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Battle Game in 5 Seconds
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Battle Game in 5 Seconds actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Battle Game in 5 Seconds reads strongest on Spectacle, Bingeability and World Building.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A new kind of battle of abilities for a new generation is about to begin! It all started on a regular morning like any other. Akira Shiroyanagi is a high school kid who loves nothing more than konpeito candy and games. One day, he ends up in a fight due to a mysterious girl named Mion. Mion then tells the people she had gathered that they no longer officially exist in any records. They were given powers and were about to be test subjects. Akira makes up his mind to use his powers to climb up the ranks and then crush this organization.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yuichi IzumiProducer
- Yasuo TsubakimotoProducer
- Kazuya NoseProducer
- Nao MatsumuraProducer
- Fumitaka KitazawaProducer
- Yuki HasegawaProducer
Writing
- Meigo NaitoWriter
Direction
- Kenta NoudaDirector
- Motoki NakanishiDirector
- Yoshinobu KasaiDirector
Cinematography
- Muneaki SatoDirector of Photography
Music
- 早川諒Original Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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