King of Thorn (いばらの王, Ibara no Ō) is a science fiction manga series by Yuji Iwahara. It was published in by Enterbrain in the seinen magazine Monthly Comic Beam between October 2002 and October 2005 and collected in six bound volumes. It is licensed in North America by Tokyopop, with the final volume published in November 2008. The series is about a Japanese girl named Kasumi who is put in suspended animation to escape a mysterious plague that turns people to stone, and upon waking appears to be one of only six survivors in a world run wild. It has been praised as a "gripping" survival story with art that effectively conveys tension and action.
A feature anime film adaptation produced by Kadokawa Pictures and directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama has been anounced, with an anticipated release in 2010.
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Read the latest tweets mentioning King Thorn as of 12:14pm local time:
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sylver_spiders: King of Thorn was more of a fairytale than I expected. I do love a good twisted fairytale. #reelanime#cinemanova |
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MrShlee: Palace Nova Eastend is showing Evangelion (You Are Alone / You Can Advance) + King of Thorn in september! http://bit.ly/cVRDeg#Adelaide |
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DVDBits: @Batrock Remember when the 'net was full of haters? Anything you've liked this year? :) I really liked King of Thorn : http://wp.me/pYUad-8 |
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jamespurkis: King of Thorn was like Inception except that the latter actually made sense in the end #reelanime |
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Batrock: Remember when anime features were bloated and overlong and only semi-coherent? King of Thorn , baby! |
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chibaba_keroro: 「いばらの王 - King of Thorn -」のBD、DVDも現在予約受付中です。こちらの発売は１０月２７日です。なんとＢＤの特典ディスクにはチババがＭＣを努めた劇場イベントも収録（驚）詳しくは公式Webで！！ http://www.kingofthorn.net/ |
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PSBelectronica: #nowplaying King 's Cross(Pet Shop Boys cover) (Hot Chip Remix)-Tracey Thorn |
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shiroihane: RT @animemadman: I uploaded a YouTube video -- KING OF THORN OFFICIAL TRAILER - SCREENING AT REEL ANIME ... http://youtu.be/mJ1eGDTZTsA?a |
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animemadman: I uploaded a YouTube video -- KING OF THORN OFFICIAL TRAILER - SCREENING AT REEL ANIME ... http://youtu.be/mJ1eGDTZTsA?a |
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stubbietubbie: King Of Thorn failed to live up to my already low expectations, expect a review of it and the other films in reel anime 2010 soon. |
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greymatter78: Looking forward to seeing King of Thorn tomorrow during the Reel Anime fest and Dendy... http://youtu.be/zx43rP4G70g |
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DoctorDazza: Wow, just wow King of Thorn was epic!. Two amazing films, back to back, now onto Redline. Oh and the two Eva (cont) http://tl.gd/3f5o47 |
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animemadman: They are! RT @DoctorDazza You know, Summer Wars blew my mind. I just hope King of Thorn and Red Line are as amazing as #SummerWars. |
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DoctorDazza: You know, Summer Wars blew my mind. I just hope King of Thorn and Red Line are as amazing as #SummerWars. #ReelAnime@animemadman |
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BozzyBozington: king of thorn looks fucking awesome |