Jigoku Shōjo
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| Jigoku Shōjo | |
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| 地獄少女 (Jigoku Shōjo) |
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| Genre | Horror, Mystery, Psychological, Fantasy |
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| Directed by | Takahiro Ōmori |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Network |  Animax, MBS, Tokyo MX, KIDS STATION Animax |
| Original run | October 4, 2005 – April 4, 2006 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| TV anime : Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori | |
| Directed by | Takahiro Ōmori |
| Studio | Studio Deen |
| Network | Animax, MBS, Tokyo MX |
| Original run | October 7, 2006 – |
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| Manga | |
| Authored by | Miyuki Etō |
| Publisher | Kodansha |
| Serialized in | Nakayoshi |
| Original run | October 2005 – still running |
| No. of volumes | 3 (currently) |
| TV drama | |
| Directed by | Makoto Naganuma |
| Studio | Izumi TV Production |
| Network | Nippon Television |
| Original run | November 4, 2006 – |
| No. of episodes | 12 |
Jigoku Shōjo (地獄少女? lit. Hell Girl), also known as Girl From Hell, is an anime series, produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. It premiered across Japan on numerous television stations, including Animax, Tokyo MX, MBS and others, between October 4, 2005, and April 4, 2006. Following the success of the first season, the series was followed soon after into a second, Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori (地獄少女 二籠?), which premiered October 7, 2006 across Japan on Animax.[1] A live-action television series adaptation started airing in Japan on Nippon Television from November 4, 2006.[2]
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[edit] Story
| “ | 闇に惑いし哀れな影よ・・・ 人を傷つけ貶めて、罪に溺れし業の魂 ・・・ いっぺん、死んで見る?
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— Enma Ai.
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Each short story of which the series consists describes the suffering of a different individual caused by one or more antagonists. A website known as Jigoku Tsūshin may only be accessed at midnight by one who harbors a desire for revenge against their tormenter. Should someone submit the name of one they hate, the Jigoku Shōjo (Hell Girl) will offer them a black straw doll with a red string wound about its neck. If the string is pulled, she will ferry the recipient of the revenge straightaway to Hell, but on the condition that those who request her intervention fall into Hell as well at the end of their natural lives.
During each story, the protagonists' dramas are explained in detail from the start of their grudges, through the escalation of their torment until it becomes unbearable and they resort to the "Jigoku Tsūshin" (correspondence with Hell) - a mysterious black colored web site only accessible at midnight. The contents of the site are only a text: "あなたの怨み、晴らします。 (We will take revenge on your behalf.)", a text box where the grudge's object must be written, and a "送信 (Send)" button. Some time after the post, they are visited by Enma Ai, a young red eyed girl wearing a traditional sailor school uniform. She delivers them a black straw doll (In the second season, the doll may also be red or dark blue depending on who turns into it) with a red string tied to its neck, and she tells them that if they want their vengeance to be delivered, they must remove the string from the doll, and their enemies will be immediately taken to Hell. However, a crest shaped mark will appear on the protagonists' chests, always reminding them that after their lives come to an end, they must give compensation by having their own souls also sent to Hell.
Enma Ai does not work alone. She lives in a house in an unknown world that is in eternal sunset with her grandmother who orders her around and whose face never appears. Ai also counts on the help of her three assistants. When they are not under her services, they stay in the form of three straw dolls, otherwise they assume the form of Ichimoku Ren, a handsome young man in casual clothes, Hone-Onna, a beautiful woman wearing a kimono with the obi (sash) tied in front, which signifies she is a prostitute; and Wanyūdō, an old man wearing a hat and a red scarf. They help her during the event when their victims are confronted with their own sins, prior to the moment when Ai (dressed in traditional kimono with floral patterns) ferries them to hell. Also, the trio helps her investigate the true nature of their cases when something seems suspicious.
In episode 8 of the series, two other recurring characters are introduced: A journalist named Shibata Hajime --a former scandal hunter-blackmailer who turned to investigating the stories involving the Jigoku Shōjo; and his daughter Tsugumi. After an encounter with Enma Ai, Tsugumi starts to have visions of what Ai sees and thus the two become more and more involved in Ai's matters. The fact is Hajime doesn't agree with Ai's methods; he believes people should solve their problems by other means than resorting to vengeance, and tries to stop those who contracted to the Jigoku Shōjo from sending their grudges to Hell with Tsugumi's help,but when he manage to locate the person,he's mostly too late. As the story progresses, Tsugumi begins to question if Ai's ways are as wrong as her father believes, but little do they know about the true reason why their thoughts are connected.
