Line #51 Anime/GaroCrimsonMoon


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3	''GARO: Crimson Moon'' (Or, in Japanese, '''GARO: Guren no Tsuki''') is the second animated entry in the ''Series/{{GARO}}'' franchise, serving as prequel to ''[[Anime/GaroTheAnimation GARO: Carved Seal Of Flames]]'' animated by MAPPA and written by Yasuko Kobayashi.
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5	In Heian-Era Feudal Japan, a trio of secret warriors stand against monsters called Horrors that prey on people in the night. The current bearer of the GARO Armor, Raikou, (aided by his young attendant Kintoki) must rely on the JerkWithAHeartOfGold Makai Alchemist Seimei to help him don his armor, as he is unable to wear it on his own due to a seal placed upon him.
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7	Spikes in Horror activity have put the Light Palace and it's retainers on-edge. These spikes are soon traced to a dark curse-bearer known as Ashiya Douman, who manipulates the downtrodden and spiteful into becoming Horrors to do his bidding.
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9	As the trio fight, hints of a larger scheme begin to unravel. Not helped is Seimei herself, who also has things to hide....
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11	Garo: Crimson Moon is avaliable on DVD as well as freely avaliable for simulcast on Funimation. It's followed up by the 2017 sequel ''[[Anime/GAROVanishingLine Garo: Vanishing Line]].''
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13	A movie sequel ''Garo: The Fleeting Cherry Blossom'' was also released.
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15	!!This work contains examples of:
16	* ActionGirl:
17	** Seimei is an onmyoji who assists Raikou in combat with her magic.
18	** [[spoiler: Suetsumuhana]] tries to be this against the Mask Horror. She utterly fails.
19	* AesopAmnesia: Despite Izumi succeeding in gettng Masamune to rid himself of his lecherous ways, [[spoiler: his wife's death due to Horror possession]] leaves him all too happy to indulge once again.
20	* ApocalypseMaiden: Once [[spoiler: Seimei has been provoked properly, she becomes the host to Rudra, a world-destroying Horror]].
21	** [[spoiler: Kaguya]] is the inverse, being [[spoiler: Rudra's seal]].
22	* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: [[spoiler: Rudra emerges from the Crimson Moon as a twelve-faced, eight-armed monstrosity that demolishes the capital in minutes and towers above Japan]].
23	* BigBad: Ashiya Douman, who is causing much of the Horror activity in order to summon Rudra.
24	* BigDamnHeroes: Quite a bit. Examples include:
25	** Haruaki [[spoiler:using a spell to let Raikou enter Seimei's heart and purge her of Rudra]].
26	** Yorinobu [[spoiler:helping Garo during the Horror Cradle's attack on the Capital]].
27	** Zanga and [[spoiler:Kaguya]] during [[spoiler: the battle with Rudra]].
28	* BigGood: The tripartite [[AsianFoxSpirit fox goddess]] "Watch Dog" Inari, who sends Seimei and Raikou on missions to slay Horrors.
29	%%** Also, [[spoiler: Kaguya]].
30	** Deconstructed with [[spoiler: Michinaga]], head of the Light Palace. He has moderate knowledge on Knights and Horrors and despite showing signs of being TheUnfettered, he has no issues hearing his servants out and generally just shows a strict-yet-fair attitude. [[spoiler: Come the Finale, he opposes efforts to let common citizenry into the Light Palace for shelter against the giant Horror Rudra, succumbing to Japan's FantasticCasteSystem. Yorinobu has to let them in behind his back, forcing him to give a RousingSpeech to save face]].
31	* BreatherEpisode: "Worst," focusing on the ComicRelief Masamune's LovableSexManiac tendencies.
32	* ByTheBookCop: [[spoiler: Yorinobu]] plays this painfully straight. He [[spoiler: eventually becomes leader of the Police Magistrate after Kinto becomes possessed]].
33	* CastFromHitPoints:
34	** The seal keeping Garo under control [[spoiler:requires massive amounts of energy on Seimei's part]] to maintain.
35	** The spell Haruaki uses to let [[spoiler: Raikou enter Seimei's heart costs him his life in exchange]].
36	* CognizantLimbs: The [[spoiler: resurrected Rudra]] has eight arms, each of which can act on their own.
37	%%* CollectorOfTheStrange: Seimei, natch.
38	* DarkActionGirl: Seimei [[spoiler: while acting as the vessel for Rudra]].
