Hideki Tonokatsu
Director
Requiem from the Darkness (2003)
Season 1
Momosuke is a young man with a dream: to travel Japan and collect one hundred stories. He journeys from place to place, searching for tales of the paranormal and bizarre, hoping to collect tales to publish in his book. However, the calm of Momosuke's life soon is shattered by a chance meeting with three sinister beings: Mataichi the priest, Nagamimi the bird-caller, and the beautiful Ogin. Soon, Momosuke learns that there might be more to his newfound comrades than first meets the eye...
Released Oct. 3, 2003
Episode 25 min
14+
Genres: Animation, Anime, Anime: Historical, Anime: Psychological, Anime: Supernatural, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.anime, tmdb.horror, imdb.anime-animation, imdb.female-nudity, imdb.female-rear-nudity, tmdb.psychological, mdblist.anime-dub
Watch Providers: Plex, Plex Channel
Production Companies: TMS Entertainment
Network: CBC
S1E1 - The Red Bean Washer
A writer of riddle books for children, Momosuke Yamaoka's ambition is to compile a book of 100 ghost stories.
Oct. 3, 2003, midnight
S1E2 - Willow Woman
Momosuke arrives at Kichibe's Willow Inn, hoping to learn about the fabled Willow Woman who is said to haunt the inn.
Oct. 10, 2003, midnight
S1E3 - White Fox
Momosuke encounters a hunter named Yasaku while investigating the tale of Hakuzōsu, a legendary fox who posed as a monk to tempt a hunter away from killing foxes.
Oct. 17, 2003, midnight
S1E4 - Dancing Head
Momosuke arrives at a town where a woman named Oyoshi is being chased by a ronin named Matajuro Ishikawa.
Oct. 24, 2003, midnight
S1E5 - Salty Choji
The trio go to investigate a house on a hill where there have been reports of people dissapearing.
Oct. 31, 2003, midnight
S1E6 - The Shibaemon Racoon Dog
Momosuke and the Ongyou encounter a traveling performance troupe which includes a samurai who claims to be a Tanuki, a Raccoon Dog that assumes human form.
Nov. 7, 2003, midnight
S1E7 - Katabira Crossroads
Momosuke hears the legend of the Katabira Crossroads where some women have mysteriously died.
Nov. 14, 2003, midnight
S1E8 - Field Gun
Momosuke responds to a supposed letter from his brother Gunhachiro sent to him while at Katabira Crossroads.
Nov. 21, 2003, midnight
S1E9 - The Lone and Strange
Hearing about the murderous cutthroat Giamon of Inarizika, rumored to be a Kowai (a ghoul that can survive any fatality), Momosuke learns some of Ogin's past.
Nov. 28, 2003, midnight
S1E10 - The Succubus
After arriving in town, Momosuke runs into a man and learns of the missing bride Shiragiku.
Dec. 5, 2003, midnight
S1E11 - The Marine Spirits
Momosuke hasn't seen the Ongyou for months. When he asks Tsutaya if he's heard of any ghostly rumors lately, Tsutaya tells Momosuke that there are two he knows of, with one of them being the sea ghosts of Sanuki.
Dec. 12, 2003, midnight
S1E12 - The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 1
Strange massacres have been occurring at Seven Man Point.
Dec. 19, 2003, midnight
S1E13 - The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2
After Ukon ends up captured by Danjo's servant Kaburagi, Momosuke infiltrates the dungeons in order to rescue him.
Dec. 26, 2003, midnight
Network: CBC
Episode Runtime: 25 min.
Season Runtime: 325 min.
Released: Oct. 3, 2003
Last Air Date: Dec. 26, 2003, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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