King of Thorn
いばらの王
“A girl awakens from cold sleep in a virus-ravaged world to discover the facility overrun by monsters and uncover the corporation's dark secrets.”
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A girl awakens from cold sleep in a virus-ravaged world to discover the facility overrun by monsters and uncover the corporation's dark secrets.
When a deadly virus known as Medousa sweeps across the globe, turning people to stone with no chance of recovery, humanity finds itself on the verge of destruction. The only hope is the Venus Gate Corporation's shocking new plan: to put 160 people in cold sleep for up to one hundred years, or until a treatment is developed. Kasumi Ishiki is one of the fortunate to be selected, and though she fears being separated from her twin sister, Shizuku, the girls hope that they can be reunited in the future. When Kasumi awakens, however, the world is not what she expected. The cold sleep facility is covered in thorns, and strange monsters start attacking them. Although most of those who have woken up die in the immediate confusion, Kasumi and a small group of survivors begin to investigate the maze-like facility and unravel the secrets of Medousa, as well as the true intentions of the Venus Gate Corporation.
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Community consensus
Derived from 30 sampled reviews
6.6/10
Score distribution
Agreement
SplitPolarized
σ 2.08 · split reception
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5.6 ptsRecommenders 7.8 · others 2.3
Score over time
0.57Verbosity
Snap verdicts · shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7/10 “The anime is a good, not-bad production that functions well enough on its own. However, I am deeply disappointed by the significant amount of story content removed, the constant deviations from the...”
- 8/10 “The premise of the Medusa virus and the cold sleep setup provided a fantastic start and kept me entertained throughout the entire 1.5-hour runtime. However, the narrative felt rushed in the second...”
- 7/10 “The music is very good and fits the suspenseful tone well, and the art is solid enough to make the movie worth watching. However, the plot is often nonsensical, and the limited runtime prevents any...”
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A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — King of Thorn begins and ends here.
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Reel · 01 Cat. №BS-4651
- Format
- 1 × 109′
- eps × min
- Total runtime
- 1h 49m
- all episodes
- Aired
- Oct 2009 – Oct 2009
- Fall 2009
- Source
- Movie
- media type
- Rated
- R+
- Mild Nudity
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- BS-4651
- catalog