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Karakuri Circus
82%
Series
1
36
AI Analysis
Karakuri Circus (2018) — AI TV series analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Karakuri Circus (2018) — a TV series tagged as Action & Adventure, Mystery, and Crime with tense and offbeat moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three a… Our models also surface themes such as ai and family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling across 1 season.
Community signal: TMDb members rate Karakuri Circus 82% (131 votes) — strong audience scores for this TV series.
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TMDb audience score
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from 131 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three adults runs into him. The boy introduces himself as Masaru Saiga, the new owner of the famous Saiga Enterprises following his father's recent death. However, other members of his family are trying to assassinate him and claim the fortune for themselves.
Quick facts
- Type
- Series
- Status
- Ended
- Release date
- 2018-10-11
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 36
- TMDB rating
- 8.2
- TMDB ID
- 83054
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What is Karakuri Circus about?
Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure bein... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Karakuri Circus?
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How many seasons of Karakuri Circus are there?
There are currently 1 seasons of Karakuri Circus documented in the community database.
Cast & crew
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Cast

Chihiro Ueda
Masaru Saiga

Rikiya Koyama
Narumi Katou

Megumi Hayashibara
Shirogane Saigazaki

Romi Park
Lucille Berneuil

Masahiko Tanaka
Shōji Saiga

Akio Otsuka
Zenji Saiga

Takahiro Sakurai
Akira Ashika

Nozomu Sasaki
Christophe Guy Lesch

Tomoyo Kurosawa
Talanda Liselotte Tachibana

Marina Inoue
Vilma Thorne

Hisao Egawa
Shinobu Nakamachi

Ryota Iwasaki
Noriyuki Nakamachi

Kaito Ishikawa
Hiroo Nakamachi
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