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Killing Bites
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Killing Bites actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Killing Bites reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Tension.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Yuuya Nomoto was horrified to discover that the vehicle he was driving was being used to kidnap a high school girl, but he's even more shocked when the girl, Hitomi Uzaki, literally tears her kidnappers to pieces instead! Then she forces Yuuya to drive her to an arena where she bets the value of his organs on herself to win in a death match against a half-lion hybrid! Even more astonishing: Hitomi wins! That's because she's a Therianthrope, a genetically engineered fighter created specifically for the underground death matches known as Killing Bites! And now that Yuuya has been pulled into this dark underworld, he has no choice but to continue working for Hitomi. Because who's going to fight against a girl who's part honey badger?
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
- Yoshinori TakeedaProducer
- Max NishiProducer
- Chihaya ImaseProducer
- Toshihiro MaedaProducer
- Takayuki TakagiProducer
- Reo KurosuProducer
Writing
- Aoi AkashiroWriter
- Hayato KazanoWriter
- Ohine EzakiWriter
Cinematography
- Yukihiro MasumotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Yasuharu TakanashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
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