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“Anime anthology adapting nine of Franz Kafka’s most haunting short stories.”
Kafka
カフカ Classics in Comics
6.8
13,086 rank · 1,250 readers · 6 favorites
Psychological
Drama
Fantasy
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Synopsis
Anime anthology adapting nine of Franz Kafka’s most haunting short stories.
Adaptations of Franz Kafka's short stories. 1. Kafu no Kigakari (The Cares of a Family Man) 2. Henshin (The Metamorphosis) 3. Bucket no Kishi (The Bucket Rider) 4. Jackel to Arabia-jin (Jackals and Arabs) 5. Kyoudaigoroshi (A Fratricide) 6. Hagetaka (The Vulture) 7. Inaka Isha (A Country Doctor) 8. Danjiki Geinin (A Hunger Artist) 9. Ryuukeichi nite (In the Penal Colony)
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Derived from 3 sampled reviews
8.0
/10
What 3 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 7
σ 0.82
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σ 0.82 · scores cluster tight
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· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “The Nishioka Brothers masterfully capture Kafka’s existential themes of bureaucracy and loneliness, elevating the experience through a unique, deeply immersive art style. However, this is not a...”
- 8 “The Nishioka Brothers have crafted a masterpiece that perfectly captures the lyrical richness and existential depth of Franz Kafka’s literature through stunning, geometric art and a poetic,...”
- 7 “The Nishioka siblings’ ornate, geometrical art style effectively elevates these Kafka adaptations, particularly through the grotesque beauty found in *Metamorphosis* and the strong surrealist...”
Verbosity
Short · 0%
Medium · 33%
Long · 67%
Read Order & Related
A self-contained story.
No sequels, spin-offs or alternate tellings — Kafka begins and ends here.
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A Manga Publication
- Format 9 × 1 ch × vol
- Total read 1h 12m approx
- Published Apr 2008 – Jan 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M47763 catalog