Garo: Divine Flame
2016 1h 18m movie Film Japan

Garo: Divine Flame

劇場版 牙狼〈GARO〉‐DIVINE FLAME‐

Synopsis

劇場版 牙狼〈GARO〉‐DIVINE FLAME‐

Leon, who has succeeded the name of Golden Knight "GARO," devotes himself to train a young Makai Knight for the next generation, together with Prince Alfonso of the Valiante Kingdom. Then, they receive an order to exterminate the most beautiful Horror in the world which resides in a neighboring country "Vazelia." At the same time, a young Makai Knight for the next generation is kidnapped by an unknown person. Leon desperately follows them, only to find that he is surrounded by his enemies at a dead end. Then, a Makai Knight Dario who was supposed to be missing for some time suddenly appears and rescues him. Under his guidance, Leon is led to the town where he meets up a totally unexpected person.

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Action + Animation in Japan

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The 2015–2017 Japan Window

In the crowded 2015-2017 Japan release window, Garo: Divine Flame sits at #519 of 588. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

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    ★ 8.6 · 2016
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The 2010s Japan Landscape

2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Garo: Divine Flame. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3298th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

15
Reviews
25th
Review-volume percentile
44th
Popularity percentile

15 audience reviews — more than 25% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 44th percentile among Japan films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on Garo: Divine Flame, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • makai knight · 2
  • garo · 2
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • adult animation · 101
  • super power · 61
  • sword · 36

Reception Benchmarks

5.9
TMDB Rating
15
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #3,948 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (14th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.0 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,525 of 1,714 (top 89%).

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesMAPPA
Runtime1h 18m
Release DateApril 1, 2016
IMDbtt5271582
Official Sitegaro-divineflame.jp

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