• Director(s)

    Hiroko Utsumi

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Ash Lynx, Okumura Eiji, Max Lobo

TV Show

Banana Fish

BANANA FISH is a Japanese action crime drama anime series; in this episode, a photographer's assistant named Eiji meets a 17 year old gang leader named Ash Lynx, who is investigating a mysterious vial of drug given to him by a dying man. …

BANANA FISH is a Japanese action crime drama anime series; in this episode, a photographer's assistant named Eiji meets a 17 year old gang leader named Ash Lynx, who is investigating a mysterious vial of drug given to him by a dying man.

  • Director(s)

    Hiroko Utsumi

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Animation

  • Cast

    Ash Lynx, Okumura Eiji, Max Lobo

strong violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence, such as multiple bullet impacts and blood spurts when a soldier fires a machine gun at his erstwhile colleagues, and a spray of blood when a man is shot.
additional issues
There is also discriminatory language when one man calls another a 'fag', moderate bloody image of a blood spattered body slumped against a wall and mild bad language ('shit', 'bastard', 'piss', 'damn').
child sexual abuse references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
Dialogue suggests that video evidence watched by police officers features a young boy is being raped, and a police officer refers to child abuse images found with a dead man. There are no graphic images. In scenes of sexual threat, a man starts to undo his trousers as he threatens to 'enjoy myself a bit' with a younger man.
additional issues
There is also moderate violence such as small spurts of blood when a boy is shot, moderate sex references such as a criminal asking a colleague, 'Is somebody getting a little horny' and injury detail such as shard of glass in a man's arm.
sexual violence references, sexual threat
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sexual violence and sexual threat
In brief scenes of sexual threat, prisoners direct unwanted sexual advances and vaguely-worded threats of sexual violence towards a younger inmate. The young inmate is later found stripped naked and bound, without visible nudity, implying that he was subjected to sexual violence off screen.
additional issues
Occasional moderate violence and threat includes a brief stylised knife fight sequence during the opening credits. There are moderate references to drugs and drug dealing. Bad language includes ‘ass’, ‘crap’ and ‘freaking’.
strong violence, sexual threat
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There is strong violence, such as a prisoner pulling a sheet over his cellmate's head, grabbing him by the neck and smashing him head first into a wall, with bloody detail. He then chokes the man until he passes out.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is sexual threat such as one man holding another against a wall as he pulls down his trouser zip and one huge inmate warns his new cellmate, "You give it up to Garvey without a fight".
additional issues
There is also discriminatory language such as a man being referred to as a 'fag' and mild bad language ('shit', 'dumbass', 'damn').
strong violence, references to child sexual abuse
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings. A man is threatened with a knife during a fight. There are also fight scenes in which men and punched and kicked.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are references to children being kidnapped and forced into sex slavery.
additional issues
There are references to a fantastical drug called 'banana fish'. A man refers to 'virgin daughters'. There is use of discriminatory language ('midget'), as well as mild bad language such as 'bastard' and 'ass'.
strong bloody violence, child sex abuse references
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong bloody violence in which characters are shot and a man's throat is slashed with a knife.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are undetailed references to child sexual abuse in which it is implied an adult male repeatedly assaulted a young child over the course of a year until the child shot them in self defence. Included in the scene are images of a young boy sitting on a bed with his shirt partially undone, holding a smoking gun.
additional issues
There are moments of moderate gun threat.
infrequent strong sex references
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sex
There are comic verbal references to pornographic magazines featuring photos of women’s ‘cooches’ and men’s ‘buttholes’.
additional issues
We see a close-up image of a woman’s clothed behind as a man briefly harasses her from a passing truck. There is a shoot-out scene, without any casualties, and the opening credits feature a brief stylised knife fight sequence, including moderate bloody detail. There are infrequent moderate references to a fictional psychedelic drug. Bad language includes ‘cooch’, ‘balls’, 'bastard' and ‘damn’.
moderate violence, bloody images, threat, drug references, sexual assault
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Moderate violence includes scenes in which people are punched, hit over the head and choked.
threat and horror
There are scenes of gun and knife threat. A woman and child are kidnapped and held hostage but escape unharmed.
drugs
There are references to how a fictional drug was created and how it can have a hallucinatory impact on users, similar to LSD.
injury detail
There is a brief image of a woman lying in a pool of blood, dead. A man is hit over the head, resulting in bloodshed.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man touches another man’s clothed crotch without his consent.
additional issues
Mild bad language includes uses of ‘bastard’, ‘piss’ and ‘damn’. There is also a passing suicide reference. A man implies that he thinks a relative is attractive.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of violence include stabbing, slashing and shooting, accompanied by bloody injury detail.
additional issues
There is a scene of brief sexual threat. There are also moderate sex references, and there is mild bad language ('bastard').
strong violence, bloody images, threat, suicide
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings, including gunshots to heads, and slashes with bladed weapons which result in bloodshed and bloody aftermath detail.