39	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Ashiya's targets for Horror possession]] are typically people pushed to the brink of this.
40	%%* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Douma Doushi]].
41	* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Try Samurai cutting down eldritch body-snatchers in wolf-armor!
42	** Upon Raikou [[spoiler: reaching maturity and breaking his seal]], the Garo Armor gets a MidSeasonUpgrade granting him a layer of Feudal chest and shoulder-pads.
43	%%* EvilMentor: [[spoiler:Douma Houshi]] has fallen to this. It's never explained why.
44	* FantasticCasteSystem: Nearly all of [[spoiler:Ashiya's targets for Horror possession]] are the angry, desperate results of those shunned/held back by the rigid social structure of Heian-era Japan.
45	* GenderFlip: Seimei is named after the famous onmyōji UsefulNotes/AbeNoSeimei, but is a woman rather than being a man.
46	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Haruaki]] uses a spell to [[spoiler:let Raikou enter Seimei's heart and purge her of Rudra]]. He pays the ultimate price for using it.
47	* HistoricalFantasy: The series is set in Heian Era Japan, with many of the characters and Horror hosts being adaptations of various famous figures in Japanese history and/or mythology.
48	* HonorAmongThieves: Hakamadare's group are fiercely loyal to him and obey his ThouShaltNotKill rule.
49	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Seimei can come off careless and a bit of a GoldDigger, but she usually has others' best interests in mind. Especially [[spoiler: Raikou]].
50	* LighterAndSofter: Compared to the live-action shows' non-nonsense CrapsackWorld portrayal, ''Crimson Moon'' has a rather expressive cast of characters; Notably Kintoki, who acts as PluckyComicRelief a lot of the time.
51	%%* LovableSexManiac: Masamune.
52	* NextTierPowerUp: Midway through the series, Raikou unlocks a power-up for the Garo armor that changes it from a bestial suit of knight armor to a bestial suit of samurai armor.
53	* NoEnding: Episode 23 [[spoiler: ends immediately after the battle with Rudra and the final death of Ashiya Douman]].
54	* OlderThanTheyLook: An extra episode reveals that Kintoki [[spoiler: was once a Makai Knight whose Armor robbed him of memories and age each time he used it, hence why he appears to be a young child and has forgotten his old life]].
55	* OrcusOnHisThrone:
56	** [[spoiler: Michinaga]] typically sits in the Light Palace, letting the police magistrate investigate the disturbances on their own.
57	** Hakamadare sees the Light Palace in general as this. He's not wrong.
58	* PowerGivesYouWings: [[spoiler:During the final battle with Rudra, Garo is forced into Lost Beast Soul Form. Kaguya saves him by granting his armor angelic wings]].
59	* PowerLimiter: Seimei's seal on Raikou, designed to [[spoiler: prevent another transformation into the Garo Armor's [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Lost Beast Soul]] form. Raikou eventually matures to the point that he undoes it permanently on his own]].
60	* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: The aristocrat Masamune is implied to laze about all day while his wife does his business for him. The only [[AllMenArePerverts business he does]] [[LovableSexManiac is skirt-chasing]].
61	* ShutUpHannibal: Raikou not only turns Michinaga's offer to let him serve under him down, he all-but-denounces him. In front of his ByTheBookCop brother, no less.
62	* SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler: Michinaga and Ashiya Douman are brothers]]. Michinaga wants to protect the Light Palace while Ashiya wants it, and the world, destroyed.
63	* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Ashiya]] kills [[spoiler: Doushi]] during a disagreement on whether or not to sick [[spoiler: Seimei-turned-Rudra]] on the heroes right after her possession.
64	* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Lost Beast Soul Form for Garo. Seimei initially [[spoiler:found Garo in this state]], calming him down before applying the seal that would become his PowerLimiter.
65	* ThatManIsDead: Once police magistrate [[spoiler:Yasusuke's discharge becomes possessed by a Horror and is cut down]], he discards his status as a member of the Fujiwara family and his name, becoming the GentlemanThief [[spoiler: Hakamadare]].
66	* TheUnfettered: Inari has no issues or remorse ordering Raikou and Hakamadare to [[spoiler: cut Seimei down once she comes under the control of Rudra]].
67	%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler: Michinaga]], ultimately.
68	* WeCanRuleTogether:
69	** Michinaga seems to want this arrangerment with the Makai Knights, giving them both some variation of the offer at various points. They turn him down.

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