| The SoulTaker | |
| ザ・ソウルテイカー 〜魂狩〜 The Soul Taker 〜魂狩〜 (Za Sōru Teikā ~Tamashii Gari~) | |
|---|---|
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Akiyuki Shinbo |
| Produced by | Kohei Kawase Michiko Suzuki Shoichi Yoshida |
| Written by | Mayori Sekijima |
| Music by | Kow Otani |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production Tatsunoko VCR |
| Licensed by | Geneon Universal Entertainment |
| Original network | WOWOW |
| English network | |
| Original run | April 4, 2001 – July 4, 2001 |
| Episodes | 13 |
| Original video animation | |
| The SoulTaker: Komugi's Great Operation | |
| Directed by | Akio Watanabe (episode 1 & 2) Toshiaki Tetsura (episode 3) |
| Studio | Tatsunoko Production |
| Released | 2001 |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Novel series | |
| The SoulTaker ~Tamashii Gari~ | |
| Written by | Masaki Wachi |
| Illustrated by | Akio Watanabe Katsumasa Ito Gokan Rokukan |
| Published by | Media Factory |
| Imprint | MF Bunko J |
| Demographic | Male |
| Original run | December 25, 2003 – January 25, 2004 |
| Volumes | 2 |
| Spin-off | |
The SoulTaker (Japanese: The Soul Taker 〜魂狩〜, Hepburn: Za Sōru Teikā ~Tamashii Gari~) is an anime series that focuses on seventeen-year-old Kyosuke Date who was killed by his mother Mio Date, and afterward gained the ability to turn into an incredibly powerful winged mutant known as "The SoulTaker" and that he has a long-lost twin sister named Runa, and that his past is all a lie.
The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and was Tatsunoko's first anime to utilize digital animation as well as the first anime to be broadcast on high-definition television, and features a five-episode spinoff OVA miniseries featuring the character Komugi titled Nurse Witch Komugi, albeit Shinbo did not return to direct the OVAs.