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Flowers of Evil
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Score

6.8 / 10

Status

Finished Airing

Episodes

13

Studio

ZEXCS

Flowers of Evil

Also known as 惡の華 | Aku no Hana

TVSpring 2013Source MangaR - 17+ (violence & profanity)
DramaPsychologicalRomanceSuspense

6.8/10

Community score

#3928

Rank

249.3K

Members

3.4K

Favorites

Synopsis

Kasuga Takao is a boy who loves reading books, particularly Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal. A girl at his school, Saeki Nanako, is his muse and his Venus, and he admires her from a distance. One day, he forgets his copy of Les Fleurs du Mal in the classroom and runs back alone to pick it up. In the classroom, he finds not only his book, but Saeki's gym uniform. On a mad impulse, he steals it.

Now everyone knows "some pervert" stole Saeki's uniform, and Kasuga is dying with shame and guilt. Furthermore, the weird, creepy, and friendless girl of the class, Nakamura, saw him take the uniform. Instead of revealing it was him, she recognizes his kindred deviant spirit and uses her knowledge to take control of his life. Will it be possible for Kasuga to get closer to Saeki, despite Nakamura's meddling and his dark secret? What exactly does Nakamura intend to do with him?

(Source: MangaHelpers)

Production Notes

Aku no Hana is considered to be the first anime to extensively use rotoscoping. The anime adapts the first 20 chapters of the manga. The series was released on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan from August 21, 2013, to December 25, 2013, and in North America by Sentai Filmworks on July 8, 2014.

Cast Highlights

Kasuga, Takao

Kasuga, Takao

Main

Voice: Ueda, Shinichirou (Japanese)

Nakamura, Sawa

Nakamura, Sawa

Main

Voice: Ise, Mariya (Japanese)

Saeki, Nanako

Saeki, Nanako

Main

Voice: Hikasa, Youko (Japanese)

Kasuga, Mother

Kasuga, Mother

Supporting

Voice: Wunsch, Vanessa (German)

Kasuga, Father

Kasuga, Father

Supporting

Voice: Naka, Hiroshi (Japanese)

Kinoshita, Ai

Kinoshita, Ai

Supporting

Voice: Uemura, Ayako (Japanese)

Kojima, Ken

Kojima, Ken

Supporting

Voice: Hamazoe, Shinya (Japanese)

Mayu

Mayu

Supporting

Voice: Hara, Sayuri (Japanese)

Core Staff

Hashimoto, Kazunori

Hashimoto, Kazunori

Producer

Kawasaki, Tomoko

Kawasaki, Tomoko

Producer

Nakanishi, Go

Nakanishi, Go

Producer

Shintaku, Kiyoshi

Shintaku, Kiyoshi

Producer

Tateishi, Kensuke

Tateishi, Kensuke

Producer

Nagahama, Hiroshi

Nagahama, Hiroshi

Director

Theme Songs

Openings

1: "Aku no Hana -Takao Kasuga- (惡の華 -春日高男-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Noko) (eps 1-3)

2: "Aku no Hana -Sawa Nakamura- (惡の華 -仲村佐和-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Mariko Goto) (eps 4-6)

3: "Aku no Hana -Nanako Saeki- (惡の華 -佐伯奈々子-)" by Uchujin (with guest vocalist Shiho Nanba) (eps 7-9)

4: "Aku no Hana -Gunma-ken, Kiryuushi- (惡の華 -群馬県桐生市-)" by Uchujin (eps 11-13)

Endings

1: "Hana -a last flower- (花 -a last flower-)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 1-4, 6, 9, 11-12)

2: "Hana -a last flower- ver.Z (花 -a last flower- ver.Z)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 5, 10)

3: "Hana (花)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 7)

4: "Hana -a last flower- ver.X (花 -a last flower- ver.X)" by ASA-CHANG & JUNRAY (eps 8)

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Related Titles

Adaptation

Aku no Hana

manga

Quick Facts

FormatTV
Episodes13
Duration23 min per ep
SourceManga
RatingR - 17+ (violence & profanity)
SeasonSpring 2013
AiredApr 5, 2013 to Jun 30, 2013
StatusFinished Airing
Recommended
Monetizing Content

Ranking And Reach

Popularity#1138
Scored by86K
BroadcastFridays at 22:00 (JST)
ApprovedYes

Title Variants

English title

Flowers of Evil

Romaji title

Aku no Hana

Japanese title

惡の華

Synonyms

Aku no Hana: Flowers of Evil

Production Team

Main studio

ZEXCS

Producers

Starchild Records, Animax, Kodansha, KlockWorx, GANSIS, Aquatone

Licensors

Sentai Filmworks

Japanese title

惡の華

Themes And Audience

PsychologicalSchoolShounen