# Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021)

> A konpeito-loving high school kid discovers he and his classmates have been erased from official records and turned into test subjects for a secret ability experiment, and decides to fight his way up the ranks to bring the organization down.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/94146

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 12
- Episode runtime: 24 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: animation, action, science fiction
- Network: TOKYO MX, BS11
- Cast: Ayumu Murase, Aimi, Mayumi Shintani, Kazuya Nakai, Yuichi Nakamura, Miyuri Shimabukuro, Akari Kito
- TMDB rating: 6.7/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13444580/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: energetic, playful, tense, brisk

## What critics say

Audiences rate the series as mixed, with its battle-of-abilities premise and action appealing to shounen fans while the story is considered fairly ordinary.

## Synopsis

Battle Game in 5 Seconds (2021) is a Japanese anime series produced for TOKYO MX and BS11, adapted from a manga and presented as a single twelve-episode season of 24-minute episodes. High school kid Akira Shiroyanagi (voiced by Ayumu Murase), a lover of konpeito candy and games, is pulled into a fight after a mysterious girl named Mion (voiced by Mayumi Shintani) reveals that she and the people she has gathered no longer officially exist in any records and were granted powers as prospective test subjects. Akira's engine is simple and driven: he resolves to use his newly awakened abilities to climb the ranks and bring down the organization behind the experiment. Alongside him, Yuuri Amagake (voiced by Aimi) and Madoka Kirisaki (voiced by Kazuya Nakai) help shape the group's shifting alliances. Each episode is built around a fast battle of abilities, with the story advancing through clashes and rivalries inside a secret program hidden within an ordinary school setting in present-day Japan. The series is a brisk, energetic shonen-style action show with a mischievous, playful tone and a hint of conspiracy and dread. Fans of Mirai Nikki, Kakegurui and Sword Art Online will find familiar ground in its teen power struggles.

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