Kagewani
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Kagewani

An original series that’s part of the Ultra Super Anime Time, Kagewani is being directed by Tomoya Takashima and written by Hiromu Kumamoto, both of whom have had plenty of experience with creepy suspense anime shorts, having both worked on the Yamishibai: Japanese Ghost Stories series. The plot centers on mysterious monsters called "UMA" that suddenly appear and start attacking humans.
IMDb 6.2201613 episodes16+
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Episodes

  1. S2 E1 - Quickening

    March 31, 2016
    8min
    16+
    A freelance writer hears a rumor that a plane landed with no passengers. He goes inside and finds a lone surviving stewardess, then he finds she's not alone at all...
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  2. S2 E2 - Pursuit

    April 7, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Banba is being transported on a train that's attacked by one of the kagewani. The monster spits acid and devours people. Can he stop it before the train plunges off a cliff?
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  3. S2 E3 - Secret Ceremony

    April 14, 2016
    8min
    16+
    A man travels with his girlfriend to an isolated hot spring. When his girlfriend disappears, the owners of the inn insist she was never here. But she actually is going to be sacrificed to a monster!
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  4. S2 E4 - Trial

    April 21, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Banba is brought to meet an old friend: Kimura, who supposedly died during the explosion at Sarugaku. Banba is made an offer he can't refuse, but he has an ace up his sleeve: the power of the Kagewani.
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  5. S2 E5 - Collision

    April 28, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Dr. Banba is attacked by a ninja with a powerful anti-Kagewani weapon. Alone and stranded on a roof, he is helpless against her. But a familiar face arrives out of nowhere and intervenes-
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  6. S2 E6 - Blindness

    May 5, 2016
    8min
    16+
    One of the kagewani beasts appears at a shopping mall where a scientist is shopping with his blind daughter. His daughter is trapped inside: will he be able to rescue her?
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  7. S2 E7 - Isolation

    May 12, 2016
    8min
    16+
    A woman is sent alone into the snowy mountains. Her mission: to find and recover a human/Kagewani hybrid. But the arrival of another beast throws a wrench into her plans...
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  8. S2 E8 - Memories

    May 19, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Dr. Banba is absorbed by the memories of the Kagewani, and the terrifying, sorrowful past of the man trapped within it.
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  9. S2 E9 - Feed

    May 26, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Director Honma uses Banba as a method to control the Kagewani beasts and sell their powers to armies all around the world. When his presentation goes drastically wrong, Kimura leaves him to die. But can Banba escape?
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  10. S2 E10 - Dream Demon

    June 2, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Banba decides that the girl from the Yaguru clan his only clue to the kagewani. He sets a trap to lure her out, but will she survive the kagewani's attacks long enough to fall for it?
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  11. S2 E11 - Evolution

    June 9, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Banba tracks the Kagewani to its lair, only to discover a horrifying truth: the Kagewani has evolved.
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  12. S2 E12 - The Final Battle

    June 16, 2016
    8min
    13+
    The final battle for the Kagewani draws to an end, but a hidden enemy reveals himself.
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  13. S2 E13 - The Final Chapter

    June 23, 2016
    8min
    16+
    Kimura has betrayed Banba and assumed the full power of the kagewani. There is nothing left to stop him from using it to slaughter every living creature in the world. But Nagi still has one last trick up her sleeve...
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