Karakuri Circus (2018)

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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.

• Released: 2018-10-11
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Mystery, Crime, Animation, Drama
• Seasons: 1, 36 episodes
• Episode length: 24m
• Network: Tokyo MX, BS11
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 8.1/10 from 133 votes

Created by Kazuhiro Fujita.

Top cast

• Chihiro Ueda as Masaru Saiga
• Rikiya Koyama as Narumi Katou
• Megumi Hayashibara as Shirogane Saigazaki
• Romi Park as Lucille Berneuil
• Masahiko Tanaka as Shōji Saiga
• Akio Otsuka as Zenji Saiga
• Takahiro Sakurai as Akira Ashika
• Nozomu Sasaki as Christophe Guy Lesch
• Tomoyo Kurosawa as Talanda Liselotte Tachibana
• Marina Inoue as Vilma Thorne

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Karakuri Circus

• United States: stream on Amazon Prime Video, HiDive, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hidive Amazon Channel; buy on Amazon Video
• United Kingdom: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hidive Amazon Channel; buy on Amazon Video
• India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Anime Times Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
• Canada: stream on Amazon Prime Video, HiDive, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Hidive Amazon Channel
• Australia: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Hidive Amazon Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; buy on Amazon Video

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