TV series
Dark Gathering
Overview
The story centers on Keitarou Gentouga, who has the ability to be a spirit medium. In junior high school, he got someone else wrapped up in a spirit possession incident, and he has been a shut-in for more than two years. As he reintroduces himself to society as a private tutor, he meets a genius girl named Yayoi Houzuki. Yayoi is instantly able to tell that Keitarou has skill as a spirit medium, and she invites him to go with her to a haunted location. The two then start their journey capturing evil spirits.
Details
- First air date
- 2023-07-10
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 25 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Drama, Mystery
- Network
- Tokyo MX
- Production
- OLM, Pony Canyon, NetEase Games, BS Asahi, Kansai Television, Sotsu, CHOCOLATE
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yu Sasahara as Yayoi Hozuki (voice)
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as Keitaro Gentoga (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Eiko Hozuki (voice)
- Yoshihiro Nakamura as Narrator (voice)
- Aino Shimada as Spirit (voice)
- Hodaka Mieno as Spirit (voice)
- Chiko Mizumori as Spirit (voice)
- Fumitake Ishiguro as Spirit (voice)
- Takaaki Torashima as Spirit (voice)
- Satoru Ito as Spirit (voice)
- Shuri Miyumi as Spirit (voice)
- Mitsuki Saiga as God (voice)
Creators and crew
- Katsuji Morishita - Executive Producer
- Hirofumi Ito - Executive Producer
- Yoshiyuki Nakahata - Executive Producer
- Cao Cong - Producer
- Yuko Matsui - Producer
- Masayo Kudo - Producer
Episodes
Episode 1: Yayoi Hozuki
A glamorous woman met an unglamorous end inside that phone booth. She's still in there calling for help, but one shouldn't answer her. Keitaro is about to find out why.
Episode 2: Keitaro Gentoga
Keitaro was cursed years ago and receives exorcisms at his grandmother’s shrine. She once warned him not to enter the basement; she locked them away in the dark for a reason.
Episode 3: Friends
Yayoi and Eiko head to the psychic spot Mizuko Memorial Temple which holds its own sad secrets. And what does Yayoi want with Keitaro’s fingernails?!
Episode 4: Eiko Hozuki
Keitaro had a bad feeling about the Urban Legends class at the university. His instincts were correct: the professor should never have played that cursed videotape.
Episode 5: The Freshmen Welcome Event
Keitaro was looking to make new friends. But he should avoid certain friendships; there’s a reason people warn children to never talk to strangers.
Episode 6: The Promise
Camping was to be a reprieve, but the bridge is calling, the bridge is calling, the bridge is calling, the bridge is calLING, THE BRIDGE IS CALLING, THEBRIDGEISCALL-
Episode 7: S Tunnel
The car had three passengers when it entered the tunnel. A phantom hitchhiker demanded to be the fourth. Let. Her. In.
Episode 8: Betrothed to Divinity
The girl’s eyes shine with stars, but two spectral presences haunt her future.
Episode 9: Blasphemy
Terrifying enough to be victims in life; utterly horrific they remain so in death.
Episode 10: Across Japan
One does not defy a god lightly. If Yayoi, Keitaro and Eiko wish to save Ai, they must embark on a perilous journey across a country teeming with malevolent ghosts.
Episode 11: S-Rank Danger: Castle H Ruins
No happy tales remain within the castle’s forsaken ruins. The danger is unimaginable: Yayoi and Keitaro risk their doom, prepared as they may be.
Episode 12: The Castle H Ruins, Danger Rank S!
None who have encountered the castle spirit survived to tell the tale, but both the living and the dead should fear the High Priest; it is not salvation he prays for.
Episode 13: Emancipate
The tunnel is dangerous, and they must keep the High Priest in check. It is for that reason the trio need reinforcements; they need another Graduate.
Episode 14: Old F Tunnel
Abandon all hope ye who enter here. There is nothing for anyone in this tunnel, save for the depravity of a sadistic spirit.
Episode 15: Old Old F Tunnel
The Imprisoned Martyr is dead, but he cannot die. He longs for someone to grant him the death he desperately yearns for, and the F Tunnel ghost could be one such opponent.
Episode 16: House Hunting
Eiko did not leave the tunnel unscathed. She experienced the true terror of death, and must now ask herself if her horror obsession is worth risking her life.
Episode 17: The House of the Virgin Conception
Yayoi and Eiko have found the perfect home for the Graduates, but they soon discover the dark history of the family haunting the house—as well as their plans for Eiko.
Episode 18: Morning Twilight
The god who branded Ai takes an interest in the entity that abducted Yayoi’s mother. That can only mean one thing: a dangerous threat now brews on the horizon.
Episode 19: Within the Brothel
They’ve arrived at an old love hotel to find a Graduate, but Keitaro must locate her in a hidden room while avoiding other ghosts. Dire consequences await if they catch him.
Episode 20: The Old I Watergate: An Innocent Grudge
A little boy shows Keitaro his drawings as the trio explores an old watergate with a famous spiritualist. To his growing horror, he realizes they are all in imminent danger.
Episode 21: The Old I Watergate: Resplendence
She was beautiful once, but scorn burned her soul until nothing but spiteful ashes remained. Now, her wrathful fury is the only thing that can defeat a child’s rageful grudge.
Episode 22: The Old I Watergate: Pleasure District in Flames
The trio walk a dangerous path fraught with peril. Otogiri will not return to her prison willingly, and the spirit that replaced Nagiko is still out there somewhere.
Episode 23: Scary School Stories: Hide and Seek
Children can be cruel, that much is quite clear. Poor Sakashita lost all he held dear. He plays a game now, the rule is right here: don’t let him find you or you’ll disappear.
Episode 24: Scary School Stories: Nightmare
Dorothy has a plan that Yayoi needs to know about, especially since it involves the Spectre of Death.
Episode 25: Dark Gathering
They now have 7 Graduates, but fighting a god also requires an ambitious, daring plan. With Ai’s time running out, the trio prepare for their next journey; Kyoto awaits.
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