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Ayakashi (yokai)
Ayakashi may refer to: * ''Ayakashi'' (''yōkai''), the collective name for ''yōkai'' that appear above the surface of some body of water Series * ''Ayakashi'' (visual novel), a 2005 Japanese horror visual novel with a 2008 anime adaptation * '' Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'', a Japanese horror anime television series aired in January 2006 * '' Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban'', a 1997 dating sim * '' Ayakashi no Shiro'', a 1990 role-playing video game * ''Ayakashi Triangle'', a Japanese fantasy, romantic comedy manga series * ''Ghost Slayers Ayashi'' (''Tenpō Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi''), a Japanese historical fantasy anime television series aired in October 2006 Characters * Ayakashi Sisters, a group of villains in the ''Sailor Moon'' series * The monsters used by the Gedoushu in ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger'' * The monsters featured in the anime/manga ''Kekkaishi'' * The monsters featured in the anime/manga ''Omamori Himari'' * The high-level spirits featured in the onging anime/man ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi (yōkai)
is the collective name for ''yōkai'' that appear above the surface of a body of water. In Nagasaki Prefecture, the atmospheric ghost lights that appear above water are called ayakashi, and so are the funayūrei in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Saga Prefecture. In western Japan, ayakashi are said to be the vengeful spirits of those who died at sea and that they are attempting to capture more people to join them. On Tsushima Island, they are also called "atmospheric ghost lights of ayakashi (ayakashi no kaika)", and appear on beaches in the evening, and are said to look like a child walking in the middle of a fire. In coastal Japan, atmospheric ghost lights appear as mountains and obstruct one's path, and are said to disappear if one does not avoid the mountain and tries to bump into it intently. There is also the folk belief that if a live sharksucker were to get stuck to the bottom of a boat, it would not be able to move, so ayakashi is used as a synonym for this type of fish. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi (visual Novel)
is a 2005 eroge visual novel developed by Crossnet. A sequel was later released in 2006 with the name ''Ayakashi H''. A twelve-episode anime is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ... adaptation was aired in 2007. A bundle release of the game called ''Ayakashi Pack'' was released on December 14, 2007, to celebrate the release of the anime, containing both ''Ayakashi'' and ''Ayakashi H''. Plot Ayakashi are parasitic life forms that give their hosts superpowers, but in return, the use of these powers incurs an increasing physical and mental toll on the host eventually resulting in the host's death. Yū Kusaka is a student who lost his will to live after the death of a dear childhood friend. He is brought out of his depression by the arrival of a mysterious girl, named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samurai Horror Tales
''Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales'', known in Japan as , is a Japanese anime horror anthology television series produced by Toei Animation. The series is made up of three stories: "Yotsuya Ghost Story" (Yotsuya Kaidan), an adaptation of the classic Yotsuya Ghost Story kabuki play by Nanboku Tsuruya IV; "Goddess of the Dark Tower (Tenshu Monogatari)", based on the play by Kyōka Izumi; and " Goblin Cat (Bake Neko)", an original story by Kenji Nakamura and Michiko Yokote. Plot Yotsuya Kaidan *The story comprises four episodes, 1-4 (U.S. DVD release episodes 5-8). "Yotsuya Ghost Story" is a retelling of the Yotsuya Kaidan, written by the 18th century kabuki playwright Nanboku Tsuruya IV. In the anime, Nanboku himself becomes the narrator. Iemon Tamiya is a callous ronin samurai who desires a beautiful woman named Oiwa but is denied permission by her father. One dark night, Iemon kills her father. By coincidence, it is the same night that a servant, Naosuke, who is in lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban
is a Japanese dating sim by Shoeisha, released on March 14, 1997, for Windows 95 in Japan. A PlayStation, and Sega Saturn version were soon released as well. It is a female ninja dating sim, as well as a gal game. It is said that the lesbian elements appear to be stronger in the PlayStation version. Plot There is a world where shinobi (ninja and kunoichi) are recognized. The story centers around Kaede, who enters Princess Yuri School（姫百合学園 Hime Yuri Gakuen）and offers assistance to three girls for one year, who happen to be guardians. The top graduate is given a special privilege to become a freelance Shinobi. After entering, Kaede strives to serve a favorite person for one year. Gameplay There are eight different kinds of class subjects based on (忍術) Ninjutsu *①Language Studies（語学） *②Arithmetic（算術） *③Pharmacy（薬学） *④Medicine（医術） *⑤Jujutsu（体術） *⑥Manners（作法） *⑦Art of Concealment and Espionage studies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi No Shiro
is a 1990 role-playing video game for the Game Boy SETA Corporation. It was never published outside Japan. Gameplay ''Ayakashi no Shiro'' is a turn-based dungeon crawler. Players move the protagonist through first-person dungeons where randomly occurring battles happen. When combat begins, the player is given several options through a menu system to fight the enemies. Reception Japanese gaming publication ''Famitsu formerly ''Famicom Tsūshin'', is a line of Japanese video game magazines published by Kadokawa Game Linkage (previously known as Gzbrain), a subsidiary of Kadokawa. ''Famitsu'' is published in both weekly and monthly formats as well as in the fo ...'' gave it a score of 21 out of 40. References 1990 video games Dungeon crawler video games Game Boy games Game Boy-only games Japan-exclusive video games Video games about ninja Role-playing video games SETA Corporation games Single-player video games Tactical role-playing video games Video games devel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi Triangle
