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“Dark surreal stop-motion creatures metamorphose in a room by Kobayashi Masahide and Keita Funamoto.”
Born by Myself
BORN BY MYSELF
3.21
14,814 rank · 3,216 viewers · 3 favorites
Avant Garde
Psychological
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Synopsis
Dark surreal stop-motion creatures metamorphose in a room by Kobayashi Masahide and Keita Funamoto.
A dark surreal film of several creatures metamorphorphing inside a room. A stop motion animation film from the minds of Kobayashi Masahide and Keita Funamoto of The Village of Marchen
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
3.8
/10
What 5 viewers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 3
mode 1
σ 2.48
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.48 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 2.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 0.80
Running avg · Aug 2010 → Aug 2025
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “This anime delivers exceptional nightmare fuel that perfectly captures the essence of cursed internet content, being strange, disturbing, and ungodly in all the right ways for fans of bizarre...”
- 3 “The storyline is interesting, but the endlessly looping “spooky” soundtrack and complete absence of dialogue quickly grate. Without patience—or a bag of weed—the six-minute runtime feels tedious,...”
- 1 “There is nothing to praise: this anime is the most dreadful, energy-draining experience imaginable, worse than even the most detested titles. The endlessly repetitive soundtrack grates on the mind,...”
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Short · 100%
Medium · 0%
Long · 0%
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A Ona Production
in association with
The Village of Marchen
- Format 1 × 6′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 06m all episodes
- Aired Jan 2005 – ongoing
- Source Ona media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-5467 catalog
Produced by
- The Village of Marchen Producer