King's Game: The Animation

King's Game: The Animation

On AT-X, Tokyo MX

20171 season12 episodes25 min7.4 / 10

A psychological horror death-game anime that traps a traumatized transfer student and his classmates in an escalating nightmare of betrayal and mortality.

Kanazawa Nobuaki has transferred to a high school far from where he used to live. Due to an incident at his old school, Nobuaki is afraid of getting close to his new classmates and keeps himself at a distance, but he starts opening up because of a sports day inter-class relay. Then a single text message from someone calling themselves the "King" is sent to everyone in class. Nobuaki's classmates think it's a simple prank and don't take it seriously - but Nobuaki knows that a death game is about to begin, and struggles to oppose it...

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Questions people ask

  • Is King's Game: The Animation scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 98% of series.

  • Does King's Game: The Animation leave you hopeful? No. Less hopeful than 96% of series.

  • Is King's Game: The Animation easy watching? No. Less comforting than 94% of series.

  • Is King's Game: The Animation violent? Yes, very. More violent than 92% of series.

  • Is King's Game: The Animation sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of series.

These describe how the series comes across across its whole run, compared with other well-known series. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked episode by episode, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Cinnamon Score

How much this series gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity38

How unlike any other series this one feels

Surprise69

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love46

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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