Hokuto Supporting. Fujimura, Chika Japanese. Hazama Supporting. Ookawa, Tooru Japanese. Kuroneko Supporting. Horie, Yui Japanese. Touka, Akira Supporting. Yuuki, Aoi Japanese. Yamagami, Itsuki Supporting. Nakamura, Chise Japanese. Amase, Saki Supporting. Kikuchi, Mika Japanese. Yamaga, Hiroyuki Producer. Murata, Masahiko Director. Mima, Masafumi Sound Director.
Tsuda, Naokatsu Episode Director. Apple Music. Amazon Music. Youtube Music. ManU-Alchemist All reviews 44 people found this review helpful. The cat tells Ouri that it is because she is shikabane, and that he will soon become fascinated by them. The girl, Makina Hoshimura, is indeed dead, but she has come back to life as a shikabane hime. The term is used to describe a teen-aged girl who has died and then brought back to life for a very specific purpose: To become contracted with a monk to kill other undead monsters, known simply as shikabane.
The regret can be nearly anything. A shikabane hime, however, avoids the fate of being hunted down and killed by instead becoming the hunter. Her contracted monk provides aid and support, sometimes using their own life force to keep the shikabane hime going. According to their contract, once they have dispatched shikabane, the shikabane hime may pass from this world to paradise rather than being condemned to the eternal punishment the of a typical unpure shikabane.
True, there are many different forms of shikabane that threaten, but as they are defeated we find Ouri learning more and more about this hidden world, as well as becoming infatuated — just as the ghost cat said — by Makina in particular. More and more monks and their shikabane hime are revealed as Ouri is pulled into their secretive battles and we soon see that they are not a united force, but very much a secret organization.
One which abounds with hidden agendas, sometimes working at cross purposes. The result is a rich tapestry of plot and characterization, giving the viewer much more than the surface of cute girls battling monsters, the second half of the series in particular building to an exciting climax.
Probably too many, and definitely too few of them made something as compelling as this. Corpse Princess is hardly an organic work, but it is a good one. Gainax and Feel Studio are going over well-trod territory here that they're very familiar with, and using it to flex their animation and storytelling muscles for everyone to see. Honestly, I'm surprised this series hasn't lit the Internet on fire.
It's well animated, has everything most otaku love, and while that sounds like a recipe for a generic, by-the-book seinen series, I actually mean that as a compliment. Makina is a fine femme fatale with some great character design in an involving story with kick-ass action sequences.
It's the meat and potatoes of anime done well, and it's a shame more bloggers and forum posters are eviscerating Akikan while more or less ignoring than this. The Shikabane who are nothing more than glorified zombies also have eye popping designs by newcomer Hirokazu Kojima. Fitting for an anime with Buddhists priest trained to slay undead, how the undead are created is a distinctly Buddhist concept.
Whenever someone dies with strong feelings or regrets about the world they leave behind, they become Shikabane, and gain powers that somehow symbolize or relate to what made them undead. Episodes Browse episodes. Top Top-rated. Trailer Corpse Princess: The Complete Series. Photos Top cast Edit. Carrie Savage Hina as Hina …. Sean Teague Sumitori as Sumitori. Anthony Bowling Honda as Honda. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Undead and hell-bent on revenge!
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