The Skull Man (2007)

Season 1

Otomo City: where freedom and justice have atrophied to the bone; where conspiracy rules the day and death stalks the night... Death in the form of the Skull Man, a literal Grim Reaper whose skeletal grin presages grisly mayhem and murder, even to the monstrous mutants that haunt the city's underworlds! To investigate a bizarre slaying, journalist Minagami Hayato and photographer Kiriko Mamiya must stalk this ultimate predator, through a festering cadaver of a city where the corruption flows in rivers as deep and foul as the sins of the reigning elite, and unearth a secret so shocking that an entire city has been turned into a tomb to contain! In a nightmarish necropolis where nothing is as it seems, vengeance comes in the form of a living Death's-Head!

Released April 28, 2007 Episode 25 min None+

Genres: Action, Animation, Anime, Anime: Supernatural, Drama, Horror, Mystery

Keywords: imdb.murder, imdb.superhero-horror, tmdb.based-on-manga, tmdb.anime, imdb.hand-drawn-animation, imdb.anime-animation

Production Companies: BONES, Geneon Entertainment, Fuji Television Network, Toyokasei, Ishinomori Productions

Network: Fuji TV

Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

IMDb

6.8

/103/

Trakt

/15/

TMDb

/8/

MAL

6.5

/9333/

Katsumi Terahigashi
Director

Ayako Kawasumi

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Michiko Neya

Katsunosuke Hori

Tomokazu Seki

Hiroshi Tsuchida

Osamu Saka

Hideki Tasaka

S1E1 - The Town Where the Mask Dances

Journalist Hayato Mikogami arrives in his hometown and begins investigating the enigmatic Skull Man. However, he runs into his target sooner than expected.

April 28, 2007, midnight

S1E2 - The Man From The Past

Hayato, temporarily a murder suspect, is released from police custody due to his connections. His further investigations reveal a possible connection between the Skull Man and an arson case ten years ago.

May 5, 2007, midnight

S1E3 - Crimson Rain Falls in the Afternoon

Yui receives a threatening letter and later becomes the target of blackmail. Kiriko follows Yui and Sayoko to the theater. However, the real target of the Skull Man is Sayoko, who turns out to be a mutant.

May 12, 2007, midnight

S1E4 - Wandering Ghost

A dead body hung from a railroad bridge makes Hayato investigate the legend of the Phantom Monorail. However, once on board, he becomes the target of the Skull Man.

May 12, 2007, midnight

S1E5 - Fabricated Blindspot

Usami, the Skull Man impostor, tries to eliminate the original. Meanwhile, Kiriko discovers a person from her past among the Byakureikai members.

May 26, 2007, midnight

S1E6 - Shinigamis' Banquet

Hayato and Kiriko run across yet another Skull Man killing the town mayor. With other trails getting cold, the two decide to investigate the Byakureikai from the inside.

June 2, 2007, midnight

S1E7 - Human-beast Tamer

Hayato and Kiriko are discovered and kicked out of Byakureikai, but Hayato discovers that one of the disciples there is an old acquaintance of Kiriko and the reason for her entering the town.

June 9, 2007, midnight

S1E8 - Maiden Whispers in the Moonlight

None

June 16, 2007, midnight

S1E9 - Blessing Be Upon The Tainted

None

June 23, 2007, midnight

S1E10 - The Circus Laughs at Midnight

Hayato and Kiriko hide out in the woods, since Hayato is now a wanted criminal now. It is finally announced that Father Kanzaki is the Skull man, and with his Lost Numbers he would fight the new enemy cyborgs.

June 30, 2007, midnight