Mōryō no Hako
Mōryō no Hako | |
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Original title | 魍 魎 の 匣 |
transcription | Mōryō no Hako |
genre | Horror , mystery |
novel | |
author | Natsuhiko Kyogoku |
publishing company | Kodansha |
First publication | January 1995 |
Manga | |
title | Box of Spirits |
Original title | 魍 魎 の 匣 |
transcription | Mōryō no Hako |
country | Japan |
author | Aki Shimizu |
publishing company | Kadokawa |
magazine | Quay |
First publication | August 2007 - April 2010 |
expenditure | 5 |
Movie | |
Original title | Mōryō no Hako |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
Publishing year | 2007 |
length | 133 minutes |
Rod | |
Director | Masato Harada |
script | Masato Harada |
music | Takatsugu Muramatsu |
camera | Katsumi Yanagishima |
cut | Hiroshi Sunaga |
Anime television series | |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
year | 2008 |
Studio | Madhouse |
length | 23 minutes |
Episodes | 13 |
Director | Ryosuke Nakamura |
music | Shūsei Murai |
First broadcast | October 8 - December 31, 2008 on NTV |
Original video animation | |
title | Mōryō no Hako: Hako no Yūrei no Koto |
Original title | 魍 魎 の 匣 「中 禅寺 敦 子 の 事件簿 箱 の 幽 霊 の 事」 |
Country of production | Japan |
original language | Japanese |
year | 2009 |
Studio | Madhouse |
length | 16 minutes |
Episodes | 1 |
Mōryō no Hako ( Jap. 魍魎の匣 , dt. "Crate of nature spirits") is a novel by the Japanese author Natsuhiko Kyogoku of 1995. As of 2007 appeared an adaptation as a manga by Aki Shimizu, in Germany under the title box of Spirits appear . The work was also adapted as a feature film and anime series.
content
The detective Shūtarō Kiba ( 木 場 場 太郎 ) investigates a mysterious series of murders in which girls packed in boxes are found dismembered. He had previously witnessed the girl Kanako falling in front of a train under unexplained circumstances. She was then taken to a strange hospital. Together with his colleague Fukumoto ( 福 本 ), the antiquarian and priest Akihiko "Kyōgokudō" Chūzenji ( 中 禅寺 秋 彦 / 京 極 堂 ) and the writer Tatsumi Sekiguchi ( 関口 巽 ), Kiba tries to solve the case.
Publications
novel
Mōryō no Hako was first published in 1995 by Kodansha in Japan. Several new editions followed. The novel forms the second part of Natsuhiko Kyōgoku's nine-part Hyakki-Yakō cycle.
Manga
Aki Shimizu's manga adaptation was published in the manga magazine Kai von Kodansha from August 2007 to April 2010 . This was followed by an edition in five edited volumes. A French translation was published by Soleil and an Italian by Star Comics . Tokyopop released the manga under the title Box of Spirits from September 2013 to June 2014 in German.
Motion picture
A film based on the novel was released in Japanese cinemas on December 22, 2007. The director was Masato Harada, who also wrote the script.
Anime
Studio Madhouse, directed by Ryosuke Nakamura, animated the novel as a 13-part anime series. Sadayuki Murai wrote the script and Asako Nishida was in charge of character design, which was originally created by Clamp . Hidetoshi Kaneko was the artistic director. NTV showed the series for the first time on Japanese television from October 8 to December 31, 2008 after midnight (and thus on the previous television day ).
On May 22, 2009, Mōryō no Hako: Hako no Yūrei no Koto ( 魍 魎 の 匣 「中 禅寺 敦 子 の 事件簿 箱 の 幽 霊 の 事」 ) appeared on the Blu-ray box, a 16-minute extra episode .
Voice actor
role | Japanese voice ( seiyū ) |
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Tatsumi Sekiguchi | Hidenobu Kiuchi |
Akihiko Chūzenji | Hiroaki Hirata |
Shutaro Kiba | Takaaki Seki |
Reijirō Enokizu | Toshiyuki Morikawa |
music
The music for the series was composed by Shūsei Murai . The opening credits are underlaid with Lost in Blue , the closing song is Naked Love . Both titles are from Nightmare .
Web links
- Anime Official Website (Japanese)
- Information from Tokyopop about the German edition
- Manga , OVA, and Anime TV Series on Anime News Network (English)