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==Plot==
==Plot==
Taking place during the [[Bakumatsu]] of the [[Edo period]] when the foundations of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] have begun to sway, a young [[writer]] and folklorist named Momosuke wishes to write a book of 100 [[ghost story|ghost stories]] and his encounters with three spiritual beings.
Taking place during the [[Bakumatsu]] of the [[Edo period]] when the foundations of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]] have begun to sway, a young [[writer]] named Momosuke wishes to write a book of 100 [[ghost story|ghost stories]] and his encounters with three spiritual beings.


While researching these old myths and legends, he comes across a mysterious trio who call themselves the Ongyou. They are detectives who are investigating the legends to reveal their truths, and bring those in the wrong to justice. Each time Momosuke meets the Ongyou, he must face horrible truths and battle with his morals, and he's seeing things he shouldn't be seeing....
While researching these old myths and legends, he comes across a mysterious trio who call themselves the Ongyou. They are detectives who are investigating the legends to reveal their truths, and bring those in the wrong to justice. Each time Momosuke meets the Ongyou, he must face horrible truths and battle with his morals, and he's seeing things he shouldn't be seeing....
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* '''Kyogoku Tei'''
* '''Kyogoku Tei'''
: {{Voiced by|[[Natsuhiko Kyogoku]]|[[Neil Kaplan]]}}
: {{Voiced by|[[Natsuhiko Kyogoku]]|[[Neil Kaplan]]}}
:: The principal antagonist of the series. Kyogoku Tei is a being who serves as the superior to the Ongyou as he provides them their targets and even commissioned Momosuke's death at first to cover their existence until he saw him to be of use to his scheme. Assuming the alias of [[Daimyo|feudal lord]] '''Danjo Kitabayashi''', Kyogoku Tei commits many inhuman acts as part of an overall plan to cover the world in darkness with the Flame Lance cannon. He was ultimately defeated by the Ongyou devoured by the very darkness of everyone who he used and killed.
:: The principal antagonist of the series. Kyogoku Tei is a being who serves as the superior to the Ongyou as he provides them their targets and even commissioned Momosuke's death at first to cover their existence until he saw him to be of use to his scheme. Assuming the alias of [[Daimyo|feudal lord]] '''Danjo Kitabayashi''', Kyogoku Tei commits many inhuman acts as part of an overall plan to cover the world in darkness with the Flame Lance cannon. He was ultimately defeated by the Ongyou and was devoured by the very darkness of everyone who he used.


