story that is beautiful and elegant as well as weird and strange, it revolves
around the main character, a god of death named Asato Tsuzuki, his partner Hisoka Kurosaki,
his colleagues in the Summons Department, Seiichiro Tatsumi and Yutaka Watari
and their common enemy, the mad doctor Kazutaka Muraki. The original comics
by Yoko Matsushita have the sales record of over four million copies total (11 volumes
of the series are on sale as of October 2002), a very popular series.
Jyuocho is an bureau in Meifu or the world after death for judging the crimes
of people committed while living. Enmacho Shokanka (Summons Department of Hades) provides
the back up for the management of Jyuocho and helps guide the lost souls in the world
of the living.
Asato Tsuzuki is god of death with 70 years of service working
in the Summons Department. It seems that there has been an increase in the number
of unnatural deaths recently in the Nagasaki district where he is in charge. In fact,
he finds a weird chain of serial killings in the Nagasaki area. All the victims have sharp
fang bite marks in their necks and their blood have been drained... Right away,
Tsuzuki begins to investigate the incident.
As a rule, two gods of death work as a team. But Tsuzuki doesn't have
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a partner and it is decided that his brother Gushoshin
is to accompany him for the time being. When the two
are investigating, a vampire presumed to be the culprit
appears on the scene. They hurry after him but fail
to catch him. At this point, someone nudges Tsuzuki
in his back with the muzzle of a gun. It is no other
than his new partner Hisoka. It seems he mistook Tsuzuki
for the vampire. He is an unsociable guy but they say
manager Konoe scouted him himself. Hisoka has very
strong psychic powers. Perhaps that was his misfortune
because he ended up becoming a partner to someone no
person wished to team up with, the "free-loader" of
Enmacho, Masato Tsuzuki.
It is an incompatible pair
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reluctantly continue the investigation or the case. Then they realize
that the Maria Won, Diva of Hong Kong happened to be
visiting Japan for the Nagasaki Song Festival during
the same dates as the sequence of dates when the vampire
attacked. Chasing Maria, Tsuzuki and Hisoka infiltrate
into the TV station but are attacked by the gigantic
white dragon Ouryu. What destiny awaits the two? (Stay
tuned.)
Main Staff
Original Story : Yoko Matsushita
Serialized in "Hana To Yume", Hakusensha
Planning : Takahiro Yagura, Masaki Sawanobori
Chief Screenwriter : Masaharu Amiya
Character Design, General Animation Director : Yumi Nakayama
Director : Hiroko Tokita
Animation Production : J.C. Staff |
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