It turns out that Hajime and Tsugumi were the descendant of a man named Sentaro Shibata. Sentaro and Ai were childhood friends as well as cousins. Because of Ai's powers, she was hated and feared among the villagers. When it was time to sacrifice a seven year old child for the mountain god, Ai was chosen. Sentaro was enraged when he knew she was to be sacrificed to the mountain god, and argued that she was chosen on purpose because of her powers. Therefore, he and Ai's parents decided to hide her instead. This went perfectly well for about 6 years but during those years, there was a great famine and the villagers were terrified. They thought that the mountain god was angry at them.
However, one day while Ai and Sentaro were secretly meeting, the village men that had bullied Ai in the past caught them and brought them to the village. They tied up Ai and her parents and knocked them out. After that, they threw them in a pit and forced Sentaro to bury them. Ai was conscious at this time and felt betrayed by him, as he had sworn to protect her. Sentaro ran away from the confusion. Before the villagers buried Ai, she said she would get revenge on them one day.
After Ai was buried, Sentaro woke one night, and went in the fields for a walk. When he returned, he saw the whole village burning and in the fire was Ai, singing a song they used to sing (it was cute when they sang it but scary when she sings it in this scene) while setting the houses on fire. Out of insanity and guilt, Sentaro ran away. He grew up regretting what he had done and built a temple as a sign of this. He opened a candy store named Shibataya that sells a black candy that he and his descendants and other owners of the store send to the temple as an offering.
Having failed to directly kill Hajime and Tsugumi, Ai escaped her punishment to be sent to hell by the spider and decided to settle the score by having Tsugumi send her father to hell. After showing how her mother died and her father's denial of his responsibility, Tsugumi was left shaken and unsure. While Ai kept pressing her on to pull the string, Hajime was trapped in Ai's world but was able to escape thanks to Ai's grandmother who let him out for an exchange (whatever the exchange actually was was never shown). Hajime then arrived just in time for another trip to the past. This time, he admitted his faults and told Tsugumi to pull the string. This angered Tsugumi not because of what Hajime had done but because she felt his acceptance of hell inferred that he did not value their moments together. She threw her arms around her father and told him that she was happy being with him and that even if it was hard to be without a mother, she was able to make it though because of him and after a few more tearful moments, she returned the straw doll back to Ai and said she didn't need it. Tsugumi then explained how Sentaro was very regretful of what he did and built the temple as a sign of regret but after hearing of this, she incinerated the temple either as a way of letting go of her grudge (in this case, the destruction of the temple would symbolize Sentaro's release from his regret) or as a sign that she would not forgive Sentaro despite all that he did to show his regret (the destruction of the temple in this case would symbolize the refusal of Sentaro's apology). The season ends with Hajime and Tsugumi going back to normality and Ai continuing what she has been doing for centuries - sending people to hell.
In the beginning of season 2, there is a mysterious girl who shows up in glimpses during the first episode that has a kimono similar to Ai's and seems to smile after the people that make the covenant review their situation, as in episode 1 where she appears just after Ai walks away and smiles maniacally. After episode 4 the girl's name is revealed to be Kikuri.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Main Characters
- Enma Ai (閻魔あい )?, (Seiyū: Mamiko Noto)
- The main character of the series. With long, flowing hair and red eyes, she is a spiritual entity with a tragic past, she lives in a world of perpetual twilight with her grandmother, and is the one who receives and delivers vengeance on her clients' behalf. She normally wears a black seifuku, or sailor uniform, but always wears a flowery kimono when delivering the vengeance of a client. Enma Ai started her career as the Hell Girl by her own act of vengeance on the villagers who sentenced her to a sacrificial death. Her task of fulfilling other people's vengeance and ferrying people to Hell is her punishment, a task which she has performed for the better part of 400 years. Although this task is presented as atonement, it is unknown whether she will ever be freed of it. Since she has done this for so long, she initially seemed to have become emotionless, numbed, as is shown by her expressionless face. Wanyuudou noted she still had feelings, though, although she did not express them strongly, and it was later revealed that Ai had been ordered to close her heart by the Spider. The experiences she has with the Shibatas first reawoke her discontent with her terrible fate and later apparently reawoke other emotions, or at least Ai's ability to express them. Before meeting the Shibatas, it was even possible that Ai had managed to suppress her memories of her own grudge and past. When enraged, Ai demonstrates the power to hurl great blasts of energy, as well as the power to create elaborate illusions and teleport others and herself.
