A boy turns into a gun-toting mascot costume and gets blackmailed by a girl with zero shame. Anime, baby.
5.024 minSeason 1 • Episode 13
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Shuichi Kagaya is an ordinary high school kid in a boring little town. But when a beautiful classmate is caught in a warehouse fire, he discovers a mysterious power: he can transform into a furry dog with an oversized revolver and a zipper down his back. He saves the girl’s life, sharing his secret with her. But she’s searching for the sister who killed her family, and she doesn’t care how degrading it gets: she will use Shuichi to accomplish her mission…
Direction
Wild tonal whiplash between horny, horrifying, and genuinely moving.
Writing
Clair's unhinged monologues are chef's kiss character work.
Natsuki Hanae
Shuichi Kagaya (voice)
Nao Toyama
Clair Aoki (voice)
Kana Hanazawa
Elena Aoki (voice)
Takahiro Sakurai
Alien (voice)
Miku Ito
Nana Mifune (voice)
Yoshiaki Hasegawa
Abukawa (voice)
Shizuka Ishigami
Hikawa (voice)
Hiroki Yasumoto
Tadanori Sanbe (voice)
Kana Ichinose
Chihiro Yoshioka (voice)
You Taichi
Subaru (voice)
Shoya Chiba
Ikeuchi (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The manga artist Sun Takeda also created 'Ajin' — notice the shared obsession with body transformation and inhumanity.
Gleipnir's title references the Norse rope that bound Fenrir; Shuichi's 'costume' form as both prison and power mirrors this myth perfectly.
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