Season 1 • Episode 16
LatestKoto unknowingly seals away the Sun Goddess Amaterasu, and now she is in a different world and can't return. Meeting priestesses who combat the evil in this strange place she learns that Black Towers throughout the land keep Amatersu sealed away and are guarded by evil monsters. Koto must now find a way to help defeat these monsters and return the world to the way it was.
Practical Effects
Aggressive 2004 digital coloring that aged like milk.
Costume
Priestess designs that commit to the magical girl aesthetic.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was director Takeo Takahashi's directorial debut — he later directed Spice and Wolf, proving everyone starts somewhere.
The Amaterasu-sealing premise weirdly inverts Japanese creation mythology; Koto's blunder is basically 'what if someone unplugged the sun?'
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