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Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.

2004 |1 Season  | 26m |  Animation, Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Cast

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Kumi Sakuma

Urabe no Suetake (voice)

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Shin-ichiro Miki

Mansairaku (voice)

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Shin-ichiro Miki

Minamoto no Raikou (voice)

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Kan Tokumaru

Abe no Seimei (voice)

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Kenta Miyake

Watanabe no Tsuna (voice)

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Wasabi Mizuta

Kintarou (voice)

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Otoya Kawano

Hoshikuma (voice)

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Kohsei Hirota

Torakuma (voice)

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Kaho Kouda

Ibaraki (voice)

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Tetsuo Komura

Minamoto no Mitsunaka (voice)

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Fumie Mizusawa

Minamoto no Hikaru (voice)

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Ooki Sugiyama

Usui no Sadamitsu (voice)

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Yasunori Matsumoto

Shuten Doji (voice)

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Makoto Yasumura

Emperor (voice)

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Tomomichi Nishimura

Minister of The Left (voice)

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Hiroshi Naka

Minister of The Right (voice)

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Yasuko Hatori

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Eiji Maruyama

Regent (voice)

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Kenichi Mochizuki

Court Noble (voice)

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Masanori Takeda

Taromaru (voice)

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Shin-ichiro Miki

Man in Coat (voice)

Seasons List

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Specials

2005

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Season 1

2004

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Creator

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Status

Ended

Languages

Japanese

Network

Nippon TV