Sousei No Onmyouji Eng Dub
- Sousei No Onmyouji Gogoanime
- Sousei No Onmyouji Episode 3 Eng Dub
- Sousei No Onmyouji Episode 1 Eng Dub
Magano, a parallel realm filled with monsters known as 'Kegare,' is a place where exorcists deal with all impurities. Benio Adashino is a prodigy exorcist who is recognized for her strength and is summoned to Tokyo by the Exorcist Union. On her way, she plummets into the arms of Rokuro Enmadou, a young exorcist with a troubled past. But the impurities of Magano do not rest.
Twin Star Exorcists | |
The cover of the first volume as published in Japan by Shueisha, featuring Rokuro Enmado (left) and Benio Adashino (right). | |
双星の陰陽師 (Sōsei no Onmyōji) | |
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Genre | Adventure, romance, supernatural[1] |
Manga | |
Written by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | Shueisha |
English publisher | |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Jump Square |
Original run | October 4, 2013 – present |
Volumes | 18 (List of volumes) |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Tomohisa Taguchi |
Produced by | Makoto Hijikata Maiko Isogai Tomohiko Iwase Naoto Tani Teruaki Sanematsu |
Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Mikio Endō |
Studio | Pierrot |
Licensed by | Crunchyroll[2] |
Original network | TXN (TV Tokyo), AT-X |
English network | Animax Asia[3] |
Original run | April 6, 2016 – March 29, 2017 |
Episodes | 50 (List of episodes) |
Light novel | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko | |
Written by | Hajime Tanaka |
Illustrated by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | JUMP j-BOOKS |
Demographic | Male |
Published | |
Volumes | 1 |
Game | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji | |
Developer | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Publisher | Bandai Namco Entertainment |
Genre | Adventure |
Platform | PS Vita |
Released |
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Light novel | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji: Shiga Kenbyaku | |
Written by | Hajime Tanaka |
Illustrated by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | JUMP j-BOOKS |
Demographic | Male |
Published | |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji: SD Nyoritsuryō!! | |
Written by | koppy[4] |
Illustrated by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Saikyō Jump |
Published |
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Volumes | 2 |
Light novel | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji: Santen Haja | |
Written by | Hajime Tanaka |
Illustrated by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | JUMP j-BOOKS |
Demographic | Male |
Published | |
Volumes | 1 |
Manga | |
Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko: Nishoku Kokkeiga | |
Written by | Hajime Tanaka |
Illustrated by | Yoshiaki Sukeno |
Published by | Shueisha |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Magazine | Shonen Jump+[5] |
Published |
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Volumes | 1 |
Twin Star Exorcists (双星の陰陽師Sōsei no Onmyōji) is a Japanese shōnenmanga series written and illustrated by Yoshiaki Sukeno. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha'sJump Square magazine by Yoshiaki Sukeno since October 2013, with individual chapters collected into seventeen tankōbon volumes as of December 4, 2018. The story revolves around Rokuro Enmado and Benio Adashino, a pair of young and talented exorcists, who (according to a prophecy) are destined to marry and have a child that will be the ultimate exorcist.
The series was adapted into an anime television series by Studio Pierrot, that ran from April 6, 2016 to March 29, 2017. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, publishing the first volume in July 2015. A video game adaption of the same name was developed and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment for the PS Vita and released on January 26, 2017 in Japan.
As of August 2016, three light novels and two spin-off manga volumes have also been published and released in Japan.[6]
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Plot[edit]
Rokuro Enmado is a young boy who used to be a powerful aspiring exorcist, before a tragic incident left his friends dead and made him abandon the profession. One day, he has a fateful encounter with Benio Adashino, a girl around his age and a well known exorcist from the east. According to a prophecy, Rokuro and Benio are the 'Twin Star Exorcists' and are destined to marry and have a daughter known as 'the Miko' which will be the ultimate exorcist, capable of cleansing all evil spirits, or Kegare from the world and ending the war that has lasted over a millennium.
