In the Edo period, the granddaughter of a samurai family is planning to wed into an important family, to great celebration. Tragedy befalls the house, however, when the bride is struck dead on her wedding day. Meanwhile, a travelling medicine seller has approached the house, sensing trouble, and is initially blamed for the murder. The medicine ( Read more... )

Ages ago, a lone warrior surviced a battle and wandered lost before collapsing. A goddess saw him and took pity on him, sending rain to quench his thirst, a bend to ease his hunger, a flower to ease his loneliness, and many other gifts, and eventually fell in love with him. With her help, the warrior conquered the surrounding lands and became ( Read more... )

The opening story of Ayakashi, Yotsuya Kaidan, is a retelling of the kabuki play by the same name, which, in turn, is based on the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time. Lady Oiwa was a virtuous young woman, and the wife and daughter of samurai. When his lord died, her future husband, Iemon, turned thief and stole from his coffers, using ( Read more... )

Have watched the first story of Ayakashi, Yotsuya Kaidan.

Am possibly in love with the anime.

Especially the soundtrack.

Will give proper post later when at my inyernet computer at work.

For now:  Imagine a samurai ghost/revenge story that's an hour and a half or Yoshitaka Amano's designs and that's interspersed with stories about the legend it's based ( Read more... )

I just watched the first episode of Ayakashi, a short anime that's a collection of 3 supernatural historical horror stories. It is, as magicnoire put it, "kinda awesome." The anime Mononoke(no relation to Princess Mononoke) is a followup to it. I shall most definately get the DVDs.

I bring you the awesome openning credits which, IMO, are what Samurai ( Read more... )