King of Thorn (2010)
FantasyAnimationScience Fiction
A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.
Director:
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Writers:
Kazuyoshi Katayama, Hiroshi Yamaguchi.
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Kana Hanazawa as Kasumi Ishiki (voice) |
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Kohsei Hirota as Alexandro Pecchino (voice) |
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Misaki Kuno as Alice (voice) |
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Tsutomu Isobe as Ivan Coral Vega (voice) |
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Sayaka Ohara as Katherine Turner (voice) |
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Ayako Kawasumi as Laura Owen (voice) |
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Toshiyuki Morikawa as Marco Owen (voice) |
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Shin-ichiro Miki as Peter Stevens (voice) |
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Eri Sendai as Shizuku Ishiki (voice) |
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Akiko Yajima as Timothy Laisenbach (voice) |
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Akiko Yajima as Walter (voice) |
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Kenji Nomura as Ron Portman (voice) |
| Writing | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Screenplay |
| Writing | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Screenplay |
| Directing | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Director |
| Writing | Yuji Iwahara | Original Story |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Animation Director |
| Production | Junichi Kimura | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Naoyuki Onda | Supervising Animation Director |
| Art | Hideki Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Sound | Toshihiko Sahashi | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Yasumasa Tsuchiya | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kimitoshi Yamane | Mechanical Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hidenori Matsubara | Character Designer |
| Visual Effects | Teiichi Takiguchi | Animation Director |
| Art | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka | Animation Director |
| Camera | Mitsuhiro Sato | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Hirotaka Endo | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Ando | Creature Design |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Directing | Shingo Uchida | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Iwata | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Noguchi | Animation Director |
| Editing | Shuichi Kakesu | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuya Suzuki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Chika | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomonari Nakajima | CGI Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Harada | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Kataoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Matsuda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takayoshi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Art | Iwao Teraoka | Additional Storyboarding |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Saito | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Irie | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Chiba | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Abiko | Key Animation |
| Art | Tsukasa Sunaga | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Akihide Miya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takao Maki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Terumi Nakauchi | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Suenaga | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhisa Kato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Chiba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiharu Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriyuki Fukuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junko Abe | Key Animation |
| Crew | Shinpei Ōsaku | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Fujiwara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Toyoda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tokuhiro Itagaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eriko Iida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satomi Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigeki Iwasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuhei Murota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sakiko Uda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kentaro Azuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hanako Mitsubachi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aiko Oura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Aikei | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Kojima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Ono | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keizou Ichikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shukou Murase | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuji Hosogoe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Arisawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Dangi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromitsu Morishita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keiji Ishihara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukie Sakou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshihiro Nakajima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Iwao Teraoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumi Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Yagami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Kosuga | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Soichiro Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsunori Murata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsumori Imoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yosuji Kudo | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Shigeta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuru Obunai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fujio Inose | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Marie Tagashira | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Takase | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumiaki Kouta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiyo Komido | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Iwata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Yamano | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomohiro Kamitani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Nishizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyoshi Yaginuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hisao Yokobori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takao Maki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumiko Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shuuji Sakamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyoshi Komatsubara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukie Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kunihiro Abe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomoshige Inayoshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Seimei Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Shigeta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Harada | Key Animation |
| Crew | Yukiko Kakita | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Yusuke Noma | Key Animation |