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    Shikizakura

    Shikizakura / シキザクラ
    Shikizakura
    Genres: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
    Studios: Sublimation
    Producers: Chukyo TV Broadcasting
    Licensors: Sentai Filmworks
    Rating: 5.83 / 10
    Rank: #11070
    Popularity: #5479
    Users Listed: 18,119
    Users Scored: 3,447
    NSFW: No
    Last Updated: 01/05/2023
    Aired: October 10, 2021 – December 26, 2021 (Fall)
    Type: tv
    Source: original
    Age Rating: PG 13
    Episodes: 12
    Broadcast: Sunday at 01:55 (JST)

    Synopsis:

    Set during the ephemeral Shikizakura season, a world where cherry blossoms bloom alongside autumn foliage, *Shikizakura* explores the intersection of the mortal and spirit realms. The narrative follows Kakeru Miwa, a high school student unexpectedly drawn into conflict with Oni – entities that possess humans and seek to anchor them to the transient world. He joins a specialized team equipped with Yoroi, advanced power suits rooted in ancient traditions, tasked with defending humanity.

    Kakeru's path leads him toward Ouka Myoujin, a shrine maiden burdened with a pivotal role in safeguarding the world. The series blends action elements with themes of fate and the interplay between past and present. Expect to witness battles against supernatural foes within a visually rich setting steeped in cultural symbolism, as Kakeru grapples with his newfound responsibilities and the weight of protecting a delicate balance.

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    Episodes:

    • Episode 1: Hope / Start (Aired: 10/10/2021)
    • Episode 2: United Front / Tag (Aired: 10/17/2021)
    • Episode 3: Flight / Jump (Aired: 10/24/2021)
    • Episode 4: Family / Brother (Aired: 10/31/2021)
    • Episode 5: Black Team / Sister (Aired: 11/07/2021)
    • ... and 7 more episodes

    Characters:

    • Hattori, Ryou (Main) - Voice Actors: Mizukami, Shouto, Gee, Jeremy
    • Ibara (Main) - Voice Actors: Yoneyama, Shingo, Johnson, Courtland
    • Miwa, Kakeru (Main) - Voice Actors: Noda, Yuudai, Baugus, Bryson
    • Myoujin, Ooka (Main) - Voice Actors: Mashiro, Miho, Molano, Melissa
    • Nagatsu, Kippei (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakamoto, Daisuke, Bickham, Clint, Sattler, Toni Michael
    • Naruse, Kaede (Main) - Voice Actors: Sakazaki, Eri, Marek, Alyssa
    • Yamada, Haruko (Main) - Voice Actors: Ochiai, Natsuki, Thomas, Catherine
    • Colonel Inuzuka (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Iwori
    • Kijima, Ukon (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arai, Yuuto
    • Myoujin, Benio (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yakata, Miki, Guidry, Christie

    Staff:

    • Murakami, Fuuma (Producer)
    • Nishimura, Tomoyasu (Producer)
    • Kurosaki, Gou (Director)
    • Sugai, Shinya (Director)
    • Saitou, Takumi (Sound Director, Music)
    • Watanabe, Keita (Episode Director)
    • Nagatomo, Takakazu (Storyboard)
    • Nishikiori, Hiroshi (Storyboard)
    • Asaka (Theme Song Performance)
    • May'n (Theme Song Performance)
    • Oosawa, Keiichi (Theme Song Arrangement)
    • Yumemi, Kujira (Theme Song Composition)
    • Chen, Liang (Animation Director)
    • Hamanaka, Shoutarou (Animation Director)
    • Kamino, Manabu (Editing)
    • Kikuchi, Kasumi (Animation Director)
    • Kojima, Toshihiko (Art Director)
    • Matsushita, Kiyoshi (Animation Director)
    • Nagakawa, Naruki (Series Composition)
    • Nakatake, Manabu (Character Design)
    • Noji, Hironori (Color Design)
    • Takagi, Hironori (Executive Producer)
    • Wang, Bin (Animation Director)
    • Yamasaki, Tadaaki (Director of Photography)

    Reviews:

    • User TevishSzat (Score: 8/10):
      Shikizakura is, at heart, a kind of cheesy and overall optimistic heroic action show. It wears its genre openly and proudly, and goes ahead and takes the cliches it thinks it can use. All the same, this show is weirdly charming. Sometimes, when something is very much in its genre comfort zone, you get the feeling like it's lazy, or on autopilot. At least after the first couple episodes when you don't necessarily know what to expect from it, Shikizakura isn't like that. It's an extremely earnest show, in a sense, and there's a passion in it to capture the great feelingof heroic media, which ultimately means playing many of the conventions quite straight.nnI do, in particular, have to give praise to the small moments. A lot of the broader strokes of the show are things you've seen before, so that once you identify which set of conventions you're looking at, you kind of know what to expect. But, in defiance of that, the characters are at least a bit nuanced. The leads (Kakeru and Oka) have good chemistry that's built up over time and through grace notes in a lot of scenes. The supporting cast have their own issues, and while they do talk about them as well, they also show what they're feeling through smaller cues, which is something that it takes skill above and beyond the call of schlock duty to accomplish.nnThat, in particular, makes Shikizakura more memorable and fills it with more personality than might be anticipated. It plays things safer and more standard than perhaps it could have, but the characters at least do have their own identities and... there's nothing wrong with being straightforward sometimes. It's, in a sense, something I think would make a good comfort food show, the kind of thing you watch when you've had it up to your ears with dark, depressing, and grim fare and just want a story where you can lose yourself in something that's brighter and more approachable without going so far as to be cloying or pandering. There's enough conflict and darkness in here that the show does have meat to it, even if the tone and feel tell you fairly clearly that you're not watching a tragedy this time.nnIt's not a masterpiece but it's got some good action, some good characters, and enough story and technical competence to hold it all together. If you can accept it for what it is, you'll probably have a good time with this show, and I find myself having rather warm thoughts for the whole thing despite its flaws.
    • User jus7aguy (Score: 5/10):
      Animation was up and down. Jumping between CGI rendering and regular. The regular was fine, not outstanding but adequate, however I'm not sure if they were using the rendered for time purposes or what, but it was not great most of the places it was used and pulled you out of paying attention to what was happening, just by how wrong what was happening looked. Story wise again hit and miss, there is the potential for something great, but it feels like it missed whatever it was aiming for. Character development was actually done okay, but lots of threads left hanging. Ifeel like they had a lot more to tell and not the time to flesh it out right to tell it. There was a lot that you had to infer, from some very half-baked factors.nnI didn't hate this series, but I wouldn't recommend it either. Might work better in another format.nnI'm only rating this a 5/10, average. It's probably more a 5.5 but I feel more comfortable dropping this one down than bumping it up.nHonestly the only character that made the show was the best friend. I feel he was done just perfectly, Maybe a bit to mature for a highschool student, but his interactions, his relationships, and his tone were spot on.
    • User AkaneYakumo (Score: 8/10):
      You guys ever seen Kamen Rider recently? Felt like you want to catch up on the past 3 seasons but are unable to cram more than 3 years worth of content within a 6 hour view time? Well give Shikizakura a try! It has all three of the Kamen Rider seasons from the Reiwa era on a convenient 12 episode package. It has the art direction of Zero-One, the story of Saber, and the premise of Revice. Though despite that, Shikizakura is an enjoyable show in and of itself. It's an homage to the transforming hero genre, and it's a title I can full heartedly recommendto any fan of tokusatsu media.nnI give this my big ups.
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