The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem.
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Kumi Sakuma
Urabe no Suetake (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Mansairaku (voice)
Shin-ichiro Miki
Minamoto no Raikou (voice)
Kan Tokumaru
Abe no Seimei (voice)
Kenta Miyake
Watanabe no Tsuna (voice)
Wasabi Mizuta
Kintarou (voice)
Otoya Kawano
Hoshikuma (voice)
Kohsei Hirota
Torakuma (voice)
Kaho Kouda
Ibaraki (voice)
Tetsuo Komura
Minamoto no Mitsunaka (voice)
Fumie Mizusawa
Minamoto no Hikaru (voice)
Ooki Sugiyama
Usui no Sadamitsu (voice)
Yasunori Matsumoto
Shuten Doji (voice)
Makoto Yasumura
Emperor (voice)
Tomomichi Nishimura
Minister of The Left (voice)
