Requiem from the Darkness
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Requiem from the Darkness poster featuring Momosuke Yamaoka and the Ongyo.
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京極夏彦 巷説百物語 (Kyogoku Natsuhiko Kosetsu Hyaku Monogatari) |
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| Genre | Horror, Crime, Mystery |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Hideki Tonokatsu |
| Studio | Tokyo Movie Shinsha |
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| Original network | Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting |
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| Original run | October 3, 2003 – December 26, 2003 |
| Episodes | 13 |
The Wicked and the Damned: A Hundred Tales of Karma (巷説百物語 Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari?) is a series of short story collections by Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It was made into a horror/mystery anime series Requiem from the Darkness (京極夏彦 巷説百物語 Kyōgoku Natsuhiko Kōsetsu Hyaku Monogatari?, lit. "Natsuhiko Kyogoku's Hundred Stories"), initially licensed in English by Geneon USA and now licensed by Discotek Media, and into a series of live action TV specials directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi.
Taking place during the Bakumatsu of the Edo period when the foundations of the Tokugawa shogunate have begun to sway, a young writer named Momosuke wishes to write a book of 100 ghost stories and his encounters with three spiritual beings.
While researching these old myths and legends, he comes across a mysterious trio who call themselves the Ongyou. They are detectives who are investigating the legends to reveal their truths, and bring those in the wrong to justice. Each time Momosuke meets the Ongyou, he must face horrible truths and battle with his morals, and he's seeing things he shouldn't be seeing....
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