* '''[[Hermit]]s'''
* '''[[Hermit]]s'''
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| FirstEngAirDate = December 29, 2007 (CAN)<br> August 16, 2010 (USA)
| FirstEngAirDate = December 29, 2007 (CAN)<br> August 16, 2010 (USA)
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| EpisodeNumber = 11
| ShortSummary = Momosuke hasn't seen the Ongyou for months. When he asks Tsutaya if he heard any ghostly rumors lately, he tells Momosuke that there are two with one of them being the [[Funayūrei|sea ghosts]] of Sanuki. While out walking, he comes across the Kyogoku Tavern where he has an encounter with Kyogoku Tei and the Hermits who point Momosuke to Shikoku to help the Ongyou who "vanished" while on an assignment. Momosuke comes across some [[Fisherman|fishermen]] who had lost some of their own to these sea ghosts. The fisherman tell Momosuke that the sea ghosts have been appearing near Kabuto Island instead of Twin Island as one of the fisherman tells him that one of the islands that make up Twin Island just vanished.
| ShortSummary = Momosuke hasn't seen the Ongyou for months. When he asks Tsutaya if he heard any ghostly rumors lately, he tells Momosuke that there are two with one of them being the [[Funayūrei|sea ghosts]] of Sanuki. While out walking, he comes across the Kyogoku Tavern where he has an encounter with Kyogoku Tei and the Hermits who point Momosuke to Shikoku to help the Ongyou who "vanished" while on an assignment. Momosuke comes across some [[Fisherman|fishermen]] who had lost some of their own to these sea ghosts. The fisherman tell Momosuke that the sea ghosts have been appearing near Kabuto Island instead of Twin Island as one of the fisherman tells him that one of the islands that make up Twin Island just vanished. The fishing [[magistrate]] Lord Sekiyama appears claiming that the sinking of boats is the work of the Kawakubo Clan and that he has taken action to remove this threat. While trying to get info on them, Momosuke is ambushed by some strange warriors only to be saved by Ogin. Ogin tells Momosuke to turn back and head home. After Ogin leaves, a man approaches Momosuke who tells him that Ogin took a boat out to sea bound for Twin Island. As the man takes Momosuke to Twin Island, he claims that the Kawakubo Clan are a bunch of ghosts of the defeated [[Taira clan|Taira Clan]] that clashed with the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto Clan]]. As the boat approaches Twin Island, the sea ghosts attack. Upon being washed up on Twin Island after surviving the encounter, Momosuke has an encounter with the Kawakubo Clan until their leader Tarumaro and the Ongyou arrive as Tarumaro states that the sea is angry. Mataichi later tells Momosuke that the beaches of Twin Island were stained during the fight between the Taira Clan and the Minamoto Clan. He also states that 20 years ago, dozens of people died when the neighboring island sank. Tarumaro then explains of the Flame Lance that was entrusted to them by their ancestors which would act as a signal which would by of use when the Taira uprising occurred. Mataichi argues with Tarumaro about destroying the Flame Lance as it calls out to the darkness in people's hearts. The island is then visited by Hyogo (a man who once washed up on Twin Island and escaped from it) and some men where one of them Momosuke recognizes as one of the warriors that attacked him. Hyogo demands that the Kawakubo Clan turn themselves in when they return the next day. Mataichi tells Momosuke that Tarumaro had committed the sin of neutrality. When it comes to the next day, Tarumaro has his clan, the Ongyou, and Momosuke evacuate the island. Though Tarumaro stays behind to destroy the Flame Lance, having it sink the island with himself, Hyogo, and his men still on it. Mataichi then throws an Ofuda on the water during Twin Island's sinking committing Tarumaro's spirit to the next world while the Kawakubo Clan say goodbye to Tarumaro. When Mataichi mentions to Momosuke that he had helped in slaying some of the Ongyou's targets, they then noticed that the Hermits have salvaged what remained of the Flame Lance weapon.
The fishing [[magistrate]] Lord Sekiyama appears claiming that the sinking of boats is the work of the Kawakubo Clan and that he has taken action to remove this threat. While trying to get info on them, Momosuke is ambushed by some strange warriors only to be saved by Ogin. Ogin tells Momosuke to turn back and head home. After Ogin leaves, a man approaches Momosuke who tells him that Ogin took a boat out to sea bound for Twin Island. As the man takes Momosuke to Twin Island, he claims that the Kawakubo Clan are a bunch of ghosts of the defeated [[Taira clan|Taira Clan]] that clashed with the [[Minamoto clan|Minamoto Clan]]. As the boat approaches Twin Island, the sea ghosts attack.
Upon being washed up on Twin Island after surviving the encounter, Momosuke has an encounter with the Kawakubo Clan until their leader Tarumaro and the Ongyou arrive as Tarumaro states that the sea is angry. Mataichi later tells Momosuke that the beaches of Twin Island were stained during the fight between the Taira Clan and the Minamoto Clan. He also states that 20 years ago, dozens of people died when the neighboring island sank. Tarumaro then explains of the Flame Lance that was entrusted to them by their ancestors which would act as a signal which would by of use when the Taira uprising occurred. Mataichi argues with Tarumaro about destroying the Flame Lance as it calls out to the darkness in people's hearts.
The island is then visited by Hyogo (a man who once washed up on Twin Island and escaped from it) and some men where one of them Momosuke recognizes as one of the warriors that attacked him. Hyogo demands that the Kawakubo Clan turn themselves in when they return the next day. Mataichi tells Momosuke that Tarumaro had committed the sin of neutrality.
When it comes to the next day, Tarumaro has his clan, the Ongyou, and Momosuke evacuate the island. Though Tarumaro stays behind to destroy the Flame Lance, having it sink the island with himself, Hyogo, and his men still on it. Mataichi then throws an Ofuda on the water during Twin Island's sinking committing Tarumaro's spirit to the next world while the Kawakubo Clan say goodbye to Tarumaro. When Mataichi mentions to Momosuke that he had helped in slaying some of the Ongyou's targets, they then noticed that the Hermits have salvaged what remained of the Flame Lance weapon.
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Requiem from the Darkness
Requiem from the Darkness poster featuring Momosuke Yamaoka and the Ongyo.
京極夏彦 巷説百物語
(Kyogoku Natsuhiko Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari)
GenreHorror, Crime, Mystery
Anime television series
Directed byHideki Tonokatsu
StudioTokyo Movie Shinsha
Licensed by
Original networkChubu-Nippon Broadcasting
English network
Original run October 3, 2003 – December 26, 2003
Episodes13

