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Media Blasters Announces Plans to Release Garo Live-Action Franchise
posted on by Anita Tai
Media Blasters announced on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday plans to release the Garo live-action franchise in the future, beginning with the Kiba Gaiden, Garo: Taiga, Garo: Red Requiem, Garo and the Wailing Dragon, and Garo: Under the Moon films.
The Garo live-action series franchise has a dark story that revolves around humans who have the job of "Makai Knights," people who fight against demonic beings called Horrors. The first 25-episode television series in 2005 revolves around Makai Knight Kōga Saejima, who tries to save a girl named Kaoru from her fate of death after being tainted by demon blood.
The official website of the Garo franchise announced in April the "Garo 20th Anniversary Project." The project includes the Garo: Taiga film that will open in Japan on October 17.
The franchise's latest television series titled Garo Hagane o Tsugu Mono (Garo: Successor of the Steel) aired from January to March last year.
Section 23's Kraken Releasing released the original live-action series in 2017.
The Garo the Animation, Garo: Crimson Moon, and Garo -Vanishing Line- television anime aired in 2014, 2015, and 2017, respectively. Funimation streamed the first two series and released them on home video. Crunchyroll streamed Garo -Vanishing Line- with English subtitles as it aired, and Funimation streamed the English dub. Garo: Divine Flame, a film sequel to Garo the Animation, opened in Japan in May 2016. The franchise's latest anime film Usuzumizakura -Garo- (Gray Cherry Blossoms: Garo) premiered in October 2018.
Source: Media Blasters' X/Twitter account
