Underplayed Gems

Karneval (2013)

Karneval poster
Original title
カーニヴァル
Directed by
Viggo Larsen
Genre
action anime and manga, comedy anime and manga, adventure anime and manga, fantasy anime and manga, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 12 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A boy named Nai and a thief named Gareki are drawn into a secret defense organization called Circus. They search for a man named Karoku who is tied to a shady group performing strange experiments.

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What happens

Karneval (Japanese: カーニヴァル, Hepburn: Kānivaru) is a Japanese manga series by Tōya Mikanagi which began serialization in the monthly josei manga magazine Monthly Comic Zero Sum published by Ichijinsha on August 28, 2007. There are currently twenty-eight volumes released in Japan. The series follows Nai and Gareki, who join a defense organization called Circus in hopes of finding a man named Karoku. However, they are unaware that Karoku belongs to a secret organization called Kafka, which is responsible for performing human and animal experiments called Varugas. A 13-episode anime adaptation by Manglobe aired between April and June 2013. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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