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Region：Japan
Type：TV
English name：Senkaiden Houshin Engi / Soul Hunter
Official name：仙界伝封神演義
Chinese name：仙界传封神演义
Other names：封神演义仙界传 / 封神演义
Premiered：July 3, 1999
Status：Finished Airing
Tags：Fantasy / Combat / Source manga
Original author：藤崎竜
Director：西村純二
Scenario：田中哲生 / 植田浩二 / 冨岡淳広 / 十川誠志
Storyboard：守岡博 / 井硲清高 / 寺東克己 / 横田和 / 福島宏之
Co-director：則座誠 / 横山広行 / 福島宏之 / 清水明 / 守岡博
Studios：スタジオディーン
Family：Senkaiden Houshin Engi
Rating：12+

Senkaiden Houshin Engi

The ancient Chinese Yin Dynasty is rotting from the inside out, infested with demon immortals.

Project Soul Hunt was drafted by the Immortal High Council to capture all these 'dangerous' souls and seal them away forever.

Now all that remains is to find someone to carry it out.

Why risk the life of a perfectly good immortal if you can send a good-for-nothing instead?

Taikoubou skips his lessons and naps while he is meditating; if he does not happen to make it back, so much the better.

Armed with nothing but a magical rod and a hit list, Taikoubou is dragged off by the spiritual beast Sibuxiang.

But when your job is killing demon immortals, on-the-job training can be extremely rough!

Will Taikoubou get his act together in time to save his skin?

Or will he and Sibu get vaporized his first day on the job?

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Jul 3, 1999

EP1 - An Incredible Mission

The Yin Dynasty is on the brink of destruction as Emperor Zhou is being manipulated by the demonic Dakki and her sisters. So, the Immortal High Council of Mount Kunlun have decided to send Taikoubou, an idiot doushi, and the magical beast Sibuxiang on Project Soul Hunt. Now, Taikoubou and Sibuxiang must houshin 365 souls. Along the way, Taikoubou and Sibu meet the Youkai Sennin, Shinkohyo, and his magical beast Kokutenko.
Jul 10, 1999

EP2 - First Hunt of a Soul

Taikoubou and Sibuxiang arrive in Chouka, the capital city of the Yin Empire. There, Taikoubou gets so hungry that he ends up eating grass. As a result, he gets stomach pains and flies off with Sibu to find some medicine. The two then find themselves at a village, where they are fixing the roof of the home of a doctor, who gave Taikoubou medicine for his stomach. The village is then attacked by an army of the Yin. Taikoubou takes it upon himself to fight the leader of the army, Chinto.
Jul 17, 1999

EP3 - An Android Called Naza

Taikoubou and Sibu meet Nataku, the Paopei human. Taikoubou and Sibu get themselves in the middle of the dispute between Nataku and Lisei, Nataku's father. Meanwhile, Dakki and Emperor Zhou hold a festival with each of the Four Lords. The party gets crashed when the Four Lords speak their minds, which leads to two of the Four Lords to be put to death.
Jul 24, 1999

EP4 - An Astonishing Secret of Naza

Taikoubou tries to not only end the bad relationship between Nataku and Lisei, but also persuade Nataku into joining with him. Hakuyuko attempts to free his imprisoned father, Ki Shou.
Jul 31, 1999

EP5 - Lord Chi-Chan Escapes from the Capital

In the process of trying to liberate Ki Shou, Hakuyuko gets persecuted for attacking Dakki. Taikoubou returns to Mount Kunlun to talk to Genshitenson about the real purpose of Project Houshin.
Aug 7, 1999

EP6 - A Thundering Warrior

Taikoubou meets Raishinshi, a person with bat wings who claims to be a hero in the name of justice. Taikoubou aims to make an ally out of him, but Raishinshi is not going to be easy to persuade.
Aug 14, 1999

EP7 - Queen Chiang is Arrested

The duel between Taikoubou and Raishinshi begins. Empress Kyouhi, Zhou's wife, is put under arrest because she has been accused of sending an assassin to kill Zhou.
Aug 21, 1999

EP8 - Challenge of Yang-Toe

Taikoubou and his friends come face-to-face with Dakki. However, the Dakki they face turns out to be Youzen, a doushi from Mount Kunlun. He wishes to help Taikoubou, but Youzen wants to test him first. Kou Hiko rushes to the imperial palace before anything bad happens to his wife and sister.
Aug 28, 1999

