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Requiem from the Darkness

Requiem from the Darkness

★ 6.2/10•2003•25m•TV-14•Animation•Mystery•Sci-Fi & Fantasy
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Momosuke is a young man with a dream: to travel Japan and collect one hundred stories. He journeys from place to place, searching for tales of the paranormal and bizarre, hoping to collect tales to publish in his book. However, the calm of Momosuke's life soon is shattered by a chance meeting with three sinister beings: Mataichi the priest, Nagamimi the bird-caller, and the beautiful Ogin. Soon, Momosuke learns that there might be more to his newfound comrades than first meets the eye...

Hideki Tonokatsu · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime25m
LanguageJA
First Air DateOct 3, 2003

Episodes

Episode 1 - The Red Bean WasherE125m

The Red Bean Washer

A writer of riddle books for children, Momosuke Yamaoka's ambition is to compile a book of 100 ghost stories.

Oct 3, 2003

Episode 2 - Willow WomanE225m

Willow Woman

Momosuke arrives at Kichibe's Willow Inn, hoping to learn about the fabled Willow Woman who is said to haunt the inn.

Oct 10, 2003

Episode 3 - White FoxE325m

White Fox

Momosuke encounters a hunter named Yasaku while investigating the tale of Hakuzōsu, a legendary fox who posed as a monk to tempt a hunter away from killing foxes.

Oct 17, 2003

Episode 4 - Dancing HeadE425m

Dancing Head

Momosuke arrives at a town where a woman named Oyoshi is being chased by a ronin named Matajuro Ishikawa.

Oct 24, 2003

Episode 5 - Salty ChojiE525m

Salty Choji

The trio go to investigate a house on a hill where there have been reports of people dissapearing.

Oct 31, 2003

Episode 6 - The Shibaemon Racoon DogE625m

The Shibaemon Racoon Dog

Momosuke and the Ongyou encounter a traveling performance troupe which includes a samurai who claims to be a Tanuki, a Raccoon Dog that assumes human form.

Nov 7, 2003

Episode 7 - Katabira CrossroadsE725m

Katabira Crossroads

Momosuke hears the legend of the Katabira Crossroads where some women have mysteriously died.

Nov 14, 2003

Episode 8 - Field GunE825m

Field Gun

Momosuke responds to a supposed letter from his brother Gunhachiro sent to him while at Katabira Crossroads.

Nov 21, 2003

Episode 9 - The Lone and StrangeE925m

The Lone and Strange

Hearing about the murderous cutthroat Giamon of Inarizika, rumored to be a Kowai (a ghoul that can survive any fatality), Momosuke learns some of Ogin's past.

Nov 28, 2003

Episode 10 - The SuccubusE1025m

The Succubus

After arriving in town, Momosuke runs into a man and learns of the missing bride Shiragiku.

Dec 5, 2003

Episode 11 - The Marine SpiritsE1125m

The Marine Spirits

Momosuke hasn't seen the Ongyou for months. When he asks Tsutaya if he's heard of any ghostly rumors lately, Tsutaya tells Momosuke that there are two he knows of, with one of them being the sea ghosts of Sanuki.

Dec 12, 2003

Episode 12 - The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 1E1225m

The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 1

Strange massacres have been occurring at Seven Man Point.

Dec 19, 2003

Episode 13 - The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2E1325m

The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2

After Ukon ends up captured by Danjo's servant Kaburagi, Momosuke infiltrates the dungeons in order to rescue him.

Dec 26, 2003

Actors

Ryusei Nakao

Ryusei Nakao

Mataichi (voice)

Sanae Kobayashi

Sanae Kobayashi

Ogin (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Nagamimi (voice)

Toshihiko Seki

Toshihiko Seki

Momosuke Yamaoka (voice)

Hiroshi Otake

Hiroshi Otake

Tsutaya (voice)

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Kyogoku Tei (voice)

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