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First episode date
  
2001

Network
  
Wowow

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Written by
  
Mayori Sekijima

Studio
  
Tatsunoko Production

Number of episodes
  
13

Director
  
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Produced by
  
Kohei KawaseMichiko SuzukiShoichi Yoshida

Licensed by
  
Geneon Universal Entertainment

Genres
  
Action Film, Horror, Supernatural

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For the unrelated Soul Taker film starring Joe Estevez see Soultaker (film).

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The SoulTaker (The Soul Taker 〜魂狩〜, Za Sōru Teikā ~Tamashii Gari~) is an anime series that focuses on Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother, and afterward gained the ability to turn into a monster known as "The SoulTaker". The show was Tatsunoko's first attempt at a more adult (even by Japanese standards) series.

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There is a spin-off OVA featuring Komugi, Nurse Witch Komugi. It is somewhat similar to Pretty Sammy, but shares more in common with Puni Puni Poemi.

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Plot

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After being stabbed in the chest by his mother, Kyosuke Date returns from the dead to find out he has a twin sister named Runa, and the ability to transform into the amazingly strong, powerful and dangerous superhuman mutant known as the SoulTaker. As he seeks out his twin sister, he is being pursued by the strange mutant doctors and nurses of the Hospital, led by his own father, Richard Vincent, as well as the evil Kirihara corporation, led by Yui Kirihara, who are also tracking down Runa for their own malevolent purposes.

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Assisting him along the way are the mysterious Shiro Mibu and the nurse mutant girl Komugi Nakahara, who betrayed the Hospital out of strong romantic love for Kyosuke.

Characters

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Kyosuke Tokisaka-Date (伊達 京介, Date Kyōsuke) Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (Japanese); Brad Swaile (English)
The main character. He is a mutant boy. Kind-hearted, generous, selfless, serious and determined. After being stabbed in the heart by his adoptive mother, Miho, he returns to life to find his long-lost twin sister, Runa. He has the mutant ability to transform into the tremendously strong and dangerous superhuman mutant known as "the SoulTaker." He can also communicate and resonate telepathically with Runa and the fragments of her spirit/soul called flickers.
Mio Date (伊達 水脈, Date Mio) Voiced by: Minami Takayama (Japanese); Ellen Kennedy (English)
Kyosuke's adoptive mother who had stabbed him in the heart in order to awaken his dormant abilities as a mutant.
Dr. Kyoya (ドクトル凶也, Dokutoru Kyōya) Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (Japanese); Brian Drummond (English)
The first mutant doctor Kyosuke faces in the first episode.
Yui Kirihara (桐原 夕映, Kirihara Yui) Voiced by: Akiko Hiramatsu (Japanese); Lisa Ann Beley (English)
The CEO and head of the Kirihara corporation, and one of the series' antagonists.
Shiro Mibu (壬生 シロー, Mibu Shirō) Voiced by: Masaya Onosaka (Japanese); Trevor Devall (English)
The mysterious man who allies with Kyosuke against the Kirihara corporation.
Maya Misaki (岬 真夜, Misaki Maya) Voiced by: Ikue Ōtani (Japanese); Kelly Sheridan (English)
Kyosuke's friend and savior who was kidnapped by the Kirihara corporation.
Komugi Nakahara (中原 小麦, Nakahara Komugi) Voiced by: Haruko Momoi (Japanese); Jocelyne Loewen (English)
A mutant nurse girl who betrayed the Hospital to help Kyosuke after she realizes that she deeply romantically loves him. She is the main protagonist in the mini spin-off, Nurse Witch Komugi.
Richard Vincent (リチャード・ビンセント, Richādo Vinsento) Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (Japanese); Paul Dobson (English)
The main antagonist who is Tsubaki's husband, and Kyosuke and Runa's father. He is also a mutant, with the ability to turn into the mutant the Soulcrusher.
Runa Tokisaka (時逆 琉奈, Runa Tokisaka) Voiced by: Michiko Neya (Japanese); Brittney Irvin (English)
Kyosuke's twin sister and creator of the Flickers. She was accused of being the Devil. Although she looks five years old, she is actually seventeen years old. She appears as five-year-old child when her Flickers are not in her body, but when they are absorbed into her body, she transforms into a seventeen-year-old teenage girl, which is her true form.

Episode list

This thirteen episode-series produced by Tatsunoko Productions and directed by Akiyuki Shinbo, premiered on the Japanese television network WOWOW on April 4, 2001 and ended on July 4, 2001. Two days after the last episode aired, North American anime licensor Geneon Entertainment USA had licensed the series and released it on 4 volumes on DVD and VHS. In 2004, Geneon had re-released the series under their Signature Series label.

It originally aired in the United States on TechTV as part of Anime Unleashed, and later aired on G4 after the TechTV merger.

References

The SoulTaker Wikipedia