King of Thorn (movie)

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Alternative title:

Ibara no Ō (Japanese)

King of Thorn - El rey espino (Spanish)

いばらの王 (Japanese)

古城荊棘王 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Genres: action , horror , mystery , psychological , science fiction , thriller

Themes: Dreams , Monsters , survival horror , Tragedy

Objectionable content: Significant

Plot Summary: Medusa Virus, a sickness that turns its victims to stone, begins to ravage the people of Earth. In a desperate attempt to save humanity's future, a select group are chosen for the only cure: cryogenic sleep for many years into the future. The groups are chosen and put to sleep, only to wake up early to a nightmare: freakish creatures are destroying the cryo facility that the chosen survivors have awoken in. Without knowing what these creatures are, why they are being attacked, or even the condition of mankind, the remnants of civilization must band together and fight these monsters in order to survive and escape the cryogenics facility in an attempt to discover what exactly has happened to the Earth since they entered their exclusive slumber.

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User Ratings: 643 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 45 votes (sub:37, dub:6, others:2

1 German dubbed
1 Spanish subtitled

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Excellent: 113 votes (sub:94, dub:15, others:4

2 Portuguese subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled

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Very good: 190 votes (sub:132, dub:47, ?:2, others:9

2 Spanish subtitled
2 French dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Turkish Sub subtitled

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Good: 151 votes (sub:98, dub:40, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:10

2 Spanish subtitled
2 German dubbed
2 Russian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Italian dubbed

)

Decent: 81 votes (sub:52, dub:16, raw:1, ?:1, others:11

4 French subtitled
4 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 German dubbed
1 Czech subtitled

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So-so: 20 votes (sub:16, dub:4)

Not really good: 18 votes (sub:13, dub:3, ?:1, others:1

1 Portuguese subtitled

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Weak: 10 votes (sub:7, dub:2, others:1

1 Russian dubbed

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Bad: 8 votes (sub:6, dub:2)

Awful: 5 votes (dub:2, sub:2, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

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Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:1, dub:1)

Seen in part or in whole by 884 users, rank: #1376 (of 10369)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.392 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.7232, rank: #2341 (of 10551)
Weighted mean: 7.354 (Good+), rank: #2319 (of 10551) (seen all: 7.36 / won't finish: 2.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.356 (Good+), rank: #2020 (of 7993)

Running time: 120 minutes

Vintage: 2009年10月09日

Premiere date:

2009年10月09日 (Sitges International Film Festival)

2009年11月21日 (Northern Ireland, Belfast, Cinemagic)

2010年01月29日 (Italy - Future Film Festival)

2010年04月11日 (Belgium - Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival)

2010年05月01日 (Japan)

2010年07月24日 (Canada, Fantasia Film Festival)

2010年09月02日 (Australia, Reel Anime)

2010年09月04日 (USA Dallas, Texas Hyatt Regency Hotel AnimeFest 2010)

2010年09月12日 (New Zealand)

2010年12月15日 (Malaysia, TV3)

Release dates: We have 1

Ending Theme:

"EDGE OF THIS WORLD" by MISIA

Official website:

King of Thorn Official Website

Review:

King of Thorn BD+DVD (Nov 12, 2012)

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Blu-ray (Region A)

King of Thorn [Essentials] (Blu-ray) 2020年05月19日

Blu-ray + DVD combo

King of Thorn [S.A.V.E.] (BD+DVD) 2016年11月01日

King of Thorn (BD+DVD) 2012年09月18日 (from 19ドル.98)

Japanese staff Japanese cast

Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama

Screenplay:
Hiroshi Yamaguchi
Kazuyoshi Katayama

Storyboard:
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Tsukasa Sunaga

Unit Director:
Hirotaka Endo
Shingo Uchida

Music: Toshihiko Sahashi

Original creator: Yūji Iwahara

Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara

Art Director: Hideki Nakamura

Chief Animation Director: Naoyuki Onda

Animation Director:
Hiroaki Noguchi
Hiroki Harada
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
Katsumi Matsuda
Kōdai Iwata
Kōichi Suenaga
Kumiko Kawana
Takahiro Chiba
Takao Maki
Takashi Hashimoto (effect)
Takeshi Yoshioka
Tatsuya Suzuki
Teiichi Takiguchi

Mechanical design: Kimitoshi Yamane

Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka

Cgi Director: Tomonari Nakajima

Director of Photography: Mitsuhiro Satō

Producer:
Junichi Kimura
Yasumasa Tsuchiya

Background Art:
Atsuko Sakakura (AIC Backgrounds Dept.)
Chieko Nakamura
Hisayoshi Takahashi (Studio Pinewood)
Junichi Taniguchi
Katsumi Akimoto (Studio Pinewood)
Kenji Kato (Studio Pinewood)
Kentarō Akiyama (studio PABLO)
Makoto Shiraishi
Masahiro Kubota
Masaoki Ono (Studio Pinewood)
Masatoshi Kai
Masayuki Yamada (Studio Pinewood)
Mayo Kajiwara (Studio Pinewood)
Michie Watanabe (GREEN)
Ryūsuke Shiino
Saori Iwatani (Studio Pinewood)
Tadashi Kudo (Studio Pinewood)
Takafumi Nishima
Takahiro Terauchi (Studio Pinewood)
Takashi Kurahashi
Takeshi Sudō
Takeshi Waki (GREEN)
Tomoko Sekiya (Studio Pinewood)
Yoshinori Hishinuma (GREEN)
Yoshio Kajiwara
Yūko Sugiyama

Color Coordination: Terumi Nakauchi

Editing: Shūichi Kakesu

Editing Assistant:
Jin Nogawa
Yoshiki Ushiroda

Filming:
Akihito Odano (T2 Studio)
Akiyo Yamaura
Daisuke Okumura (GAINAX)
Eri Katō (T2 Studio)
Hidekatsu Ōishi (Anime Film)
Hiroyuki Chiba (Anime Film)
Jirō Kageyama (T2 Studio)
Jirō Tazawa (T2 Studio)
Junko Miyakawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Kanae Yuasa (GAINAX)
Keiko Sasaki (T2 Studio)
Norikazu Numata (T2 Studio)
Polun Tsai (T2 Studio)
Rumi Ishiguro (T2 Studio)
Sōta Ōya (Anime Film)
Susumu Fukushi (T2 Studio)
Toyonori Yamada (GAINAX)
Tsubasa Yokoyama (T2 Studio)
Yasuhiro Akamatsu (GAINAX)
Yōichi Ōgami (Anime Film)
Yoshihiro Kasahara (Telecom Animation Film)
Yoshiko Kumagawa (GAINAX)
Yuji Tone (T2 Studio)
Yukihiko Ichikawa (Telecom Animation Film)
Yukiko Nagase (GAINAX)

Finish Animation:
Aiko Miyazaki (Telecom Animation Film)
Chiaki Numata (Studio Elle)
Jun Ono (Studio Elle)
Kyōko Yoshida (Telecom Animation Film)
Masumi Ōtsuka (Telecom Animation Film)
Mayu Yoshida (Studio Elle)
Mika Tanba (Studio Elle)
Miki Itou (Studio Elle)
Mitsugu Takahashi (Studio Elle)
Naoko Komatsu (Studio Elle)
Risa Mimura (Studio Elle)
Sayaka Kubo (Telecom Animation Film)
Tomoko Isobe (Telecom Animation Film)
Yōko Tomaru (Studio Elle)
Yukie Imamura (Studio Elle)