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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Takeru realizes that something was wrong after he noted that he didn't hear from his two crew members [[spoiler:after they got killed by a cryptid.]]

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Takeru realizes that something was wrong after he noted that he didn't hear from his two crew members [[spoiler:after they got killed by a cryptid.]]



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** In "Return", Banba is invited to analyze the X-ray of the [=UMA=] in custody. [[spoiler:Banba is in shock when he finds out that a human skeleton is fused with its remains, suggesting that the UMA was once human.]]

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WhamEpisode: In "Return", Banba is invited to analyze the X-ray of the [=UMA=] in custody. [[spoiler:Banba is in shock when he finds out that a human skeleton is fused with its remains, suggesting that the UMA was once human.]]]]

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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that premiered on October 2, 2015, with a second season following on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

The show takes place in the present day where cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack -- and sometimes kill -- civilians for no discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.

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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is an anime series that premiered on October 2, 2015, with a second season following on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

The show takes place in the present day where cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack -- and sometimes kill -- civilians for no discernible reason. reason.

Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.



* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The accidental use of the submersible's sonar device in "Shin'en" allowed Banba to create a plan in which the man piloting it uses the device to drive the UMA away from it.]]

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[[spoiler:The accidental use of the submersible's sonar device in "Shin'en" allowed Banba to create a plan in which the man piloting it uses the device to drive the UMA away from it.]]
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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that premiered on October 2, 2015 and in the Spring2016Anime lineup on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that premiered on October 2, 2015 and in the Spring2016Anime lineup 2015, with a second season following on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.
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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that aired as part of the Fall2015Anime lineup on October 2, 2015 and in the Spring2016Anime lineup on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that aired as part of the Fall2015Anime lineup premiered on October 2, 2015 and in the Spring2016Anime lineup on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.
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* Kaiju: Several of the larger creatures encountered fit the bill, especially the aquatic UMA.

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* Kaiju: {{Kaiju}}: Several of the larger creatures encountered fit the bill, especially the aquatic UMA.
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* Kaiju: Several of the larger creatures encountered fit the bill, especially the aquatic UMA.
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The show takes place in the present day where cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack - and sometimes kill - civilians for no discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.

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The show takes place in the present day where cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack - -- and sometimes kill - -- civilians for no discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.



* ChainLinkFence: The first episode ("Doba") centers on a camera crew that got pass through a restricted zone that led to a lake due to a hole in the fence.

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* ChainLinkFence: The first episode ("Doba") centers on a camera crew that got pass passed through a restricted zone that led to a lake due to a hole in the fence.



* FakeVideoCameraView: "Doba" has Takeru doing this while doing a video for his faux documentary show on [=TomTube=] by holding the video camera in front of him.

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* FakeVideoCameraView: "Doba" has Takeru doing this while doing a video for his faux documentary faux-documentary show on [=TomTube=] by holding the video camera in front of him.



* ForbiddenZone: The chain link fence at the end of "Doba" shows yellow caution tapes torn up, which suggest that explorers have ignored the warnings to not go inside the forest.

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* ForbiddenZone: The chain link chain-link fence at the end of "Doba" shows yellow caution tapes torn up, which suggest that explorers have ignored the warnings to not go inside the forest.



** Near the end of "Camouflage", Banba was able to get Saori out of the tunnel. [[spoiler:He realized that the UMA had masqueraded as his wife and survived the air strike.]]

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** Near the end of "Camouflage", Banba was able to get Saori out of the tunnel. [[spoiler:He realized that the UMA had masqueraded as his wife and survived the air strike.airstrike.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** The [=UMA=] from "Shin'en" appears to be partially based on the Gill-Man from the Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon.
** "Setsuki" is a WholePlotReference to the Film/{{Tremors}} movies.
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* DrivingQuestion: What's the significance of the black liquid after a [=UMA=] is reported in?
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* UrbanLegends: Centers on investigating whether attacks on civilians were made by cryptids or not.

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* UrbanLegends: Centers on investigating whether attacks on civilians were made by cryptids or not.not.
* WhamEpisode:
** In "Return", Banba is invited to analyze the X-ray of the [=UMA=] in custody. [[spoiler:Banba is in shock when he finds out that a human skeleton is fused with its remains, suggesting that the UMA was once human.]]
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The show takes place in the present day where reports of cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack - and sometimes kill - civilians for no discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.

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The show takes place in the present day where reports of cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack - and sometimes kill - civilians for no discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.
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The show takes place in the present day where reports of cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack and sometimes, kill civilians without no reason at all. Scientist and university professor Sōsuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks in order to seek the truth. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.

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The show takes place in the present day where reports of cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack - and sometimes, sometimes kill - civilians without for no reason at all. discernible reason. Scientist and university professor Sōsuke Sousuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks in order to seek the truth.attacks. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.
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** Near the end of "Camouflage", Banba was able to get Saori out of the tunnel. [[spoiler:He realized that the UMA had masqueraded as his wife and survived the air strike.]]


