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Sakugan (2021)

Sakugan poster
Original title
サクガン
Genre
mecha, science fiction anime and manga
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 12 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.9 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl named Memempu and her father Gagumber travel through a dangerous underground maze called the Labyrinth. They fight giant monsters called Kaiju while searching for a mysterious white tower in a meadow.

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What happens

Sakugan (サクガン; formerly titled Sacks&Guns!!) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Satelight. It follows Memempu and her father Gagumber as they travel across the unmarked Labyrinth filled with dangerous Kaiju within the Underground in search of a white tower in the middle of a meadow. It is directed and written by Jun'ichi Wada, with character designs by Yūji Iwahara, and music by Tatsuya Kato. An anime television series adaptation produced by Satelight aired from October to December 2021. It is an adaptation of the novel Sakugan Labyrinth Marker, written by Nekotarō Inui, which was submitted to Project ANIMA, a 2018 collaboration between DeNA, Sotsu, and Nippon Cultural Broadcasting that accepted story submissions from the general public for adaption into anime. Sakugan Labyrinth Marker was the runner-up in the "Science-Fiction/Robot" category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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