Corpse Princess (2008)

Original title

屍姬

Genre

action anime and manga, thriller anime and manga, supernatural anime and manga

Country

Japan

Length

2 seasons, 25 episodes

Rated

TV-MA

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An undead girl named Makina Hoshimura must kill 108 undead corpses to earn her way into heaven. She works with a secret society of Buddhist monks who hunt these corpses.

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What happens

Corpse Princess (Japanese: 屍姫, Hepburn: Shikabane Hime) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. Premiering in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on April 12, 2005, the series centers on the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who is hunting down 108 undead corpses in order to gain entry into heaven with the help of a secret society of anti-corpse Buddhist monks. Feel and Gainax partnered together to adapt the series into a thirteen episode anime series. The first season, Aka (赫; Red), aired on October 2, 2008, on AT-X and finished on December 25, 2008. A second season, Kuro (玄; Black), aired between January and March 2009. The anime is licensed for North American distribution and release by Funimation, which has released the episodes in subtitled form as Shikabane Hime through various online distribution companies and through its own website. The series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel on November 15, 2010. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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