The Skull Man: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The Skull Man revolves around Tatsuo Kagura, who early in his life was subjected to several mutating science experiments that ended up giving him amazing powers and skills. Longing revenge for the murder of his parents he becomes Skull Man, a shadowy crusader who battles The Syndicate and its evil leader Rasputin. The story begins abruptly with a woman who possesses immense psychic powers killing a man, only to then be attacked herself by a man who can become a bat, a wolf or an alligator named Garo. Garo is revealed to be Skull Man's childhood protector and present ally in the coming war against Rasputin and his hordes of evil mutants. Skull Man makes allies, loses comrades and dies in combat with a lethal mutant just in the first book. What follows is a trip into the world of shadows and the evil within all of us. Throughout his journey Skull Man will face spiders, wasps, scorpions...

Series details

• Title: The Skull Man
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Anime, Horror, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2007-04-28
• Final broadcast date listed: 2007-07-21
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Fuji TV
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12680
• IMDb ID: tt0996277
• TVDB ID: 80386

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2007-04-28; final listed air date 2007-07-21; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from The Skull Man on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.