Saint Beast

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Saint Beast

セイント・ビースト (Saint Beast)
Genre	Action, Fantasy, Magic
TV anime : Saint Beast
Directed by	Harume Kosaka
Studio	WONDERFARM
Network	Available on Fansub
Original run	May 9, 2003 – June 13, 2003
No. of episodes	6
TV anime : Saint Beast OVA
Directed by	Harume Kosaka
Studio	WONDERFARM
Network	Available as Raw
Original run	December 17, 2005 – March 8, 2006
No. of episodes	2

Saint Beast (セイント・ビースト) is a fictional Japanese action/fantasy story created by Arisugawa Kei centering around gods, guardian angels, animal spirits, and magic.

Saint Beast is originally a CD drama centering on the lives of the six Holy Beasts, and their attraction to one another. Seeing the CD Drama being a huge success and spawning over 20 CDs, Wonderfarm created the small 6 episode series for fan service. As of 2005 two new OVAs were made, but this time they focused on what had happened back in the heavens. Recently in the early 2006, a new side story of Saint Beast called Saint Beast:Others was started. And the first CD drama will be released on September 21 2006.

1 Plot
2 Characters
3 Episodes
4 References

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The seal which was imprisoning the fallen angels, Kirin no Yuda and Houou no Ruka, is broken and the two decide to get revenge on the God who had cast them to Hell by getting rid of the Heavens that had once been their home. Soon the guardian angels on Earth begin disappearing, and no one in Heaven can explain the happenings. But there is a sense of a vengeful animal spirit at work, and so the four Saint Beasts are called upon to investigate.

The 4 Gods of Beasts attempt to rescue the guardian angels, as well as to find out what this evil animal spirit is...

[edit] Characters

Kirin no Yuda (, )^?, (Seiyū - Akira Ishida)

He is one of the two fallen angels that broke free from his imprisonment in hell and begins to cause the disappearance of the guardian angels on earth. He has the ability to heal and was once very close to Shin.

Houou no Ruka (, )^?, (Seiyū - Hikaru Midorikawa)

He is one of the two fallen angels that broke free from his imprisonment in hell and begins to cause the disappearance of the guardian angels on earth.

Byakko no Gai (, )^?, (Seiyū - Hiroyuki Yoshino)

Seiji-sama gave him the Armor of Byakko. Byakko is the White Tiger of the West (Autumn). Tends to be a little childish, full of energy. He has an affinity for felines.

Fuge no Maya (, )^?, (Seiyū - Kenichi Suzumura)

Maya of Wind is the younger brother of Kira. He is half human from his mother's side. He left Heaven with Kira and wanders around Earth in the hopes to find their mother. He is very close childhood friends with Gai. Maya has the ability to control ghosts.

Shujaku no Rei (, )^?, (Seiyū - Kouki Miyata)

Seiji-sama gave him the Spear of Suzaku. Suzaku is the Crimson Phoenix of the South (Summer). He has an affinity for birds of any sort, including chickens.

Shiva (, )^?, (Seiyū - Kousuke Toriumi)

Is a spy for Yuda and Ruka. Shiva appears to be rather obsessed with Yuda and hates the Saint Beasts, especially Shin.

Natsuki of the White Sands (, )^?, (Seiyū - Miki Nagasawa)

She is the guardian angel of the White Sands. She is considered very powerful even among the upperclass of guardian angels and was offered a chance to become a candidate for a goddess. She instead left for the human world for training. While there she was manipulated and controlled by the two fallen angels and eventually gave her life and power in a withdrawal technique before Gou managed to help her to remember her true self.

Genbu no Shin (, )^?, (Seiyū - Takahiro Sakurai)

Shin has an affinity for tortoises and plays the harp (or a harp-like instrument). He received the Shield of Genbu from Seiji-sama. Genbu is the Black Tortoise of the North (Winter). Is very close to Gou and is very calm and quiet. He has the ability to manipulate time.

Ryusei no Kira (, )^?, (Seiyū - Tomokazu Sugita)

Kira of Shooting Star is very bad tempered and cold hearted to everyone but Maya, his younger brother. He left Heaven with Maya and became a Wandering Angel in order to search for his mother. He tends to bully Rei and is especially rude towards Gou.

