Audience reviews
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LilyVarbik
I was a bit reluctant to give a 9/10, so I will start out with cons:
CONS:
-Only "good" corpses are female
-Unless I missed, there is only Male monks (except for 1 exception)
-clear focused on small school clothing, and then also being torn apart, butts and breasts.
-questions get raised, but not elaborated on or answered
-gross people
-I really don't like the "good" organization
-people evil for no communicable reason Neutrals:
-guns
-dull color scheme
-felt like a weird 2nd Person POV
-death
-emotional rollercoaster
-setup for Season 2 (Kuro)
Pros:
-very interesting character/monster designs
-what it's like to be alive as a corpse [princess] (Shikabane Hime)
-humanity/compassion towards those that are dead
-humanity/compassion/understanding to serial killers
-interesting world/plot
If…
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"I'll return the exact same words you said to me two years ago. You're pitiful." - Makina Hoshimura
My favourite anime so far. I love its buddhist vibes: everytime I watch it, I get the same kind of eerie feeling I used to get in Lavender Town when playing Pokémon. Angela's opening and endings are also magnificent: they convey that feeling of little but unshakable hope amidst the darkness of death (the second season, which I also wholeheartedly recommend, has even more amazing EDs by angela, like "Hikari sagase naku tomo"). There are some (not many) comic moments, but they are well-placed and the uncanny atmosphere is overall well maintained.
In a nutshell, as the song titled "Hikari sagase naku tomo" says, this is a story where darkness is almost pervasive. Salvation seems nothing more…
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Shikabane Hime / Corpse Princess
Rewatched June 2023
TV, 25 episodes + OVA, Dubbed
Recommended
Sometimes good anime gets lost in obscurity. In all instances it’s tragic; any viewer who watches one of these hidden gems will end up shaking their head, wondering why so few have actually seen what you’ve been appreciating week after week. It fills me with a bittersweet pride that I can easily recommend Shikabane Hime, known only on Crunchyroll as Corpse Princess.
VISUALS [ 8 / 10 ]
>>>>>Classic hand-drawn animation paired with beautifully composed backgrounds are what make up the backbone of this action/horror anime. Movements are swift and deliberate. Action is soaring and brutal.
>>>>>The visuals take a hit from the very obvious, deliberate budgeting that happened in several scenes and…
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"Death Death Humans die no matter what
No one can defeat death itself"
---Makina
I agree with this pretty sure I died a couple of times while I was watching Corpse Princess. Comedy aside it just had dead slow pacing of the main arc. I can't even go into spoilers about the way it was so bad, because you just don't get them until the second season.
The first season just gives you an obviously screwed up situation with an enormous number of questions no answers and a whole lot of WTF ? Then it leaves it there. If you like stories that are entirely based on the idea that none of the characters can or actually say a word that's useful to anyone else in the story you may like this one.
I don't think I have a seen an anime with so many characters that managed to trigger hatred and have absol…
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I could describe this anime in so many words: touching, exciting, creepy, beautiful, interesting, moving, powerful, and a thousand more.
I really loved the relationship between Makina and Keisei. They were so beautiful as a partnership, and I would love to watch the two of them forever.
I also loved Ouri. His tenacity and strength is so admirable. He put himself through so much strain and hurt for his brother and Makina.
I'm really glad the history of the Shikabane Hime vs. regular Shikabane was touched on (I think more so in the second season than the first). It was interesting to learn about the stakes of being one or the other as well as the stakes for simply being tied to a contracted monk.
Basically, this quickly became one of my favorite anime series, and I'm so glad I decide…
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“Thank you, Makina. Spending my days fighting alongside you, means everything to me. The pact we made was worth all of this – and more.” – Keisei Tagami
You know when you go into a show and expect it to be mediocre at best and bad at worst, and it completely surprises you? That what´s happened when I watched “Shikabane Hime” (aka Corpse Princess). I expected flat and stereotypic characters, incoherent plot and plot holes, suspensions less fights, and shit loads of un-necessary fanservice. But boy was I wrong, it´s not often that I get so emotional during a watch as I became during my time with “Shikabane Hime”. It gripped me on a deeper level then I thought possible, considering the genres (action, horror, martial art). And it has one of my all-time favourite openings – if not watch the…
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People are falling victim to creatures called Shikabane, which happen to be reanimated corpses with superhuman and even supernatural abilities. There exist an organization made up of monks who deal with them by using reanimated girls called Shikabane Hime aka Corpse Princess. The girls also possess superhuman abilities. One of their number named Makina, goes into battle against them equipped with two uzi's, along with her guardian a Contracted Monk by the name of Keisei. Together they battle the monsters across the city. But there's a greater threat approaching with sinister motives. -summary
Corpse Princess is another one of those by the number, action oriented titles that are a dime a dozen. The core premise is the usual girls with guns vs. monsters, and while I was watching the show it…
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Halloween is coming up (Or already passed depending on when I finally get this review done) and so what better way to get the chills is to watch a show about corpses coming to life and killing people, right? What I didn’t know about this was that there was a whole bunch more to this show that meets the eye. It brought some questions I never thought I would have to ask myself.
