A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.
Unfortunately the movie King of Thorn is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Director |
| Writing | Hiroshi Yamaguchi | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yuji Iwahara | Original Story |
| Writing | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Screenplay |
| Visual Effects | Kimitoshi Yamane | Mechanical Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hidenori Matsubara | Character Designer |
| Art | Hideki Nakamura | Art Direction |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomonari Nakajima | CGI Director |
| Production | Junichi Kimura | Producer |
| Visual Effects | Naoyuki Onda | Supervising Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Hashimoto | Animation Director |
| Production | Yasumasa Tsuchiya | Producer |
| Sound | Toshihiko Sahashi | Original Music Composer |
| Visual Effects | Kenji Ando | Creature Design |
| Sound | Yota Tsuruoka | Sound Director |
| Art | Iwao Teraoka | Additional Storyboarding |
| Art | Kazuyoshi Katayama | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Irie | Key Animation |
| Art | Tsukasa Sunaga | Storyboard Artist |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Matsuda | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroaki Noguchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Akihide Miya | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Katsumi Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Iwata | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Takayoshi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takao Maki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Masahiro Kataoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Chiba | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Eiji Abiko | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsuya Suzuki | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Hisashi Saito | Key Animation |
| Camera | Mitsuhiro Sato | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Hirotaka Endo | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Harada | Animation Director |
| Directing | Shingo Uchida | Second Unit Director |
| Visual Effects | Tsuyoshi Yoshioka | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Terumi Nakauchi | Color Designer |
| Visual Effects | Kumiko Kawana | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Suenaga | Animation Director |
| Editing | Shuichi Kakesu | Editor |
| Visual Effects | Teiichi Takiguchi | Animation Director |
| Visual Effects | Yuki Chika | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuhisa Kato | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Noriyuki Fukuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroyuki Horiuchi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yoshiharu Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Chiba | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yasuyuki Shimizu | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Junko Abe | Key Animation |
| Crew | Shinpei Ōsaku | Systems Administrators & Support |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomoshige Inayoshi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsunori Murata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shuuji Sakamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumiko Yoshida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukie Suzuki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Marie Tagashira | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kenichi Takase | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satomi Watanabe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kazuyoshi Yaginuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fumiaki Kouta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shuko Murase | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Atsushi Shigeta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tatsumori Imoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Makiko Fujiwara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Arisawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Kosuga | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Sakiko Uda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yumi Nakayama | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Iwao Teraoka | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Mitsuru Obunai | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kiyoshi Komatsubara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuhei Murota | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Koichi Yagami | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shigeki Iwasaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Kojima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiko Aikei | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hanako Mitsubachi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yosuji Kudō | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Toshihiro Nakajima | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hisao Yokobori | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Soichiro Matsuda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Fujio Inose | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kentaro Azuma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Aiko Oura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroshi Yamamoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Satoshi Shigeta | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takashi Ono | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kouichi Hashimoto | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tokuhiro Itagaki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukiyo Komido | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukie Sakou | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Seimei Maeda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yukio Iwata | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Kunihiro Abe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Eriko Iida | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takahiro Kimura | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Akiko Toyoda | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuji Hosogoe | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiroki Harada | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Shinya Nishizawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuko Dangi | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Yuusuke Noma | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Hiromitsu Morishita | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keizou Ichikawa | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Takao Maki | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Tomohiro Kamitani | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Keiji Ishihara | Key Animation |
| Visual Effects | Masaaki Yamano | Key Animation |
| Crew | Yukiko Kakita | Special Effects |