sometimes abbreviated as is a Japanese fantasy, romantic comedy manga series written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. It was serialized in publisher Shueisha's ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' magazine from June 2020 to April 2022, and has been transferred to the ''Shōnen Jump+'' website since April 2022, with its individual chapters collected and published by Shueisha into thirteen ''tankōbon'' volumes as of March 2023. The manga has been licensed for English release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment, and Shueisha also simultaneously publishes the series in English and Spanish for free on the ''Manga Plus'' app and website. An anime television series adaptation by Connect premiered in January 2023. ''Ayakashi Triangle'' focuses on exorcist ninja Matsuri Kazamaki, as he tries to defend his childhood friend, the Ayakashi Medium Suzu Kanade, from evil spirits called ayakashi. However, during a battle to save Suzu's life, Matsuri is turned into a girl after being curse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Slayers Ayashi
is a Japanese anime television series, created and written by Shō Aikawa (screenwriter), Shō Aikawa and produced by Bones (studio), Bones. Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, it featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto. It was broadcast for twenty-five episodes on MBS TV, MBS–TBS Television (Japan), TBS from October 2006 to March 2007. Plot In 1843, the fourteenth year of the Tenpō Era, ten years before the arrival of Commodore Matthew Perry (naval officer), Matthew Perry and the Black Ships, Edo is under attack by beasts from the underworld, known as . Members of the Bansha Aratamesho, called the , are assembled to repel the emergence of these yoi. Characters Ayashi of the Bansha Aratamesho ; : :An almost 41-year-old drifter with the power of Ayagami. He goes by the name of "Yuki". Originally a son of a Hatamoto Samurai, he left home 25 years ago, after having visited the "Other World". He vanished from home when he was 15 and re-appeared a year later. To him it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayakashi Sisters
The is a group of fictional characters in the ''Sailor Moon'' manga series by Naoko Takeuchi. It comprises the main villains of the second major story arc, which is called the ''Black Moon'' in the manga and '' Sailor Moon Crystal'', and which fills most of '' Sailor Moon R'' season of the first anime adaptation. They are first introduced in chapter #14 "Black Moon Kōan – Sailor Mars", first published in '' Nakayoshi'' on March 3, 1993. In the DIC English adaptation, their name is changed to the "Negamoon Family". Members of the Black Moon Clan are descendants of anarchists who opposed Crystal Tokyo, claiming that the governing group was corrupt and the resulting increase in human longevity by the Silver Crystal was a crime against nature. The founding leaders of the Black Moon were guided by Wiseman to the , a phantom planet that can conceal itself from anything save X-Rays and produce shards of the . All members of the Black Moon Clan have black, upside-down crescents on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gedoushu
This is a list of characters from the 33rd Super Sentai Series ''Samurai Sentai Shinkenger''. The series incorporates heavy elements of Japan in terms of culture, mythology and '' Nihon Bukkyō''. Shinkengers The existed for eighteen generations to protect the world from the Gedoushu, demonic beings from the Sanzu River. Based out of the that originated from , the Shinkengers use a kanji-based power called , which is passed down from one generation to the next (currently on the 18th Generation). Once becoming a Shinkenger, they must renounce their past lives in order to keep their friends and family safe in case a member of the Gedoushu targets them. The Shiba House's manor is protected by a barrier of the Modikara , keeping the Shinkengers safe. They use a to detect the presence of a Gedoushu and its whereabouts. The core five Shinkengers use the in to gain access to Modikara powers, either for transformation or summon other items with the proper kanji. When not in use, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kekkaishi
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yellow Tanabe. The series is about Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival families of ''kekkai'' (barrier magic) users, who must defend their school from the spirits drawn to the sacred land upon which it is built. It was serialized in Shogakukan's '' Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' from October 2003 to April 2011, with its chapters collected in thirty-five '' tankōbon'' volumes. It was adapted as a fifty-two episode anime television series by Sunrise, which was broadcast between October 2006 and February 2008. Both manga and anime series has been licensed for an English-language release in North America by Viz Media. The anime series was broadcast on Adult Swim from May 2010 to May 2011. The ''Kekkaishi'' manga had over 17 million copies in circulation as of June 2020. In 2007, the manga won the 52nd Shogakukan Manga Award for the ''shōnen'' manga category. Plot According to the legend, five hundred y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omamori Himari
, also known as for short, is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Milan Matra. The story revolves around Yuto Amakawa, an orphan who, on his sixteenth birthday, meets Himari, a cat spirit samurai girl who has sworn an oath to protect Yuto from the various monsters and demons that are out to kill him. ''Omamori Himari'' ran in Fujimi Shobo's '' Monthly Dragon Age'' from June 2006 to September 2013, and twelve '' tankōbon'' volumes were published between February 7, 2007 and November 9, 2013. A four-panel spinoff also ran in ''Dragon Age'' from November 2009 to November 2010, and a light novel adaptation by Kougetsu Mikazuki was serialized in '' Dragon Magazine'', with four volumes released from July 2008 to January 2010. A 12-episode anime adaptation by Zexcs aired in Japan between January and March 2010 on TV Saitama, Chiba TV, and other networks. The manga is licensed in North America by Yen Press, with the first volume published on October 26, 2010. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore. The word is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious." are also referred to as , or . Despite often being translated as such, are not literally demons in the Western sense of the word, but are instead spirits and entities. Their behavior can range from malevolent or mischievous to benevolent to humans. often have animal features (such as the , depicted as appearing similar to a turtle, and the , commonly depicted with wings), but may also appear humanoid in appearance, such as the . Some resemble inanimate objects (such as the ), while others have no discernible shape. are typically described as having spiritual or supernatural abilities, with shapeshifting being the most common trait associated with them. that shapeshift are known as or . Japanese folklorists and historians explain as personifications of "supernatural or unaccountable phenomena to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
