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“Silent office worker Ohma secretly judges unpunished murderers as the supernatural Judge Of Darkness.”
Judge
闇の司法官ジャッジ
5.46
13,168 rank · 5,010 viewers · 6 favorites
Horror
Supernatural
Seinen
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Synopsis
Silent office worker Ohma secretly judges unpunished murderers as the supernatural Judge Of Darkness.
Hoichiro Ohma works in an office. Everybody knows him as a silent, humble man. Even his girlfriend, Nanase, doesn't suspect that he could be something more, but he is. When a person dies as a victim of murder; when someone kills himself with a curse on his lips; when someone's death needs to be judged, he is there, for he is a Judge Of Darkness. Following the Laws Of Darkness, with a book made of human skin and an unusual parrot, he pronounces judgement over living criminals that would otherwise go free. (Source: ANN)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 10 viewers settled on.
20%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 4
σ 1.18
Agreement
Mostly aligned
σ 1.18 · some divergence
The polarity gap
3.3 pts
Recommenders 7.0 · others 3.8
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Score over time
↑ 1.00
Running avg · Jan 2009 → Sep 2024
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 7 “This doesn't deserve such a low score! This is was awesome for what it was. It's an early 90s OVA you get what you see, it's nothing crazy high quality but they're usually fascinating and this one...”
- 4 “The concept of this story isn't that bad. They could have done more with it. Action is a bit lacking and it's rather generic at best. It's short (thank god), but still has low rewatchability as...”
- 6 “Yami no Shihosha Judge have an interesting premise. Our main character is known as a clumsy and moron guy but it was just his disguise. In reality, he is one of the 'judge' from hell to punish...”
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Long · 30%
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- Format 1 × 48′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 48m all episodes
- Aired Jun 1991 – ongoing
- Source Ova media type
- Rated R 17+ (violence & profanity)
- Ref. BS-1211 catalog
Produced by
- Movic Producer
- Sony Music Entertainment Producer
- animate Producer
Licensed by
- Central Park Media Licensor