Media[edit]
Manga[edit]
Yoshiaki Sukeno began serializing the manga in Shueisha's Jump Square magazine on October 4, 2013.[7] A special chapter was published in Weekly Shōnen Jump in April 2016.[8]
Viz Media licensed the series for publication in North America, with the first volume released on July 7, 2015.[9][10]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN | English release date | English ISBN | |
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1 | February 4, 2014[11] | ISBN978-4-08-880015-8 | July 7, 2015[12] | ISBN978-1-4215-8174-3 | |
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2 | June 4, 2014[13] | ISBN978-4-08-880117-9 | October 6, 2015[14] | ISBN978-1-4215-8175-0 | |
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3 | October 3, 2014[15] | ISBN978-4-08-880203-9 | January 5, 2016[16] | ISBN978-1-4215-8217-7 | |
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4 | January 5, 2015[17] | ISBN978-4-08-880294-7 | April 5, 2016[18] | ISBN978-1-4215-8321-1 | |
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5 | May 1, 2015[19] | ISBN978-4-08-880370-8 | July 5, 2016[20] | ISBN978-1-4215-8518-5 | |
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6 | September 4, 2015[21] | ISBN978-4-08-880473-6 | October 4, 2016[22] | ISBN978-1-4215-8707-3 | |
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7 | January 4, 2016[23] | ISBN978-4-08-880591-7 | January 3, 2017[24] | ISBN978-1-4215-9045-5 | |
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8 | April 4, 2016[25] | ISBN978-4-08-880657-0 | April 4, 2017[26] | ISBN978-1-4215-9160-5 | |
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9 | August 4, 2016[27] | ISBN978-4-08-880757-7 | July 4, 2017[28] | ISBN978-1-4215-9441-5 | |
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10 | December 2, 2016[29] | ISBN978-4-08-880829-1 | October 3, 2017[30] | ISBN978-1-42-159622-8 | |
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11 | March 3, 2017[31] | ISBN978-4-08-881030-0 | January 2, 2018[32] | ISBN978-1-42-159764-5 | |
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12 | July 4, 2017[33] | ISBN978-4-08-881124-6 | May 1, 2018[34] | ISBN978-1-42-159909-0 | |
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13 | November 2, 2017[35] | ISBN978-4-08-881167-3 | September 4, 2018[36] | ISBN978-1-97-470145-2 | |
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14 | March 2, 2018[37] | ISBN978-4-08-881364-6 | January 1, 2019[38] | ISBN978-1-97-470394-4 | |
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15 | June 4, 2018[39] | ISBN978-4-08-881498-8 | May 7, 2019[40] | ISBN978-1-97-470522-1 | |
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16 | September 4, 2018[41] | ISBN978-4-08-881573-2 | — | — | |
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17 | December 4, 2018[42] | ISBN978-4-08-881673-9 | — | — | |
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18 | March 4, 2019[43] | ISBN978-4-08-881767-5 | — | — | |
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- Chapters not yet in tankōbon format:-
39.1. 'Special Chapter: Awaken Mayura's Dormant Fangs!!'
49.1. 'Mattress Extra'
Anime[edit]
An anime television adaptation was announced on the January 2016 cover of Jump Square on December 4, 2015.[44] The series is directed by Tomohisa Taguchi and written by Naruhisa Arakawa,[45] with animation by Studio Pierrot.[46] Additionally, Shishō Igarashi is serving as assistant director, Kikuko Sadakata is designing the characters, and Itsuko Takeda is serving as chief animation director.[45] The series' first opening theme song is 'Valkyrie -Ikusa Otome-' (Valkyrie -戦乙女-, lit. 'Valkyrie -War Maiden-') by Wagakki Band,[47] while the first ending theme is 'Eyes' (アイズAizu) by Hitomi Kaji.[48] The second opening theme, 'Re:Call', is performed by the idol groupi☆Ris,[49][50][51] while the second ending theme, 'Yadori-boshi' (宿り星) is performed by the two-man group Itowokashi (Kashitarō Itō and Ryō Miyada).[52] The third opening theme, 'sync' is performed by lol, while the third ending theme 'Hide & Seek' is performed by Girlfriend.[53] The fourth opening theme, 'Kanadeai' is performed by Itowokoashi, while the fourth ending theme 'Hotarubi' is performed by Wagakki Band.[54]
