Corpse Princess
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.
| Corpse Princess | |
Shikabane Hime manga volume 1 cover. | |
| 屍姫 (Shikabane Hime) | |
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| Genre | Action, supernatural, thriller |
| Manga | |
| Written by | Yoshiichi Akahito |
| Published by | Square Enix |
| English publisher | |
| Magazine | Monthly Shōnen Gangan |
| Demographic | Shōnen |
| Original run | April 12, 2005 – August 12, 2014 |
| Volumes | 23 |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Masahiko Murata |
| Produced by | Keiichi Kashiwada Tomoko Kawasaki Nobuyuki Kurashige Hiroyuki Yamaga |
| Written by | Shō Aikawa |
| Music by | Norihito Sumitomo |
| Studio | Feel Gainax |
| Licensed by | Crunchyroll |
| Original network | AT-X |
| English network | |
| Original run | October 2, 2008 – March 26, 2009 |
| Episodes | 25 + OVA |
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.