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Eight Clouds Rising

Eight Clouds Rising

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Eight Clouds Rising

"Two young men are bound by a sword that can cleave souls."

1997- 1997

1 Seasons

2 Episodes

5.0(1 votes)

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Animation

Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Action & Adventure

Overview

Fuzuchi Kuraki is a quiet young high school student blessed with immense psychic powers and an ancient sword. He is searching for other magical artifacts with the help of Nanachi Takeo, a college student with latent powers of his own. They delve deep into the dark magic of Izumo, only to discover the secrets buried within the birthplace of all Japanese mythology!

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Production Companies

Pierrot

Bandai Visual

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Daisuke Namikawa

Daisuke Namikawa

Takeo Nanachi (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Kuraki Fuzuchi (voice) / Manashi (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Kitano (voice)

Kinryu Arimoto

Kinryu Arimoto

Ushio Fuzuchi (voice)

Mako Hyodo

Mako Hyodo

Kayoko (voice)

Mitsuaki Madono

Mitsuaki Madono

Ema Mitsuru (voice)

Tomo Sakurai

Tomo Sakurai

Yasuko Fuzuchi (voice)

Yosuke Akimoto

Yosuke Akimoto

Wakakuni Fuzuchi (voice)

Yuka Imai

Yuka Imai

Yuka Nanachi (voice)

Misa Watanabe

Misa Watanabe

Chika Toda (voice)

Creative team

Created by: Natsumi Itsuki
Written by: Tomomi Mochizuki
Produced by: Shigeru Watanabe
Tatsuo Ozawa

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