TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning

TIGER & BUNNY: The Beginning

2012 · 88 min · ★ 6.4 · Animation, Action, Science Fiction

Set on an alternative Earth, Superheroes are celebrities and a high rating TV show rates their achievements, awarding them points until an annual King of Heroes is crowned. Old-school hero Wild Tiger is assigned a new partner with very different views on the heroes role in society but soon a vigilante criminal presents them with a serious problem.

Directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani · Written by Masafumi Nishida

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