8.024 minSeason 2 • Episode 13
LatestAlthough he was caught off his guard, Sato has one last plan: to kill the rest of the team.
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.
Visual Effects
CGI that actually works—IBM shadow monsters are genuinely unsettling
Acting
Hochu Otsuka's Satō: unhinged chaos personified, terrifyingly charismatic
Writing
Kei's cold pragmatism subverts every shonen protagonist trope
Mamoru Miyano
Kei Nagai (voice)
Yoshimasa Hosoya
Kaito (voice)
Aya Suzaki
Eriko Nagai (voice)
Daisuke Hirakawa
Kōji Tanaka (voice)
Hiroyuki Kinoshita
Ikukya Ogura (voice)
Hochu Otsuka
Satō (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Kō Nakano (voice)
Kenichi Suzumura
Sokabe (voice)
Mikako Komatsu
Izumi Shimomura (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Tosaki (voice)
Toru Sakurai
Sat Captain / Captain / Journalist / Security Guard / Reinforcemen Member (voice)
Sho Koneri
Professor Futoi
Shougo Nakamura
Suzumura
Daigo Fujimaki
Gen
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Almeida (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The jarring CGI was divisive but intentional—directors wanted uncanny, 'wrong' movement for inhuman subjects.
Satō's design and mannerisms deliberately evoke beloved shonen mentors to weaponize audience trust against them.
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