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“War photographer Saiga gains explosive photo powers after meeting Kagura, battling Roppongi Club's dark secrets in dystopian Tokyo.”
Speed Grapher
スピードグラファー
7.33
3,204 rank · 127,114 viewers · 655 favorites
Action
Mystery
Suspense
Adult Cast
Gore
Organized Crime
Psychological
Super Power
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Synopsis
War photographer Saiga gains explosive photo powers after meeting Kagura, battling Roppongi Club's dark secrets in dystopian Tokyo.
Ten years after the Bubble War, the dichotomy between the rich and the poor in the world becomes more prominent and Japan is no exception. The rich seek to satisfy their desires and derive pleasure for themselves, and Tokyo has materialized into such a city as a result. Saiga, once a war photographer, works for Hibara Ginza in the capitalist state of Tokyo. He infiltrates the Roppongi Club, a secretive base located in the red light district of the city, to collect information about them. However, he was caught in the process and brought forward to a girl called Kagura who was in the midst of a ritual. His contact with Kagura awakens his special ability: the power to make things explode when photographed. In order to unravel the mystery behind the Roppongi Club and Kagura, Saiga begins his solitary battle.
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 54 sampled reviews
7.1
/10
What 54 viewers settled on.
82%
recommend
Score distribution
median 7
mode 8
σ 2.07
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.07 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.4 · others 3.4
Yes
No
Score over time
↑ 2.09
Running avg · May 2007 → Jan 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “Speed Grapher is one great work of art! Warning, it is for more mature viewers. Anyway, the story is compelling and moved forward by great voice acting from the cast. The art in speed grapher is...”
- 8 “Like my others reviews I'll try to be fast. Very good anime, it has action, drama, gore, good background story and a good character development. For the ones looking for story, it has a great story...”
- 7 “Didn't expect to like this one but I did. While story is somewhat predictable it's refreshing that we have adult themes and cast without screaming children and tournaments in school. Animation is a...”
Verbosity
Short · 37%
Medium · 33%
Long · 30%
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- Format 24 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 9h 12m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2005 – Sep 2005 Spring 2005
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-0176 catalog
Produced by
- TV Asahi Producer
- Rakuonsha Producer
- WAO World Producer
- TAP Producer
- Future Vision Music Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor