The Rebirth of Buddha (2009)
Romance
Fantasy
Animation
17 year-old Sayako Amanokawa aspires to become a journalist, just like Kanemoto, an elite newspaper writer she looks up to. But Kanemoto, shamed from an erroneous report about a corruption scandal, jumps in front of a train and commits suicide. Since that incident, Sayako suddenly becomes able to see spirits and almost loses her life. However, from that near-fatal incident she experiences something extraordinary. The journalist inside her stirred, she embarks to find out about the truth. But the forces that stand in her way turn out to be much formidable than she ever imagined. [from AnimeNewsNetwork]
Cast
Sayako Amanokawa (voice)
Tousaku Arai (voice)
Kakunen (voice)
Yamada (voice)
Sorano Taiyou (voice)
Shaman (voice)
Tokuzou Kanemoto (voice)
Kaori (voice)
Rina (voice)
Judge of the Spirit World (voice)
Mami (voice)
Judge of the Spirit World (voice) / TV show host (voice)
Ippei Amanokawa (voice)
Yuuki Unabara (voice)
Kimura Mari (voice)
Sayako's mother (voice)
Shunta Amanokawa (voice)
Harry Badson (voice)
Tomoko (voice)
Takeshi Komayama (voice)
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