Corpse Princess (
屍姫,
Shikabane Hime?) is a Japanese
manga series written and illustrated by Yoshiichi Akahito. Premiering in
Monthly Shōnen Gangan on April 12, 2005, the series centers around the "Corpse Princess" Makina Hoshimura, an
undead girl who is hunting down
108 undead corpses in order to gain entry into heaven with the help of a secret society of anti-corpse Buddhist monks.
Feel and
Gainax partnered together to adapt the series into a thirteen episode
anime series. The first season,
Aka (
赫?), premiered on
AT-X on October 2, 2008. A second season,
Kuro (
玄?), aired between January and March 2009. The anime is licensed for North American distribution and release by
Funimation Entertainment, which has already started releasing the episodes in subtitled form as
Shikabane Hime through various online distribution companies and through its own website.
The series made its North American television debut on the
FUNimation Channel on November 15, 2010.
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