen them appear in the news every now and then. Students are taught that these creatures are not considered to be human, but Kei doesn't pay much attention in class. As a result, his perilously little grasp on this subject proves to be completely irrelevant when he survives an accident that was supposed to claim his life, signaling his rebirth as an Ajin and the start of his days of torment. However, as he finds himself alone on the run from the entire world, Kei soon realizes that more of his species may be a lot closer than he thinks.

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Ajin is scheduled to be streamed by the multinational provider Netflix worldwide after the current run ends.

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Adaptation:	Ajin
Summary:	Ajin Part 1: Shoudou, Ajin Part 2: Shoutotsu, Ajin Part 3: Shougeki
Side story:	Ajin OVA
Sequel:	Ajin Part 2

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Characters & Voice Actors

Nagai, Kei

Main

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Satou

Supporting

Ootsuka, Houchuu
Japanese

Kaito

Supporting

Hosoya, Yoshimasa
Japanese

Shimomura, Izumi

Supporting

Komatsu, Mikako
Japanese

Nakano, Kou

Supporting

Fukuyama, Jun
Japanese

Tosaki, Yuu

Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro
Japanese

Ogura, Ikuya

Supporting

Kinoshita, Hiroyuki
Japanese

Tanaka, Kouji

Supporting

Hirakawa, Daisuke
Japanese

Nagai, Eriko

Supporting

Suzaki, Aya
Japanese

Hirasawa

Supporting

Miyazaki, Atsuyoshi
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Sudou, Koutarou

Producer

Yamazaki, Yoshihiko

Producer

Saitou, Masaya

Producer

Seshita, Hiroyuki

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Opening Theme

"Yoru wa Nemureru kai? (夜は眠れるかい？)" by flumpool

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Ending Theme

"HOW CLOSE YOU ARE" by Mamoru Miyano

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Mar 21, 2024

DISKOWN

Recommended

Ajin's first season introduces an anime centered on intensity and intrigue, presenting noteworthy action sequences and a well-paced narrative. The action scenes are well choreographed, providing an explosive and entertaining experience with dynamic and fluid movements, thanks to the utilization of computer-generated character animation. However, the CG style may not appeal to all viewers, potentially presenting a challenge for those accustomed to traditional animation techniques. While it integrates smoothly into the series, some contemporary anime fans might find the visuals unappealing. The plot of Ajin relies heavily on action and suspense to advance the story, sometimes at the expense of character development. While characters' motivations ...

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Mar 29, 2024

Brightly_Lit

Mixed Feelings

Ah, this show had so much potential: Unique and beautiful animation, interesting concept, a very cool vibe, the main character Kei is intriguing. He keeps track of his "friends" in his phone as "Friend 1," "Friend 2," etc., lol, because he is quite the sociopath. He has only one friend, to whom he no longer speaks because it would be a detriment to his social standing at school to do so, but when the shit hits the fan, that friend is the only person who's there for him, and Kei ends up making an incredible sacrifice inspired by him. Is Kei managing to break through ... his sociopathy and grow as a person?? wonders the viewer.

Kei is making his way back to his friend when he gets very temporarily waylaid ... and then he and the show both completely forget about this friend and he is literally NEVER MENTIONED AGAIN, I guess because the show has gotten more interested in the (admittedly pretty awesome) villain. Aaand ... this is pretty much how the show proceeds. There is absolutely no consistency of character, especially in the main character. No consistent motivation -- it becomes clear the sacrifice he made supposedly for his friend was actually just some random reason the show tossed out for him not to have just used his power to get himself right out of a horrific situation as he easily could have.

Nothing he (or really, anyone) does makes any sense. You could say there's no one to root for because they're all equally horrible people, but since the show doesn't even try to have any kind of consistent characterization, it's just that there aren't really any characters at all, just a bunch of people who look different but all act kind of the same, with little logic to anything they do.

I've started season two and it's even worse -- worse issues with characterization, plus considerably lower quality animation, and the writing is loose and lazy. For example, Kei ends season one with a grand declaration regarding his plans. Then in the first episode of season two, he dismisses those same plans, saying they would be "impossible." Whoever wrote this seems to have a short attention span.

It can be quite violent. There's a very high body count. But because pretty much everyone on the show is a terrible person, it's hard to be too troubled by the body count, and the show does have lines it won't cross, which was a relief, because it's extremely brutal.

As I mentioned, the bad guy, Hat, is pretty great. There's a fantastic episode in which Hat breaks into a well defended facility to rescue Kei. In this one episode, the fight scenes are awesome, the unique relationship between Hat and Kei is awesome, all the other interactions with people are interesting and real and unexpected .... If the show had maintained the excellence of that episode, it would have been easily one of the greatest shows of all time. Or if it had developed the relationship between Kei and his one friend. Or if anything about ajins and their powers was particularly interesting. Or even if it had bothered to have any sort of realism or continuity or characters. But it didn't. So I'll give it some stars for the things it did well, but it's just not very good. Pretty entertaining, though, if you don't care about character or story.

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Apr 9, 2021

ItsaDeee

Not Recommended

It's a shame that such a passable concept was ruined with such violently bad animation. I'm not stuck up enough to think that I could do better, and I understand that talented people probably put a lot of work into making this anime look the way it does, but I think they're all in the wrong business.

It's not even the FPS and speeding it up doesn't make it look any less terrible. The animation doesn't look like anime; it looks like one of those free video animation sites that we all used in high school to make presentations. It looks like an artificial intelligence was ...

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