Karakuri Circus

About Karakuri Circus

Narumi Katou is a middle-aged man who suffers from the bizarre ZONAPHA Syndrome: a rare and inexplicable disease that causes its victims to endure severe seizures at random, with the only cure being to watch someone laugh. One day, during Narumi's part time job, a young boy with a giant suitcase fleeing from three adults runs into him.

Tokyo MX's Karakuri Circus is an action-adventure, animation, and crime series. Chihiro Ueda appears as Masaru Saiga, Rikiya Koyama as Narumi Katou, Megumi Hayashibara as Shirogane Saigazaki, and Romi Park as Lucille Berneuil.

It ran for one season of 36 episodes between October 2018 and June 2019. The story is adapted from a manga.

Shelv files it under gore, bullying, angst, and secret organization. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and HiDive in the United States. It scores 8.1 out of 10 from 133 TMDB voters.

Black Butler, Tokyo Ghoul, and Hunter x Hunter make useful companions to Karakuri Circus, all filed under circus and based on manga.