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Shikabane Hime
Shikabane Hime manga volume 1 cover.
GenreSupernatural
Manga
Written byYoshiichi Akahito
Published byJapan Square Enix
MagazineMonthly Shōnen Gangan
DemographicShōnen
Original runApril 12, 2005September 12, 2008
Volumes9
Anime
Shikabane Hime: Aka
Directed byMasahiko Murata
StudioJapan Feel, Gainax
Released October 2, 2008 – present

Shikabane Hime (屍姫, lit. Corpse Princess) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. The series centers around the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who is hunting down 108 undead corpses, or zombies, in order to gain entry into heaven with the help of a secret society of anti-corpse Buddhist monks.

Media

Manga

The manga was serialized in Square Enix's manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Gangan between April 12, 2005 and September 12, 2008, and is collected in nine bound volumes released in Japan under Square Enix's Gangan Comics imprint.[2]

Anime

An anime adaptation produced by Feel and Gainax began airing in Japan on October 2, 2008.[3][4] It was first announced in the July 12, 2008 Monthly Shōnen Gangan magazine that Shikabane Hime would receive an anime adaptation,[5][6] which was announced by a Gainax panel at the 2008 FanimeCon as one of the two unnamed projects by Chikashi Kubota[7] before he became the show's chief designer.[8] The opening and ending themes, "Beautiful fighter" and "My story", are set to have a single release from Angela on November 12, 2008.[9]

References

  1. ^ " Funimation's Youtube Page". Retrieved 2008-10-16.
  2. ^ "Shikabane Hime manga release listing". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  3. ^ "Shikabane Hime Confirmed as Gainax's New TV Series". Anime News Network. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2008-05-27.
  4. ^ "Official Shikabane Hime anime website" (in Japanese). StarChild. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  5. ^ "Shonen Gangan Details Gainax's Shikabane Hime: Aka Anime". Anime News Network. 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  6. ^ "Shikabane Hime Confirmed as Gainax's New TV Series (Updated)". Anime News Network. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  7. ^ "Gainax, Hiroyuki Yamaga Working on 2 Unnamed Projects". Anime News Network. 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  8. ^ "Chikashi Kubota". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  9. ^ "Official Starchild's Release Page" (in Japanese). Starchild.