Otogi Zoshi: The Legend of Magatama

★6.3 2004 1 Season Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

The year is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem. (Source: AnimeNewsNetwork)

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Kumi Sakuma Kumi Sakuma Urabe no Suetake (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki Shin-ichiro Miki Mansairaku (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki Shin-ichiro Miki Minamoto no Raikou (voice)
Kan Tokumaru Kan Tokumaru Abe no Seimei (voice)
Kenta Miyake Kenta Miyake Watanabe no Tsuna (voice)
Wasabi Mizuta Wasabi Mizuta Kintarou (voice)
Otoya Kawano Otoya Kawano Hoshikuma (voice)
Kohsei Hirota Kohsei Hirota Torakuma (voice)
Kaho Kouda Kaho Kouda Ibaraki (voice)
Tetsuo Komura Tetsuo Komura Minamoto no Mitsunaka (voice)
Fumie Mizusawa Fumie Mizusawa Minamoto no Hikaru (voice)
Ooki Sugiyama Ooki Sugiyama Usui no Sadamitsu (voice)