threat and horror
A knife is played down a man's chest and his captor tells him he will enjoy killing him slowly.
suicide and self-harm
A character takes their own life with an undetailed stab to the neck.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('bitch', 'bastard', 'shit', 'damn').
brief strong violence, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes containing brief strong violence, such as shootings to the head with bloody impacts. Other violence includes a stabbing.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A character verbally recalls his experience of being sexually abused as a child.
strong violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are fatal shootings, in a gang warfare context, with sight of blood spurts.
additional issues
There are references to heroin in the context of international drug trafficking. There is mild bad language (‘balls’, ‘shit’, ‘crap’, ‘damn’). There are infrequent mild sex references.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Strong violence includes shootouts and knife fights in which there are frequent blood spurts.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In a flashback scene, a man's throat is slashed with bloody impact detail. A woman attacks a man in hospital.
injury detail
A man has a vision of another man bleeding from the neck and lying in a large pool of blood.
additional issues
A man refers to a child being sexually abused at the age of 8 years old. There are also moderate sex references, mild drug references and uses of mild bad language such as 'piss'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is stabbed in the head with a bladed weapon. There are also frequent bloody images.
additional issues
A man is threatened with a shard of glass. There are also scenes of gun threat and scenes in which a character is held against a will in his mental health facility. A man displays cognitive impairment after being injected with an experiment drug. There are moderate sex references when a man attempts to seduce other men. Language is mild and includes uses of the terms 'bastard', 'asshole' 'shit', 'damn' and 'hell'.
strong violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In scenes of strong violence, characters are shot including with blood-spurting detail. There are also moderate scene of hand to hand combat.
additional issues
Three men walk in on a couple having sex in a scene which features brief sexual moaning and no strong visual detail. There is sexual harassment when a male doctor gropes the backside of a man disguising himself as a female nurse.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
Scenes of strong violence contain bloody shootings with slow-motion emphasis on bullet impacts, as well as strong aftermath detail.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references, including sex work. There is very mild bad language ('hell', 'Jeez' and 'damn').
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings, including gunshots to heads, with sight of blood spurts.
additional issues
There are moderate sex references. There is mild bad language (‘crap’, ‘God’, ‘damn’, ‘hell’).
child sexual abuse references, strong violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A character is punched in the face, with bloody impact detail. A man is shot in the hand, before having his throat cut.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A young man recalls the sexual abuse he suffered as a child.
additional issues
There are references to prostitution and milder sex references. There are scenes of knife threat and also references to drug trafficking, undetailed suicide and anorexia references. Language is mild and includes uses of the term 'bastard'.
strong violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are shootings, including gunshots to heads, with sight of blood spurts and bloody aftermath detail.
additional issues
A man makes a discriminatory comment linking Jews with money and influence; discrimination is not endorsed by the work as a whole. There is moderate gun and knife threat. There is very mild bad language ('damn', 'hell').
strong violence, child sexual abuse references
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are scenes of strong violence containing bloody shootings, including headshots. There are also scenes depicting dead bodies lying in pools of blood in the aftermath of violence.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There are verbal and visual references to child sex trafficking. A young man recalls his experience of being sexually abused while his rapist took photographs; this sequence is depicted without sexual detail.
additional issues
There is mild bad language ('crap', 'piss', 'bastard'), accompanied by other milder terms ('hell', 'Jeez' and 'damn').
strong violence, sexual threat
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
People are beaten and shot in scenes featuring blood spurts. There is also a scene in which a rope is tightened around a man's neck.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man briefly sexually threatens a bound man with a knife. It is implied that he is raped, although there is no on-screen sexual violence.
additional issues
There is also moderate bad language ('whore').
strong violence, bloody images, sexual violence references
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
There are bloody shootings. There are also scenes in which people are punched.
sexual violence and sexual threat
A man recalls how his mother, after being abused from the age of 10, was eventually raped and murdered as an adult by a group of men. There is no sight of the rape but there are images of a woman being surrounded by a group of men, and then later of her body lying in a pool of blood, implying her death.
injury detail
There are images of dead and injured people with blood on them.
additional issues
There are scenes of moderate gun and knife threat. Language is very mild and includes uses of terms such as 'God', 'damn', 'hell', 'freaking'.
strong bloody violence
Classified Date:
09/01/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
In scenes of strong violence, characters are shot with bloody detail and a man uses a drill to kill another man.
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  • Classified date

    09/01/2023

  • Distributor

    Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.

  • Language

    Japanese