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Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikebukuro West Gate Park

20206.21 Season12 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

The story revolves around 20-year-old Makoto, who frequently gets involved in highly dangerous situations, usually against his own judgment. Along for the ride are his best buddies Shun, Masa, and Takashi, the enigmatic leader of a local gang in Ikebukuro.

Created by Fumihiko Shimo
Written by Fumihiko Shimo, Ira Ishida
Produced by Makoto Hojo, Hajime Kamata, Kozue Kananiwa
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Top Cast

Kentaro Kumagai

Kentaro Kumagai

Makoto Majima (voice)

Koki Uchiyama

Koki Uchiyama

Takashi Ando (voice)

Reiou Tsuchida

Reiou Tsuchida

Kyoichi Ozaki (voice)

Subaru Kimura

Subaru Kimura

Hiroto (voice)

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Isogai (voice)

Chiaki Kobayashi

Chiaki Kobayashi

Masaru Taniguchi (voice)

Ayumu Murase

Ayumu Murase

Mitsuki Fujimoto (voice)

Tarusuke Shingaki

Tarusuke Shingaki

Minoru Tamotsu (voice)

Kensho Ono

Kensho Ono

Kuro (voice)

Ryohei Kimura

Ryohei Kimura

Saru (voice)

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Themes & Keywords

japandetectivebased on novel or bookyakuzaromanceurbantokyo, japancriminal organizationanime

About Ikebukuro West Gate Park

Ikebukuro West Gate Park is a animation, mystery, drama series that first aired in 2020 exploring themes of japan, detective, based on novel or book, yakuza, romance, urban. Created by Fumihiko Shimo, it stars Kentaro Kumagai, Koki Uchiyama, Reiou Tsuchida. The story revolves around 20-year-old Makoto, who frequently gets involved in highly dangerous situations, usually against his own judgment. Along for the ride are his best buddies Shun, Masa, and Takashi, the enigmatic leader of a local gang in Ikebukuro.

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