Seiryuu no Gou (, )^?, (Seiyū - Toshiyuki Morikawa)

Seiji-sama gave him The Sword of Seiryuu. Seiryuu means Azure Dragon of the East (Spring). Gou is the oldest of the Saint Beasts and tends to be very serious and in charge of the missions given to him by the Goddess.

Hiro of the Hawk (, )^?, (Seiyū - N/A)

Hiro of the Hawk was once the most pure of the angels. He some how lost his hawk spirit and therefore his ability to fly. Depressed and desperate Hiro agrees to kill the Saint Beasts if only to get his wings back.

The Goddess and Pinky (, )^?, (Seiyū - N/A)

Pinky is the messenger of sorts for the Goddess and tends to follow her everywhere. The Goddess is the boss of the Saint Beasts and is the one who sent them to Earth to discover what is happening with the missing guardian angels.

[edit] Episodes

Title	Original airdate	#

"Descend On The Surface"	May 9, 2003	1
The four Saint Beasts are called for by the goddess where they learn that guardian angels on Earth are disappearing. They are asked to find out what is going on. Just as the start to descend to Earth Seiji-sama (a wiseman) gives each of them a magical weapon. After they descend they run into Natsuki and Gou fights with her. The Saint Beasts learn that she and possibly the other missing guardian angels are being controlled. Natsuki dies after completing a withdrawal technique.

"Ill-Tempered Angel"	May 16, 2003	2
Gou is personally asked by the goddess to deal with a some Wandering Angels that could be found in a haunted mansion on Earth. While there he discovers Maya of Wind; one of the Wandering Angels. Maya of the Wind is trying to convince two young girls, Iria and Sara, to move on to the after life. The two girls are certain that they are very much alive. With the help of Gai and the girls' mother Maya is able to convince the girls that they are dead and they finally move on. We then meet Kira of Shooting Star, Maya's brother.

"Unforgivable Desire"	May 23, 2003	3
While looking in her magical mirror the Goddess sees Hiro of the Hawk. She is worried because the once pure and kindhearted man suddenly has a revelation of darkness. In a cave called the Land of Revival, Hiro of the Hawk is offered the chance to get his heart's desire by Yuda. Hiro agrees to destroy the Saint Beasts if only to be able to fly in the sky again. Hiro and Rei fight and Hiro is killed.

"Treachery Of The Fallen Angels"	May 30, 2003	4
While Gou and Rei are off resealing the Land of Revival Gai and Maya decide to go to a local store to but some food. There they run into Banbi no Mio and Rio, guardian angels and sisters. After Mio and Rio leave the store Rio disappears and Gai and Maya try to help Mio find her sister. Only they are attacked by the now controlled Rio are unable to defend themselves in fear of killing Rio. They call for Shin to manipulate time and revert Rio back to what she once was.

"Guardian Angel's Trap!"	June 6, 2003	5
Maya and Kira find out about everyone's suspicion about Yuda being behind the attacks and leave to find proof against this. The Goddess, Pinky, Tanami, Ayumi, and Tsubasa then come to visit the Saint Beasts and invite them to join them at the Full Moon Festival where guardian angels gather. While off training alone Shin is then tricked and nearly killed by Shiva who is disguised as Ayumi. Yuda shows up and is pissed at Shiva for attacking Shin and attacks and gets rid of Shiva for doing so. Yuda and Ruka then show up at the Full Moon Festival and ask the guardian angels there to join them.

"For Whose Sake..."	June 13, 2003	6
Maya and Kira learn hear from Ayumi that Yuda might really have been released from hell and the three of them run to the Full Moon Festival where they are trapped along with the other guardian angels to fall into hell. The Saint Beasts show up and try to save them but they too are soon falling into hell right along with them. Thanks to a bottle filled with liquid from Spring of Life given to Maya and Kira from Yuda the group manages to escape from hell and return to the surface. The four Saint Beasts decide that they are going to try to fight Ruka and Yuda even if they don't want to.