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* MegaCorp: Sarugaku is apparently an influential company that it can afford to raise mercenary teams [[spoiler:and a fighter plane sent in to destroy a UMA-infested tunnel in "Camouflage".]]
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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that aired as part of the Fall2015Anime lineup on October 2, 2015, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

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''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that aired as part of the Fall2015Anime lineup on October 2, 2015, 2015 and in the Spring2016Anime lineup on April 1, 2016, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.
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** [[spoiler:The UMA's weakness to sound vibration made on the ground in "Setsuki" enabled the teacher to help the students get to high ground.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:The accidental use of the submersible's sonar device in "Shin'en" allowed Banba to create a plan in which the man piloting it uses the device to drive the UMA away from it.]]
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* ScalingTheSummit: "Hyouga" centers on a group of mountaineers climbing up a summit led by Mika Kuroda. She was leading the team to locate her missing father when the team got attacked by a cryptid. She was the only survivor rescued by SAR parties.
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* {{Expy}}: All the [=UMAs=] are based on well-known cryptids.
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* ActionSurvivor: Mika Kuroda throughout "Hyouga" after her mountaineering crew was massacred. She was able to deduce that the UMA hunting her uses heat vision.
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of "Hyouga", Mika is saved by a [=SAR=] team from the mountain summit and is in a hospital, recovering from hypothermia. [[spoiler:But her father was confirmed to be dead and his corpse is still in the mountains.]]


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** Near the end of "Hyouga", Mika finds the music box she gave to her father. [[spoiler:She later finds out that it was a bit damaged and her father had died from the UMA attack.]]


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** Mika finds that her camp is a bit quiet in the morning [[spoiler:after the UMA kills everyone in its heat vision thanks to their kerosene lamps.]]
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* UrbanLegend: Centers on investigating whether attacks on civilians were made by cryptids or not.

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* UrbanLegend: UrbanLegends: Centers on investigating whether attacks on civilians were made by cryptids or not.

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* FauxDocumentary: What Takeru tried to do in "Doba" to make a documentary that claims an encounter with a cryptid. [[spoiler:Too bad he didn't expect a real cryptid to kill him and his crew.]]
* ForbiddenZone: The chain link fence at the end of "Doba" shows yellow caution tapes torn up, which suggest that explorers have ignored the warnings to not go inside the forest.



* ScoobyDooHoax: What Takeru tried to do in "Doba". [[spoiler:Too bad he didn't expect a real cryptid to kill him and his crew.]]
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[[caption-width-right:225:Professor Banba seems to be confident to stand in front of those [=UMAs=].]]

''Kagewani'' (影鰐, which means ''Shadow Crocodile'' in English) is anime series that aired as part of the Fall2015Anime lineup on October 2, 2015, which consists of anime shorts. It aired as part of the Ultra Super Anime Time block on Tokyo [=MX=] and [=BS11=]. Crunchyroll is exclusively airing it for English-speaking countries. The show is directed by Tomoyo Takashima with the scripts written by Hiromu Kumamoto.

The show takes place in the present day where reports of cryptids, also known as Unidentified Mysterious Animals, have begun to attack and sometimes, kill civilians without no reason at all. Scientist and university professor Sōsuke Banba investigates these mysterious attacks in order to seek the truth. This is usually a problem for him since it means ditching his university job to hunt down the cryptids and investigate what happened.

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!!''Kagewani'' contains the following examples:

* BlandNameProduct: [=TomTube=] standing in for Youtube.
* ChainLinkFence: The first episode ("Doba") centers on a camera crew that got pass through a restricted zone that led to a lake due to a hole in the fence.
* CryptidEpisode: The episode format for the show. Specifically in the MonsterOfTheWeek form.
* FakeVideoCameraView: "Doba" has Takeru doing this while doing a video for his faux documentary show on [=TomTube=] by holding the video camera in front of him.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Most of the cryptid attacks on civilians are not fully depicted on screen.
* HopeSpot: Takeru thinks that he got away from the cryptid in "Doba". But when he sees a reflection of himself on the lake, [[spoiler:he catches sight of the cryptid sneaking up on him with its mouth open.]]
* IdiotBall: Takeru still tries to capture cryptid footage with his life on the line.
* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Takeru realizes that something was wrong after he noted that he didn't hear from his two crew members [[spoiler:after they got killed by a cryptid.]]
* NothingIsScarier: The show plays this trope by showing that nothing was probably there at first until the cryptid chooses to reveal itself.
* OurCryptidsAreMoreMysterious: The main theme of the show. The episodes will show off a very different cryptid for Banba to investigate.
* RealAfterAll: Each episode ends with the revelation that a cryptid attack did happen and they are real.
* ScoobyDooHoax: What Takeru tried to do in "Doba". [[spoiler:Too bad he didn't expect a real cryptid to kill him and his crew.]]
* TooDumbToLive: A camera crew gets massacred by a cryptid in the middle of "Doba" when they were making a faux documentary on a monster that supposedly lives in a lake. The crew gets hunted down. [[SkewedPriorities Takeru, the documentary host, still wants to film the cryptid despite putting himself at risk]].
* UrbanLegend: Centers on investigating whether attacks on civilians were made by cryptids or not.

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