TV series
Occult Academy
Overview
The Waldstein Academy is an institute devoted to studies on paranormal disciplines, thus becoming known as the Occult Academy. Maya Kumashiro returns to this place to attend the funeral of the former principal, Junichiro Kumashiro, her father. Maya, a skeptic who hates the occult, meets Fumiaki Uchida, a time agent from the future sent to 1999 to prevent the apocalyptic Nostradamus Prophecies from happening. The predictions state that the school will be ground zero of the cataclysm that will destroy the world. They must team up to discover not only what actually led to her father's demise, they have limited time to find out what is the key that triggers the beginning of the end.
Details
- First air date
- 2010-07-06
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 13 episodes
- Genres
- Animation, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Comedy
- Network
- TV Tokyo
- Production
- A-1 Pictures, Aniplex
- Country
- JP
- Original language
- JA
Cast
- Yoko Hikasa as Maya Kumashiro (voice)
- Takahiro Mizushima as Fumiaki Uchida (voice)
- Yu Kobayashi as Chihiro Kawashima (voice)
- Kana Hanazawa as Kozue Naruse (voice)
- Hiroki Takahashi as Smile (voice)
- Minori Chihara as Mikaze Nakagawa (voice)
- Sayuri Yahagi as Fumiaki Uchida (young) (voice)
- Masaaki Yajima as Jum'ichiro Kumashiro (voice)
- Ayahi Takagaki as Ami Kuroki (voice)
- Takehito Koyasu as JK (voice)
Creators and crew
- Hideo Katsumata - Executive Producer
- Yukio Kawasaki - Executive Producer
- Tomonori Ochikoshi - Executive Producer
- Masatoshi Fujimoto - Producer
- Shinnosuke Wada - Producer
- Tomohiko Ito - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Maya's Prediction
In 1999, Maya Kumashiro attends the funeral of her late father, the principal of Waldstein Academy when a recording left by him summons a demon that starts attacking the students, leaving her with no option but to confront it.
Episode 2: The Advent of Bunmei
Maya successfully assumes her father's place as the academy's headmistress. She later meets Fumiaki Uchida whom makes his appearance from the future.
Episode 3: Mikaze Blows Through
Having no luck in finding the Nostradamus Key, Bunmei meets Mikaze Nakagawa at the diner she works in. Meanwhile, people are mysteriously disappearing around the city.
Episode 4: The Collapse of Bunmei
Maya and Bunmei discover the cause behind the disappearences and must escape from a nest of Mothmen.
Episode 5: Kozue in the Summer
During an in-class demonstration, Kozue volunteers herself into an experiment involving Near death experience but part of herself is left in the afterlife.
Episode 6: Bunmei's Distance
Kozue's other self becomes trapped in the afterlife. To rescue her, Bunmei delves into the afterlife, although inadvertently reveals fragments of his past to everyone in the lab.
Episode 7: Maya's Amigo
While investigating a crop circle that mysteriously appeared in the outskirts of the city, Maya discovers that it is a prank orchestrated by the Ami's father, whom wants to have Maya regain her lost passion for the occult.
Episode 8: Mamma Ami-ya!
Maya and Ami relationship becomes estranged since the incident with Ami's father. Before they have a chance to make up, Ami is kidnapped by a pack of chupacabra and Maya gathers all help she can in order to save her.
Episode 9: Akari of Snow
The spirit of a Akari, a deceased child, is accidentally summoned during a séance at the academy and Maya decides to find a way to have her finally rest in peace with the help of her friends.
Episode 10: Akari of Fireplace
Maya and her friends decide to have a Christmas party to fulfill Akari's last wish and while seeing her old house being torn down; Maya realizes the reason why her father built the Occult Academy.
Episode 11: Maya's Death
Mikaze tries to convince Bunmei that Maya is actually the Key of Nostradamus and asks his to separate Maya from her spellbook, but he ends up warning Maya about Mikaze's intentions instead. After trying unsuccessfully to deceive her enemies by faking her death, Maya must escape from Mikaze whom is revealed to be a black mage.
Episode 12: A Thousand Wind, the Search for Beauty
Chihiro battles Mikaze to protect Maya but she ends up being defeated by Mikaze. With her last ounce of strength, she frees Bunmei from the spell he was put in and he rushes to help Maya defeat Mikaze.
Episode 13: Maya's Bunmei
Mikaze is defeated, but Bunmei finds that the future is still unaltered and that his encounter with his younger self is the real Nostradamus Key. When he ends up activating the key, the alien invasion begins and Bunmei regains his lost powers to stand against it by himself.
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