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Corpse Princess(TV show/series, 2008-2009)

Original title: "屍姫" (Japanese/JA)

Scripted Reality in 2 seasons with 25 episodes

Corpse PrincessRating: 4.0/5 (with 8 votes)
Corpse Princess (Japanese: 屍姫, Hepburn: Shikabane Hime) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. Premiering in Monthly Shōnen Gangan on April 12, 2005, the series centers on the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an undead girl who is hunting down 108 undead corpses in order to gain entry into heaven with the help of a secret society of anti-corpse Buddhist monks. Feel and Gainax partnered together to adapt the series into a thirteen episode anime series. The first season, Aka (赫, Red), aired on October 2, 2008 on AT-X and finished on December 25, 2008. A second season, Kuro (玄, Black), aired between January and March 2009. The anime is licensed for North American distribution and release by Funimation, which has released the episodes in subtitled form as Shikabane Hime through various online distribution companies and through its own website. The series made its North American television debut on the Funimation Channel on November 15, 2010. ()
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Corpse Princess Seasons and Episodes

01/01/2009Kuro - 12 episodes
#1 | 01/01/2009Path of Light
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
A priest wants Makina to be killed. Makina is currently imprisoned and spirits are eating her rune. Ouri undergoes priest training but gets cut off because of an incident at Makina’s prison.
#2 | 01/08/2009My Enemy
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The shichisei make their grand entrance and a minor fight is held but quickly cut short. Major characters assemble and are re-introduced.
#3 | 01/15/2009Beloved Aberration
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Makina completed an Enkiri to get rid of the rotten rune. Meanwhile, Ouri is continuing training but Makina interrupts Ouri in the hot springs and demands to be released from the contract. She is then captured and put in prison. “Genpaku” Takamasa takes Ouri to observe one of his missions to kill a corpse.
#4 | 01/22/2009Itsuki’s Form
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
A bit of history about Itsuki and “Genpaku” Takamasa’s early days as a team. Genpaku has to face a friend from four years ago, one that he could not kill back then.
#5 | 01/29/2009Nature and Regrets
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Itsuki fights a corpse and Ouri is shown a side of the shikabane hime he doesn’t know. Rumours are heard that Keisei’s body has turned into a corpse, and Sadahiro is sent to destroy it. Later on, Makina meets with “Keisei’s corpse” but it turns out that it was the shichisei Ena. Ouri and Makina meet with Sadahiro and his shikabane hime in the forest; they all face the body controlling shichisei.
#6 | 02/05/2009Monster Named Happiness
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Ouri and Makina fight Ena, one of the Shichisei. Ouri is shown to have a bit of Zadan Jutsu power, having entered the Kougonshuu. Meanwhile, Kagusa gets controlled by Touya, the “balloon monster” shichisei. Ouri and Makina confirm their contract but afterwards, the controlled Kasuga goes into Ouri’s apartment and pushes him down onto the floor.
#7 | 02/12/2009Mundane Wish
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Inuhiko[?], Ouri’s classmate smacks Kasuga in hopes of getting her back to normal, but Kagusa escapes and Inuhiko tells Ouri that Kasuga loves him. Makina hears of the incidents at school and runs there, and meets Kasuga who manages to trap Makina with the balloon curse and runs away. Ouri catches up with Kasuga who is about to get eaten by her “happiness.” Makina defeats a shichisei but is knocked unconscious by another. Ouri makes an attempt to destroy the happiness monster with a Zadan Jutsu but fails. It is revealed that Ouri is believed to be the child of a corpse.
#8 | 02/26/2009My Mother Was Defiled
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Kasuga Nozomi dies completely because she did not fulfill the requirements needed to become a shikabane hime. Only girls of a certain age group and under special circumstances can become Shikabane Hime. Makina wakes up in the Shichisei Headquarters and fights Hokuto excitedly. The shichisei reveals some plans and the kougonshuu reveals to Ouri that they believe that he is the child of a corpse. He loses control when he remembers his childhood, and the high priest Gon kicks him out of kougonshuu to relieve him of his job as a contractor priest. A small scuffle over Ouri’s priest friends allows him to escape back to the orphanage. One of the shichisei, Huzuchi, is revealed to be killed by Ouri’s “mother” and has a grudge against Ouri for being the only one left alive.
#9 | 03/05/2009The Value of the Living
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
Ouri learns of his mother being a corpse and more of his past. The Kougon Sect regroups as the Seven Stars commence the final action of their plan as Planes all over the city crash into buildings creating Countless Shikabane.
#10 | 03/12/2009To the Other Side of Hell
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The true agenda of the Seven Stars and the Traitor Monks is revealed as the Catastrophe of the city creates Numerous Shikabane and The Corpse Princesses Fight the hordes. Only to collapse when their Contract bond is broken as Hokuto destroys a mysterious Casket.
#11 | 03/19/2009One Hundred and Eight Lies
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
The secret to the Shikabane Hime’s power is Revealed as it is the corpse of the first Shikabane Hime. The truth behind The Traitor Monk is told. The Shikabane Hime who collapsed Continue to fight. Hokuto Becomes a Shikabane Hime herself as Ouri and Makina find New power to continue the fight.
#12 | 03/26/2009Beyond the Dead
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)
As the battle between Hokuto and Makina Continues it is revealed that Corpse Princess’ Choose to Bond with their Monks and all the Princess’ regain their power. Another of The Seven Stars is defeated and one gives up. The last Seven Stars escapes with Hokuto. Makina and Ouri decide to make a final decision on their Future.
#13 | 08/05/2009Even So, as a Person
Flashing back to a time before Makina and Ouri’s partnership was forged, a beautiful woman known as Minai meets a gruesome end, only to be reborn as a corpse princess and paired with Isaki.
10/02/2008Aka - 13 episodes
08/05/2009Specials - 2 episodes

Additional Information

Official websites:
Production country: Japan
Original language: Japanese (JA)
Spoken languages: Japanese (JA)
Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 10/02/2008
Last episode released on: 03/26/2009
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Shikabane Hime"
"Shikabane Hime: Aka"
"Shikabane Hime: Kuro"
"屍姫 玄"
"屍姫 赫"
"데드 프린세스"
"Princesa Cadáver"
"Princesa Cadáver: Negro"
"Princesa Cadáver: Vermelho"
"Принцеса мёртвых"
"Принцеса Труп"
"Принцеса Труп: Червона"
"Принцеса Труп: Чорна"
"Принцеса-труп: Червона"
"Принцеса-труп: Чорна"
"Шікабане хіме"
Keywords: anime, undead

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