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''Kemonozume'' from studio Madhouse written and directed by Masaaki Yuasa. Broadcast on WOWOW from August 5th, 2006 to November 5th, 2006, the show consisted of [[TwelveEpisodeAnime thirteen episodes.]]

The story involves the existence of a race of flesh eating creatures (食人鬼, ''Man-Eating Ogres''), they remain hidden among human-kind while feasting on them secretly. A martial-arts styled school known as Kifuuken (鬼封剣, ''Ogre-Sealing Sword'') was founded to combat the menace, training and arming combatants to face the Shokujinki threat, with the teachings formerly passed down through the Momota family. The story follows the forbidden romance between Toshihiko, the latest heir of the Kifuuken school and Yuka, a young woman who is one of the monsters.

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* AxCrazy: Flesh Eaters are all like this. Some can resist the urges, but once they transform they lose control of their senses.
* ArtShift: Some pre-opening scenes feature completely different art and animation style.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: O.Q. headquarters. It sort of resembles a normal skyscraper at the base, but as you get higher the architecture gets so monstrous and twisted it verges on AlienGeometries.
* BodyHorror: The monster transformations. Ooba's lab. [[spoiler:''Ooba himself'']].
* CensorBox: ...and censor scribble, covering Toshihiko's and Kazuma's naughty bits.
* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The diaper.]]
** Also [[spoiler:Rie's arm]], sort of.
* ChekhovsSkill: [[spoiler:All Bon really wanted was to be a shot putter.]]
** Subverted with the [[spoiler:paralysis technique]], which Yuka uses in the last episode, but it fails to stop [[spoiler:Toshihiko from following her]].
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: With creative use of sedatives, warm water, and a chainsaw, [[spoiler: Gakutou and company make Toshihiko believe he's being dismembered one limb at a time, without giving him so much as a papercut.]]
* [[CreepyChild Creepy Children]]: Start of the 3rd episode
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Turning into an EldritchAbomination then getting eaten alive by the nice young woman you had helped out probably qualifies.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The Kemonozume, which involves [[spoiler:cutting off your own arms and putting a monster's arms in their place.]]
* DerangedAnimation
* {{Determinator}}: Toshihiko takes unbelievable amounts of punishment and hardly breaks stride.
* EldritchAbomination: The monsters. The natural born ones don't even have eyes.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: A mysterious, unnamed monkey appears in the first episode and gradually becomes a main character. For some reason, it's also a master of martial arts.
* FallenHero: Kakitoki Jin, who was so obsessed with surpassing Toshihiko's father that he used the Kemononozume and was overwhelmed by it, killing many innocents. [[spoiler: Ooba went ''completely insane'' after witnessing this personally.]]
* FanDisservice: ''Loads.''
* FullFrontalAssault: In the last couple of episodes, [[spoiler:both Kazuma and Toshihiko]] end up fighting [[spoiler:Ooba]] completely naked.
* GentleGiant: Bon Ooba. A wandering detective who's at least two stories tall, he's a total sweetheart to everyone he meets. [[spoiler: His dad, not so much.]]
* {{Gonk}}: Ooba.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Sub/inverted: Toshihiko and Yuka ''try'' to have good sex but can't (which frustrates them to no end) because Yuka keeps transforming when she's turned on.
* {{Gorn}}
* GoryDiscretionShot: Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler: Ooba]] uses these constantly, mostly [[ForTheEvulz just to watch people squirm.]] [[spoiler: He actually dies due to one, where Toshihiko attempts to kill them both just to shut him up.]]
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: Yuka develops a bit of an alcoholic streak while she and Toshihiko are on the run. Not really a good thing, since alcohol makes it easier for her to change.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Gakuto.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice
** Hidenobu Kiuchi (aka [[DarkerThanBlack Hei]], [[{{Anime/Monster}} Tenma]]) as Toshihiko
** HiroyukiYoshino as Kazuma
** KenjiUtsumi as Ooba
** KiyoyukiYanada as Gakuto
** DaisukeGouri as Bon, Ooba's son.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Although it's not apparent from the English translation, all episode titles contain references to flavors.
* InformedAbility: Rie is a swordswoman, but we never actually see her fight (with a sword, anyway).
* JapanesePronouns: [[spoiler:Ooba]] uses "me" and "you" for no apparent reason aside of being batshit crazy.
* LargeHam: Ooba's every line and expression is larger than life, which isn't helped any by his [[{{Gonk}} unique face.]] [[spoiler: After he's revealed as the villain, he ''really'' goes off the deep end.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Ooba]], master of the EvilLaugh.
* LoveTriangle: Kazuma loves Rie who loves Toshihiko (who loves Yuka).
** Also a SiblingTriangle since Toshihiko and Kazuma are step-brothers ([[spoiler:in fact, as it turns out, half-brothers]]).
* MagicPants: Usually played straight with the Flesh Eaters when they transform [[spoiler:but averted with Kazuma at the end, who is totally naked after his transformation.]]
* MindScrew: The series gets progressively more like this, and the last episode takes the cake.
* MiniMecha: The Buster Suits (which prove to be almost completely useless).
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Yuka in episode 9, Kazuma in episode 12.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: Yuka and Harumi.
* NietzscheWannabe: [[spoiler: Ooba]] is all about this in the latter half of the series.
--> [[spoiler:'''Ooba''':]] This is reality. Maddening, dreamless truth...People only act out of self-interest! Emotions are just chemical reactions! Memories are ''POINTLESS, USELESS DATA!''
* NightOfTheLivingMooks
* NobleDemon: Gakutou and his crew.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Yuka is about 30, but is often mistaken for younger.
* OneHundredAndEight: The O.Q. headquarters is 108 stories tall.
* PantyShot: At the end of Episode 9, you can see Yuka's panties through [[ClothingDamage the rips in her dress]].
** There's a more obvious one during the sex scene in Episode 1.
* PetTheDog: Ooba seems to do this with his son, but it comes off as extremely shallow and self-serving.
* ProperLady Yuka fits this to a tee. Assuming you discount her occasional transformations into a ravenous monster, of course.
* SayMyName: '''''[[spoiler: OOOOOOBAAAAAAA!]]'''''
** [[spoiler: Kakitoki Jin]] also gets in on the act, turning it into a MadnessMantra:
--> [[spoiler: Ri...e...Ri...e...Ri...e''...Rie. Rie. Rie. [=RieRieRieRIERIERIERIE=]!'']]
* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler: Bon Ooba]], of all people, is probably the only person to render [[spoiler: his father]] speechless through words alone.
--> [[spoiler: '''Ooba''']]: Without strength, you can't do as you please! Don't you want the power to do anything you want?
--> [[spoiler:'''Bon''']]: ...I want to be friends with everybody. [[spoiler: Papa]], you don't have any friends, do you?
--> [[spoiler:'''Ooba''']]: ''ARRRRRRRRGH!'' *click*
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Subverted and ''weaponized.'' [[spoiler: In the final episode, Ooba gets Toshihiko monologuing about why he cares for Yuka, and then cuts his arm off when his attention wanders. Then Ooba immediately starts [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech crowing about how weak they are...]]and Toshihiko takes the opportunity to decapitate him.]]
* TheRival: Kakitoki Jin to Toshihiko's father, in their youth.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Rie to Toshihiko (and Kazuma to Rie).
* VaporWear: Yuka never wears a bra, but her breasts are small enough that she doesn't really need one.
** She's seen putting one on in episode 6, but the dress she's wearing would show the straps.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Kazuma.
* WhiteHairedPrettyBoy: Kazuma starts out as one (well, as pretty as the art style allows).
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Episode 4.
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