King of Thorn Anime Movie and Manga

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.

Read more on King of Thorn. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "King of Thorn".

Read the latest tweets mentioning King Thorn as of 12:14pm local time:

sylver_spiders

sylver_spiders: King of Thorn was more of a fairytale than I expected. I do love a good twisted fairytale. #reelanime#cinemanova
3 September 2010, 10:40pm View Tweet

MrShlee

MrShlee: Palace Nova Eastend is showing Evangelion (You Are Alone / You Can Advance) + King of Thorn in september! http://bit.ly/cVRDeg#Adelaide
3 September 2010, 10:17pm View Tweet

DVDBits

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
3 September 2010, 10:02pm View Tweet

jamespurkis

jamespurkis: King of Thorn was like Inception except that the latter actually made sense in the end #reelanime
3 September 2010, 9:44pm View Tweet

Batrock

Batrock: Remember when anime features were bloated and overlong and only semi-coherent? King of Thorn , baby!
3 September 2010, 9:23pm View Tweet

chibaba_keroro

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/
3 September 2010, 5:05pm View Tweet

PSBelectronica

PSBelectronica: #nowplaying King 's Cross(Pet Shop Boys cover) (Hot Chip Remix)-Tracey Thorn
3 September 2010, 12:50pm View Tweet

shiroihane

shiroihane: RT @animemadman: I uploaded a YouTube video -- KING OF THORN OFFICIAL TRAILER - SCREENING AT REEL ANIME ... http://youtu.be/mJ1eGDTZTsA?a
3 September 2010, 3:31am View Tweet

animemadman

animemadman: I uploaded a YouTube video -- KING OF THORN OFFICIAL TRAILER - SCREENING AT REEL ANIME ... http://youtu.be/mJ1eGDTZTsA?a
3 September 2010, 2:51am View Tweet

stubbietubbie

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.
3 September 2010, 12:44am View Tweet

greymatter78

greymatter78: Looking forward to seeing King of Thorn tomorrow during the Reel Anime fest and Dendy... http://youtu.be/zx43rP4G70g
3 September 2010, 12:35am View Tweet

DoctorDazza

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
2 September 2010, 10:59pm View Tweet

animemadman

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.
2 September 2010, 9:09pm View Tweet

DoctorDazza

DoctorDazza: You know, Summer Wars blew my mind. I just hope King of Thorn and Red Line are as amazing as #SummerWars. #ReelAnime@animemadman
2 September 2010, 8:54pm View Tweet

BozzyBozington

BozzyBozington: king of thorn looks fucking awesome
2 September 2010, 8:32pm View Tweet

By Anime Fan Last updated: 12 August 2009

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