- Ichimoku Ren (一目連 )?, (Seiyū: Masaya Matsukaze)
- An assistant of Enma Ai who appears to be a handsome young man with an emolike hairstyle.He can manifest a single, very large eye that can be directed anywhere, allowing him to see inside of a building through walls. This manifests as an eye on a wall, etc. The large eye can also be used as a weapon, by projecting intense flashes of light. When so required, Ichimoku Ren becomes the blue straw doll by kissing a pendant he wears around his neck. He is sometimes referred to as "Moku" or "Ichimoto Ren". It is later revealed that Ichimoku Ren is a tsukumogami, an artifact which has gained sentience after a long time of existence. In Ren's case, he was once a katana, forced to be aware and watch whatever was done with him. He was given his current form(s) by Ai, who collected him after he was abandoned on a battlefield. Ai claims she invited him to join her because there is something that Ren is looking for, a fact perhaps manifested in Ichimoku Ren's occasional puzzlement and inability to understand the things humans do. Alternatively, some of Ichimoku Ren's comments indicate that what he was looking for was companionship, something to fill the emptiness of his existence as a sword used for endless killing. Ren has apparently developed feelings for his colleagues, seeing them as family. He is Ai's second companion.
- Hone Onna (骨女 )?, (Seiyū: Takako Honda)
- Assistant of Enma Ai, and appears to be a beautiful woman in a kimono with its obi tied in front--the trademark of a prostitute. She becomes the red straw doll when necessary by tossing her red obi strap over her neck. Hone Onna, along with Ichimoku Ren, researches the people who make a contract and the ones they have a grudge against. Hone Onna usually infiltrates human society in casual clothing to investigate cases, on these occasions she tends to use the psudonym "Sone Anna". On certain occasions, she uses throwing knives as weapons; Hone Onna is apparently extremely skilled with these weapons. Her knives seem to carry some mystic charge, since they can be used to quickly dispatch supernatural enemies. Hone Onna also seems to have some skill as a contortionist, which allows her to squeeze into very small places. Getting out of those same places, however, is an area she is less talented in. Hone Onna seems to suffer from mild vanity; she can be quite offended when she is addressed as obaasan ('old lady' or 'auntie'; a Japanese form of address for any woman of middle age and above). She can expose the bones in her body, scaring the target of the grudge; the name Hone Onna actually means bone woman. In episode 8 of Futakomori she jokingly reveals that she is "200 years old". A flashback scene revealed that she was a Geisha originally named Tsuyu; Tsuyu was betrayed by a man who she had fallen in love with, who sold her to a Geisha house to be able to pay off his own debts. Tsuyu was betrayed again later, this time by fellow Geisha Kiyo, when she attempted to escape with a man who had come to truly love her. She was stabbed and thrown into a river to die by a samurai under the eyes of Kiyo. Spirits rising from human bones thrown into the river before merged with her, transforming Tsuyu into the yōkai Hone Onna, in which form she later met Ai. Hone Onna is Ai's third companion.
- Wanyuudou (輪入道 )?, (Seiyū: Takayuki Sugo)
- Assistant of Enma Ai, who becomes the black straw doll with a red string around its neck, the string probably originating as the red scarf he wears in human form. He also frequently takes the form of a Ai's coach with burning wheels when she goes to the human world to claim a soul; Ai has stated that before he performed this task for her, she used to walk to and from her sunset world. The coach incidentally bears the same black flame-crest that appears on the chest of those people who contract with the Hell Girl. At all other times, Wanyuudou appears as an older man whose eyes remain mostly shut, wearing a fisherman's hat and fairly old-fashioned Japanese clothing. Despite appearing quite mild-mannered, frail and weak with age at most times, Wanyuudou possesses considerable skills in martial arts. Wanyuudou's name means "A wheel entering the road" a reference to the flaming wheel form he most commonly assumes. In episode 12 of Futakomori it is revealed that he is from the Samurai era and had been the driver for a princess' entourage, who failed to save them during an ambush, with all dying in the process. As a result, he became a yōkai terrorizing people in the form of a flaming wheel until he met Ai and she invited him to join her as her first companion.
- Ai's Grandmother (あいの祖母 Ai no Sobo)?, (Seiyū: Eriko Matsushima)
- Never actually seen in the series other than as a shadowy silhouette behind a paper screen, she is always spinning thread in her room, and occasionally talks to Ai and gives her advice. She is mostly telling Ai that she has another client or telling Ai her client has pull the string. She never talks to anybody but Ai, with the exception of talking to Hajime once as a deal for her to get him out of captivity in the sunset world for a favor. A single human eyewitness who has observed this grandmother ran in terror, implying her appearance may be other than human.
- The Spider (人面蜘蛛 Jinmen Gumo)?, (Seiyū: Hidekatsu Shibata)
- An oddly-coloured spider with three eyes upon its abdomen, which appears in the sunset world where Ai and her assistants reside between assignments. The spider is probably the same creature as the giant jellyfish-like entity which watches whenever Ai ferries a soul to Hell. It speaks with the voice of a man and is apparently Ai's superior, having been the one to pronounce sentence on her after she killed the people of her village. It claims to be holding the souls of Ai's loved ones - namely her parents - hostage against her good behaviour; if Ai did not do the job she was given, they would wander for eternity. The spider at one time demonstrates an ability to pilot the ferryboat to Hell and tries to restrain Ai, having decided to take her to Hell when she reawoke her feelings of rage and violently attacked the Shibatas. Ai turned out to be too strong for it to hold her without her consent. The spider is neither liked nor trusted by Ai's assistants, with whom it in turn does not speak.
[edit] Season One Only
- Hajime Shibata (柴田 一 Shibata Hajime)?, (Seiyū: Yuji Ueda)
- A former journalist who now earns money by blackmailing celebrities with evidence of their scandals. He began to investigate Jigoku Tsuushin merely out of interest, but becomes more heavily involved once he realizes that it's more than just a rumor and people are actually being dragged into Hell. Furthermore, his daughter Tsugumi seems to have a mysterious connection with Enma Ai that allows her to see anything significant that Ai sees.
- Tsugumi Shibata (柴田つぐみ Shibata Tsugumi)?, (Seiyū: Nana Mizuki)
- Hajime's daughter. Even though he's her father, she always refers to him as "Hajime-chan." She saw Ai one day and has had a mysterious connection with her ever since. At first, she reports everything she sees through Ai to Hajime, but as the series progresses, she becomes more reluctant to do so as she begins to disagree with her father on whether they should try to stop Ai or not. She appears strong and sassy on the outside but is actually very vulnerable and confused on the inside.
- Ayumi Shibata (柴田あゆみ Shibata Ayumi)?, (Seiyū: Hitomi Nabatame)
- Hajime's dead wife. Hajime devoted more time to his work than to his family, actually with the intent to make his wife happy by improving their standard of life by earning large amounts of money. In her loneliness, Ayumi had an affair with a politician that Hajime happened to be spying on. Because of that incident, he cast her out of the house and forbade her from ever seeing Tsugumi. However, just a few moments later, she got into a car accident and died. Tsugumi keeps her mother's earrings as a memento. Hajime still loves his wife very much, and regrets not forgiving her because he believes she would be alive if he had.
[edit] Season Two Only
- Kikuri (きくり) (Seiyū: Kanako Sakai?)
- An enigmatic little girl introduced in season two. Little is known about her except the fact she is not an ordinary human as she can wander freely between the mortal plane and Ai's house in the sunset world, sometimes interfering with her and her associates' job. In stark contrast to Ai, Kikuri has completely blue/purple eyes (including the sclera) and her personality is far more childish than Ai's. She has stated that she likes Ai, but her actions and use of powers seem to serve causing the greatest amount of suffering and fear possible. It is as yet unknown whether this is due to true malice or not. Occasionally, she seems to take delight in acts of low-level destruction, such as chopping off flowers or destroying anything that Ai cares for. She only takes orders from Ai. And she is also very skilled with her loincloth, using it whip-like to catch or hit objects.
- Takuma Kurebayashi (紅林 拓真 Kurebayashi Takuma)?, (Seiyū: Ayumi Fujimura)
- Takuma is a quiet boy who makes his home in Lovely Hills. He is misunderstood and oftentimes bullied by his fellow townsfolk who believe he's the "Devil's Child" much like Ai was in her village. It is unclear if he possesses as much spiritual powers as Ai but he does have the ability of foresight and he has been observed by Ai for some time throughout the story.
[edit] Anime
The Jigoku Shōjo anime series was produced by Aniplex and Studio Deen. Directed by Takahiro Omori, the first season spanned 26 episodes and premiered across Japan on Animax between October 4, 2005, and April 4, 2006. The series' second season, Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (地獄少女 二籠?), premiered from October 7, 2006 across Japan on Animax. The first season of the series also received its international premieres across Animax's various worldwide networks from October 2006.
