Karas

The world of the humans and the world of the demons (youkai) have overlapped one another, leaving humans to walk the streets of life as they normally would, while demons walk, hidden from the naked eye, down the very same streets. A seemingly young woman named Yurine and her servant, the Karas (from the Japanese word for "Crow"), have long maintained order and balance between the overlapped worlds, ultimately keeping the demons from interrupting the lives of humans. However, humans have come to forget and jest at the existence of demons, and no longer understand the privilege it is to live without fear. Disgusted by this arrogance, an old Karas turns his back on the laws he had once upheld, and in his human form, named Eko, he creates an army of Mikura, or mechanized demons, to ready an attack on the human race.

A young man named Otoha inherits the powers of the Karas and takes his place at the side of Yurine, who claims that his soul called out for her while he lived the life of a human. They live in the world of the demons. It is now up to Otoha to prove himself as a Karas, and restore the balance that Eko threatens to upset.

Meanwhile, a superstitious police officer named Sagisaka and his rational new recruit, Kure, follow the trail of the murders dealt by Eko's Mikura, as well as the trail of a rogue Mikura named Nue. The prophecy unfolds from here into a grave revelation for all in the city.

(Source: Wikipedia)

Yurine Main

Suzuki, Kasumi Japanese

Otoha, Yousuke Main

Wada, Soukou Japanese

Nue Main

Fujiwara, Keiji Japanese

Chizuru Supporting

Nakahara, Mai Japanese

Amefurikozou Supporting

Kozakura, Etsuko Japanese

Houshunin, Ekou Supporting

Sakurai, Takahiro Japanese

Wanyuudou Supporting

Ookawa, Tooru Japanese

Hinaru Supporting

Shibuya, Asuka Japanese

Kure, Narumi Supporting

Torihata, Hiroto Japanese

Reiji Supporting

Hino, Satoshi Japanese

Yoshida, Tsuyoshi Producer

Yoshida, Shouichi Producer

Ibira, Takaya Producer, Series Composition, Setting

Mikami, Yasuhiro Producer

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May 23, 2016

GarlandReese

Recommended

When most recommend a grown-up Anime to someone, they typically go for something along the lines of "Death Note" or "FMA" or "Hellsing" to graduate from a "DBZ" or "Bleach" or something like that. When I recommend a grown-up Anime to someone, I recommend "Karas"

"Karas" combines a lot of popular aspects that people find appealing in adult oriented Anime. There's fighting and violence, interesting characters, some horror, some human drama, and a less than simple story. Add all of it up and you get a two-part series that has something for everyone. The fight scenes are the best thing about this series by a long ... way. They stand up to any other series out there with a mix of sword play, dog fights, giant monsters, and flashy finishers.

The art is very good with a top-notch soundtrack that succeeds in the difficult task of keeping up with the action on-screen. Sub vs. Dub is overall about even, but the English dub employs some mainstream names like Jay Hernandez, Piper Perabu, and an outstanding performance by Matthew Lillard as the series' main villain.

The big failure with "Karas" is the story telling. I have to admit, had I not watched the first part about 12 times on cable, I would not have understood enough to want to watch the second part for anything other than those bad-ass fight scenes. It's a pretty bad sign when you have to read the back of the tin to know what's going on- and even they don't seem to know! We manage to get some exposition in the 2nd part, but most would still be scratching their heads.

All and all I would recommend this to any Anime fan, new or old. It's a lot of fun with some really memorable fight scenes. But if you want to enjoy the plot, re-watching is probably gonna be mandatory. Cheers!

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Sep 13, 2017

PhylloNakamura

Mixed Feelings

When going into this series I really didn't know what to expect, it's only 6 episodes but it also took two years to make. When looking at the art for the series you can really see why it had taken them 2 years to finish this OVA. The art is beautiful and so is the music to each episode. I found the music to be quite the touch a scene needed to really impact the story. However that's where my compliments to this series end. At times the blend between 2D and 3D felt jarring and brought me out of the story(though this may be ... due to being an artist for a living). I found the over all plot to be way too confusing and feel it would've been better told in a 12 episode series over 6. Everything felt rushed and didn't give me proper time to built up and allow me to get invested in the series. The characters all felt very bland besides the older detective, and at times the other characters came off emotionless compared to him. I feel I would've enjoyed this series more if it was longer so it gave us more time to get to know the characters. As far as recommending it, I can only do so knowing that the series is 6 episodes which make it easy to sit through for a couple of hours. Otherwise I recommned skipping it and moving onto something else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jun 23, 2016

AnthraxHierarchy

Not Recommended

Preliminary (2/6 eps)

I had really high hopes for this show as it seemed very similar to Garo, but I just couldn't get into it. The story seems to pick up in the middle of nowhere, I got what the idea was, but it just felt like I was watching an anime that was half ways through. The fights felt lackluster and overall the show just felt boring. The moment I finally said "yeah I'm done" was when Karas turned into a friggin car and started shooting rockets....your armor...also turns into a car that shoots rockets? Ooookay then. Went from modern style medieval fantasy to scifi medieval fantasy.

Reviewer’s Rating: 3

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