Chronus
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66% Critic Match

Chronus

6.6 / 10 2014 24mNR Japanese
FantasyAnimation

Storyline

Makoto Nakazono is a high school student with a small dark secret. Since he was little, he has had the mysterious power to see "black entities" that steal souls. One day, he is suddenly interrogated by one of the "black entities," Akira Seno: "Will you get in our way?" But Makoto replies with an air of resignation, "There's nothing I can do anyway, so I won't." At that moment, Makoto didn't notice the threatening shadow approaching his childhood friend Hazuki...

Cast & Crew

Natsuki Hanae

Natsuki Hanae

Makoto Nakazono (voice)

Lead
Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Akira Seno (voice)

Yoshihisa Hosokawa

Yoshihisa Hosokawa

Kenji Izumi (voice)

Yuuki Matsumoto

Yuuki Matsumoto

Ichiko Shimura (voice)

Tomoaki Maeno

Tomoaki Maeno

Shinobu Toujou (voice)

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Naoyuki Onda's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Chronus is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker