“Detective Soutarou must brave the Dark's underworld to rescue his missing sidekick from masked gangs and a demon train.”
Kurayukaba
クラユカバ
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Synopsis
Detective Soutarou must brave the Dark's underworld to rescue his missing sidekick from masked gangs and a demon train.
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)
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Derived from 4 sampled reviews
What 4 viewers settled on.
Strong agreement
σ 1.09 · scores cluster tight
2.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 6.0
↑ 0.25
Running avg · Apr 2024 → Oct 2024
- 8 “Kurayukaba delivers an absolutely mesmerizing steampunk world with rich, atmospheric storytelling that makes every frame feel alive with secrets waiting to be discovered. While the plot remains...”
- 5 “The world-building and character design exist but are frustratingly murky rather than engaging. The film is plagued by unexplained elements - from the conductor's past to the significance of the...”
- 6 “The steam-punk art style shows some promise, but the animation is a complete disaster - a mish-mash of poorly executed 2D and 3D CG that looks amateurish and appears to have been made on a...”
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- Format 1 × 63′ eps × min
- Total runtime 1h 03m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2024 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-25003 catalog
Produced by
- Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Producer
- Tokyo Theatres Producer
- Twin Engine Producer