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from other cities observe the showdown between Otoha and Eko, Homura steps in to help Otoha. Otoha carries out Nue's request to kill him and his brother, depriving Eko of his new power source and stopping his entire scheme. Confronting the depowered Eko on equal terms, Otoha finally defeats him. Eko
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forms the basis for his motive. He views Tokyo as a father figure, and his Yurine as a mother figure; and aims to supplant the city's role in this relationship. Eko was a nameless character in the initial draft and known as "Another Karas" with a different appearance, although his
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that announces Eko's plan to remake Tokyo, the story moves ahead three years. Nue arrives in
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kill and suck the blood of these victims to replenish their strength, but no one except
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in 1965. Keiichi Sato joined the company as the project director after he pitched its concept of a life-sized dark hero to the management. He researched production and direction techniques from
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attack hospitals across the ward to locate Otoha's body, Otoha and Nue work together but when they separate Otoha's Yurine is abducted and he is deprived from the power to turn into a
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the sequence with repeated still frames to produce these shots. Ibira reflected that typical 30-minute anime episodes consist of approximately 300 key frames. The first episode of
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and starts eating the humans trapped in the shelter. Sagisaka sacrifices himself to push his daughter away from Ushi-oni's attack. Otoha confronts and, in a
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committed the mass murder she had survived. Sagisaka's and Kure's investigation brings them to the survivor of another attack, Hinaru
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2729:Vol. 4 (DVD), Making of Karas.
2692:Vol. 6 (DVD), Making of Karas.
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3529:Blue Sonnet
3286:(anime) at
2446:. DVDActive
2315:A.D. Vision
2310:Newtype USA
2019:activeAnime
1654:) released
1636:2007-08-03
1607:2007-08-03
1578:2007-06-22
1549:2005-10-21
1518:2005-08-12
1489:2005-03-25
1353:slow motion
1289:silhouettes
1233:introduced
914:worked on.
819:film frames
791:automobiles
774:version of
742:protagonist
633:of the week
485:expositions
3720:Categories
3505:Outlanders
3236:2008-02-13
3211:2015-11-05
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1865:References
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1672:storyboard
1666:feature a
1571:Hito Otoha
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1293:3D texture
1277:long shots
1177:Production
1084:Electrical
1026:. The few
960:prosthetic
951:cybernetic
949:to be his
939:Edo period
919:antagonist
884:back-story
844:Noah's Ark
827:suitmation
815:spotlights
760:revolution
747:Mazinger Z
714:Characters
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520:billboards
508:East Asian
281:30 minutes
36:television
16:2005 anime
3681:Exception
3569:Gatchaman
2974:About.com
2323:1541-4817
1980:About.com
1755:imagery.
1727:Reception
1668:hardcover
1652:subtitles
1615:Existence
1557:Sacrifice
1460:Japanese
1337:bird feed
1281:close-ups
1200:Space Ace
1002:anti-hero
917:The main
909:Wada Sōkō
772:cyberpunk
625:cold open
542:spirits,
528:Singapore
524:gargoyles
477:slapstick
469:detective
121:Superhero
111:Cyberpunk
87:鴉 －KARAS－
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3044:DVD Talk
2214:DVD Talk
2058:June 26,
2029:June 26,
1991:June 26,
1707:audio CD
1468:Overture
1432:in synch
1408:dynamics
1375:Composer
1308:director
1226:film cel
1010:designer
991:exorcism
987:villains
849:catgirls
831:Producer
795:aircraft
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