So when we get into the characters, Kagami is our ‘main character’ of sorts. I call him a main character even though most that I read has had Makina as the main character. Anyway, Kagami has a rather strange personality. At first I found it very hard to believe his reactions to the things happening around him. He wouldn’t freak out at all like a normal person would when faced with the walking dead. He only seemed to…
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Shikabane HIme or Corpse Princess was a horror,action and martial art anime,with his and her whole family been killed by a group of shikabanes which is Shichisei,Makina seek a revenge against Shichisei with the help of Keisei Tagami as her contracted Monk and a long with Ouri kagami as the younger brother of Keisei Tagami.At the beginning of the whole episode it only tells what is Shikabane are and how shikabane exist and what the contractor monk use for.At the beginning the story was a bit slow,only a few importance information about the Shikabane been told,even the plot development was a bit slow at the beginning,but at the middle of it the plot development is getting interesting with the pace are getting faster with the introduction of new Shikabane and their Contractor monk and some of…
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Just gonna say this straight off the bat - a VERY average show, despite the interesting concept. If you've just gone sifted through 4 or 5 average shows because you thought you'd find them interesting, hold off watching this or you will just bore yourself. Anyways, onto the review!
I got into this show because I had zombies on my mind (probably because I've been looking at zombie video games/mmos) and decided to scout out some zombie anime. I stumbled across this. I will warn people now, some may consider this spoiler material, and I suppose it is, because I'm going to sum up the plot:-
When a person dies, sometimes they do not depart from this world. They become corpses, and many turn corrupt and want vengeance on the human race because they died. Some, however, have a relationship with…
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Shikabane Hime is a barely decent anime that was released in 2 parts: AKA & KURO. For the purposes of convenience, my review is about both parts because its all really the same story and if you watch one part, you'll likely watch the other part as well. From the outset I had a problem with this series. starting with the title "SHIKABANE HlME" If it were just the anime title l'd be ok with it but it is a somewhat silly name for a zombie slayer. Why HIME? Is there a king, a queen, a prince? No there isn't it's just once again no one used their imagination or creativity. They know anime viewers all around the world have cottoned on to the Japanese word "Hime" by now so hey, why not use the word HIME in the title....it worked so well for Mai-HIME, right? Names aside, like I said, its a barely…
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At first I thought that the series would be so great and I got so excited because this type of story is one of the genres that I really love but I had “MADA MADA” or just average feeling about it.
The story was not particularly new. It was about a girl who was already dead but was revived as corpse and gained superhuman strength. Like your typical story, she partnered a human living guy in order to gain energy. The whole story was about her killing another corpse as so she can go to heaven but it turned out she has personal reason as to why she was searching for the villains. I strongly believe that the story itself was interesting enough but it didn’t work for the series. It was good but not good enough to leave an impression to viewers.
The characters were not particularly interesting,…
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I picked this series by chance after reading its premise about a high school girl which by the way is undead fighting to extract revenge to an organization that wronged her.
The story revolves around a young man named Ouri in his quest to solve the supernatural mysteries which involves unexplainable deaths that is occurring in his town. While being episodic with the 1 monster-per-week format until about halfway of the series, a lot of things happened in those episodes that told bits of the main story moving the series forward such as meeting up several important characters, his discovery of what his hidden talent can do, and several other events concerning the Kougan cult and the Shikabane Himes in particular. When the real antagonists finally started showing themselves during the middle…
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Shikabane Hime is a action horror hybrid from Gainax. It centers around undead girls who are given a chance to enter heaven if they fight and kill other undead. Equal parts exhilarating and disturbing, Shikabane Hime feels like a shounen with heavy horror undertones. This combination is what makes the show worth watching, especially in its later stages, despite its numerous shortcomings. Just for the record, this review covers both seasons: Aka and Kuro.