[edit] Staff
- Original Concept: Hiroshi Watanabe
- Original Work: Jigoku Shōjo Project
- Planning: Kenji Shimizu (Wellthink), Hideo Katsumata (Aniplex)
- Planning Coordination: Hirō Maruyama (MBS), Akira Sasaki (Animax), Yasuyuki Uchida (Kid's Station), Hitoyasu Oyama, Kazuyoshi Takagi (CBC), Satoshi Matsumoto
- Series Composition: Kenichi Kanemaki
- Screenplay: Masashi Suzuki, Noburo Takagi, Natsuko Takahashi, Satoru Nishizono, Maki Hiro, Yukinori Fukushima, Kenichi Kanemaki, Hiroyuki Kawasaki (second season)
- Character Design: Mariko Oka
- Mechanical Design: Shōhei Ohara
- Prop Design: Shogo Morishita
- Chief Animation Directors: Masahiro Aizawa (first season), Mariko Oka (second season)
- Art Directors: Yoshinori Hishinuma (first season), Nariyuki Ogi (second season)
- Paint Inspection: Shinji Matsumoto
- Director of Photography: Shinyo Kondō
- Editing: Masahiro Matsumara (Jay Film)
- Music: Yasuharu Takanashi, Hiromi Mizutani
- Music Production: Jasuto
- Music Director: Fumiko Harada
- Sound Director: Shōji Hata
- Sound Design: Minoru Yamada (Ena)
- Sound Production: Darks Production
- Animation Producer: Kōji Ījima
- Producers: Ai Abe (Aniplex), Norihiro Hayashida (Wellthink)
- Director: Takahiro Ōmori
- Animation Production: Studio Deen
- Production: Jigoku Shōjo Project (Sky Perfect Wellthink, Aniplex)
[edit] Jigoku Shōjo (first season)
[edit] Episodes
| # | Title in English | Title in Japanese | Client (Seiyuu) | Target (Seiyuu) | Air Date (Y/M/D) |
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| 1 | From Beyond the Twilight | 夕闇の彼方より | Mayumi Hashimoto (Kana Ueda) | Aya Kuroda (Tomoko Kawakami) | 2005-10-04 |
| 2 | The Stalked Girl | 魅入られた少女 | Ryouko Takamura (Ai Shimizu) | Kouichiro Kisaragi (Kazuya Ichijo) | 2005-10-11 |
| 3 | The Filthy Mound | 汚れたマウンド | Daisuke Iwashita (Wataru Hatano) | Mamoru Hanakasa (Noriaki Sugiyama) | 2005-10-18 |
| 4 | Inaudible Cry | 聞こえぬ叫び声 | Junko Kanno (Satomi Arai) | Yoshiyuki Honjou (Takehito Koyasu) | 2005-10-25 |
| 5 | The Women of the High Tower | 高い塔の女 | Misari Urano (Ayako Kawasumi) | Riho Kaifu (Michiko Neya) | 2005-11-01 |
| 6 | The Window on an Early Afternoon | 昼下がりの窓 | Haruka Yasuda (Chiwa Saito) | Namiko Todaka (Emi Shinohara) | 2005-11-08 |
| 7 | A Broken Disguise | ひびわれた仮面 | Kaoriko Kurushima (Marina Inoue) | Ayaka Kurenai (Satsuki Yukino) | 2005-11-15 |
| 8 | The Silent Relationship | 静寂の交わり | Chiaki Tanuma (Yuki Matsuoka) | Gorou Ishizu (Show Hayami) | 2005-11-22 |
| 9 | Sweet Trap | 甘い罠 | Yuka Kasuga (Rina Sato) | Shinya Morizaki (Kouji Ishii) | 2005-11-29 |
| 10 | Friends | トモダチ | Minami Shibuya (Sawa Ishige) | Shiori Akasaka (Megumi Toyoguchi) | 2005-12-06 |
| 11 | Broken String | 千切れた糸 | Masaya Kataoka (Daisuke Ono) | Takashi Inagaki (Wataru Takagi) | 2005-12-13 |
| 12 | Split Shards | 零れたカケラ達 | Akane Sawai (Rie Tanaka) | Yoshiki Fukasawa (Susumu Chiba) | 2005-12-20 |
| 13 | Imprisoned Girl | 煉獄少女 | Fukumoto (Shiro Saito) | Ohkawachi ( ─ ) | 2005-12-27 |
| 14 | Beyong the Tiny Road | 袋小路の向こう | Saki Kirino (Yuu Kobayashi | Ryozo Kusunoki (Masashi Hirose) | 2006-01-03 |
| 15 | Woman of the Island | 島の女 | Mina Minato (Masumi Asano) | Fujie Minato (Akemi Okamura) | 2006-01-17 |
