Japan Synopsis
傷物語〈Ⅰ鉄血篇〉
One day, Koyomi Araragi encounters the horrifying vampire, Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade A.K.A. the "King of Apparitions." He saves the fatally wounded Kiss-shot by offering his blood at the expense of his own life as a human. Now Koyomi has to face the vampire hunters to retrieve Kiss-shot’s limbs which were taken by these hunters…
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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★ 8.0 · Japan
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★ 8.0 · Japan
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★ 7.3 · India
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★ 8.2 · Japan
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★ 8.3 · Japan
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Other Titles From SHAFT
Animation + Fantasy in Japan
1095 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Fantasy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu itself).
The 2015–2017 Japan Window
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu holds position #122 of 588 Japan films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s Japan Landscape
2016 was the decade’s peak output year for Japan — 213 titles released, including Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (1769 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.
The 3263rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
239 audience reviews — more than 88% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 77th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kizumonogatari Part 1: Tekketsu, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- monogatari · 4
- regeneration · 2
- blood spurting · 1
- orphan · 27
- harem · 8
- anime · 711
- based on novel or book · 288
- supernatural · 89
- demon · 45
- vampire · 36
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #897 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (80th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #734 of 2,532 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | SHAFT |
| Runtime | 1h 4m |
| Release Date | January 8, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt3138698 |
| Official Site | kizumonogatari-usa.com |