The story of "Shulato"

The story of Legend of Heavenly Sphere Shulato is based on Hindu and Buddhist mythology, although they've interpreted them pretty loosely. Fans of RG Veda will recognize many of the names, although the Shulato characters bear little resemblance to the RG Veda characters of the same name.

The main character is a 16-year-old boy named Hidaka Shulato, who is transported to Tenkuukai, the world of the gods, by the Harmony Goddess Vishnu. He and his childhood friend, Kuroki Gai, are reincarnations of Deva gods. Indrah, the Deva gods' general, turns Vishnu to stone and frames Shulato and his friends for the deed, turning the rest of the Deva gods, including Gai, against them. The series details their journey as they try to revive Vishnu and save the land from the invading Asura gods, as well as clear their own names. Along the way, they are forced to fight their former comrades, and Shulato is forced to fight Gai.

On the surface, this seems like nothing more than another fight-of-the-week show. While there certainly is quite a bit of fighting, underneath it is a wonderful story of friendship, camaraderie and betrayal. Add in beautiful, unusual artwork and gorgeous music and you have something definately worth watching.

Staff:

Producer:Kuri Ippei (TV series)
Ominaga Masakatsu, Okita Motoki (OAV Series)
Original Story:Mihara Gou
Planning:Inagaki Mitsushige, Narijima Hiroki
Series Construction:Koyama Takao, Sekishima Matano (TV series)
Sekishima Matano, Akahori Satoru (OAV series)
Character Designer:Okuda Matsuri
Shakti design: Ammonite
Ogawa Kou
Ohkura Hirotoshi
Ono Ryuuji
Music:Watanabe Hakuyo
Chief Directer:Nishikubo Zuiho
Screenplay: Koyama Takao (ep. 1, 2, 8, 18, 25, 33)
Sekishima Matano (ep. 3, 7, 11, 14, 24, 28, 32, 34, 35, 38; OAV 1, 6)
Toudou Akihate (ep. 4, 12, 13, 20, 2d, 30)
Watanabe Seiko (ep. 5, 9, 10, 15, 16, 21, 22, 27, 31, 37; OAV 3, 5)
Inoue Haruki (ep. 6)
Kishima Nobuaki (ep. 17, 19, 23, 29, 32, 33, 36)
Akahori Satoru (OAV 2, 4)
Directors: Kato Homeo (ep. 1, 8)
Matsumoto Yoshihisa (ep. 2, 6, 15, 21, 28, 33; OAV series)
Tonokazu Hideki (ep. 3)
Aika Naoki (ep. 4, 7, 10, 14, 17, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27)
Mori Kazuhiro (ep. 5, 31, 34)
Takahashi Nobuji (ep. 9)
Andou Nobuyoshi (ep. 11, 30)
Nakamura Yoshinori (ep. 12)
Okada Satoshi (ep. 13, 19, 26)
Murayama Sei (ep. 16, 24, 32)
Masunari Kouji (ep. 23, 29, 38)
Yamaguchi Naoki (ep. 35)
Tsuyuda Seizo (ep. 36)
Suzuki Mitsuru (ep. 37)

Cast:

Aomori Shin:Kali (ep. 5)
Doi Mika:Trylo
Fujimoto Yuzuru:Hidaka Yutaro
Furuta Nobuyuki:Announcer (ep. 1)
Dahra (ep. 6)
Soldier A (ep. 27)
Traveller (ep. 36)
Hamura KyokoYoung Shulato (ep. 1)
Young Dan (ep. 9)
Hayami Sho:Scrimil
Hayashibara Megumi:Renge
Mii
Hidaka Yumiko
Child A (ep. 38)
Hida Nobuo:Dan
Honda Chieko:Lebi (ep. 12)
Horiuchi Kenyu:Hyuga
Ikura Kazue:Child A (ep. 25)
Inoue Kazuhiko:Reiga
Iwanaga Tetsuya:Salaryman (OAV 4)
Kawamura Maria:Kuroki Mina
Koorogi Satomi:Minchi
Aguri (ep. 36)
Child A(ep. 38)
Child (OAV 3)
Kosugi Jurota:Mayuri
Bikara
Soldier trainee A (ep. 9)
Soldier A (ep. 14)
Koyasu Takehito:Kuroki Gai
Matsumoto Yasunori:Marichi
Akaranarta
Matsuoka FumioVillage elder (ep. 14)
Minami Kyoko:Priestess (OAV 5)
Mizutani Yuko:Lakshu
Child (OAV 3)
Morikawa Toshiyuki:Student (OAV 2)
Nagashima YuichiSoldier 2 (ep. 22)
Villager A (ep. 25)
Soldier 2 (ep. 26)
Naka HakushiSoldier A (ep. 21)
Nakata Kazuhiro:Kuuya
Nishimura Tomohiro:Ranban (ep. 4)
Ohtatsu Shinya:Kundalini
Ono Kenichi:Antera
Orikasa Ai:Matsuri
Child C (ep. 38)
Sakada Takashi:Takshaka (ep. 4)
Sasaki Nozomu:Kubilah
Sasaki Yuko:Sallas
Santera
Seki Toshihiko:Hidaka Shulato
Shimamoto Sumi:Vishnu
Shimaka Yutaka:Haira
Shinohara AkemiBoy A (ep. 9)
Kuuya's brother (ep. 12)
Shiratori Yuri:Child (OAV 3)
Sugawara JunichiSoldier 1 (ep. 22)
Suzuoki Hirotaka:Indrah
Takagi Wataru:Soldier B (ep. 21)
Soldier A (ep. 35)
Traveller (ep. 36)
Salaryman (OAV 4)
Takizawa Kumiko:Hidaka Kiriko (ep. 17)
Tamagawa Sakiko:Sati
Umezu Hideyuki:Nirihari (ep. 8)
Soldier 1 (ep. 26)
Wakamoto Norio:Shiva
Brahma
Watanabe Keiko:Priestess (OAV 5)
Yamadera Koichi:Ryouma
Narration
Yamazaki Takumi:Muhra (ep. 6)
Yashima Akiko:Child (OAV 3)

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