24 minSeason 1 • Episode 12
LatestRealizing that she is the Hime-gami, Izumiko vanishes deep into an alternate plane.
Izumiko Suzuhara (15) was born and raised at Tamakura Shrine, and always destroys any electrical device she touches. She decides to try living in the city, and enrolls in Houjou High School in Tokyo. With her are her guardians son and Izumiko's childhood friend Miyuki Sagara. While she's there, an entity called "Himegami" appears. She learns she is something called a "kami" a vessel for a shinto spirit, while Miyuki is a "yamabushi", a warrior meant to protect the "kami."
Cinematography
P.A. Works flexing their shrine-porn budget hard.
Score
Traditional instruments that actually slap, not just decorate.
Saori Hayami
Izumiko Suzuhara (voice)
Koki Uchiyama
Miyuki Sagara (voice)
Madoka Yonezawa
Mayura Souda (voice)
Kaito Ishikawa
Manatsu Souda (voice)
Ryohei Kimura
Masumi Souda (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Yukimasa Sagara (voice)
Rie Kugimiya
Satoru Wamiya (voice)
Hirofumi Nojima
Ichijou Takayanagi (voice)
Sarah Emi Bridcutt
Jean Honoka Kisaragi (voice)
Akira Ishida
Hodaka Murakami (voice)
Rie Tanaka
Himegami (voice)
Romi Park
Yukariko Suzuhara (voice)
Kazuhiko Inoue
Daisei Suzuhara (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a novel series by Noriko Ogiwara that started in 1994—literally older than its protagonist.
The 'kami vessel' concept draws from actual Shinto traditions where young women served as temporary mediums, often with traumatic results historically erased.
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