Ushio to Tora: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

While cleaning out his family's Shinto temple, middle-school student Ushio Aotsuki stumbles upon a hidden cellar which houses a dangerous yokai. The yokai, pinned by a legendary weapon called the Beast Spear for 500 years, attracts many other supernatural creatures to the premises. Ushio is forced to free the creature – whom he names "Tora" – in return for his help in defeating them. Tora, who wishes to eat Ushio but is stalled by the Beast Spear, begins to haunt the boy in the hopes that an opportunity will present itself. However, Ushio's possession of the Spear seems to result in trouble after trouble, and Tora finds himself an unwilling ally to Ushio in his battles against various supernatural foes. Meanwhile, a greater danger lurks in the form of Hakumen no Mono, an incredibly powerful yokai with a thirst for destruction who is about to awaken from an extended slumber.

Series details

• Title: Ushio to Tora
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Action, Adventure, Anime, Mystery
• Premiere date: 2015-07-03
• Final broadcast date listed: 2016-06-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVmaze community rating: 6.8/10
• TVMaze ID: 2531

Cast and credited roles

• Tasuku Hatanaka — Ushio Aotsuki
• Rikiya Koyama — Tora
• Kana Hanazawa — Jie Mei
• Ryōta Ōsaka — Satoru Moritsuna
• Shinichiro Miki — Raishin
• Yûki Kaji — Juurou
• Daisuke Namikawa — Hyou
• Yuichi Nakamura — Ken'ichi Masaki
• Keiji Fujiwara — Shigure Aotsuki
• Maaya Sakamoto — Sumako Aotsuki
• Megumi Han — Kirio
• Mikako Komatsu — Asako Nakamura

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-07-03; final listed air date 2015-12-25.
• Season 2: premiered 2016-04-01; final listed air date 2016-06-24.

Source and licence

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