Ghost Slayers Ayashi

All Episodes 2006 - 2007
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  • 2006-10-06T15:00:00Z
  • 24m
  • 10h (25 episodes)
  • Sho Aikawa
  • Japan
  • Japanese
  • BONES + 1 more, Toei Animation
  • Fantasy, Anime, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction
Ghost Slayers Ayashi is a Japanese anime series, created and written by Shō Aikawa and produced by Bones. Directed by Hiroshi Nishikiori, it featured character designs by Toshihiro Kawamoto and premiered across Japan on October 7, 2006 on TBS's 6:00 pm doroku timeslot, which has previously occupied other noted anime Blood+, Fullmetal Alchemist and both series of the Gundam Seed franchise. It received its satellite television premiere across Japan on Animax on November 14, 2006, and also received its English language television premiere on Animax's English networks across Southeast Asia and South Asia, Animax Asia, from January 2009. While originally scheduled to air for 52 episodes, the series' length was shortened to 25 due to its low ratings and ended its run on March 31, 2007.

30 episodes

Series Premiere

2006-10-06T15:00:00Z

1x01 (1) The Youi Arrival

Series Premiere

1x01 (1) The Youi Arrival

  • 2006-10-06T15:00:00Z24m

Torii Yōzō, the South Edo Magistrate, promises to recognize the legitimacy of the Bansha Aratamesho if Ogasawara and the others can recruit a man called Ryūdō Yukiatsu into the organization.

Yukiatsu helps the other Ayashi to protect Ōta from the Yōi.

The samurai residential quarters of Edo are under attack by the second Yōi. Meanwhile, Yuki must choose between a life with Ōta and Tae-san or a life as an ayashi.

2006-10-27T15:00:00Z

1x04 (4) The Living Doll

1x04 (4) The Living Doll

  • 2006-10-27T15:00:00Z24m

The Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement is investigating a series of missing persons around the circus area in Yotsuya. The South Edo Magistrate are also pursuing the same case.

2006-11-03T15:00:00Z

1x05 (5) Murderer`s Story

1x05 (5) Murderer`s Story

  • 2006-11-03T15:00:00Z24m

Tamahei, the Okappiki, suspects that Yukiatsu might have murdered someone in Edo 15 years ago.

2006-11-10T15:00:00Z

1x06 (6) Dragon Aura Running

1x06 (6) Dragon Aura Running

  • 2006-11-10T15:00:00Z24m

The serpent Yōi runs wild in Edo. Torii plans to use Atl as human sacrifice to appease the Yōi.

1x07 (7) The Dragon in the Cloud

  • 2006-11-17T15:00:00Z24m

Yukiatsu tries to draw out the Ayagami from the serpent Yōi, but finds he is unable to do it. The only thing to do is to try to take the Ayagami from Shichi in order to subdue the Yōi. To change the serpent Yōi into a good spirit, Kumoshichi fuses himself with it.

2006-11-24T15:00:00Z

1x08 (8) Fox Play

1x08 (8) Fox Play

  • 2006-11-24T15:00:00Z24m

The Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement is given jurisdiction to investigate the case of missing people around the Kabuki playhouses. Saizō is adamant to investigate the case without Yukiatsu's help.

2006-12-01T15:00:00Z

1x09 (9) Front and Back

1x09 (9) Front and Back

  • 2006-12-01T15:00:00Z24m

Saizō is possessed by the Mask Yōi and her dance is drawing all Yōi into Edo. Ogasawara orders his Ayashi to terminate Saizō.

After Ryūdō confronts Saizō and saves her from the Mask Yōi, Saizō manages to destroy the Yōi herself.

1x11 (11) Nikkou Spirit Highway

  • 2006-12-15T15:00:00Z24m

Ryūdō and Ogasawara travel along a highway outside Edo, slaying Yōi to make a safe path for an important official to travel through the area.

The Western Ones use the Killing Stone to summon a vast number of Yōi in the Nikkō region. Meanwhile, Ogasawara is told he must kill his old friend Kanō to prove his innocence.

Tamahei, the policeman, explains to Kai Shūzaburō, a young painter, about the Bansha Aratemesho. His story recaps all the previous episodes.

2007-01-12T15:00:00Z

1x14 (14) Butterfly Dance

1x14 (14) Butterfly Dance

  • 2007-01-12T15:00:00Z24m

After a woman is murdered in the brothel district, Shūzaburō and Atl come under suspicion from a special branch of the police called the Arson/Thievery Investigations.

The Arson/Thievery Investigations continue to investigate the murders. Eventually the Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement discover that the killer is a Yōi which uses human bodies as a chrysalis.

2007-01-26T15:00:00Z

1x16 (16) The Machine Tribe

1x16 (16) The Machine Tribe

  • 2007-01-26T15:00:00Z24m

The government officials supporting the Office of Barbarian Knowledge Enforcement come under attack by an elusive gunman, and the ayashi investigate. Meanwhile, Abi meets a tribesman from his past.

2007-02-02T15:00:00Z

1x17 (17) Cloistered World

1x17 (17) Cloistered World

  • 2007-02-02T15:00:00Z24m

Saizō and Edo Gen are help captive by the mountain tribesmen, who reveal that their true target is Torii Yozo. Meanwhile, the other ayashi investigate the tribesmen and Abi searches for his sister.

2007-02-09T15:00:00Z

1x18 (18) Wanderer`s Paradise

1x18 (18) Wanderer`s Paradise

  • 2007-02-09T15:00:00Z24m

The attack on Torii fails. Abi continues to seek his sister, but eventually learns that she resides in the Other World and has become a demon.

2007-02-16T15:00:00Z

1x19 (19) Three Yukiatsus

1x19 (19) Three Yukiatsus

  • 2007-02-16T15:00:00Z24m

Two people, a boy and an aging man, appear in Edo, both claiming to be called Ryūdo Yukiatsu. The ayashi investigate this and in doing so discover more about Ryūdo's past.

1x20 (20) Shinobazu Pond Lullaby

  • 2007-02-23T15:00:00Z24m

Yukiatsu must decide whether he wants to return to his family permanently. The Ryūdo family sword transforms into a giant yōi and Ryūdo fuses with Kumoshichi to defeat it.

1x21 (21) To End on a Starry Night

  • 2007-03-02T15:00:00Z24m

The Western Ones create a new Yōi which travels to Edo and attacks a series of young girls, transforming them into heartless killers. Atl and Saizō act as bait for the Yōi but in the end it chases Edo Gen instead, and is later killed by Ryūdo.

The ayashi hunt down a sake-based Yōi which dwells in the water systems. Meanwhile, Atl meets a samurai who will soon be forced to commit seppuku so she tries to open a gate to the Other World which will lead him to safety.

The Ayashi receive a plea for help at the Inba Marsh construction site, but Atobe orders Ogasawara to not take action because Torii is supervising the construction and his failure could provoke his downfall. However, Ogasawara does not stop the other Ayashi from going there instead.

Atl's dissatisfaction with the Human world reaches its peak, and she summons a massive Yōi which falls under the Western Ones' control. To complicate matters, Yuki discovers that Genbatsu has joined the Western Ones.

Season Finale

2007-03-30T15:00:00Z

1x25 (25) Intermission

Season Finale

1x25 (25) Intermission

  • 2007-03-30T15:00:00Z24m

To complete their master plan, the Western Ones use Atl's power to summon another gigantic Yōi deep into the Ayashi's lair, but Yuki and his companions bring forth the full power of their ayagami to stand against them.

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