| 16 | Traveling Performers | 旅芸人の夜 | Yumi (Asuka Tanii) | Yuki (Akiko Yajima) | 2006-01-24 |
| 17 | Glass Scenery | 硝子ノ風景 | Nina (Omi Minami) | 2006-01-31 | |
| 18 | Bound Girl | 縛られた少女 | Miki Kamikawa (Noriko Shitaya) | Meiko Shimono (Kujira) | 2006-02-07 |
| 19 | Bride Doll | 花嫁人形 | Inori Ujiie (Fumiko Orikasa) | Kyougetsu Ujiie (Miyuki Ichijo) | 2006-02-14 |
| 20 | Hell Girl vs. Hell Boy | 地獄少女 対 地獄少年 | Esper Watanabe (Shinichiro Miki) | Gill du Ronfell (Jun Fukuyama) | 2006-02-21 |
| 21 | Kind Neighbor | 優しい隣人 | Yuko Murai (Saeko Chiba) | Ryosuke Sekine (Ryunosuke Obayashi) | 2006-02-28 |
| 22 | Rain of Regret | 悔恨の雨 | Goro Suetsugu (Atsushi Imaruoka) | Noriko Hayashi (Shizuka Ito) | 2006-03-07 |
| 23 | Hospital Ward's Light | 病棟の光 | Drug Addict | Kanako Sakuragi (Miyuki Sawashiro) | 2006-03-14 |
| 24 | Twilight Home | 夕暮れの里 | 2006-03-21 | ||
| 25 | Hell Girl | 地獄少女 | 2006-03-28 | ||
| 26 | Basting | かりぬい | Tsugumi Shibata (Nana Mizuki) | Hajime Shibata (Yuji Ueda) | 2006-04-04 |
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening theme
- Sakasama no Chō (逆さまの蝶? lit. The Inverted Butterfly)
- Lyrics: SNoW, Hideaki Yamano
- Composition: SNoW, Asanjō Shindō
- Arrangement: Asanjō Shindō, Ken'ichi Fujita
- Performance: SNoW
- Ending theme
- Karinui (かりぬい? lit. Temporary Basting)
- Lyrics: Hitomi Mieno
- Composition and arrangement: Masara Nishida
- Performance: Mamiko Noto
[edit] Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori
[edit] Episodes
| # | Title in English | Title in Japanese | Client(Seiyu) | Target(Seiyu) | Air Date (Y/M/D) |
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| 1 | The Girl Within the Darkness | 闇の中の少女 | Maki Onda (Ryo Hirohashi) | Eiko Kamishiro (Mayumi Asano) | 2006-10-07 |
| 2 | Froth | うたかた | Yayoi Kurahashi (Houko Kuwashima) | Criminal (Yuichi Nakamura) | 2006-10-14 |
| 3 | Beloved Kei-chan | 愛しのけいちゃん | Tae Sakairi (Sayaka Aoki) | Yumie Hanamura (Rika Morinaga) | 2006-10-21 |
| 4 | Secret | 秘密 | Shuichi Yagusawa (Kouichi Toochika) | Shoki (Hirofumi Nojima) | 2006-10-27 |
| 5 | Rampage to Hell | 地獄への暴走 | Leon Yamada (Isshin Chiba) | Rikiua Hashizume (Masaya Onosaka) | 2006-11-04 |
| 6 | The Place Where the Sun Hits | 陽のあたる場所 | Kiwako Nitta (Sanae Kobayashi) | Hirohisa Sugita (Junichi Suwabe) | 2006-11-11 |
| 7 | Bonds | 絆 | Megumi Mogi (Kei Shindō) | Kazuko Mogi (Rei Igarashi) | 2006-11-18 |
| 8 | Fake Hell Communication | 偽地獄通信 | Shouko Baba (Michie Tomizawa) | Mami Kuriyama (Ayumi Tsunematsu) | 2006-11-25 |
| 9 | Elder Brother, Younger Sister | あにいもうと | Maho Suzaki (Akemi Kanda) | Mikio Suzaki (Showtaro Morikubo) | 2006-12-02 |
| 10 | Anna Sone's Wet Holiday | 曽根アンナの濡れた休日 | Hachiroku Toyota (Kentaro Tone) | Teturo Negoro (Shigeru Chiba) | 2006-12-09 |
| 11 | The Distant Adjacent Room | 遠い隣室 | Shizuko Amagi (Junko Minagawa) | Kyouko Tachibana (Kimiko Saito) | 2006-12-16 |
| 12 | Black Furrow | 黒の轍 | Michiro Ito (Tetsu Inada) | Hitori Kameda (Tomomichi Nishimura) | 2006-12-23 |
| 13 | Tragedy of V | Vの惨劇 | Kihachi Hisazumi (Takashi Matsuyama) | Tatsuhiko Makimura (Hiroki Yasumoto) | 2007-01-06 |
| 14 | The Calm Lake Shore | 静かな湖畔 | Sayaka Yoshizaki (Chie Matsuura) | Toshiya Kakinuma (Tohru Furusawa) | 2007-01-13 |
