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“In 2031, humanity battles multiplying alien Hardians; pilot Aiba and scientist Yuno seek answers in the "Book of a Dead Man."”
Kiss Dum: Engage Planet
キスダム -ENGAGE planet-
6.54
7,422 rank · 11,967 viewers · 15 favorites
Sci-Fi
Mecha
Military
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Synopsis
In 2031, humanity battles multiplying alien Hardians; pilot Aiba and scientist Yuno seek answers in the "Book of a Dead Man."
In A.D. 2031, humans are enjoying a prosperous existence until strange life forms called Hardians appear. They suddenly begin to multiply and assault the human population. As a countermeasure, mankind organizes the N.I.D.F. to investigate the Hardians and protect themselves. A fighter pilot, Aiba Shu, begins to become involved in the battle against the lifeforms. Rurika Yuno, one of Earth's foremost scientists, investigates the Hardians and hears rumors about the "Book of a Dead Man." What is the secret of this tome, and what relation does it have to the Hardians? Now, the fight for mankind's survival begins. (Source: AnimeNfo)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 7 sampled reviews
5.0
/10
What 7 viewers settled on.
25%
recommend
Score distribution
median 5
mode 3
σ 1.93
Agreement
Polarized
σ 1.93 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.7 pts
Recommenders 9.0 · others 3.3
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Score over time
↓ 4.00
Running avg · Jun 2009 → Feb 2025
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “I highly recommend it. Now before I continue, there were only 19 episodes subbed for this series and most of the resulting subs were either sub-par to horrible to acceptable. This was due to having...”
- 5 “I have been searching for these series the whole day and after I finally found a complete set to have a good night watch, I was disappointed. From the first episode the story is somewhat forced and...”
- 4 “This anime is just plain bad. It had potential, but in the end it's just disappointing. The only reason why I even managed to finish the whole thing was because things didn't become clear until...”
Verbosity
Short · 29%
Medium · 43%
Long · 29%
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- Format 26 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 10h 24m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2007 – Sep 2007 Spring 2007
- Source Tv media type
- Rated PG 13 - Teens 13 or older
- Ref. BS-1927 catalog
Produced by
- Bandai Visual Producer
Licensed by
- Maiden Japan Licensor
- Bandai Visual USA Licensor