Underplayed Gems

The SoulTaker (2001)

The SoulTaker poster
Original title
The Soul Taker 〜魂狩〜
Directed by
Akiyuki Shinbo
Genre
action anime and manga, horror anime and manga, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Supernatural
Country
Japan
Length
1 season, 13 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A teenage boy is killed by his mother and comes back as a powerful winged mutant. He searches for the truth about his past and his missing twin sister.

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What happens

The SoulTaker (Japanese: THE SOUL TAKER 〜魂狩〜, Hepburn: Za Sōru Teikā ~Tamashii Gari~) is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-lost twin sister named Runa, and that his past is all a lie. The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and was Tatsunoko's first anime to utilize digital animation as well as the first anime to be broadcast on high-definition television, and features a seven-episode spinoff OVA miniseries featuring the character Komugi titled Nurse Witch Komugi, albeit Shinbo did not return to direct the OVAs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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