Blue Seed | |
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Manga | |
Written by | Yuzo Takada |
Published by | Takeshobo |
Imprint | Bamboo Comics |
Magazine | Comic Ganma |
Demographic | Shōnen |
Original run | March 1992 – June 1996 |
Volumes | 2 |
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Directed by | Jun Kamiya |
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Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Original network | TV Tokyo |
English network | |
Original run | October 5, 1994 – March 29, 1995 |
Episodes | 26 |
Video game | |
Blue Seed: The Secret Records of Kushinada | |
Developer | Sega |
Publisher | Sega |
Platform | Sega Saturn |
Released | June 23, 1995 |
Original video animation | |
Blue Seed 2 | |
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Written by | Naruhisa Arakawa |
Music by | Kenji Kawai |
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Released | July 24, 1996 – February 4, 1998 |
Runtime | 30 minutes per episode |
Episodes | 3 |
Blue Seed (stylized as BLUE SEED) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuzo Takada. The plot is based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology.[not verified in body] The main character, Momiji Fujimiya, is a descendant of the mythical Princess Kushinada (奇稲田姫, Kushinada-hime). When Japan is menaced by Aragami (荒神, Aragami, lit. "angry gods") spawned by Yamata no Orochi, Momiji is intended to be sacrificed to appease the Aragami. She instead, however, becomes a member of the Terrestrial Administration Center (TAC), a secret agency charged with fighting them.
Ashi Productions and Production I.G. created an anime adaptation for broadcast on Japan's TV Tokyo. The anime series ran for 26 episodes, originally airing from October 5, 1994, to March 29, 1995.[2] An original video animation (OVA), Blue Seed 2, was released in three episodes between 1996 and 1998. Both the anime and OVA (under the name Blue Seed Beyond) were licensed by ADV Films in the United States until 2009, when the company shut down. They were later licensed by Discotek Media for a SDBD release on December 18, 2018.