Eight Clouds Rising (manga/anime)
Eight Clouds Rising (Japanese: 八雲立つ, Hepburn: Yakumo Tatsu) is a Japanese shōjo manga series by Natsumi Itsuki. It won the 21st Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo. It was adapted in 1997 into an OVA series.
Plot summary
Kuraki Fuzuchi is a handsome and quiet young man who has immense psychic powers and sword skills. He meets Takeo Nanachi, a college student with similar powers.
The story opens with Nanachi traveling to a small shrine in the mountains to purify his deceased grandfather’s sword in a festival that only occurs every 49 years. There he meets Kuraki and later accidentally stumbles upon Kuraki’s initiation ritual as a Shaman. From there on, their lives are inexplicitly intertwined as they encounter ghosts, spirits, demons, and other characters with supernatural powers while the author provides a parallel running story depicting their previous life.
References
- ^ Joel Hahn. “Kodansha Manga Awards”. Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
| Eight Clouds Rising | |
| 八雲立つ (Yakumo Tatsu) |
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|---|---|
| Manga | |
| Written by | Natsumi Itsuki |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| Magazine | LaLa |
| Demographic | Shōjo |
| Original run | October 19, 1992 – November 5, 2002 |
| Volumes | 19 |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Written by | Tomomi Mochizuki |
| Music by | Hajime Mizoguchi |
| Studio | Bandai Visual, Studio Pierrot |
| Released | October 25, 1997 – November 25, 1997 |
| Episodes | 2 |
A simple moment can change the entire life…
A pure friendship is being born…
