• 2018
  • 24m
Karakuri Circus

Summary The protagonist, Masaru, has just inherited a big fortune after the death of his father. However, people are trying to get their hands on it by any means necessary, even if it means killing him. Narumi helps Masaru from being kidnapped after fighting strange figures. He finds out that they're not humans, but wooden puppets with amazing strength. After a hard fight, Narumi is forced to admit that he's no opponent for them; and just when he starts to think that Masaru will be captured, Shirogane, Masaru's watcher arrives from France with a weapon, the puppet Arlequin. Here begins the story of Karakuri Circus. View more details

  • 2018
  • 24m

Karakuri Circus

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Toshio Furukawa Megumi Hayashibara Rikiya Koyama Aoi Yûki

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Details

Genres : Action Fantasy Animation

Release date : Oct 10, 2018

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official Site

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Studio VOLN

Summary The protagonist, Masaru, has just inherited a big fortune after the death of his father. However, people are trying to get their hands on it by any means necessary, even if it means killing him. Narumi helps Masaru from being kidnapped after fighting strange figures. He finds out that they're not humans, but wooden puppets with amazing strength. After a hard fight, Narumi is forced to admit that he's no opponent for them; and just when he starts to think that Masaru will be captured, Shirogane, Masaru's watcher arrives from France with a weapon, the puppet Arlequin. Here begins the story of Karakuri Circus. View more details

