The cover of the first DVD compilation featuring Natsuno Yuuki.
The Shiki anime is an adaptation of the Shika manga series drawn by Ryu Fujisaki, which is itself an adaptation of a novel series of the same name by Fuyumi Ono. The story is about a small town in rural Japan named Sotoba, where a series of bizarre deaths occur, coinciding with the arrival of the Kirishiki family who has just moved into a castle built on the outskirts. Toshio Ozaki, dean of the only hospital in Sotoba, begins to investigate and discovers there are supernatural presences at work, namely vampires, who are called shiki, which translates to English as "corpse demon".
The series premiered on Fuji TV, Kansai TV, Tōkai TV, and their affiliated stations on July 8, 2010. Funimation has acquired the license to simulcast the series one hour after its initial broadcast in Japan with English subtitles. The first of the DVDs and Blu-ray of the anime were released on October 27, 2010 by Aniplex.
Each episode title is a homophone pronunciation for the Japanese numerals using On'yomi, with each phrase mostly related to death or the corruption of the physical body, both common themes in the series. The series has four pieces of theme music.
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Cast
- Kazuyuki Okitsu as Seishin Muroi
- Nozomi Sasaki as Kunihiro Ritsuko
- Wataru Takagi as Tatsumi
- Aoi Yuki as Sunako Kirishiki
- Tôru Ôkawa as Toshio Ozaki
To see a list of all characters visit the Characters page.
Episodes
| Episode # | English Title | Japanese Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Blood | "Dai ichi wa"
(第遺血話) |
7/8/2010 |
| 2 | Second Decay | "Dai futa (ni) wa"
(第腐堕話) |
7/16/2010 |
| 3 | Third Tragedy | "Dai san wa"
(第惨話) |
7/22/2010 |
| 4 | Fourth Death | "Dai shi (yon) wa"
(第死話) |
7/29/2010 |
| 5 | Fifth Deceit | "Dai itsu (go) wa"
(第偽話) |
8/5/2010 |
| 6 | Sixth Skull | "Dai roku wa"
(第髏苦話) |
8/12/2010 |
| 7 | Seventh Killing Spirit | "Dai shichi wa"
(第弑魑話) |
8/19/2010 |
| 8 | Eighth Night | "Dai ya (hachi) wa"
(第夜話) |
8/26/2010 |
| 9 | Ninth Coffin | "Dai kyū wa"
(第柩話) |
9/2/2010 |
| 10 | Tenth Mourning | "Dai tō (ju) wa"
(第悼話) |
9/10/2010 |
| 11 | Eleventh Slaughter | "Dai tō to hito (jūichi) wa"
(第悼と悲屠話) |
9/16/2010 |
| 12 | Twelfth Decay | "Dai tō to futa (jūni) wa"
(第悼と腐堕話) |
10/14/2010 |
| 13 | Thirteenth Tragedy | "Dai tō to san (jūsan) wa"
(第悼と惨話) |
10/28/2010 |
| 14 | Fourteenth Death | "Dai tō to shi (jūyon) wa"
(第悼と死話) |
11/4/2010 |
| 15 | Fifteenth Deceit | "Dai tō to itsu wa"
(第悼と偽話) |
11/11/2010 |
| 16 | Sixteenth Skull | "Dai tō to roku wa"
(第悼と髏苦話) |
11/18/2010 |
| 17 | Seventeenth Killing Spirit | "Dai tō to shichi wa"
(第悼と弑魑話) |
11/25/2010 |
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18 |
Eighteenth Death | "Dai tō to ya wa"
(第悼と夜話) |
12/2/2010 |
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19 |
Nineteenth Coffin | "Dai tō to kyū wa"
(第悼と柩話) |
12/9/2010 |
| 20 | Twentieth Mourning | "Dai futatō wa"
(第腐汰悼話) |
12/16/2010 |
| 21 | Twenty-First Slaughter | "Dai futatō to hito wa"
(第腐汰悼と悲屠話) |
12/23/2010 |
| 22 | The Final Hunt | "Saishū wa"
(蔡蒐話) |
12/30/2010 |
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