EP9 - Rebel of General Fun-Faze

Kou Hiko confronts Emperor Zhou and challenges him to a duel.
Sep 4, 1999

EP10 - A Braveheart at Lintow Barrier

Kou Hiko runs away with the princes to Rintou Outpost, but is soon hunted down by three assassins. Kou Tenka, the son of Kou Hiko, makes his appearance.
Sep 11, 1999

EP11 - Dreadful Weapons

Two of Bunchu's men, Chou Keihou and Fu Lin, use their Paopei to capture Kou Hiko, Kou Tenka, and the young Yin princes. It's up to Taikoubou and his friends to save them!
Sep 18, 1999

EP12 - Battle of the Titans

Bunchu blocks Taikoubou, Kou Hiko, the princes, and the rest of the gang from proceeding any further. Kou Hiko and Bunchu then fight one another.
Sep 25, 1999

EP13 - Taikun meets Lord Chi-Chan

The fight between Kou Hiko and Bunchu is stopped when Prince Yinxiao and Prince Yinhhong decide to be taken back to Chouka. However, Genshitenson has Hakutsuru Doji take them to Mount Kunlun. Taikoubou's group have made it to Seiki Castle, but Taikoubou himself goes off on his own.
Oct 2, 1999

EP14 - The army of the Western Region marches on

Lord Ki Shou appoints Taikoubou as Seiki's war minister, and just in time too. Bunchu's special Sennin group, the Shisei, has come to destroy Seiki. Now, Taikoubou and his rag-tag team will have to stop the Shisei while Ki Shou and the Seiki army head to the North.
Oct 9, 1999

EP15 - Battle against four guardian-deities

It's Taikoubou and his friends vs. the Shisei!
Oct 16, 1999

EP16 - Hunting the souls of four guardian-deities

Taikoubou and his friends houshin the last two members of the Shisei, Koyuken and Ohma. Meanwhile, Ki Hatsu tries to get Su Kokuko and the North to join the West's army in the upcoming rebellion against Emperor Zhou.
Oct 23, 1999

EP17 - Melody touches the hearts

Taikoubou and his friends take a break to recover their wounds from their battle with the Shisei. They later catch up with Ki Shou, Kou Hiko, and Ki Hatsu, who are still trying to persuade Su Kokuko and the North to join Seiki's forces.
Oct 30, 1999

EP18 - Return of the princes

The two Yin princes, Yinxiao and Yinhong, return from their training on Mount Kunlun and show off their new Paopei. Prince Yinxiao tries to force the armies of the North and West into joining the Yin by placing seals on Taikoubou and his friends. Meanwhile, there is a creature wrecking havoc on the people in Chouka.
Nov 6, 1999

EP19 - The capital city is in flames

Taikoubou and company rush to Chouka to do battle with Dakki and her sisters. Glimpses of Emperor Zhou's past are revealed.
Nov 13, 1999

EP20 - Fall of the Yin Dynasty

Although Oh Kijin and Kibi have been houshined, Dakki still remains. Also, it is revealed that the monster that Dakki created is actually...
Nov 20, 1999

EP21 - Soul of Daji is confined

Emperor Zhou and Prince Yinhong are houshined. In one final attempt to houshin Dakki, Bunchu uses Dakki's own Paopei, the Bankohan, against her.
Nov 27, 1999

EP22 - Battle in the Kun-Lun mountains

Dakki has been houshined, but her soul flies off to Mount Kunlun instead of the Houshin Platform. What is going on here? It seems that Genshitenson is hiding something, and Taikoubou and crew go to Mount Kunlun to ascertain the truth. However, they will have to get through Mount Kunlun's defenses first.
Dec 4, 1999

EP23 - Taikun falls in the desperate situation

Youzen reveals that he has only been monitoring Taikoubou all this time. Now, while Hakutsuru Doji (piloting the Hirai-i) takes on Taikoubou's friends, Taikoubou himself must fight Youzen. Back on Earth, Kou Hiko stops some troops of the Yin Army from increasing tensions.
Dec 11, 1999

EP24 - Grand Master shows the future to Taikun

Taikoubou and his friends get caught in Mount Kunlun's defense system, making each person face their worst fears. Genshitenson appears before Taikoubou's group and reveals the real truth behind the Houshin Project.
Dec 18, 1999

EP25 - Taikun's recollection

Taikoubou's past is told.
Dec 25, 1999

EP26 - Taikun shows the road to justice

Dakki reappears at Mount Kunlun. It's up to Taikoubou and his friends to stop her once and for all!