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High-Rise Invasion
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Shiki Aoki
Mayuko Nise (voice)
12 eps
Junya Enoki
Rika Honjou (voice)
12 eps
Akira Sekine
Kuon Shinzaki (voice)
12 eps
Yuuichirou Umehara
Sniper Mask (voice)
12 eps
Haruka Shiraishi
Yuri Honjou (voice)
12 eps
Jun Fukuyama
Mamoru Aikawa (voice)
12 eps
Yoko Hikasa
Yayoi Kusakabe (voice)
12 eps
Megumi Ogata
Shinji Okihara (voice)
12 eps
Koji Yusa
Kazuma Aohara (voice)
12 eps
Chika Anzai
Ein (voice)
12 eps
Shizuka Itoh
Dealer Mask (voice)
12 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How High-Rise Invasion actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
High-Rise Invasion reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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
High-school girl Yuri suddenly finds herself on the rooftop of a high-rise building. She's trapped in a bizarre world surrounded by skyscrapers, where a masked man cracked open a man's head with an axe before her eyes. Finding a way to survive this bizarre world, find her beloved brother, and escape becomes her top priority, but she is beset by danger not just from the mysterious Masks, which possess both inhuman strength and cruelty, but other survivors turned cruel or desparate by the insanity of the high-rise world.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E05
That's an Incredible Ultimate Weapon
Seeking revenge for his annihilated crew, Tanabe pleads for Yuri and Mayuko's help taking down "God Candidate" Aohara and his masked killer, Ein.
- Written by Touko Machida
S01E06
If I Become a Perfect God
Mayuko vows to keep fighting until Yuri reunites with her brother, but she realizes it may only be a matter of time before she loses her mind.
- Written by Touko Machida
S01E04
I Won't Give in to This World
Sniper Mask looks to help a scared Kuon. Yuri and Mayuko head toward Rika, but the saw-wielding Chef Mask has other plans for them.
- Written by Masahiro Takata
S01E01
I Just Don't Get This World
Transported to the top of a skyscraper, Yuri desperately tries to evade a masked killer, but her escape routes are few.
- Directed by Masahiro Takata
- Written by Touko Machida
S01E03
I'm Sorry, Mayuko Nise
Rika confirms that his sister Yuri is still alive when she calls him. Soon after, he faces the wrath of a masked baseball pitcher.
- Written by Masahiro Takata
S01E02
I've Found a New Goal
Mayuko kills others without any hesitation, desperate to escape. An encounter with Yuri brings back her sense of humanity.
- Written by Touko Machida
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
I Just Don't Get This World
- Directed by Masahiro Takata
- Written by Touko Machida
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.
Writing
- Touko MachidaWriter
- Masahiro TakataWriter
Direction
- Masahiro TakataDirector
Cinematography
- Kosuke TanakaDirector of Photography
Music
- tatsuoOriginal Music Composer
- Yoichi SakaiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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