Parents' Guide to

High Rise Invasion

By Amanda Dyer, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 16+

Dark action anime has graphic violence and nudity.

TV Netflix Action 2021
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What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

Community Reviews

age 13+

Based on 3 parent reviews

age 14+

Graphic violence with a capital "G"

I watched with with my 9 year old for about 90 minutes. After the third person got shot in the face I finally pulled the plug. HIgh level gruesome violence effects even for adults; definitely not for pre-teens.

This title has:

Too much violence
age 13+

This title has:

Too much violence
Too much sex

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (3):
Kids say (18):

Hope proves to be the key to survival in this bleak and twisted world. The characters in High Rise Invasion are quick to use violence to get ahead. Yuri Honjo's hesitance to kill and her belief that she can overcome the seemingly impossible is refreshing. This proves to be an essential tool to her survival in a world where the villains' main goal is to convince people to commit suicide. Although the people wearing masks are under mind control that forces them to kill, even characters without masks tend to have no qualms about committing murder or fulfilling the twisted fantasies they couldn't get away with in their old worlds, such as sexual assault and cannibalism. Yuki and Kuon Shunzaki seem to be the only exceptions to this rule, but Yuki does convince others to follow her path thoughout their journey.

The series has very heavy subject matter and graphic violence that may be too intense for younger teens. Teenage girls are also frequently shown in their underwear and harassed by adult men. These men usually end up killed.

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