Shikabane Hime

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Shikabane Hime ( Jap. 屍姫 , dt. "Princess body") is a by Yoshiichi Akahito written and illustrated manganese , of 2005 to 2014 within the of Square Enix issued magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan appeared. In October 2008 one of feel. and Gainax produced anime - television series .

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The boy Ōri Kagami ( 花 神 旺 里 , Kagami Ōri ) has just arrived at the age at which he is allowed to leave the Buddhist temple in which he was raised. A few nights before he left the temple, he went to the temple shrine at night and found the lifeless and wounded body of Makina Hoshimura ( 星 村 眞 姫 那 , Hoshimura Makina ). He goes into hiding when his wounded “foster father” Keisei Tagami ( 田 神 景 世 , Tagami Keisei ) enters the room and revives her with a gesture of affection. It turns out that Makina is a so-called Shikabane Hime ( 屍 姫 , dt. "Corpse princess") and she no longer has a heartbeat. As a result, she is immortal, or she can be brought to life again and again through an act of affection, as long as she does not lose her mind. Your goal is to kill 108 beings of their kind in order to ascend to heaven.

Origin and publications

Manga

The manga Shikabane Hime , drawn and invented by Yoshiichi Akahito , was first published on April 12, 2005 in issue 5/2005 of the monthly magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan . The series ended in September. A total of 23 issues appeared as Tankōbon , which were published as the manga by Square Enix . The first issue in this series was published on August 22, 2005.

Anime

Television series
Original title Shikabane Hime: Aka
Shikabane Hime: Kuro
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
Year (s) 2008-2009
length 24 minutes
Episodes 25th
idea Yoshiichi Akahito
First broadcast October 2, 2008 to March 26, 2009 on AT-X
synchronization

The Anime - television series grew out of a collaboration between the studios feel. and Gainax and adapted the plot of the anime. Directed by Masahiko Murata , who was previously involved in series such as Gilgamesh , Naruto and Mazinkaiser . The character design was created by Chikashi Kubota and Kikuko Sadakata . The music for the episodes was produced by Norihito Sumitomo , while Hiroki Matsumoto was the artistic director .

For the first time, the production of the anime adaptation was officially announced in the July issue of Monthly Shōnen Gangan . Since October 4, 2008 the series has been broadcast weekly on the channels AT-X , BS11 Digital , Chiba TV , KBS Kyōto , Sun TV , Tokyo MX , TV Aichi , TV Kanagawa and TV Saitama .

The first 13 episodes were broadcast under the name Shikabane Hime: Aka ( 屍 姫 赫 ) and the last 12 episodes under the name Shikabane Hime: Kuro ( 屍 姫 玄 ). There was no air break between the two, so both form a season.

In the USA, the series was licensed by Funimation , which Shikabane Hime: Aka published on October 24, 2008 on its channels in the video portals YouTube , Joost and Hulu.com with English subtitles. Both parts will be released on September 14, 2010 as Corpse Princess: Part One - Aka and Corpse Princess: Part Two - Kuro on DVD.

Voice actor

role Japanese speaker ( seiyū )
Makina Hoshimura Nana Akiyama
Ōri Kagami Tatsuya Hosome
Keisei Tagami Keiji Fujiwara
Rika Aragami Saeko Chiba

Radio program

From November 7 and 14, 2008 to August 21 and July 10, 2009, two radio programs for Shikabane Hime ran alternately on Animate TV: Sekū-ji Aozora Hōsō Kyoku ( 世 空 寺 青 空 放送 局 ) and Kochira Dairinkan Hōsō Kyoku ( こ ち ら 大 麟 館 放送 局 ). The former will be moderated by Mika Kikuchi (spokesperson for Saki Amase) and Chise Nakamura (spokesperson for Itsuki Yamagami) and the latter by Keiji Fujiwara (spokesperson for Keisei Tagami) and Nana Akiyama (spokesperson for Makina Hoshimura).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Shonen Gangan Details Gainax's Shikabane Hime: Aka Anime. Anime News Network , June 11, 2008, accessed October 10, 2008 .
  2. ↑ 『屍 姫』 ラ ヂ ヲ 「世 空 寺 青 空 放送 局」 . ア ニ メ イ ト TV WEB, archived from the original on July 13, 2009 ; Retrieved December 30, 2013 (Japanese).
  3. ↑ 『屍 姫』 ラ ヂ ヲ 「こ ち ら 大 麟 館 放送 局」 . ア ニ メ イ ト TV WEB, archived from the original on August 10, 2009 ; Retrieved December 30, 2013 (Japanese).

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