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Kiznaiver (キズナイーバー Kizunaībā?) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Trigger and Aniplex and written by Mari Okada. The series features character designs by Shirow Miwa and Mai Yoneyama. Hiroshi Kobayashi, famous for his work as assistant director in the anime Rage of Bahamut and as episode director in Kill la Kill, will make his first debut as director in Kiznaiver. The anime's title is play on the two words "connection" and "naïve" implying that the characters need to move past empathy to solve their problems, which they currently lack. Thematically, Kiznaiver is similar to Studio Trigger's previous films which deal with problems attributed to character interaction. |
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The anime takes place in the fictional and futuristic Japanese town of Sugomori City, which was built on a reclaimed landfill. Once a booming metropolis in its prime, the city now faces a recent slow and steadily decreasing population. A few days before summer vacation, a mysterious and emotionless girl, Noriko Sonozaki, tells her classmate Katsuhira Agata that he has been selected to become a Kiznaiver because he lacks some pain reception. Together, the two experience what is called a kizuna (or connection) bond through pain.[4] This Kizuna system allows Katsuhira to share his pain and connects him to his classmates, whose lives and personalities each differ from his own. It is revealed that his classmates, along with Noriko, are all fellow "Kiznaivers" but are each a part of different rival groups. The ideal goal of the currently incomplete Kizuna System is to create world peace by connecting people's memories and experiences through wounds. If a single Kiznaiver is wounded, the system distributes the physical pain experienced and the wound itself among other Kiznaivers. This leads to serious implications as Katsuhira's classmates attempt to shoulder each other's pain and Noriko assigns them on various missions. |
The first episode came out today, and I have to say it's really interesting so far. I believe they have a manga tie in that started in March of this year as well. So did you watch the first episode? Are you interested in seeing more? Let's get the discussion going!