Title : Kiba

Genre : Adventure, fantasy, shounen

Production : Studio Madhouse

Episodes : 51

Vintage : 2006

What drew my attention to this anime at first was the extremely good graphics, and then the storyline. I must say that it’s a classic fantasy story where humans use spirits for their battles and everyone strives to be the strongest, but at the same time it is also unique in its genre.

Our main character Zed, is a 15 year old boy who hates the city he’s living in and desires freedom. After being chased by policemen through the city, he stumbles upon a portal and jumps in. He is transported to another world wherein which all the countries are in the verge of war. There, he finds out that he is a Shard-caster and tries to learn more about the spirits and their powers. A shard is a marble-like ball that holds the powers of a certain spirit. When a human comes to posses a shard, he becomes a shard-caster and could then use the powers of the Spirit to fight.

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