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Darwin's Game

  • TV Series
  • 2020–
  • TV-14
  • 23m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Yûsuke Kobayashi, Alexis Tipton, Tia Lynn Ballard, Jarrod Greene, Brittany Lauda, Reina Ueda, Nichika Ohmori, Yumiri Hanamori, Taku Yashiro, and Stephen Fu in Darwin's Game (2020)
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An unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that... Read allAn unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that there's no way to quit the game.An unknowing Sudou Kaname is invited to try out a new mysterious mobile app game called Darwin's Game, but later realizes that he's in for more than he's bargained for when he finds out that there's no way to quit the game.

  • Stars
    • Yûsuke Kobayashi
    • Alexis Tipton
    • Reina Ueda
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Stars
      • Yûsuke Kobayashi
      • Alexis Tipton
      • Reina Ueda
    • 25User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 2 nominations

    Episodes12

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    Tia Lynn Ballard and Nichika Ohmori in Darwin's Game (2020)
    Alexis Tipton and Reina Ueda in Darwin's Game (2020)
    Alexis Tipton and Reina Ueda in Darwin's Game (2020)
    Yûsuke Kobayashi and Reina Ueda at an event for Darwin's Game (2020)
    Yûsuke Kobayashi, Reina Ueda, Nichika Ohmori, Yumiri Hanamori, and Taku Yashiro at an event for Darwin's Game (2020)
    Yûsuke Kobayashi, Reina Ueda, Nichika Ohmori, Yumiri Hanamori, and Taku Yashiro at an event for Darwin's Game (2020)
    Alexis Tipton and Reina Ueda in Darwin's Game (2020)
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    Alexis Tipton, Brittany Lauda, Reina Ueda, and Yumiri Hanamori in Darwin's Game (2020)
    Darwin's Game (2020)
    Brittany Lauda and Yumiri Hanamori in Darwin's Game (2020)

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    Yûsuke Kobayashi
    • Kaname
    Alexis Tipton
    Alexis Tipton
    • Shuka
    Reina Ueda
    Reina Ueda
    • Shuka
    Tia Lynn Ballard
    Tia Lynn Ballard
    • Rein
    Nichika Ohmori
    • Rein
    Yumiri Hanamori
    • Sui
    Taku Yashiro
    • Ryuuji
    Brittany Lauda
    Brittany Lauda
    • Sui…
    Stephen Fu
    • Kaname
    Elizabeth Maxwell
    Elizabeth Maxwell
    • Female Pedestrian 1C
    Clifford Chapin
    • Hamada
    Caitlin Glass
    Caitlin Glass
    • Female Sniper 5A
    Jamie Marchi
    Jamie Marchi
    • Female Pedestrian 1E
    Matt Shipman
    Matt Shipman
    • Eighth Clan Henchman 1A…
    Mike McFarland
    Mike McFarland
    • Wang
    Jill Harris
    • Female Pedestrian 1B
    Christopher Wehkamp
    Christopher Wehkamp
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    Nazeeh Tarsha
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    6/10
    Nice fights, but flat characters and boring story.
    Schoolboy Kaname Sudou receives an invitation from a classmate to play the mobile game Darwin's Game. When Kaname opens the app, a snake erupts from his display and bites his neck, causing him to lose consciousness. He wakes up in the hospital room and realizes that he doesn't have a bite mark on his neck. On the way home, he reflects on his experience and dismisses the surreal experience as a hallucination.

    Curiosity overcomes him on the train and he opens the app again. However, since this seems like any other fighting game, he breathes a sigh of relief and decides to start his first match. His initial relief is short-lived, however, as his in-game opponent unexpectedly appears right in front of him and tries to chase him with a knife. As he desperately runs for his life, Kaname puts two and two together and has to admit that Darwin's Game is no ordinary game, but a brutal struggle for survival.

    "Darwin's Game" has nice fight scenes, but that's about all I can think of from the anime.

    The characters are completely flat across the board and the main protagonist has a thick layer of "plot armor" It's ok, but clearly more could have been made of it.
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    • Release date
      • January 4, 2020 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Original Site
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Гра Дарвіна
    • Production company
      • Nexus
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    • Runtime
      23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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