Kaishaku (manga group)
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is a group of two manga artists consisting of and . The name comes from , an appointed second person whose duty it is to decapitate one who commits seppuku
- ritual suicide by disembowelment. Their anime also tends to have a happier ending after the credits on each last episode.
Seppuku
is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for samurai. Part of the samurai bushido honor code, seppuku was either used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies , or as a form of capital punishment...
- ritual suicide by disembowelment. Their anime also tends to have a happier ending after the credits on each last episode.
Recurring themes
- Since Kannazuki no Miko, the characters of Himeko Kurusugawa and Chikane Himemiya appear in the following Kaishaku projects: as Kuu (in character design) / Himiko (in name and love interest) and Kaon in Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, also as Tendo Hikaru and Utashiro Haruka in Hazama no Uta, in Himegami no Miko as Himeko Hinomiya and Chikane Kouzuki, in The Cross Triangle as Kurusu Ereshkigal and Kiraha Azaloth, and recently as protagonists in Zettai Shōjo Seiiki Amnesian.
- Another recurring character is that of Ogami Souma from Kannazuki no Miko, who's also appeared as Ogami Jin in Kyoshiro to Towa no Sora, Ogami/Okami in The Cross Triangle, and as just Ogami in Zettai Shōjo Seiiki Amnesian.
Created manga series
- Steel Angel KurumiSteel Angel Kurumiis a manga and anime series following the adventures of its titular character created by Kaishaku. Directed by Naohito Takahashi, animated by Oriental Light and Magic and produced by Pony Canyon with character designs by Yuriko Chiba and Yuji Ikeda and music by Toshihiko Sahashi, it has been...
(1998) - Magical Meow Meow Taruto (2001)
- UFO Ultramaiden ValkyrieUFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie, aka UFO Princess Valkyrie, is an anime series based on the manga of the same name, which has run for at eleven volumes, and still seems to be continuing...
(2002) - Kagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice RondoKagihime Monogatari Eikyuu Alice Rondo, or simply Kagihime, is a manga written by Kaishaku. The manga was serialised in Dengeki Daioh. A 2006 thirteen episode anime produced by Trinet Entertainment was adapted from the manga....
(2004) - Kannazuki no MikoKannazuki no Mikois a manga series created by the duo Kaishaku. The series was serialized in fourteen chapters by Kadokawa Shoten and in Shōnen Ace in 2004 and 2005, and collected in two bound volumes. The series was adapted as an anime television series broadcast in 12 episodes on TNK between October and December...
(2004) - Shattered Angels (2006)
- Zettai Shōjo Seiiki Amnesian (2009)