| 15 | For This Country | この国のために | Harumi Kanno (Sakiko Tamagawa) | Ikushi Kanno (Fumihiko Tachiki) | 2007-01-20 |
| 16 | Aspirations Of A Wicked Woman | 悪女志願 | Ran Itsumi (Mami Kingetsu) | Matsu Kohzuki (Miho Yoshida) | 2007-01-27 |
| 17 | Silent Glance | 沈黙のまなざし | Nene Chiwaki (Kurumi Mamiya) | Honami Chiwaki (Junko Iwao) | 2007-02-03 |
| 18 | That Person's Memories | あのひとの記憶 | Kouhei Takeda (Yutaka Shimaka) | Michiyo Takeda (Toshiko Sawada) | 2007-02-10 |
| 19 | Steam Hell, Inn on a Journey | 湯けむり地獄、旅の宿 | Yurie Yumoto(Yukana) | Ichiko Aida (Fumie Mizusawa) | 2007-02-17 |
| 20 | A Maiden's Album | 乙女のアルバム | Juri(Eri Kitamura) | Mari Fujimaki(Yuka jyoko) | 2007-02-24 |
| 21 | Soft Paper Balloon | 紙風船ふわり | Youko Kizuki | Makoto Tomaru | 2007-03-03 |
| 22 | Longing | 憧憬 | Misuzu Hasue(Rumiko Ukai) | Seri Mizutani(Kari Shimizu) | 2007-03-10 |
| 23 | Distrust | 不信 | Genzou Naito Komaki's wife | Komaki Kimihiko Genzou Naito | 2007-03-17 |
| 24 | Chain | 連鎖 | Multiple senders | Multiple victims | 2007-03-24 |
| 25 | Wandering | 彷徨 | Yasu haru Hasue | Seiichi Meshiai | 2007-03-31 |
| 26 | Indigo Dye | あいぞめ | 2007-04-07 |
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening theme
- NightmaRe
- Lyrics: Hideaki Yamano
- Composition: SNoW, Asanjō Shindō
- Performance: SNoW
- Ending theme
- Aizome (あいぞめ? lit. Indigo Dye)
- Lyrics: Aa (savage genius)
- Composition: Takumi (savage genius)
- Arrangement: Masara Nishida
- Performance: Mamiko Noto
[edit] OST
The first original soundtrack for the Jigoku Shōjo anime series was released on January 25, 2006. The second original soundtrack for the series was released on April 19, 2006.
Jigoku Shōjo Original Soundtrack
| Track Number | Japanese Title | Translated Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 焦燥 | Impatience |
| 2 | 悪意 | Malice |
| 3 | 影差して | Differing |
| 4 | 蜘蛛と老婆と少女 | The Spider and the Crone and the Girl |
| 5 | 地獄通信 | Hell Communication |
| 6 | 少女降臨 | Advent of the Girl |
| 7 | 三藁捜査線 | Three Straw Investigation Line |
| 8 | 真昼の太陽 | Midday Sun |
| 9 | いじめ | Bullying |
| 10 | 朱(あけ)に染まる | To Be Dyed Red |
| 11 | 父と娘 | Father and Daughter |
| 12 | 復讐の行方 | Direction of Revenge |
| 13 | あたたかいもの | Something Warm |
| 14 | 芝居 | Theatrical Play |
| 15 | うつろな穴 | Empty Pit |
| 16 | 覚悟 | Determination |
| 17 | 地獄流し | Hell Flow |
| 18 | 満ちていく闇 | Brimming Darkness |
| 19 | 哀れな影 | Miserable Shadow |
| 20 | 暗黒イリュージョン | Dark Illusion |
| 21 | 地獄ロック | Hell Rock |
| 22 | 地獄の川流れ | Carried Away by Hell's Current |
| 23 | 優しい気持ち | Kind Feelings |
| 24 | かりぬい(フルバージョン) | Basting (Full Version) |
Jigoku Shōjo Original Soundtrack II
| Track Number | Japanese Title | Translated Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 逢魔が時 | Dusk |
| 2 | 依頼人 | Client |
| 3 | 想い出 | Recollection |
| 4 | 袋小路 | Blind Alley |
| 5 | 憎悪 | Hatred |
| 6 | 柴田走る | The Shibatas Run |
| 7 | 逡巡 | Hesitation |
| 8 | 幸せ | Happiness |
| 9 | 狂い出した歯車 | Gears that Began to go Mad |
| 10 | せつない思い | Painful Thoughts |
| 11 | 地獄の仕事人 | Worker of Hell |
| 12 | 三藁熱血篇 | Three Straw Hotblooded Chapter |
| 13 | 一目連 | Ichimokuren |
| 14 | 火車 | Fiery Cart |
| 15 | 骨女 | Hone Onna |
| 16 | 満月 | Full Moon |
| 17 | 廃屋 | Abandoned House |
| 18 | 地獄ワルツ | Hell Waltz |
