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Ajin

Ajin

20167.92 Seasons26 EpisodesEnded

Overview

17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.

Created by Hiroshi Seko
Written by Hiroshi Seko, Gamon Sakurai
Produced by Hiroshi Kamei, Hideyuki Saito, Kotaro Sudo
NetworksTBS

Top Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Kei Nagai (voice)

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Yoshimasa Hosoya

Kaito (voice)

Aya Suzaki

Aya Suzaki

Eriko Nagai (voice)

Daisuke Hirakawa

Daisuke Hirakawa

Kōji Tanaka (voice)

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Hiroyuki Kinoshita

Ikukya Ogura (voice)

Hochu Otsuka

Hochu Otsuka

Satō (voice)

Jun Fukuyama

Jun Fukuyama

Kō Nakano (voice)

Kenichi Suzumura

Kenichi Suzumura

Sokabe (voice)

Mikako Komatsu

Mikako Komatsu

Izumi Shimomura (voice)

Takahiro Sakurai

Takahiro Sakurai

Tosaki (voice)

Themes & Keywords

immortalitybased on mangaanimehorror

About Ajin

Ajin is a animation, action & adventure, mystery series that first aired in 2016 exploring themes of immortality, based on manga, anime, horror. Created by Hiroshi Seko, it stars Mamoru Miyano, Yoshimasa Hosoya, Aya Suzaki. 17 years ago, immortals first appeared on the battlefields of Africa. Later, rare, unknown new immortal lifeforms began appearing among humans, and they became known as "Ajin" (demi-humans). Just before summer vacation, a Japanese high school student is instantly killed in a traffic accident on his way home from school. However, he is revived, and a price is placed on his head. Thus begins a boy's life on the run from all of humankind.

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