The series began airing on April 6, 2016 on TV Tokyo and other TX Network stations,[55][56] and later on AT-X.[57] Animax Asia aired the series with English Subtitles. Crunchyroll is simulcasting the series worldwide outside of Asia,[58] and also released the series on Blu-ray + DVD with an English dub. Part 1 (Episodes 1-13) has been released on July 24, 2018 with a collector's box to store the later three parts, and Part 2 (Episodes 14-26) on September 18, 2018. Part 3 (Episodes 27-40) was released on November 13, 2018, and Part 4 (Episodes 41-50) on January 8, 2019.[59] Chinese streaming site iQiyi has listed the series with fifty episodes.[60]
The anime is licensed in North America and the United Kingdom by Crunchyroll, with home video distribution handled by Funimation in North America and by Anime Limited in the UK.[61][62]
Light novel[edit]
As of August 2016, three light novel adaptations have been published and released by JUMP j-BOOKS in Japan. The light novels are titled in the following order; Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko (双星の陰陽師 ―天縁若虎), Sōsei no Onmyōji: Shiga Kenbyaku (双星の陰陽師 ―士牙繭闢), and Sōsei no Onmyōji: Santen Haja (双星の陰陽師 ―三天破邪). Each novel features a back-story from the perspective of different characters from the main series, serving as prologues to the main story. The light novels are written by Hajime Tanaka and supervised by Yoshiaki Sukeno.[63]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | August 4, 2016[64] | ISBN978-4-08-703402-8 |
2 | March 3, 2017[65] | ISBN978-4-08-703415-8 |
3 | December 4, 2018[66] | ISBN978-4-08-703467-7 |
Spin-off manga[edit]
As of March 2017, two spin-off manga volumes have been published and released by Shueisha in Japan.
The first spin-off volume, Sōsei no Onmyōji: SD Nyoritsuryō!! (双星の陰陽師 SD如律令!!) is a comedy spin-off comic, written by koppy (Twitter: @koppy1122) and supervised by Yoshiaki Sukeno. It is published at the official website of the original manga[67], as well as the magazine Saikyō Jump. There are also special chapters in each volumes of the original manga. The content of this manga is canon, showing personalities of many characters. There are two compiled volumes as of May 1, 2019.[68]
The second spin-off volume, Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko: Nishoku Kokkeiga (双星の陰陽師 天縁若虎〜二色滑稽画) is a manga adaptation of the light novel, 'Sōsei no Onmyōji: Tenen Jakko', written and illustrated by the same authors. The back-story focuses on the characters, Seigen Amawaka and Yukari Otomi. The spin-off series was launched by Yoshiaki Sukeno on Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ website[69] on September 3, 2018. The compiled volume was published and released on December 4, 2018 in Japan.[70]
No. | Japanese release date | Japanese ISBN |
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1 | March 3, 2017[71] | ISBN978-4-08-881032-4 |
2 | December 4, 2018[72] | ISBN978-4-08-881676-0 |
Video game[edit]
A video game adaptation of the series from Bandai Namco Entertainment was announced on September 3, 2016. The battle adventure game was released for PlayStation Vita, and features Rokuro as a playable character. It features an alternate setup with five different girls as candidates for the title of Twin Star, including Benio, Mayura, and three other characters designed exclusively for the game by original creator Yoshiaki Sukeno. The game was released to Japan on January 26, 2017.[73]
Reception[edit]
Volume 1 reached 11th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 29,527 copies sold;[74] volume 2 reached 23rd place, with 30,734 copies;[75] volume 3 reached 46th place, with 38,835 copies;[76] volume 4 reached 24th place, with 37,900 copies;[77] volume 5 also reached 24th place, with 47,489 copies;[78] volume 6 reached 32nd place, with 48,029 copies;[79] volume 7 reached 20th place, with 48,762 copies;[80] and volume 8 reached 11th place, with 56,947 copies.[81]
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Volume 3 of the English translation appeared on the New York Times Manga Best Sellers list for two non-consecutive weeks, first at 8th place and then at 6th.[82][83]
Sousei No Onmyouji Episode 3 Eng Dub
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Sousei No Onmyouji Episode 1 Eng Dub
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External links[edit]
- Twin Star Exorcists on the Jump Square website (in Japanese)
- Official anime website(in Japanese)
- Twin Star Exorcists (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia