Ghost Slayers Ayashi

4.7
200624m

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.

Production

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Seasons

25 Episodes • Premiered 2006

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 1: The Youi Arrival

1. The Youi Arrival

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 2: The God of the Mountain Falls

2. The God of the Mountain Falls

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 3: Doctrine 3 - Dark Flow of Flowery Edo

3. Doctrine 3 - Dark Flow of Flowery Edo

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 4: The Living Doll

4. The Living Doll

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 5: Murderer`s Story

5. Murderer`s Story

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 6: Dragon Aura Running

6. Dragon Aura Running

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 7: The Dragon in the Cloud

7. The Dragon in the Cloud

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 8: Fox Play

8. Fox Play

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 9: Front and Back

9. Front and Back

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 10: Holy Music of Girl Smelling March Flowers

10. Holy Music of Girl Smelling March Flowers

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 11: Nikkou Spirit Highway

11. Nikkou Spirit Highway

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 12: Equine Dragon, Howling at the Moon

12. Equine Dragon, Howling at the Moon

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 13: Record of Rumors of Hell and Paradise

13. Record of Rumors of Hell and Paradise

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

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 14: Butterfly Dance

14. Butterfly Dance

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 15: Woman on the Rashoumon Riverbank

15. Woman on the Rashoumon Riverbank

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 16: The Machine Tribe

16. The Machine Tribe

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 17: Cloistered World

17. Cloistered World

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 18: Wanderer`s Paradise

18. Wanderer`s Paradise

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 19: Three Yukiatsus

19. Three Yukiatsus

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 20: Shinobazu Pond Lullaby

20. Shinobazu Pond Lullaby

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 21: To End on a Starry Night

21. To End on a Starry Night

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 22: A Drunk Who Doesn`t Come Home

22. A Drunk Who Doesn`t Come Home

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 23: Official Construction in Old Canal of Inba Marsh

23. Official Construction in Old Canal of Inba Marsh

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 24: Fantasy of the Latter Southern Dynasty

24. Fantasy of the Latter Southern Dynasty

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.

Still image for Ghost Slayers Ayashi season 1 episode 25: Intermission

25. Intermission

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.

Cast

Photo of Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Ryūdō Yukiatsu (voice)

Photo of Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Tokuyoshi Kawashima

Ogasawara Hōzaburō (voice)

Photo of Shin-ichiro Miki

Shin-ichiro Miki

Edo Genbatsu (voice)

Photo of Rikiya Koyama

Rikiya Koyama

Abi (voice)

Photo of Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

Torii Yōzō (voice)

Photo of Seiji Sasaki

Seiji Sasaki

Honjō Tatsusuke (voice)

Photo of Tomohiro Nishimura

Tomohiro Nishimura

Hanai Toraichi (voice)

Photo of Takaya Hashi

Takaya Hashi

Atobe Yoshisuke (voice)

Photo of Kenji Hamada

Kenji Hamada

Abe Masahiro (voice)

Photo of Fumiko Orikasa

Fumiko Orikasa

Atl (voice)

Photo of Minami Takayama

Minami Takayama

Kawanabe Kyōsai (voice)

Photo of Yuji Ueda

Yuji Ueda

Kumoshichi (voice)

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