| 19 | 六道郷 | Six After-death Worlds |
| 20 | 地獄少年 | Hell Boy |
| 21 | 刻まれる音 | Engraving Sound |
| 22 | 火焔 | Flames |
| 23 | 迷妄の果て | Edge of Delusion |
| 24 | 桜吹雪 | Raging Snowstorm |
| 25 | 地獄少女 | Hell Girl |
| 26 | さくらうた | Sakura Song |
Jigoku Shōjo Futakomori Original Soundtrack
| Track Number | Japanese Title | Translated Title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 迷い路 | Stray Path |
| 2 | 深き淵より | Deeper than the Abyss |
| 3 | 頚木 | Neck Woods |
| 4 | あのころ | Back Then |
| 5 | 暗雲 | Dark Clouds |
| 6 | 人間模様 | Pattern of Humans |
| 7 | 赤いマフラー | Red Muffler |
| 8 | きくり降臨 | Kikuri Advents |
| 9 | 地獄の舟歌 | Hell's Boat Song |
| 10 | 日常 | Daily Life |
| 11 | きくり | Kikuri |
| 12 | 不良のテーマ | Delinquent's Theme |
| 13 | 小さな幸せ | A Little Happiness |
| 14 | 悲しい話 | Sad Story |
| 15 | 企み | Plan |
| 16 | 水面の月 | Moon on the Water's Surface |
| 17 | 沼に沈む | To Sink into the Swamp |
| 18 | 覚悟2006 | Determination 2006 |
| 19 | 二籠 | Second Cage |
| 20 | 地獄交響曲 | Hell Symphony |
| 21 | 地獄メタル | Hell Metal |
| 22 | 彼岸花 | Cluster Amaryllis |
| 23 | あいぞめ | Indigo Dye |
[edit] Manga
The Jigoku Shōjo anime series was later adapted into a manga, which featured art by Miyuki Etoo. It has been serialized in Kodansha's Nakayoshi manga magazine since October 2005.
[edit] Live action
The Jigoku Shōjo live action television drama series premiered across Japan on Nippon Television from November 4th and is set to air 12 half-hour episodes. The director for the series is Makoto Naganuma. The theme song for the series is Dream Catcher by OLIVIA.
[edit] Cast
- Ai Enma: Sayuri Iwata
- Ren Ichimoku: Kazuki Kato
- Hone Onna: Aya Sugimoto
- Wanyuudou: Hisahiro Ogura
- Ai's Grandmother: Eriko Matsushima
- Hajime Shibata: Kazuhiko Nishimura
- Tsugumi Shibata: Saaya Irie
[edit] Episodes
| Episode Number | Title in English | Title in Japanese | Air Date (Y/M/D) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cracked Time | ひび割れた時間 | 2006-11-04 |
| 2 | The Boy in the Box | 箱の中の少年 | 2006-11-11 |
| 3 | A Baby's Dream | 嬰児の夢 | 2006-11-18 |
| 4 | Dusk | 逢魔の砌 | 2006-11-25 |
| 5 | The Epitaph of Lies | 偽りの墓碑銘 | 2006-12-02 |
| 6 | The Red Thread of Promise | 約束の赤い糸 | 2006-12-09 |
| 7 | Sweet Temptation | 甘い誘惑 | 2006-12-16 |
| 8 | Miracle of the Holy Night | 聖夜の奇跡 | 2006-12-23 |
| 9 | The Fake Compensation | 偽の代償 | 2007-01-06 |
| 10 | Memories of Sorrow | 悲しみの記憶 | 2007-01-13 |
| 11 | Darkness of the Real World, Pt. 1 | 現し世の闇 前編 | 2007-01-20 |
| 12 | Darkness of the Real World, Pt. 2 | 現し世の闇 後編 | 2007-01-27 |
[edit] Trivia
- The website that is used in the anime series jigokutsushin.net is registered by Aniplex Inc., but the host is never found, unlike the anime where it is reachable at midnight. It was registered on 2005-09-12 and expires on 2015-09-12. More information.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] Official sites
- Jigoku Shoujo official website
- Animax's official website for Jigoku Shoujo (Japanese)
- Animax's official website for Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori (Japanese)
- NTV's official website for Jigoku Shoujo Live Action (Japanese)
[edit] References
- Jigoku Shoujo at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
- Jigoku Shoujo at AniDB.info
