A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 28, 2010
Original Title:
ルー=ガルー 忌避すべき狼
Alternate Titles:
Rû=garû
Genres:
Animation | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction | Thriller
Production Companies:
Production I.G
Toei Company
Trans Arts
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: MA 15+
Runtime: 99
Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarefied and weak occurrence for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under further surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Tsuzki Mio, a certified prodigy; Matsuno Hatsuki, a quiet but opinionated classmate; and Kouno Ayumi, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications.
Animation Director:
Hitomi Matsuura
Art Direction:
Koji Eto
Colorist:
Yuki Moriyama
Director:
Junichi Fujisaku
Director of Photography:
Tsuyoshi Shimura
Key Animation:
Chuji Nakajima
Akiharu Ishii
Ayako Karatani
Ayumi Nishihata
Daisuke Sakou
Eiichi Kuboyama
Fumi Morita
Hayato Tejima
Hideaki Matsuoka
Hiroyoshi Iida
Hitomi Matsuura
Mamiko Nakanishi
Mamoru Tamiya
Masahiro Hamamori
Michiaki Sugimoto
Naoko Ozawa
Ryota Niino
Takayuki Hamana
Yasunori Miyazawa
Yasunori Yamaguchi
Yoshinori Wakana
Yuya Kawamura
Yukiko Watabe
Kouji Komurakata
Hiroshi Oikawa
Masato Kato
Narumi Takahashi
Novel:
Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Screenplay:
Sayaka Harada
Midori Goto
Supervising Animation Director:
Akiharu Ishii
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