The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma (巷説百物語, Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari) is a series of short story collections by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It was made into a horror/mystery anime series Requiem from the Darkness (京極夏彦 巷説百物語, Kyōgoku Natsuhiko Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari, lit. "Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hundred Stories"), initially licensed in English by Geneon USA and now licensed by Discotek Media, and into a series of live action TV specials directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Plot

Taking place during the Bakumatsu of the Edo period when the foundations of the Tokugawa shogunate have begun to sway, a young writer named Momosuke wishes to write a book of 100 ghost stories and his encounters with three spiritual beings.

While researching these old myths and legends, he comes across a mysterious trio who call themselves the Ongyou. They are detectives who are investigating the legends to reveal their truths, and bring those in the wrong to justice. Each time Momosuke meets the Ongyou, he must face horrible truths and battle with his morals, and he's seeing things he shouldn't be seeing....

Characters

  • Momosuke Yamaoka
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese); Grant George (English)
The main protagonist of the series. A young writer from Edo who got bored writing a riddle book for kids. He now aspires to write a book of 100 ghost stories. During his adventure to gather them, he encounters the Ongyou and witnesses their methods of imposing justice upon wrongdoers. He wishes to be one of the Ongyou, but each time he asks to join them they talk him out of it. He is called "Author" by the Ongyou. At the end of the series, Momosuke finishes his 100 ghost stories.
  • Tsutaya
Voiced by: Hiroshi Otake (Japanese); Tom Wyner (English)
A small creature who is Momosuke's publisher.
  • Heihachi
Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (Japanese); Tom Fahn (English)
Heihachi is a co-worker of Momosuke.
  • Kyogoku Tei
Voiced by: Natsuhiko Kyogoku (Japanese); Neil Kaplan (English)
The principal antagonist of the series. Kyogoku Tei is a being who serves as the superior to the Ongyou as he provides them their targets and even commissioned Momosuke's death at first to cover their existence until he saw him to be of use to his scheme. Assuming the alias of feudal lord Danjo Kitabayashi, Kyogoku Tei commits many inhuman acts as part of an overall plan to cover the world in darkness with the Flame Lance cannon. He was ultimately defeated by the Ongyou and was devoured by the very darkness of everyone who he used.
Black Hermit Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese); Mona Marshall (English)
White Hermit Voiced by: Masako Nozawa (Japanese); Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)
Two strange hermit ladies that work for Kyogoku Tei, serving as his messengers. On occasion they will change themselves into to young girls to trick the Ongyou into doing what they want them to. They are accidentally destroyed by Kyogoku Tei in the last episode.
  • Tatsuta
Voiced by: Keiko Toda (Japanese); Philece Sampler (English)
Burning her childhood friend Shiragaku to death in a jealous rage with her husband to be, Tatsuta assumes her friend's name and developed a reputation as a rumored Hi-No-Enma as she kills anyone who "loves Shiragaku." She has evaded the Ongyou for a long time. Though the Ongyou attempt to deliver judgement, the Hermits intervene and take Tatsuta to serve under Kyogoku Tei. Unaware of the full plan, she helps him by orchestrating a massacre at Seven Man Point and forcing prisoners into becoming murderous sadists for a reenactment while the Flame Lance was being rebuilt. When Kyogoku Tei is destroyed, Tatsuta is consumed in the resulting inferno.

