| Gannibal | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
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| No. of episodes | 7 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney+ (international) Hulu (United States) |
| Original release | December 28, 2022 (2022-12-28) – February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01) |
| Season chronology | |
| Next → 2025 | |
The first season of the Japanese folk horror television series Gannibal was created for television by Shinzo Katayama, based on the horror manga of the same name. The season stars Yuya Yagira, Riho Yoshioka and Show Kasamatsu. It premiered on December 28, 2022, via Disney+ and Hulu and concluded on February 1, 2023, with a total of seven episodes.
Cast and characters
- Lead cast
- Yuya Yagira as Daigo Agawa
- Riho Yoshioka as Yuki Agawa
- Show Kasamatsu as Keisuke Goto
- Supporting cast
- Rairu Sugita as Yosuke Goto
- Kokone Shimizu as Mashiro Agawa
- Takato Yonemoto as Makoto Goto
- Yûtarô Nakamura as Ryuji Goto
- Hirota Ôtsuka
- Mitsuo Yoshihara as Iwao
- Yoshi Sakô as Mutsuo Goto
- Kana Kita as Sumire Kano
- Yûya Matsuura as Jin
- Kazuki Sawai
- Takato Nagata as Kunitoshi Nishimura
- Shôji Ômiya as Kou Goto
- Ryubun Sumori
- Umi Umiguchi
- Riku Okabe
- Kei Kagaya
- Naoki Hayashida
- Motoko Nakano as Goto family member
- Chie Kuriyama
- Yoko Yano as Toki Kijima
- Mayumi Sakura
- Toshimine Kido
- Reina Nakamura
- Himaru Ikeshita
- Toshihiro Yashiba as Osamu Kan
- Seiji Rokkaku as Kiyoshi Goto
- Baijaku Nakamura as Sabu
- Mahiro Takasugi as Kyosuke Terayama
- Rio Yamashita as Kanako Yamaguchi
- Takeo Gozu
- Yukari Ando
- Sowa Omine
- Shigemitsu Ogi as Nakamura
- Takeru Yokoi
- Ao Tsuboi
- Gô Rijû
- Mitsuko Baisho as Gin Goto
- Shunsuke Tanaka as Munechika Kamiyama
- Hajime Inoue as Yamabushi
- Masanobu Yada
- Yûji Yoshimasu
- Satoshi Nikaido as Utada
- Akihiro Yamamoto
- Kanata Ichino
- Reiko Kataoka
- Aoba Kawai as Ai Goto
- Guest cast
- Yûgo Mikawa
- Kuu Izima
- Misa Wada
- Masayasu Kitayama
- Akira Takeuchi
- Kôji Seki
- Yasuo Sugimoto
- Rina Ogawa
- Satomi Yagihashi
- Kosei Kudo
- Akinori Andô
- Daisuke Matsunaga
- Tatsuya Shirato
- Ryô Yoshida
- Makoto Tomita
- Masaaki Akahori as Kanemura
Episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Offering of Flowers" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | December 28, 2022 (2022-12-28) | |
| Police officer Daigo Agawa transfers to a new post in the remote village of Kuge with his wife Yuki and daughter Mashiro. Upon meeting members of the Goto clan, he comes across an old woman's dead body. The family says she was attacked by a bear, but Daigo notices human bite mark in her wrist. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Attack" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | December 28, 2022 (2022-12-28) | |
| Daigo and his family comes across the funeral of Gin Goto. Keisuke Goto, the next head of the Gotos, realizes that there is an intruder amongst them. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Fatal Bullet" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | January 4, 2023 (2023-01-04) | |
| 4 | 4 | "Line of Sight" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | January 11, 2023 (2023-01-11) | |
| 5 | 5 | "Trace" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | January 18, 2023 (2023-01-18) | |
| 6 | 6 | "Premonition" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | January 25, 2023 (2023-01-25) | |
| 7 | 7 | "Promise" | Shinzo Katayama | Takamasa Oe | February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01) | |
References
- Connellan, Shannon (December 22, 2022). "Hulu's unsettling 'Gannibal' trailer shows 2022's cannibal screen trend ain't done yet". Mashable. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- Fenix, Kevin (March 3, 2023). "Gannibal Interview With Thrilling Series Lead, Yuya Yagira". The Illuminerdi. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
- Brzeski, Patrick (November 29, 2022). "Disney+ Sets Release Date for Japanese Horror-Thriller Series 'Gannibal'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 26, 2024.