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6.5/10 IMDb First episode date 2001 Network Wowow | 6.5/10 MyAnimeList 3.8/10 AniDB Written by Mayori Sekijima Studio Tatsunoko Production Number of episodes 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Kohei KawaseMichiko SuzukiShoichi Yoshida Licensed by Geneon Universal Entertainment Genres Action Film, Horror, Supernatural Cast Similar Nurse Witch Komugi, Generator Gawl, Casshern Sins, Hand Maid May, Starship Girl Yamamot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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.
Plot
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.
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
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.