Ongyou

The Ongyou are three spiritual beings who are recurring characters in the show. They function as a team that punishes sinners who emit a dark aura about them, most frequently murderers. To that end, they use their talents to set their target up to face his/her crimes before being executed and committing them to the next world.

  • Mataichi
Voiced by: Ryusei Nakao (Japanese); Steve Kramer (English)
A small cloaked man wrapped in bandages who serves as the leader of the Ongyou. He is a spiritualist who is also referred to as a trickster while posing as a simple monk. He would usually be the one to kill the target sinner with Retributive justice and leaves an Ofuda on the body so the departed can be "sent to the next world." Nagamimi commonly calls him "trickster". At the completion of his task, he uses the phrase "ongyō shitate matsuru (御行奉為、おんぎょうしたてまつる)." The beginning of every next episode preview, except the final episode when it's Momosuke's final line, he begins with the line, "Jyashin yashin wa yami ni chiri, nokoru wa chimata no ayashii uwasa (邪心野心は闇に散り、残るは巷の怪しい噂。)."
  • Ogin
Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese); Karen Strassman (English)
An attractive, voluptuous and large breasted female puppeteer. She is often seen using a puppet in the form of a young girl with a white powdered face and red lipstick wearing a Japanese Kimono. Fifteen years prior, Ogin and her parents were murdered by Kinzo Sasamori, a corrupt official who posed as her father Giamon of Inarizika to force the homeless people to work for him and created the rumor of Giamon as a Kowai to ensure it. As a spirit, she became a member of Ongyou to ensure that no other child suffers a fate like her own like saving her childhood friend Yae from Kichibe's madness. She often calls Momosuke a pervert due to him accidentally walking into her in a bathing room when they first met. Though she saw Momosuke to be weak for being naive, she eventually adapted his methods.
  • Nagamimi
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese); Michael McConnohie (English)
A large shapeshifter and bird caller who is also extremely good at controlling animals. As the anime states, he is over 200 years old and was versed in Kabuki. He would always be the one to try to keep Momosuke from intervening with the Ongyou's targets.

English translation

The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma (Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari)
  1. "The Bean Washer" (original title: "Azukiarai"), trans. Ian M. MacDonald (Creek & River Co., Ltd, 2015)
  2. "The Fox Priest" (original title: "Hakuzōsu"), trans. Ian M. MacDonald (Creek & River Co., Ltd, 2015)
  3. "The Flying Heads" (original title: "Maikubi"), trans. Ian M. MacDonald (Creek & River Co., Ltd, 2015)

Anime (Requiem from the Darkness)

Episodes

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Theme Song

The opening song "The Flame" and the ending song "The Moment of Love" were both performed by Keiko Lee.

Cast

Character Japanese Voice actor English Voice actor
Momosuke Yamaoka Toshihiko Seki Grant George
Mataichi Ryusei Nakao Steve Kramer
Ogin Sanae Kobayashi Karen Strassman
Nagamimi Norio Wakamoto Michael McConnohie
Kyogoku Tei/Danjo Kitabayashi Natsuhiko Kyogoku Neil Kaplan
Black Hermit Masako Nozawa Mona Marshall
White Hermit Masako Nozawa Dorothy Elias-Fahn
Heihachi Kouji Tsujitani Tom Fahn
Tatsuta Keiko Toda Philece Sampler
Tsutaya Hiroshi Otake Tom Wyner

Additional voices

Crew

English Staff

External links

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