# Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin (1986)

> A striped Akita puppy named Gin sets out across the snow to gather dogs and avenge his father against the demon bear Akakabuto.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/75810

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 21
- Episode runtime: 23 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, adventure
- Created by: Yoshihiro Takahashi
- Network: tv asahi
- Cast: Eiko Yamada, Hideyuki Tanaka, Banjo Ginga, Koji Totani, Kozo Shioya, Ryoichi Tanaka, Chika Sakamoto, Hirotaka Suzuoki
- TMDB rating: 8.9/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362344/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: earnest, heroic, intense, sincere, gritty

## Synopsis

Silver Fang: The Shooting Star Gin (1986) is a Japanese animated action adventure series created by Yoshihiro Takahashi for TV Asahi, produced by Toei Animation and adapted from a manga. Its protagonist is Gin, a striped Akita-Inu puppy named for his silver coat, who watches his father Riki (voiced by Banjo Ginga) die at the claws of Akakabuto, a bear that terrorizes everything in its path. As the third generation of bear-dogs to challenge the beast, Gin sets out across a harsh snowbound wilderness to recruit other dogs, among them Ben (Hideyuki Tanaka) and Akatora (Koji Totani), into a fighting pack. Each episode is built from travel, tracking, hard-won alliances, and brutal confrontations with predators and rival animals, forming a single continuing quest across one season of twenty-one episodes. The tone is earnest and heroic, driven by loyalty, courage and inherited vengeance, with an emotional register that leans on sincerity rather than irony. Viewers who enjoy Watership Down, Jungle Emperor Leo and classic shonen adventures will find the same mix of animal-world survival and pulpy quest energy. The series stays grounded in the wild, following its dogs through snow, hunger and combat until the central fight remains unfinished.

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