Shikabane are monsters born of strong regrets a person might have when they die. Ageless, powerful, and bearing an animosity towards the living, shikabane are a threat to mankind. The only line of defense against them is the Kougun Sect, who employ the use of undead girls, called shikabane hime, to eliminate shikabane under the supervisio…
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Zombies.... ooo zombies... I feel like I can’t think of apocalypse without you anymore. Gruesome bipeds hunting me for my brains, drooling and screaming while you slowly sustain inordinate amounts of lead to the face without cringing... I love you all for all the beautiful dreams and nightmares you give me.
You can imagine my excitement when I found out my favorite giant robot making studio was going to give it a shot to epically portray all of you in the most gar-ified way possible. Right when I got into the show I was overwhelmed with the amount of familiar faces, all it was missing was a huge drill actually and I would have probably wet myself in excitement. The breasts were there, the over the top action was there, the weak but soon to become omnipotent character was there, “K” was th…
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10/10. This was a series I happen to stumble upon. It took merely 5 minutes into episode 1 for me to be hooked. This series really created an atmosphere, a storyline, and characters that are enjoyable and entertaining. I watched all of season one in ONE day.
The pacing, I thought, was excellent. I would've loved to see more episodes, but they managed to give you a lot of information with a good balance between the 13 episodes. There was never a point where I was bored, or waiting for it to get on with the story. I was thoroughly involved the whole way along. The character development was another really strong point. You come to care for all the characters, especially given how many characters have troubled pasts.
The fight scenes are incredibly animated and just BAD ASS.
The story is…
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Well, to start, I binged Watched this one thanks to our friends at funmation. So I have one review for both seasons (plus bonus).
I was both pleased with this one, and also very displeased. I know, I know.. you want me to make sense. Lets get the mechanics out of the way.
Character Development: Not bad.. Most of the main characters (I stress MAIN) are developed well. they have depth. Some of the secondary and lesser characters are paper thin (Ie: the otaku Hime).
Animation: Well done. At least to my preference. Detailed back grounds, interesting colours and scenery, smooth animation.
Sound: Also Well Done, except for some of the music overlays. I felt them to be too loud, and were drowning out the convesations.
Sigh.. Story: I felt the premise to be interesting. and the action and st…
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Shikabane Hime: Aka is an anime that deals with the issues of death and life in an interesting manner. However, despite some of this anime's strengths, there were weaknesses littered throughout this series.
The main thing that the story gives is uniqueness. After being murdered, Makina Hoshimura turns into a "living corpse". Armed with dual sub-machine guns, she must kill 108 other corpses in order to gain entry into heaven. She is assisted in this task by Keisei Tagami, a Buddhist priest with links to an anti-corpse group known as the Kougun Cult. The setup of the storyline is rather unusual, and there have not been many anime that look at a living corpse working together with a living person to try to destroy other living copses.
The animatioin was very decent. Each character had their…
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Very very nice!
Did not like it much when I watched some episodes while it was ongoing.
Had almost made up my mind to drop it, BUT then I changed my mind, and started watching it all over.
Watching it back to back made one helluva difference.
It has some comedy, which often means I don't like certain series. Heavens be blessed that did not happen while I was watching Shikabane.
I'm so happy I decided to give it another try. The story and the characters interaction makes it a great watch.
I want to watch the sequel Shikibane Hime Kuro, but I'll hold my breath and try not to start watching it until it has finished airing.
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Story - 8/10
Ok. This series started on the "monster-of-the-week" formula, so it may be very misleading. Even the sypnosis that a Shikabane Hime must kill 108 corpses to go to Heaven is misleading. The real plot and story has really nothing to do with it. The truth is, this series does provide a reasonable and interesting plot development in the SECOND half of the season only. And the last four episodes or so does have enough plot to build up decent cliffhangers that forced me to watch the raws and chinese subs (instead of waiting for the english subs because of my impatience). But keep in mind that there is a second season that follows up directly, so this whole first season gave me the feeling of PREQUEL to the actual story (which turned out decent)
Art - 7/10
Sometimes, the actions are…
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