Kyuketsuki Miyu
Atsuri No Utage
(A Banquet of Marionettes)
© 1988 Soeishinsha, Pony Canyon
© 1992 AnimEigo
Color / Stereo / 25 minutes / Japanese Language / English Subtitles
Vampire Princess Miyu. Is she a friend, or fiend? As the demonic forces of the Shinma strive to obtain a foothold upon the mortal plane, spiritualist Himiko seeks the truth. Join us now for two elegantly chilling journeys into the Occult -- Japanese style!
In "A Banquet of Marionettes," Himiko is hired to investigate several mysterious disappearances at a school. At the site of each, a strange doll has been found. Here she again meets Miyu, now apparently a student. Miyu has designs on the body, and perhaps the soul, of the school hero, Kei. But so, it seems, does another...
- Miyu: Watanabe Naoko
- Se Himiko: Koyama Mami
- Narrator: Naya Goro
- Ranka: Sho Mayumi
- Yuzuki Kei: Horikawa Ryo
- Shiba: Ueda Toshiya
- Kei's Mother: Asai Toshiko
- Kei's Brother: Kubota Masato
- Kayo: Shinohara Emi
- Girl: Yoshikawa Yuka
- Female student: Nakamura Hiromi
- Executive Producers and Planning: Yoshida Naotaka, Maruyama Hisatoshi
- Producer: Nomura Kazufumi, Miura Toru
- Director: Hirano Toshiro
- Screenplay: Aikawa Noboru
- Character Designs: Kakinouichi Narumi
- Animation Directors: Kakinouchi Narumi, Nishi Masahiro
- Art Director: Nakaza Yoji, Nango Yohichi
- Director of Photography: Konishi Kazuhiro
- Sound Director: Yamada Etsuji
- Music: Kawaii Kenji
- English Version Producer: Robert J. Woodhouse
- English Version Director: Michael House
- English Version Editor: Roe R. Adams III, KTJ
- Translators: Masaki Takai, Richard Uyeyama