Shikabane Hime: Kuro

Alternative Titles

English: Corpse Princess

Synonyms: Shikabane Hime Second Season

Japanese: 屍姫 玄

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Jan 1, 2009 to Mar 26, 2009

Producers: Gainax, feel., FUNimation Entertainment^L

Genres: Action, Horror

Duration: 24 min. per episode

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

^L represents licensing company

Synopsis

A direct continuation of Shikabane Hime Aka, taking place six months after Tagami Keisei's death at the hands of the Shichisei (Seven Stars), a group of elite Shikabane who act on more than just regrets. As per Keisei's dying wish, Kagami Ouri formed a temporary contract with Makina to save her from degenerating into a Shikabane. Since then, Ouri's been training to become a proper monk so that he can remain contracted to Makina and help her fight against the Shichisei -- the ones who originally killed Makina, the entire Hoshimura family, and now Keisei. However, the traitorous monk Shishidou Akasha has sided with the Shichisei in an attempt to destroy all Shikabane Hime and the entire monk organization that uses them -- Kougon Sect.

Shikabane Hime: Aka

Alternative Titles

English: Corpse Princess

Japanese: 屍姫 赫

Information

Type: TV

Episodes: 13

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Oct 2, 2008 to Dec 25, 2008

Producers: Gainax, feel., Starchild Records, FUNimation Entertainment^L

Genres: Action, Horror, Martial Arts

Duration: 24 min. per episode

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

^L represents licensing company

Synopsis

After being brutally murdered along with her family, Makina Hoshimura turns into a Shikabane Hime, a living corpse contracted to the Kougon Cult, in order to exert revenge on the mysterious undead organization responsible for her death. She is assisted in this task by Keisei Tagami, her contracted priest and former friend. This series follows the story of Keisei's younger brother Ouri, a boy with an unusual attraction to death, who slowly discovers his brother's secret and gets dragged into the world of the Shikabanes.