King of Thorn
A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.
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King of Thorn
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Status
Released
Release Date
May 1, 2010
Runtime
1h 49m
Genres
Fantasy, Animation, Science Fiction
User Score
66%
Original Title
いばらの王 -King of Thorn-
Production Companies
KADOKAWA, Bandai Visual, SUNRISE, Enterbrain, TV Tokyo, dentsu, Sony PCL
Director
Kazuyoshi Katayama
Description
A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.