Kurayukaba

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Alternative Titles

Japanese: クラユカバ


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Type: Movie
Episodes: 1
Status: Finished Airing
Aired: Apr 12, 2024
Licensors: None found, add some
Studios: Team OneOne
Source: Original
Genres: MysteryMystery, Sci-FiSci-Fi, SuspenseSuspense
Theme: DetectiveDetective
Duration: 1 hr. 3 min.
Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

Statistics

Score: 6.481 (scored by 14641,464 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #71432
2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #7918
Members: 6,567
Favorites: 8

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Synopsis

Business is slow for the Ootsuji Detective Agency. Soutarou and his juvenile sidekick Saki will take any job that comes along, even one that sounds like a lot more risk than it’s worth. It’s festival season in the city but away from the public eye, a wave of mysterious disappearances has occurred. A newspaperman hires Soutarou to investigate, suggesting that answers might lie somewhere in the Dark, the notorious, anarchic maze that is the city’s physical, social, and moral underground. Soutarou subcontracts the gig to Saki, but soon enough regrets it when the kid also goes missing. Now Soutarou is obligated to venture into the Dark himself, and confront its dubious subterranean denizens, including the malicious Laughing Masks gang and the renegade police squad piloting the fearsome Demon 463 armored train!

(Source: Fantasia, edited)

Characters & Voice Actors

Soutarou

Main
Kanda, Hakuzan
Japanese

Inarizaka

Supporting
Sakamoto, Raikou
Japanese

Tomeomi

Supporting

Matsu

Supporting
Karino, Shou
Japanese

Command Team Leader

Supporting
Satou, Setsuji
Japanese

Saki

Supporting
Serizawa, Yuu
Japanese

Tanne

Supporting
Kurosawa, Tomoyo
Japanese

Staff

Tsukahara, Shigeyoshi
Director, Original Creator, Screenplay
Kimura, Eriko
Sound Director
CHARAN-PO-RANTAN
Theme Song Performance
Akatsuki, Chota
Animation Director, Music


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Ending Theme

"Naisho no uta (内緒の唄)" by CHARAN-PO-RANTAN




Reviews

May 13, 2024
I won't write home about how this is an underrated masterpiece and everyone should watch it and such, 'cause it isn't. This is almost intrinsecally niche, showcasing a hazy plot that doesn't even aim to be complete whatsoever. What I mean by this is, Kurayukaba is unapologeticaly unconventional, pathologically enigmatic and, even then, I completely felt for it, from beggining to end. And believe me, if you're a sucker for rich worlbuildings- specially for steampunk settings-, atmospheric and clever- even if sometimes confusing- storytelling or experimental art, then this is certainly worth your time.

If you feel tempted to watch this film, even if just a ...
Apr 14, 2024
Mixed Feelings
The atmospheric setting of the narrative evokes a blend of metropolitan energy and industrial-era rusticity, with some small steampunk undertones for some vehicles. Set against the backdrop of the industrial revolution, the story unfolds in the labyrinthine tunnels of an underground railway system, teeming with vibrant communities and towns.

Centered around a detective grappling with a perplexing missing persons case, each crime scene is marked by enigmatic symbols, drawing him inexorably into the depths of the underground. Beginning his investigation by infiltrating the notorious Laughing Masks gang, the detective soon discovers that the true perpetrators lurk in the shadows, orchestrating events with sinister intent.

As the plot ...
Aug 14, 2024
This is the second of two "movies" that combine into what seems to be a single project. They stand alone well enough, but both have rather wobbly legs. I wouldn't even call them movies, more like OVA or 2 episode pilots, smooshed together, looking for some financial backing, to put together a complete season. We'll examine this title by itself.

The art is OK in a pleasing steam-punky style. But the biggest knock on this is the animation. It's a complete mish-mash of poorly done 2D and 3D CG that is on the edge of amateurish. This is definitely shoestring budget work. Looks like it ...

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