The Garden of Sinners

50min

Animation

Crime

Mystery

This is the 2013 TV edition of the film series. After lying in a coma for two years, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. Inexplicably, she finds that she has also obtained the “Mystic Eyes of Death Perception” in which she can see the invisible lines of mortality that hold every living and non-living thing together. In this modern occult-action thriller, Shiki must tackle supernatural incidents while searching for her purpose for living.

Production Companies

ufotable

Q-TEC

Episodes

Cast

The Hollow Shrine I

1. The Hollow Shrine I

24min

6th Jul 2013

June 1998: After spending two years in a coma caused by a traffic accident, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. She is visited by Touko Aozaki, a wizard and proprietor of a studio called Garan no Dou. Shiki has lost not only the memory of her accident, but also any real sense that she's even alive. Strangely, enigmatic beings begin to attack her...

The Hollow Shrine II

2. The Hollow Shrine II

24min

13th Jul 2013

Shiki's therapist Touko Aozaki reveals herself to be a magus who is able to perform magecraft. Touko proposes that she can train Shiki to use her newfound eyes: The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, eyes that can see the concept of death itself. With Touko's assistance, Shiki attempts to fight back against these supernatural beings.

Remaining Sense of Pain I

3. Remaining Sense of Pain I

24min

20th Jul 2013

On a solemn night in July 1998, teenager Fujino Asagami is mercilessly raped by a street gang in a dilapidated bar. No matter what physical or sexual abuse they deal, however, the girl regards her captors with the same apathetic expression. The next day, mangled bodies are discovered in that same building, so torn apart that investigators find it infeasible to even consider the culprit human...

Remaining Sense of Pain II

4. Remaining Sense of Pain II

24min

27th Jul 2013

Upon investigation, Mikiya finds information on Fujino's past, leading him and Touko to deduce a possibility behind Fujino's chronic pain and supernatural powers. As Mikiya and Touko race against time, Shiki and Fujino confront each other again face to face.

Overlooking View I

5. Overlooking View I

24min

3rd Aug 2013

In September 1998, a string of seemingly random suicides leaves Japan baffled and devastated. But a detective agency specializing in paranormal occurrences notices that there are a few glaring, disturbing similarities tying the deceptively unrelated cases together: All the victims are schoolgirls, and all of them have jumped to their deaths from atop the condemned Fujou Building...

Overlooking View II

6. Overlooking View II

24min

10th Aug 2013

Shiki reaches the rooptop of the abandoned Fujou building to confront the source of the recent string of suicides to not only put an end to the suicides but to also bring Mikiya's consciousness back. Touko meanwhile goes to meet the culprit behind the suicide incidents.

Murder Speculation Part One I

7. Murder Speculation Part One I

24min

17th Aug 2013

In the winter of 1995, Mikiya Kokutou passes a young woman during a late night stroll in the snow. Clad in a striking white kimono and bearing an enigmatic gaze, Shiki Ryougi smiles at Mikiya who stares back with curiosity. As they become acquaintances through lunchtime conversations, Shiki begins opening up to him, with Mikiya learning about her unique upbringing.

Murder Speculation Part One II

8. Murder Speculation Part One II

24min

24th Aug 2013

When Mikiya notices possible connections between Shiki's injuries and information about the murders, he begins to monitor Shiki's activities. However, his concern for Shiki's safety may bring him more danger than he initially expected.

Murder Speculation Part Two I

9. Murder Speculation Part Two I

24min

31st Aug 2013

In February 1999, a string of murders has Shiki Ryougi and Mikiya Kokutou on edge. These crimes share a disturbing resemblance to a similar set of homicides from 1995, when Shiki and Mikiya first met, and awaken a dark, murderous desire that has laid dormant within Shiki's soul ever since then.

Murder Speculation Part Two II

10. Murder Speculation Part Two II

24min

7th Sep 2013

Mikiya begins investigating the new serial murders and the new drugs in town in order to find a connection between the two and in turn get another step closer to finding Shiki.

Murder Speculation Part Two III

11. Murder Speculation Part Two III

24min

14th Sep 2013

After connecting the dots, Mikiya arrives at an apartment that eerily has numerous pictures of Shiki pinned across the walls. Mikiya comes across a diary on a nearby table detailing the writer's unnatural obsession with Shiki. As he reads the entries however, someone enters the room.

Murder Speculation Part Two IV

12. Murder Speculation Part Two IV

24min

21st Sep 2013

Shiki and Lio Shirazumi confront each other, but when Lio tempts Shiki into killing him, Shiki is suddenly reminded of the events three years ago that she had forgotten in the accident.

Murder Speculation Part Two V

13. Murder Speculation Part Two V

24min

28th Sep 2013

When Shiki tries to leave, Lio reveals to her that he had just killed Mikiya "for her sake," which puts Shiki into a state of distraught. As Lio makes his way to attack her, Shiki finally comes to terms with her thoughts and feelings.

First air date

6th Jul 2013

Last air date

28th Sep 2013

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Original language

ja

Networks