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Inuyashiki
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Inuyashiki actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Inuyashiki reads strongest on Spectacle, Character Depth and Bingeability.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Aliens replace middle-aged Inuyashiki's body with a combat robot. He uses it to fight high schooler Shishigami, who's using the same power selfishly.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Ichiro Inuyashiki
Ichiro Inuyashiki is unable to tell his family about his terminal cancer diagnosis. That night he has a strange encounter that transforms his body.
- Directed by Shuhei Yabuta
S01E02
Hiro Shishigami
While Inuyashiki finds purpose in saving lives, Shishigami who was also reborn as a machine feels alive by repeatedly committing murder.
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
- Kiyoshi NagaiExecutive Producer
- Osamu YoshibaExecutive Producer
- Yusuke MuranakaExecutive Producer
- Makoto YamaguchiExecutive Producer
- Masanori MiyakeExecutive Producer
- Atsuhiro IwakamiExecutive Producer
Direction
- Tatsufumi ItohDirector
- Shuhei YabutaDirector
- Yasunori GotoDirector
Cinematography
- Yusuke TannawaDirector of Photography
Music
- Yoshihiro IkeOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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