Anime · BS11
Karakuri Circus
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Chihiro Ueda
Masaru Saiga
36 eps
Rikiya Koyama
Narumi Katou
36 eps
Megumi Hayashibara
Shirogane Saigazaki
36 eps
Romi Park
Lucille Berneuil
36 eps
Masahiko Tanaka
Shōji Saiga
36 eps
Akio Otsuka
Zenji Saiga
36 eps
Takahiro Sakurai
Akira Ashika
36 eps
Nozomu Sasaki
Christophe Guy Lesch
36 eps
Tomoyo Kurosawa
Talanda Liselotte Tachibana
36 eps
Marina Inoue
Vilma Thorne
36 eps
Hisao Egawa
Shinobu Nakamachi
36 eps
Ryota Iwasaki
Noriyuki Nakamachi
36 eps
Kaito Ishikawa
Hiroo Nakamachi
36 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Karakuri Circus actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Karakuri Circus reads strongest on Tension, Bingeability and Character Depth.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three adults runs into him. The boy introduces himself as Masaru Saiga, the new owner of the famous Saiga Enterprises following his father's recent death. However, other members of his family are trying to assassinate him and claim the fortune for themselves.
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.
Direction
- Won Chang-heeDirector
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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