Details

Genres : Action Fantasy Animation

Release date : Oct 10, 2018

Countries of origin : Japan

Official sites : Official Site

Language : Japanese

Production companies : Studio VOLN

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Valediction (2019) Karakuri Circus (2018) What Shirogane Did (2019) Black Shooting Star (2019) Karakuri Circus (2018) The Curtain Falls (2019) Headed for Download (2019) At Mont Saint-Michel (2019) Escape (2019) Encounter (2019) Black sun (2019) The truth behind the shadow (2019)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Oct 09, 2018
The Curtain Rises
Eleven-year-old Masaru Saiga inherited a vast fortune after his father died in an accident. These riches make Masaru a target for kidnappers, who send fearsome puppets to abduct him. Masaru escapes with the help of circus employee Narumi Kato, but the kidnappers soon catch up with them. All seems lost until a mysterious woman named Shirogane appears.
Episode 2 • Oct 17, 2018
Promise
After the briefest of respites, Masaru, Narumi and Shirogane are plunged into peril once more. Assassin Eiryo Ashihana has tracked them down and attacks with the evil clown-like marionette Pulcinella. Shirogane unleashes her own marionette Arlequin in response, but while she is distracted, Ashihana's henchmen seize Masaru.
Episode 3 • Oct 24, 2018
Abyss
Episode 4 • Oct 31, 2018
Swirling Tiger
Masaru determines that overcoming his own weakness is the only way he will escape from his uncle Zenji. He comes face to face once more with his would-be assassin Ashihana, but chooses not to run and makes Ashihana a counter-offer to work for him instead. While attempting to rescue Masaru, Narumi and Shirogane are themselves captured by Zenji's puppeteers and seem to have no way out...
Episode 5 • Nov 07, 2018
Circus - Departure
After having rescued Masaru numerous times, Narumi got caught in the blast that destroyed Zenji's mansion and has not been seen since. Masaru's sense of loss is profound, but he is determined to be strong as Narumi had taught him. He decides to go back to school in an effort to return to a normal life. Shirogane also enrolls in the adjacent high school so she can continue to watch over Masaru.
Episode 6 • Nov 14, 2018
Hell
Episode 7 • Nov 21, 2018
Demonic
Episode 8 • Nov 28, 2018
Moment's Beginning, Moment's End
With their numbers boosted by the addition of knife-thrower Vilma and their coffers swelled by successful fundraising, Nakamachi Circus are ready to put on a show in Izu. As they prepare for opening night, Narumi, Guy and Lucille board a plane for Shanghai on the trail of the Midnight Circus. However, several automata are also on board and a fierce fight breaks out high above the Pacific Ocean.
Episode 9 • Dec 05, 2018
Memories
The members of Nakamachi Circus rescue the injured Guy, who turns out to be Shirogane's marionette teacher. This unexpected reunion leads Shirogane to open up about her past to Masaru, who in turn sets out alone on a journey to solve the mysteries surrounding his own upbringing. Narumi also reunites with a figure from his past as he and Lucille meet his old martial arts master, Liang, in China.
Episode 10 • Dec 12, 2018
Francine
Episode 11 • Dec 19, 2018
Fanfare
The events in China allow the location of the Midnight Circus to be traced to the Sahara Desert. There, Narumi encounters desert-specialist Fatima, as shiroganes from around the world converge to annihilate the automata. Also gathering for the fight are the bionically enhanced shirogane-Os, led by Commander Faceless.
Episode 12 • Dec 26, 2018
The Faceless Commander
Episode 13 • Jan 02, 2019
Lucille
Tor, Timbavati, Rockenfield, and Malina unpack their puppets, and attack the Quatre Pionniers. The seriously injured Narumi tries to reach Francine's wrist, but is too weak.
Episode 14 • Jan 15, 2019
By the sea, in the dead of night
One life after another is extinguished in the fierce fighting. Narumi also teeters on the brink of death as Rockenfield attempts emergency surgery. Meanwhile, Arlequino and Pantalone regain their freedom after having been forbidden to move by Doll Francine's exact lookalike, Doll Angelina. As the situation grows bleaker, Narumi opens his eyes, his body now infused with the hopes of his friends.
Episode 15 • Jan 29, 2019
Back to the starting point
Having set out alone to seek answers to the mysteries surrounding his birth, Masaru visits the apartment where he lived with his mother. There he remembers being taken in by the Saiga family after her death, but can't seem to remember his father Sadayoshi's face. As his thoughts turn to conversations with his grandfather Shoji, Masaru then heads for the place he was reborn, the Karakuri mansion.
Episode 16 • Feb 05, 2019
Encounter
Masaru has been captured by the Kuroga puppeteers. When he regains consciousness, he sees in front of him his grandfather Shoji, who Masaru had thought dead. However, the once kindly Shoji is now hostile and calls Masaru by his father's name, Sadayoshi. Forced to drink Shoji's Aqua Vitae-infused blood, Masaru begins to experience Shoji's memories of working as a town doctor in Tempo-era Nagasaki.
Episode 17 • Feb 12, 2019
Visitors
Masaru continues to journey through Shoji's memories. Therein he sees Shoji drink the Aqua Vitae and decide to live with Angelina. With her by his side, Shoji devotes himself to developing marionettes to aid the shiroganes. The couple are then visited by a man named Dean Maistre, who has traveled from France on Lucille's orders to help supply Shoji's marionettes to shiroganes around the world.
Episode 18 • Feb 19, 2019
A smile
Shoji and Angelina's daughter Éléonore comes into the world. Her birth is the catalyst for a gradual change in the attitudes of Guy and Doll Francine. However, the sense of happiness that pervades the group proves fleeting, as eerie mechanical sounds signal an assault on Kuroga village by the automata.
Episode 19 • Feb 26, 2019
The truth behind the shadow
