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Requiem from the Darkness
2003 6.9 (8 votes) 1 Seasons
Genres
Animation Mystery Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Networks
CBC

Requiem from the Darkness (京極夏彦 巷説百物語)

Overview

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...

Key Crew

Director: Hideki Tonokatsu

Producer: Takeyuki Okazaki, Hiromichi Oishi

Top Cast

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 Ôtake
Hiroshi Ôtake

Tsutaya (voice)

Natsuhiko Kyogoku
Natsuhiko Kyogoku

Kyogoku Tei (voice)

Seasons

Season 1 poster
Season 1 (2003)

No overview available.

13 episodes

Episodes
Episode 1: The Red Bean Washer
2003-10-03

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 2: Willow Woman
2003-10-10

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 3: White Fox
2003-10-17

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 4: Dancing Head
2003-10-24

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 5: Salty Choji
2003-10-31

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 6: The Shibaemon Racoon Dog
2003-11-07

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 7: Katabira Crossroads
2003-11-14

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 8: Field Gun
2003-11-21

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 9: The Lone and Strange
2003-11-28

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 10: The Succubus
2003-12-05

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

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 11: The Marine Spirits
2003-12-12

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.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 12: The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 1
2003-12-19

Strange massacres have been occurring at Seven Man Point.

Runtime: 25 min
Episode 13: The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2
2003-12-26

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

Runtime: 25 min

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