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Suikoden: The Anime
I thought if I was that strong, I could protect everyone.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Suikoden: The Anime actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Suikoden: The Anime reads strongest on Spectacle, World Building and Serialized.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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 hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The story
What it's about
Two young boys… the hero, Riliu, and his best friend Jowy, were members of a youth brigade of their home nation, the Highland Kingdom – a powerful military nation located in the north-east of the Dunan region. The two of them looked up at the same starry skies, slept in the same tent, and believed in the same future. Once the fighting was over, and the night ended, their daily lives were sure to return. Contrary to their hopes, the two boys become swept up in the whirlpool of fate, guided by the flames of war. The powerless boys reached for, and grasped immense power. As the 108 stars shine brightly in the murky horizon, the boys step forward, each with their own beliefs for an answer-less question.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ryo HinoProducer
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