Anime · BS11
Kiznaiver
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Yuki Kaji
Katsuhira Agata (voice)
12 eps
Koutaro Nishiyama
Yoshiharu Hisomu (voice)
12 eps
Rina Sato
Honoka Maki (voice)
12 eps
Misaki Kuno
Niko Niiyama (voice)
12 eps
Hibiku Yamamura
Noriko Sonozaki (voice)
12 eps
Yuka Terasaki
Chidori Takashiro (voice)
12 eps
Tomoaki Maeno
Hajime Tenga (voice)
12 eps
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Tsuguhito Yuta (voice)
12 eps
Lori Bachynski
Honoka Maki (English Version voice)
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Kiznaiver actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Kiznaiver reads strongest on World Building, Character Depth and Spectacle.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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
The anime's setting is a fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City. One day, Noriko Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata, "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers. Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land, but as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. The story is set in this town where Katsuhira and the others live.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E12
If The Kizna System Spread Throughout The World
- Directed by Yoshihiro Miyajima, Hiroshi Kobayashi
- Written by Mari Okada
S01E11
We Have To Contact Each Other And Confirm Our Feelings. Because We're Friends!
- Directed by Masahiko Otsuka
S01E10
You Knew Very Well That Your Romantic Feelings Might Be Unrequited, Right?
S01E09
It's All Over......I Think
S01E08
Happy Times Don't Tend to Last Very Long
S01E07
A Battle Touching Upon the Identity of the Pain that's Seven Times the Pain of One-Seventh of a Pain
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
- Kozue KananiwaProducer
- Mikio UetsukiProducer
- Naoto KaseProducer
- Yoshiki UsaProducer
- Kyoko UryuProducer
- Hideyuki SaidaProducer
Writing
- Mari OkadaWriter
Direction
- Hisao DendoDirector
- Yoshihiro MiyajimaDirector
- Yuichi ShimodairaDirector
- Masahiko OtsukaDirector
- Keisuke ShinoharaDirector
- Hiroshi KobayashiDirector
Cinematography
- Hitoshi TamuraDirector of Photography
- Mitsuyoshi YamamotoDirector of Photography
Music
- Yuki HayashiOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- CrunchyrollStreaming
- Crunchyroll Amazon ChannelStreaming
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