Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (manga/game)
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress (Japanese: 甲鉄城のカバネリ, Hepburn: Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri) is a Japanese anime television series by Wit Studio. It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina programming block from April to June 2016. The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films premiered in Japanese theaters in December 2016 and January 2017. Crunchyroll and Funimation co-released the anime on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States; Crunchyroll also acquired the merchandise rights.
An anime theatrical film that is set six months after the anime series, titled Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato premiered in May 2019. A Netflix version was released as a three-part series in 2019.
Plot
A mysterious virus appears during the Industrial Revolution that transforms infected humans into Kabane (かばね, “corpses”) and rapidly spreads. Kabane are aggressive, undead creatures that cannot be defeated unless the glowing golden heart, which is protected by a layer of iron, is pierced, or an important body part is completely severed (such as the head). Unfortunately, most melee weapons and the steam-pressure guns used by the bushi (武士, “warriors”) are not very effective against them.
On the island country Hinomoto (日ノ本), people have built fortress-like “stations” to shelter themselves from these creatures. People access the stations and transport wares between them with the help of fortified steam locomotives (駿城, hayajirō). One day, a hayajirō hijacked by the kabane crashes into Aragane Station and they overrun the city. A young engineer called Ikoma uses the opportunity to test with success his anti-kabane weapon, the “piercing gun” (ツラヌキ筒, tsuranuki zutsu), but is infected in the process, although he manages to resist the virus and become a Kabaneri (かばね人), a human-kabane hybrid. Assisted by Mūmei (無名, “Nameless”), another Kabaneri who appears to help them, Ikoma and the other survivors of the station board a hayajirō named Kōtetsujō (甲鉄城, “Iron Fortress”) and depart to seek shelter elsewhere, fighting the hordes of kabane along the way.
Media
Anime
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress was directed by Tetsurō Araki and written by Ichirō Ōkouchi, with music by Hiroyuki Sawano and original character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto. The series was broadcast on Fuji TV‘s Noitamina block from April 8 to June 30, 2016, with a total of 12 episodes. A prologue for the anime premiered for a week in theaters across Japan starting March 18, 2016. Amazon streamed the series on their Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films premiered in Japanese theaters on December 31, 2016, and January 7, 2017. Crunchyroll and Funimation co-released the anime on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States; Crunchyroll also acquired the merchandise rights.
An anime theatrical film that is set six months after the anime series, titled Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato (甲鉄城のカバネリ 〜海門決戦〜, Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri: Unato Kessen), premiered on May 10, 2019. A Netflix version was released as a three-part series in 2019.
Films
Three feature length anime theatrical films were released between 2016 and 2019. The first two films, which are recaps of the first and second halves of the TV series, premiered in Japanese theaters on December 31, 2016, and January 7, 2017. The third film, titled Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato, takes place six months after the events of the TV series and revolves around the Battle of Unato. It premiered on May 10, 2019. The Battle of Unato was streamed internationally on September 13, 2019 as a Netflix original consisting of three episodes.
Other
A manga adaptation, illustrated by Shirō Yoshida, was serialized in Mag Garden‘s Monthly Comic Garden magazine from May 2, 2016 to November 5, 2018. Mag Garden released four tankōbon volumes from December 10, 2016 and December 10, 2018.
A mobile game developed by TriFort, Inc. and published by DMM Games titled Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato (甲鉄城のカバネリ -乱-, lit. “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress -Revolt- Beginning Tracks”) was released on December 19, 2018 for Android and iOS, featuring an animated opening sequence by Wit Studio.
Music
The soundtrack was composed by Hiroyuki Sawano and was released by Aniplex on May 18, 2016. The opening theme is “Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress” by Egoist and the ending theme is “ninelie” by Aimer with chelly. For episode 11, the ending theme is “Through My Blood <AM>” by Aimer.
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| Released | May 18, 2016 | |||
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| Length | 1:17:45 | |||
| Label | Aniplex | |||
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Track listing
All music composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.
Reception
The series won the 2016 Newtype Anime Awards for Best TV Anime, Best Soundtrack, Best Character Design, Best Screenplay and Best Studio.
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| 甲鉄城のカバネリ (Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri) |
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| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Tetsurō Araki |
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| Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Studio | Wit Studio |
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| Original network | Fuji TV (Noitamina) |
| Original run | April 8, 2016 – June 30, 2016 |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Manga | |
| Illustrated by | Shirō Yoshida |
| Published by | Mag Garden |
| Magazine | Monthly Comic Garden |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | May 2, 2016 – November 5, 2018 |
| Volumes | 4 |
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| Directed by | Tetsurō Araki |
| Written by | Ichirō Ōkouchi |
| Music by | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Studio | Wit Studio |
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| Runtime | 107 minutes (part 1) 104 minutes (part 2) |
| Game | |
| Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri -Ran- Hajimaru Michiato | |
| Developer | TriFort, Inc. |
| Publisher | DMM Games |
| Directed by | Junpei Kasaoka |
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| Platform | Android, iOS |
| Released | December 19, 2018 |
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| Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato | |
| Directed by | Tetsurō Araki |
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| Written by |
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| Music by | Hiroyuki Sawano |
| Studio | Wit Studio |
| Licensed by | Netflix |
| Released | May 10, 2019 |
| Runtime | 67 minutes |
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