The Skull Man
2007 · 1 season · 13 episodes · Ended · Fuji TV
Animation, Drama, Mystery
TMDB 6.4 · 9 votes
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!
Episodes
- S01E01The Town Where the Mask Dances2007-04-2825m
Journalist Hayato Mikogami arrives in his hometown and begins investigating the enigmatic Skull Man. However, he runs into his target sooner than expected.
- S01E02The Man From The Past2007-05-0525m
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.
- S01E03Crimson Rain Falls in the Afternoon2007-05-1225m
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.
- S01E04Wandering Ghost2007-05-1225m
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.
- S01E05Fabricated Blindspot2007-05-2625m
Usami, the Skull Man impostor, tries to eliminate the original. Meanwhile, Kiriko discovers a person from her past among the Byakureikai members.
- S01E06Shinigamis' Banquet2007-06-0225m
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.
- S01E07Human-beast Tamer2007-06-0925m
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.
- S01E08Maiden Whispers in the Moonlight2007-06-1625m
- S01E09Blessing Be Upon The Tainted2007-06-2325m
- S01E10The Circus Laughs at Midnight2007-06-3025m
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.
- S01E11O Darkness, Take My Hand2007-07-0725m
- S01E12Holy Night of Blood2007-07-1425m
- S01E13Black Allegory ~ All That I Love Vanishes2007-07-2125m