After regaining consciousness, Masaru manages to escape from his captors and resolves to prove he is not Sadayoshi. Pursued by Guy and the Kuroga clan, he unexpectedly runs into Shirogane, who had come to Kuroga looking for him. However, before they can get away, another vision floods Masaru's mind. In the vision, Angelina's hopes have been dashed as Éléonore has ended up drinking the Aqua Vitae.
Episode 20 • Mar 05, 2019
Black sun
To download his brain's data into Masaru and thereby form an intimate bond with Éléonore. That was Sadayoshi's intent. Despite Masaru's tears at seeing so many people's hopes crushed within Shoji's memories, Shoji and Guy remain convinced he is Sadayoshi. Just as Guy is about to turn his knife on Masaru, one of the Kuroga clan unexpectedly interrupts to reveal a truth of which not even Shoji knew.
Episode 21 • Mar 12, 2019
Silver goddess
One man, in different guises and eras, manipulating the strings of fate to his own ends. That man is Bai Jin. After revealing himself in the form of Faceless, he kidnaps Shirogane and causes giant ZONAPHA-spreading silver goddesses to appear worldwide. Masaru attacks, but Jack-o'-Lantern has no effect as the goddesses have no solid form. Desperate, he teams up with Guy and Lise to pursue Faceless.
Episode 22 • Mar 19, 2019
Headed for "Harry"
Narumi and the others arrive at the research institute to protect the "Harry" ZONAPHA treatment machine. After Tom is taken hostage, Mingxia takes on the automata Jones. He toys with her at first, but she finds renewed strength in her memories of her father and Lucille. Meanwhile, Shirogane remains captive, and is pestered by Colombine, Pantalone and Arlequino, who insist on calling her Francine.
Episode 23 • Mar 26, 2019
The demon's return
The fighting rages on at the research institute. George is overpowered by Schnurzi, a new type of shirogane-O, who then reveals why he has sided with Faceless. Meanwhile, Ashihana squares off against Pantalone, looking to settle an old score from the Sahara. Recalling Fou's advice, he analyzes Pantalone's attacks and manages to spot an opening. However, the automaton will not be easily defeated...
Episode 24 • Apr 02, 2019
Escape
Narumi and Mingxia finally manage to reach the "Harry" ZONAPHA treatment machine. However, they find Dr. Banhart and the other researchers on the verge of death after having been attacked by the automata Blom Blom Low and Drill September. To try and give themselves enough time to save the researchers, Narumi and Mingxia tackle one foe each, but Mingxia is struck down by Blom Blom Low's blade.
Episode 25 • Apr 09, 2019
At Mont Saint-Michel
A guided tour of the Final Four's quarters leaves Shirogane feeling empty, prompting her to explain to Arlequino the true nature of "joy". Meanwhile, Masaru, Lise and Gryphon are pursing Faceless's airship, until a bolt of lightning sends them tumbling into a dense fog. When they come to, they are in front of Mont Saint-Michel, Faceless's main base. However, wild beast tamer Dr. Lao is also there.
Episode 26 • Apr 16, 2019
Animal show
Colombine leads Masaru to the bunker where the original bodies of the Os lie in suspended animation. Enraged by the selfish nature of the Os' existence, Masaru resolves to fight them. Lise, on the other hand, realizes she has fled into a room full of creatures so ferocious that even Dr. Lao cannot control them. But just as she is staring death in the face, Masaru's words flash through her mind.
Episode 27 • Apr 23, 2019
Download
Gryphon finds Arlequin and manages to get it to Masaru, who uses the marionette to attack Faceless and the Final Four. However, Masaru is in danger of being overpowered by his numerically superior opponents, until he is joined by reinforcements in the form of Colombine and Lise. As the two of them tackle the Final Four, Masaru engages Faceless in one-on-one combat in an attempt to rescue Éléonore.
Episode 28 • Apr 30, 2019
This little piggy
Faceless's plan to download himself into Masaru looked to have succeeded, but inside Masaru's head a fierce struggle unfolds as his mind attempts to resist Faceless's efforts to take over. With the rocket's launch time drawing ever nearer, Masaru again engages Faceless in a duel. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the monastery, Colombine and Diamantina face off in their own head-to-head battle.
Episode 29 • May 08, 2019
What Shirogane Did
Éléonore is reunited with Narumi and the others at Fou's chateau. However, Narumi accuses Éléonore of being one of Faceless's underlings and treats her harshly, as do the people taking refuge at the chateau. To prove her innocence, Éléonore decides to show everyone her memories.
Episode 30 • May 15, 2019
Pietà
Members of the Nakamachi circus attempt to board the space shuttle to block Faceless's plans.
Episode 31 • May 22, 2019
Black Shooting Star
Thanks to Guy's sacrifice, most of the automata have been destroyed. However, those that survived the explosion once again target the train in which Narumi and his companions are traveling. Having escaped before the blast occurred, Masaru is also attempting to catch up to the train. On the train, Hiro and Nori reminisce with Mr. Nakamachi about their late mother as they await the coming battle.
Episode 32 • May 29, 2019
Valediction
Masaru discovers that Narumi is even in the same train but also Arlequino and Pantaleone.
Episode 33 • Jun 05, 2019
The Nakamachi Trio vs Lady Spider
The spider lady adopts the face of Nori and Hito's deceased mother to baffle them and make them lose the fight.
Episode 34 • Jun 12, 2019
Rearguard
Pantalone is defeated by Harlequin and he goes to the train where Narumi travels.
Episode 35 • Jun 19, 2019
Embrace
Masaru finally goes into space and Narumi remains on earth to fight Harlequin. The unexpected happens to both.
Episode 36 • Jun 26, 2019
The Curtain Falls
After boarding the space station, Masaru has a final showdown with Faceless, who wields his own version of Arlequin. Faceless persistently questions Masaru about why he handed Éléonore over to Narumi. As their battle heats up, the countdown to the extinction of the human race by ZONAPHA syndrome begins.

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